Ned Resnikoff argues that the housing affordability debate has shifted to a contradictory phase in which critics of new ...

Austrian School economists distrust empirical economics, a skepticism that is partially warranted, partially unwarranted. The Austrian insights are helpful for business planning, even though I don’t ...

With increased access to “big” data, students and employees who are able to analyze data and apply the results to strategic decisions in business and public policy are in high demand. We aim to ...

For most people, the idea that individuals compare themselves to others in determining their own utility, that is, their sense of happiness or well-being, rings true. Memories from the school yard, ...

Do progressive marginal income tax rates discourage self-employment? We assume risk neutrality to construct an implicit surtax on stochastic income relative to steady income, arising from a convex tax ...

Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur, and John Van Reenen. "The New Empirical Economics of Management." Journal of the European Economic Association 12, no. 4 (August 2014): ...

In recent years, criticism has been levelled at economics for being insular and unconcerned about real-world problems. But a new study finds that the field increasingly overlaps with the work of other ...

Voting in an election over removal of a "homestead exemption" is examined to determine different groups' perceptions of the incidence of the property tax. Homeowners in two categories appear to ...

The Economics faculty expects that papers in economics (except for purely theoretical ones) will be supported by data. This may range from the appropriate presentation of tables and graphs to the use ...

Masaryk University, Faculty of Economics and Administration, is looking for an Assistant/Associate Professor in the field of empirical microeconomics. This position offers a unique opportunity to join ...