Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Gerry Adams and Research Anonymity: How Far Do We Go?
After promising research subjects anonymity, a compelling reason — and the state’s compulsion — pushes us to renege on the promise. is that a mortal sin or a venal transgression? Mark Israel argues that sometimes it’s a necessary evil.
The Economist for the Rest of Us: Gary S. Becker, 1930-2014
Nobel laureate Gary S. Becker, one of the University of Chicago economists who unshackled the dismal science from its focus on the behavior of money to the behavior of people, has died.
Does Innovativeness Play a Role in Hotel Profitabilty?
[We’re pleased to welcome Izabela Sandvik who collaborated with Dale F. Duhan and Kare Sandvik on their article “Innovativeness and Profitability: An […]
The Promise and Perils of the Public ‘Nudge’
While there are ample perspective benefits to behavioral nudges in the creation of public policy, make sure the nudges are designed for real people and not some rational superbeing.
Public Finance Review’s Special Issue: Analyzing the Redistributive Impact of Taxes and Transfers in Latin America
While Latin America is taking in more tax revenue cumulatively than it did twenty years ago, the International Business Times reported in […]
Concrete Advice for Writing Informative Abstracts
Be substantive and communicate your key findings – simple counsel from Patrick Dunleavy. But how exactly do you that? Here’s how.
Round-up of Social Science Research
The following articles are drawn from SAGE Insight, which spotlights research published in SAGE’s more than 700 journals. The articles linked below are free […]
Out of Whack: How Do You Measure Academic Career Success?
[Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to reproduce “Out of Whack: How Do You Measure Academic Career Success?” by Charles M. Vance from Journal […]
