Isn't there evidence that articles with data provided get more citations?

That is an interesting admission. Also interesting (and I think I saw Justin Wolfers first point this out), the Papers and Proceedings Issue doesn't appear to use the entire AER data policy, even though it kind of says that the policy applies(in the image of the article you cite): "The American Economic Review’s policy regarding availability of data also applies to the Papers and Proceedings. Papers are published only if the data used in the analysis are clearly and precisely documented and are readily available to any researcher for purposes of replication." But the full policy requires submission of a replication data set and that clearly does not apply to the P&P issue. So even if peer review didn't catch the mistake, the data would have been available much earlier.

Kudos on the title! I don't have any useful suggestions.

This is brilliant!

And my wife's birthday is coming up, this is perfect!

Go Hokies!

The rationale is quite possibly something like that. I can't seem to find a breakdown of the agencies under $100 million (they are lumped as "other"). Also, $100 million/year is the legal cutoff for an SBIR program, so that threshold might be useful in identifying agencies.

John, I can't answer your question about the $100 million/year cutoff (I mean I don't know the answer, by the way), but if I'm reading my budget tables correctly, that exclusion leaves out less than one percent of Federal R&D spending

Oh yeah, probably. Although I think there's an argument for government subsidies for newer technologies that would reduce externalities from older technologies.

It's too bad revenue increases are out, because I would suggest raising (or lifting, I'm not sure) the Social Security payroll cap. I would also rescind the Bush tax cuts--they are a big chunk of the current deficit. If we were to raise the age limit for Social Security, I think we'd have to account for manual laborers who can't work until the raised limit (Easier access to disability? Something based on job classifications? I don't know, not my area of expertise). Eliminate farm subsidies.

I think I can translate that into something that I can make sense of.

The Wonkblog reading is interesting and I know I read something similar (but can't find it). I guess it seems to me that if you're trying to position a liquor as premium, the occasional shortage helps, not hurts. Bulleit 10 year is pretty good, too.

I honestly can't keep the definition of sustainability straight.

7/10

I ain't got no political agenda, ain't got no message for the youth of America. Going to see DBT and the Old 97s (Drive By Trainwreck) next month in Baltimore.

Awesome title

Woo-hoo!

Thanks, I am going to take the path to awesome.

I used to have solid figures on the number of articles published in many of these journals, but I'd bet JEEM (or Land) would have the highest percentage of CV articles per total articles published. At least before they added issues each year.

Oh I get it, thanks.

So what's going on there? I'm not sure I understand.

No substitute whatsoever.

I've only skimmed these (the articles are on my kindle) but I don't see how you discuss WTP-WTA without citing anything later than 1995.

Congrats!

Is Shiner just a locational thing? (That is, Texas=Republican.) That seems to explain some of the others.