Economic Logic

I have had recently the opportunity to chat with a missionary who has been working as a bush doctor in Western Africa. I find it quite admir...

Whether you like it or not, Elsevier matters in the dissemination of research in Economics. By far the largest player in the field, it enjoy...

A few weeks ago, I had a post entitled Bruno Frey, the epilogue , thinking that now that the University of Zurich made him a gigantic gift b...

A little less than a year ago, a controversy erupted about the publishing practices of Bruno Frey and his students. Indeed, they tend to rep...

Amid the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I cannot help thinking how successful theses ...

About four months ago, I reported about the apparent self-plagiarism by Bruno Frey, David Savage and Benno Torgler. I found the case partic...

I do not like awards. They always create jealousies, and one cannot help that whenever a committee is involved, something may not have gone ...

If you compare the media coverage about the current debt ceiling "discussions" in the US to abroad, it is a stark contrast of styl...

Earlier this week, I have has the "opportunity" to spend significant time in a US hotel room. The town being of little interest, I...

CEO how agree to be paid no salary, or a minimal one, are viewed as heroes in media and the public. But in all the cases I know off, they ar...

I received a rather unsettling message from Emerald Publishers the other day: As an Emerald author, you will know that Emerald is dedicated ...

I have written before about the dangers of penny auctions. It is very worrisome that they have become even more popular since, and with add...

I just read in the Times about a disturbing development in the United Kingdom. A firm managed to get an article slated for publication in t...

Should science obey to democratic principles? This is a question that I recently saw discussed on Scienceblogs , and that is also mentioned ...

We have all received these spam emails touting some obscure stock as the next one to surge. And have you not wondered who would fall victim ...

Sunk costs are cost that do not have an impact on decisions once spent. I have have recently come across some websites that use this to thei...

Let me rant about another evil monopoly, Microsoft. Unfortunately, this is not the first time. The problem with monopolies is that they mana...

Bailouts are difficult to justify in general, because of the adverse effect they have on anticipations and thus the moral hazard they induce...

Following up on yesterday's post about Elsevier's strange practices, it appears that a firestorm is erupting, and it seems to uncov...

A critical aspect of the research publication process is the integrity of everyone in the business. While one may sometimes have doubts whet...