figuringout

I finished today! Super weekend, here I come!

count me in!

But for strategy wont the stats training actually help with future research much more than a training in econ? I would assume that in strategy you will typically be a consumer of econometrics as an empiricist.

What is so different about music? It's simply just another knowledge good, and I assume research that pertains to knowledge goods (patents, copyrights etc.) can pertain to Music. No? Am I missing something here? I thought the whole point of writing important papers was to make theoretical contributions, not apply it another industry.* * clearly, I'm feeling a little testy today :)

Could you tell us your GMAT/GRE scores too? And I'm assuming you have no previous research experience? I dont think your age will be a major hindrance, you seem to be on the cusp of the average range of 95% of applicants (made up statistic of course!)

Talking of math classes, is there a good resource for Real Analysis out there? I'm thinking ideally of video lectures the quality of Gilbert Strang's real algebra videos on MIT OCW.

What is your favorite paper (one you read recently or of all time) in the field that you are interested in? Please state the field and give us a link or a citation! Thanks.

Its called the Endowment effect :)

You should just ask them straight-up what that means. This is too important an issue to speculate on.

OK, first I hazarded the simple explanation that many more people start an econ PhD (business PhDs take 10 people per school). This is certainly true. But there is also the "social" factor to the online world. Every new person joining adds to the value of the resource, and this probably leads to an avalanche of activity beyond a certain threshold. Hypothesis only! See this forthcoming AER: "Group Size and Incentives to Contribute: A Natural Experiment at Chinese Wikipedia" (http://blog.mikezhang.com/files/chinesewikipedia.pdf).

Almost all RA positions are paid, but there are two caveats. First they are usually given to existing PhD / Masters students that the professors know. Second, the pay is way lower than what a normal job will earn you. The upside obviously is that you get great recos, and possibly a publication.

Also you can ask the organizers if you could not pay the fee and volunteer instead, it works sometimes.

No, the bigger trick is how to travel on other people's money while you are in the doctoral program :)

I agree with longshot here. I just got an MBA and will be entering a strategy program (with similar interests to yours!). So yeah, focus on reading up, getting LORs and writing a great essay. The MBA is useful in the sense that it introduced you to business academia and gives you access to academics who will write you letters. That is significant.

I'm thinking of going to AOM -- but am wondering if the costs make sense given that a) I have nothing to present and b) I hardly know anyone in the community. I'm still thinking about it.