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Cliffhanger Paper Titles@SayWhatYouFound
12 Nov 2019
Remind me again why papers are 80 pages and the title doesn’t even tell you whether or not the horse jumped over the fucking fence
Meredith Frost
@MeredithFrost
18 Dec 2014
Here's a great anecdote on Kurt Vonnegut's comically brief stint at Sports Illustrated. (via @LettersOfNote)
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@BeatrizGietner
4 Nov 2024
Replying to @scottlincicome @nberpubs
You know that “no” should’ve been in the title 😂 @SayWhatYouFound
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Orin Kerr
@OrinKerr
18 Sep 2024
One problem with making jokes in law review article titles is that people rely on titles to know what your article is about. You might be in stitches over your title, but it's making it harder for your readers—and probably less likely they'll spend their time trying to read it.
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Reverse mullet swyf title nber.org/papers/w32808

Exchange Rate Models are Better than You Think, and Why They Didn't Work in the Old Days

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Colin Camerer@CFCamerer
22 Aug 2024
Poor titling and curse of knowledge in econ. I have no idea what "local projections" are. No interest in reading a paper that has an uninformative title and doesnt define LP in the abstract.
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Good title (and cool paper) @AlexChinco sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Cameron
@just_cameron
11 Jul 2024
Lmfao this is a great paper title
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Dr Francis Young
@DrFrancisYoung
16 Jun 2024
Well, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a title of a journal article that goes this hard
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I’ll allow it
James Medlock
@jdcmedlock
7 Jun 2024
In 2022, Germany raised their minimum wage by 22%, the highest in the EU. The result? Significantly higher wages, no significant impact on layoffs/job retention, no decrease in overall employment levels, and only a modest decrease in hours that doesn't offset the higher wages.
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Daniel Gould, MD, PhD@DJGould94
5 Jun 2024
Rude
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⑆Luke Stein⑈@lukestein
17 May 2024
Um. cc: @SayWhatYouFound journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

Fuck: The Police - Ian T. Adams, 2025

This study focuses on police profanity, with a particular interest developing reasonable policy to regulate the use of the word “fuck.” Officers employ “fuck” a...

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I’m not surprised
Florian Ederer
@florianederer
30 Apr 2024
Surprised this paper title isn't "Borjas was wrong" (Immigration INCREASED the wages of less educated native workers.) nber.org/papers/w32389
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Owa Rweene@lukusem
26 Apr 2024
This is like @DanStein_econ writing. He always says "Please, let the title have the answer of our question".
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Brad Setser
@Brad_Setser
26 Apr 2024
Brilliant I did once write a paper called, more or less, further considerations of the further considerations on XXX. Bureaucratic writing has its own problems. I am also fond of blogs titled more or less "How does China hide its reserves?" ft.com/content/0f458670-417c…
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“The question OR the result”? 🤔
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University of San Francisco Economics Department@USF_Economics
17 Apr 2024
🌾 Excited to announce our next Economic Seminar Series presentation! Join us on April 18th at 3:00 PM PST to hear from Professor Ariel Ortiz-Bobea of Cornell University. Learn about the impact of climate change on US agricultural productivity and the role of R&D. Don't miss out!
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John B. Holbein
@JohnHolbein1
19 Apr 2024
Hey you! You should check out this cool new paper. "War Causes Religiosity" The authors scraped web images of hundreds of thousands of gravestones of deceased U.S. Americans. People who were randomly drafted into war are at least 20% more likely to have religious gravestones
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Julia F. Engel 🦆♟️@Julia_F_Engel
22 Mar 2024
I assumed that this was about either a) Zoos b) Harry Potter c) Exotic and/or illegal animal trade. I was wrong on all counts. 🤡 It's about resource shocks.
CEPR
@cepr_org
22 Mar 2024
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18935 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Gianmarco Ottaviano @Unibocconi, Davide Suverato @ETH @ETH_en ow.ly/e6SS50QYtV6 #CEPR_ITRE #welfare #economics
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This is how we do it
Jess Hoel@Jess_Hoel
20 Mar 2024
Hey #EconTwitter, my paper with @michelson_hope, @BenPNorton, and Victor Manyong was just published open-access in @AJAE_AAEA! Misattribution prevents learning THREAD! doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12466
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Broke: “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Bespoke: “Resource Shocks Affect Welfare in Monopolistic Competition Trade Models Only if Markups Vary Within and Across Industries”
CEPR
@cepr_org
22 Mar 2024
New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18935 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Gianmarco Ottaviano @Unibocconi, Davide Suverato @ETH @ETH_en ow.ly/e6SS50QYtV6 #CEPR_ITRE #welfare #economics
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