Is there a term for a post on this site? If not what about "bleet"? Or "bluet"?
Interesting controversy brewing. I am friends with all the participants so I hope it can avoid turning into "angry science".
Unfortunately, it’s clear to me that the data and methods in Oprea (2024) do not justify its headline conclusion. Unless I’m missing something, I think that the right thing for the AER to do is to retract the paper.
Great event honoring @cfcamerer.bsky.social who has been impressing me for 40 years.
Katy, as usual, gave a magisterial overview of nudges & mega-studies Related: @rthaler.bsky.social injecting “permission bias” alongside “publication bias” Pub bias is journals not publishing null results Permission bias is NGO and Govt insights teams not getting permission to test the best nudges
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The Billion Prices Project: Using Online Prices for Measurement and Research
(Spring 2016) - A large and growing share of retail prices all over the world are posted online on the websites of retailers. This is a massive and (until recently) untapped source of retail price inf...
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I think this point by Deborah is key. The data colada team is b-school based and have raised standards for everyone. IMHO this article is well below the standard I expect from the Atlantic.
We should recognize that the people uncovering fraud and leading much of the reforms are also “business school psychologists”.