Mostlyharmlesseconometrics

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Governance, Growth, and Development Decision-making

By

Douglass North
Daron Acemoglu
Francis Fukuyama
Dani Rodrik

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTPUBLICSECTORANDGOVERNANCE/Resources/governanceandgrowth.pdf

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Dedicated to the advancement of economics, pricing, and strategy.

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Wong: How To Write A Research Proposal

http://www.meaning.ca/archives/archive/art_how_to_write_P_Wong.htm

Athey: Advice for Applying to Grad School in Economics

http://kuznets.fas.harvard.edu/~athey/gradadv.html

G.A. Akerlof: Writing the "The Market for 'Lemons'": A Personal and Interpretive Essay

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/articles/akerlof/index.html

C. Blattman: How to get a PhD *and* save the world

http://chrisblattman.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-get-phd-and-save-world.html

'Tis the season for graduate school applications and associated angst. Several aspiring political scientists and economists have asked me for my thoughts and advice, and I've generally started by pointing them to Greg Mankiw's excellent Advice for Aspiring Economists and Advice for Grad Students.

Mankiw's advice does not quite cater, however, to those of us that are young, idealistic, and want to pursue PhD research that makes life better for those less fortunate. For those so inclined, I offer the following addenda.