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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1977 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Edward E. Leamer was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research contributions span the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a particular emphasis on General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and subfields including Sociology and Political Science as well as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their work addressed several main topics, among which were Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Economic Theory and Policy, Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies, Economic Growth and Productivity, Market Dynamics and Volatility, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, and Economic, Financial, and Policy Analysis.

Edward E. Leamer published research papers in notable venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, the Journal of Forecasting, and The Journal of Human Resources. Some of their recent papers included:

  • Data patterns that reliably precede US recessions (2024) in the Journal of Forecasting
  • Why are Some Recoveries Short and Others Long? (2021) in SSRN Electronic Journal

Other papers included work co-authored by frequently collaborating scholars such as Manfred Keil, Yao Li, Christopher Esposito, Jerry Nickelsburg, and Sumit Shinde.

Frequent co-authors included:

  • Manfred Keil
  • Yao Li
  • Christopher Esposito
  • Jerry Nickelsburg
  • Sumit Shinde

Frequent publication venues where Edward E. Leamer had contributions were:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Forecasting
  • The Journal of Human Resources

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989 and as a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1977.

Best Publications

  • Let's Take the Con Out of Econometrics

    Edward E. Leamer

  • Housing is the business cycle

    Edward E. Leamer

  • Quantitative international economics

    Edward E. Leamer;Robert Mitchell Stern

  • Sources of international comparative advantage: Theory and evidence

    Edward E. Leamer

  • The Economic Geography of the Internet Age

    Edward E. Leamer;Michael Storper

  • International Trade Theory: The Evidence

    Edward E Leamer;Edward E Leamer;James Levinsohn;James Levinsohn

  • Housing Is the Business Cycle

    Edward E Leamer

  • Sensitivity Analyses Would Help

    Edward E Leamer

  • The Economic Geography of the Internet Age

    Edward E. Leamer;Michael Storper

  • Multicountry, Multifactor Tests of the Factor Abundance Theory

    Harry P Bowen;Edward E Leamer;Edward E Leamer;Leo Sveikauskas

  • The Leontief Paradox, Reconsidered

    Edward E. Leamer

  • Multicountry, Multifactor Tests of the Factor Abundance Theory

    Harry P Bowen;Edward E Leamer;Leo Sveikauskas

  • Measures of Openness

    Edward E Leamer

  • The Heckscher-Ohlin Model in theory and practice

    Edward E. Leamer

  • Paths of Development in the Three-Factor, n-Good General Equilibrium Model

    Edward E. Leamer

  • Trade, Wages and Revolving Door Ideas

    Edward E. Leamer

  • Consistent Sets of Estimates for Regressions with Errors in All Variables

    Steven Klepper;Edward E. Leamer

  • A Flat World, a Level Playing Field, a Small World After All, or None of the Above? A Review of Thomas L Friedman's The World is Flat

    Edward E. Leamer

  • REPORTING THE FRAGILITY OF REGRESSION ESTIMATES

    Edward Leamer;Herman Leonard

  • Does natural resource abundance increase Latin American income inequality

    Edward E Leamer;Edward E Leamer;Hugo Maul;Sergio Rodriguez;Peter K Schott

  • Report of the NOOA Panel on Contingent Valuation

    Kenneth Arrow;K Arrow;R. Solow;PR Portney

  • Handbook of Econometrics

    James Heckman;Edward Leamer

  • Sources of International Comparative Advantage: Theory and Evidence.

    Keith E. Maskus;Edward E. Leamer

  • Specification Searches: Ad Hoc Inference with Nonexperimental Data

    Charles A. Ingene;Edward E. Leamer

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Laurence J. Kotlikoff Boston University
Robert M. Stern
Robert M. Stern University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael Storper
Michael Storper London School of Economics and Political Science
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs Columbia University
Mark P. Taylor
Mark P. Taylor Washington University in St. Louis
James J. Heckman
James J. Heckman University of Chicago
Steven Klepper
Steven Klepper Carnegie Mellon University
Peter K. Schott
Peter K. Schott Yale University
Keith E. Maskus
Keith E. Maskus University of Colorado Boulder
Michael P. Ward
Michael P. Ward University of Sydney

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