Short papers
Not so deluded after all? This piece addresses the widely-cited but erroneous "fact" that nineteen percent of Americans think they're in the top 1% of income earners. (I blame it on David Brooks, and a bad question in a Time-CNN poll.)
Political Economy in Political Science, a paper discussing the meanings of the term "political economy" in political science, and some thoughts on how political scientists can contribute. I presented it to Harvard's Graduate Student Political Economy Workshop on September 23, 2005.
Study notes
These are write-ups I have done in the course of my research to consolidate my understanding -- I hope they can be useful to others.
An explication of the agency models in Besley's book Principled Agents?.
A paper on Bayesian and frequentist statistics, in which I try to explain the key distinctions are.
A rough explanation of how to solve Rubinstein's infinite horizon bilateral bargaining model.
A rough explanation of May's Theorem, the classic social choice justification/definition of majority rule.
A rough explanation of Principal-Agent Theory, focusing on effort aversion models.
A guide to installing R-WinEdt, a plug-in for WinEdt that I used to use to organize my R programming.