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Leap Year Econometrics
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:25:56 GMT
I guess there must be a few econometricians who were "leap year babies" - that is, both on 29 February. I'm not one of them, but a former co-author of mine was. This is the first February 29th since he passed away, and it's a good day to remember how much fun we had working together. Peter Hampton was my very first co-author (in 1976), and we published seven paper together. Peter's primary interests were in trade, regional economics, and urban economics. He loved working with data, and...
