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[unable to retrieve full-text content]I think people might be starting to catch on to the perils of academic publishing… So does this count as regulatory capture or a form of publication bias?

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I think people might be starting to catch on to the perils of academic publishing… So does this count as regulatory capture or a form of publication bias?

[unable to retrieve full-text content]On The Role Of Economics, Trolley Problem Edition…: Surge pricing is basically the economic version of the trolley problem, so we shouldn’t act like there is a simple “right” answer.

Personally, I won’t decide whether I am suspicious of the linear regression until someone tells me whether the slope is statistically significant. Also, if there are multiple explanatory variables that affect an outcome, a scatter plot that only looks at one of them at a time will generally looks like a mess even when all of the variables are individually important. In related news, this is a good opportunity to talk about the distinction between estimated effects (i.e. regression...