His Economic Discomfort Index—later dubbed the “misery index”—became a staple of US politics. Ronald Reagan used it to defeat President Jimmy Carter for the presidency in 1980. But it is simply the ...

There are few semi-academic lines more famous than, “There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.” It is certainly true that statistics give a sheen of legitimacy to claims that often make it easier ...

It’s not a story about wonky statistics. It’s about America’s reliability as a borrower of trillions of dollars, something that underpins our global economy. The internal watchdog for the Department ...

There's always a little problem about believing government statistics: can you have any trust in the government that is providing them? As an example we've got Greece recently: they were swearing ...

Domenico Giannone, an internationally recognized thought leader in econometrics and macroeconomic forecasting, is searching for innovative methods to better understand the complexities of global ...

The Trump administration stands on the cusp of something potentially transformative. If President Trump succeeds in unleashing a new era of energy abundance and securing America’s leadership in ...

Dr. Leslie Abrahams, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Economic Security & Technology Department, CSIS Dr. Leslie Abrahams is a leading expert in energy ...

Welcome to the Department of Applied Economics and Statistics at the University of Delaware. We are an interdisciplinary group of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to developing and applying ...

The International Monetary Fund held the First IMF Statistical Forum "Statistics for Global Economic and Financial Stability" at its headquarters in Washington DC on November 12–13, 2013. The First ...

Gifford, K. and J.C. Bernard. “Factor and Cluster Analysis of Willingness to Pay for Organic and Non-GM Food.” Journal of Food Distribution Research, Forthcoming ...

The evaluation of transfer credits is time-consuming and difficult. In order to ensure that this evaluation takes place promptly and efficiently, the following guidelines must be understood and their ...

In the late 1800s, one of the most enduring fictional characters of all time first appeared on the scene. No, I am not talking about Sherlock Holmes or Oliver Twist, but a less well-known though ...