Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Discontinuities: not just for identifying models

Do you always think "model identification!" when you see discontinuities in otherwise smooth series?

I know I do.

But sometimes it has other uses!

This is a really great post by James Schneider at EconLib on discontinuities in the number of expeditions up Himalayan mountains, and what that says about status seeking.

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