RUTH VS DIMAGGIO We were looking up the wording of a joke we wanted to tell our kids: A guy has a talking dog. He brings it to a talent scout. “This dog can speak English,” he claims to the unimpressed agent. “Okay, Sport,” the guys says to the dog, “what’s on the top of […]
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THAT’S ONE WAY TO GET “A” PAPERS FROM YOUR FACULTY Table 5 Comparison of Average Amount of Cash Awards for a Paper Published in Selected Journals When we first saw this image on Facebook, we thought it was a joke. But then we downloaded the paper and found that indeed, there’s a practice of paying […]
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REGISTRATION LIMITED, ACT SOON On May 3–4, 2018, the CFPB will host its third research conference on consumer finance at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va. The goal of the conference is to highlight research on the topic of consumer finance that can inform researchers and policymakers. The conference will focus on high-quality consumer […]
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES We came across this weather.com story on what people consider “sweater weather” in different states, and thought that the topic seemed just silly enough to be of interest to decision science news readers. Not much value we can add here. How about some stats? Mean sweater weather: 58.6 F (14.8 C) Max sweater […]
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