Douglas L. Campbell

A blog about Manufacturing, International Trade, Monetary Policy, and replication by an academic economist.

Sunday, July 30, 2017

The Saga Continues: A New Addition to the Currency Unions and Trade Literature

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Previously on this blog, I have written about the saga of the Currency Unions and Trade literature. This literature began with Andrew Rose,...
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Saturday, July 15, 2017

Public Service Announcement: The US Labor Market is Still Losing Ground Relative to Trend

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We keep hearing how good the labor market is these days. We've created more than 16 million jobs since the financial crisis! Unemploymen...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

In the Idiocy of Kevin Warsh: More Evidence for the 'Self-Induced Paralysis' Thesis

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I believe it is clear that the main reason the economy has been growing slowly since the financial crisis is overly tight monetary policy. I...
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Sunday, July 9, 2017

Ben Bernanke, in Denial? "When Growth is Not Enough"

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"When Growth is Not Enough" is the title of a recent Ben Bernanke speech  in Portugal. I found it via the NYT article on the ...
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Thursday, June 29, 2017

How to Cure a Cancer: Thoughts on Improving Academic Journals

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So, I currently have a paper that has been under review since last December, coming up on 7 months. A friend of mine recently waited somethi...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Is US Manufacturing Really Great Again?

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One chart, more than any other, has influenced people's beliefs about the US manufacturing sector, as can be see by this debate here , a...
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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Reuven Glick Responds! The Currency Unions and Trade Debate Rages On...

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Previously, I reviewed the Currency Unions and Trade Literature here , and then shared some of my students' referee reports of a recent ...
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Monday, April 24, 2017

How Bad is Peer Review? Evidence From Undergraduate Referee Reports on the Currency Unions and Trade Lit

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In a recent paper, Glick and Rose (2016) suggest that the Euro led to a staggering 50% increase in trade. To me, this sounded a bit dubious,...
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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Why You Should Come Study at NES!

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I talk up the merits of the New Economic School at a recruiting event  here .
Monday, April 10, 2017

A Quick Theory of the Industrial Revolution (or, at least, an answer to 'Why Europe?')

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Following a Twitter debate involving myself, Gabe Mathy, Pseudoerasmus, and Anton Howes on the theory that high wages in England induced lab...
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