Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword by Roger B. Myerson Preface Daron Acemoğlu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Susan Athey (Harvard University) Robert J. Barro (Harvard University) Richard Blundell (University College, London) Colin F. Camerer (California Institute of Technology) David Card (University of California, Berkeley) Raj Chetty (Harvard University) Janet Currie (Princeton University) Partha Dasgupta (University of Cambridge) Jordi Galí (CREI, UPF and Barcelona GSE) Douglas A. Irwin (Dartmouth College) Steven D. Levitt (University of Chicago) Robert E. Lucas, Jr (University of Chicago) Charles F. Manski (Northwestern University) Eric S. Maskin (Harvard University) Ellen R. McGrattan (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) Paul Milgrom (Stanford University) Ariel Pakes (Harvard University) Monika Piazzesi (Stanford University) Carmen M. Reinhart (Peterson Institute for International Economics) Thomas J. Sargent (New York University) Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia University) E. Roy Weintraub (Duke University) Justin Wolfers (University of Pennsylvania) Randall Wright (University of Wisconsin – Madison) Index

About the Author

Simon W. Bowmaker, Clinical Associate Professor of Economics, New York University, US

Reviews

’Bowmaker has produced a fascinating book for a wide audience: graduate students will find insight on what is needed for a successful research career, established researchers can see how others respond to the challenges of research, and the masses of economists not focused on research will get a glimpse of life at the top. Highly recommended.’
*- R.E. Schenk, Choice*

‘In this book, Simon Bowmaker offers a remarkable collection of conversations with leading economists about research in economics. He has selected a broad sample of the great economists of our time, including people whose perspectives span most of the major subdivisions of economics research, from micro to macro, from theoretical to empirical, from rationalist to behavioral.’
*From the foreword by Roger B. Myerson, University of Chicago, US and 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economics*

‘The Art and Practice of Economics Research is the book I wish I had when I was “growing up” as an economist. For anyone who is or wants to be an economic researcher, or anyone just interested in how economics “works”, this is a terrific and inspirational resource.’
*David K. Levine, Washington University in St. Louis, US*

‘It is hard to imagine an economist in the world who would not enjoy this book. It is fascinating, gripping, and full of the wisdom imparted by age and by scholarly life’s ups and downs.’
*Andrew J. Oswald, University of Warwick, UK*