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12. Where Do All the Bad Ideas Go?

Nov 19, 2021
34:03
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Introduction
00:00 • 5min
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How Did You Come Up With Your Ideas in a Graduate School?
05:29 • 2min
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I've Done That, but I Don't Know What I'm Doing
07:55 • 3min
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Why Do Scientific Journals Prefer Null Findings?
10:33 • 3min
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Do Gun Injuries Fall When the National Rifle Association Holds Its Annual Meeting?
13:24 • 4min
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Is It Hard to Publish a Paper That Says It Matters?
17:10 • 5min
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How Much Time Would You Spend on an Idea?
22:30 • 2min
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Why Are We Worried About Zeros Not Being Published?
24:42 • 2min
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Is There a Need for Data Replication in Economics?
27:02 • 3min
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Do You Have Any Ideas That Don't Work?
29:59 • 4min
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Ideas are currency. This couldn't be more true in academia, where it's the job of researchers to think of questions and, hopefully, find answers. Bapu talks with economists Steve Levitt and Emily Oster about how they come up with ideas for studies, why most never make it off the ground, and what should be done with scrapped projects.

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