NUS Module Blogs

The title is Behavioral Economics. But I am really using to post anything that I find interesting or useful, not necessarily related to behavioral economics, or economics at all. However, this being hosted by the university, I don't expect posting anything too personal here.

October 2006 - Posts

• The Opportunity Cost of Economics Education

  http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/business/01scene.html?ei=5088&en=178537355ee405f1&ex=1283227200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print September 1, 2005 The Opportunity Cost of Economics Education By ROBERT H. FRANK Excerpt: ...Virtually Read More... Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 11:20 AM by WONG WEI KANG | 0 Comments

• How Well did Sir Issac Newton Perform as a Speculator in the Stock Market? - The South Sea Bubble in 1720

  http://www.harvardmag.com/mj99/damnd.html On January 1, 1720, the price of a share of South Sea stock stood at £128. On June 24 it hit £1,050. In September came the crash. By December the stock had returned to £128. Thousands declared themselves ruined. Read More... Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 10:59 AM by WONG WEI KANG | 1 Comments

• What is in a name?

  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3ea21624-5f44-11db-a011-0000779e2340.html ...When the economists Sendhil Mullainathan and Marianne Bertrand sent out thousands of fake job applications to employers in Boston and Chicago, adding distinctively black or white names Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 3:37 PM by WONG WEI KANG | 1 Comments

• How to Write Well? Advice from Mankiw

  http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-to-write-well.html By Prof N. Greg Mankiw When I was CEA chair, I sent the following guidelines to my staff as they started drafting the Economic Report of the President. A friend recently emailed me a copy, Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 3:11 PM by WONG WEI KANG | 0 Comments

• Intelligence, Cognitive Reflection, and Decision Making

  http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/380/ ABOUT THE LECTURE: Would you go for the sure bet -- say, a guaranteed $100, or a 75% chance on $200? How about receiving $3,400 this month, or waiting two months to get $3,800? People have widely varying tastes for risk, Read More... Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 11:07 AM by WONG WEI KANG | 0 Comments

• 2006 Economics Nobel Prize goes to Edmund Phelps

  For those who have taken my EC2102 Macroeconomic Analysis I (except last semester because this part has been deferred to EC3102), remember the Expectations-Augmented Phillips Curve? W 2006 Economics Nobel Prize goes to Edmund Phelps “for his analysis Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:35 AM by WONG WEI KANG | 0 Comments