Recent, and Recommended.......

Recently, I griped posted about the need to get the economics back into papers that the authors characterize as "microeconometrics". Although I was venting (just a little!) about the "disconnect" that we so often see, between the theory section and the empirical section, in so many of the papers in this category, I also commented that there are plenty of papers out there that avoid this disconnect. I just wish there were more of them!

In response to one of the comments of that post, I gave just one such example, and afterwards I thought that although my choice was a good one, it was somewhat dated. So, on a more positive note, what about some recent papers that exemplify what I'm looking for, and what I'd like to see more of?

• Browning, M., M Gortz, and S. Leth-Petersen, 2013. Housing wealth and consumption: A micro panel study. Economic Journal, 123, 401-428.
• Chang, D. and A. Serlitis, 2013. The demand for gasoline: Evidence from household survey data. Journal of Applied Econometrics, in press.
• Crawford, V. P. and J. Meng, 2011. New York city cab drivers' labor supply revisited: Reference-dependent preferences with rational-expectations targets for hours and income. American Economic Review, 101, 1912-1932.
• De Varo, J. and H. Morita, 2013. Internal promotion and external recruitment. Journal of Labor Economics
• Easaw, J., R. Golinelli, and M. Malgarini, 2013. What determines households inflation expectations? Theory and evidence from a household survey. European Economic Review, 61, 1-3.
• Kim, H. Y., K. R. McLaren, and K. K. G. Wong, 2013. Empirical demand systems incorporating intertemporal consumption dynamics. Empirical Economics, 45, 349-370.

© 2013, David E. Giles