The source is the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER is not unreliable.
> "Researchers" say this. "Researchers" say that.
Scientists often disagree with each other or with previous scientists as more data and tools become available. I'm not sure why that makes you so angry?
> "Note: Working papers have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications."
This is standard boiler plate for every NBER working paper. If you don't read a lot of NBER papers it is understandable that you think it signifies more than it actually does. This was a conference paper presented at 3 different conferences.
The paper isn't just about Germany. It is uses a variety of data sources to investigate look at the cross-country evidence from 21 countries. They perform a series of regressions on the data.
Germany vs. US is presented as a case study. The research paper acknowledges all of the things that you think they are too dumb to notice.
They also present Thailand vs. Vietnam as a case study.
I generally find that it helps to actually read the underlying research before criticizing it.
Where did I criticize the paper? I was criticizing how CNBC used it to fulfill the agenda of whichever PR firm they happen to be shilling for at the moment.
I'm sure the researchers did enumerate more things than the CNBC article, since the article said very little.
The source is the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER is not unreliable.
> "Researchers" say this. "Researchers" say that.
Scientists often disagree with each other or with previous scientists as more data and tools become available. I'm not sure why that makes you so angry?
> "Note: Working papers have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications."
This is standard boiler plate for every NBER working paper. If you don't read a lot of NBER papers it is understandable that you think it signifies more than it actually does. This was a conference paper presented at 3 different conferences.
The paper isn't just about Germany. It is uses a variety of data sources to investigate look at the cross-country evidence from 21 countries. They perform a series of regressions on the data.
Germany vs. US is presented as a case study. The research paper acknowledges all of the things that you think they are too dumb to notice.
They also present Thailand vs. Vietnam as a case study.
I generally find that it helps to actually read the underlying research before criticizing it.