Best of #econtwitter - Week of April 6, 2025: paper summaries
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So many beautiful papers, so little time 🥹
Idiosyncratic favorites
^Alexey Guzey had a loong critique of the “ideas are getting harder to find” paper — one of the best points was emphasizing this distinction
^ “Key finding […]: heterogeneity doesn’t significantly impact aggregate behavior.” 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭. Another thread
^it is BONKERS the frequency at which one will read an amazingly interesting medical/nutrition RCT; there is severely imperfect compliance (usually among the treatment group, right); but they don’t know they can do an IV. A good reminder that (1) research methods diffuse slowly and (2) the 2021 Nobel was so well-deserved
Best of poli sci twitter
^still waiting for someone to start this newsletter
^here’s a thread from one of the authors:
^discussion of limitations (e.g. if you’re a Republican in Massachusetts you might as well register as a Democrat)
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