[lbo-talk] TaxProf Blog: 94% of Academic Economists Admit to Unacceptable Research Practices, Including Sex..

Charles Brown cb31450 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 8 06:48:24 PDT 2014


Bruce Bartlett

2 hrs ·

Not from The Onion.

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/08/94-of-economists-admit-to-unacceptable-research-practices.html

TaxProf Blog: 94% of Academic Economists Admit to Unacceptable Research Practices, Including Sex... A small proportion of European economists have confessed to “acceptance or... taxprof.typepad.com UnlikeUnlike · · Share

You and 5 others like this. 2 shares Jeri Henson Dies Sex has always been part of the bartering system of academia. Sex has always been part of everything in life. 1 hr · Like · 1 Jeremy Noble Sounds like normal human behavior. For any group in any field. 1 hr · Like · 1 Scott Robert Co-authorship? Just getting to share a bed with Joseph Stiglitz is gift enough. 1 hr · Like · 3 Jeremy Noble Or Nobel winner Vernon Smith.

http://liberalarts.tamu.edu/.../news/2013-3vernonsmith.jpg liberalarts.tamu.edu liberalarts.tamu.edu 1 hr · Like Anthony Calabrese Who knew economists were such a bunch of wild and crazy guys (and girls). So which ones did you do?

Just kidding. 1 hr · Edited · Like · 1 Ken Houghton The other 6% are lying or unknown. 1 hr · Like Bruce Bartlett It's common in every field for senior professors to attach their names to papers primarily written by graduate students. 1 hr · Edited · Like · 1 Jay Palmer van Santen Or, do they just have wild and crazy imaginations??? Heck, they sound like NBA players or something... 1 hr · Edited · Like Ken Houghton Defining your research question based on the data available is an unacceptable practice? Or citing tangentially related works to increase visibility?

The alternative to the first is making a SWAG or bootstrapping. But I repeat myself....See More 1 hr · Like Marie McHarry Sex is the least of their sins. Cherry picking data is disgusting. 1 hr · Like Charles Brown Abolish economics and the Republican Party - liars and the truth ain't in em. 7 mins · Edited · Like Jeff Cav This is what happens when public-or-perish takes over. Juking the stats. 3 mins · Unlike · 1 Write a comment...



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