<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jason Collins blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jasoncollins.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Jason Collins]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jasoncollins.blog/author/jasonacollins/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[A week of&nbsp;links]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom:12px;">Links this week:</p>
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<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://home.uchicago.edu/~/davetannenbaum/documents/partisan%20nudge%20bias.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">On the misplaced politics of behavioral policy interventions</a>. And <a href="http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2015/04/kahneman_and_re.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hawkish biases</a>.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;">Noah Smith v Bryan Caplan on education signalling &#8211; <a href="http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-04-27/economists-need-to-give-up-on-overused-signaling-fad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1</a>, <a href="http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2015/04/educational_sig_1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2</a> and <a href="http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/a-follow-up-on-college-and-signaling.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3</a>. I believe signalling is an important part of the education story, but Smith&#8217;s argument about <em>costly</em> signalling is on point.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a href="http://www.unz.com/article/vignettes-of-famous-evolutionary-biologists-large-and-small/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert Trivers on his friends and enemies</a>. HT: <a href="http://www.unz.com/gnxp/robert-trivers-friends-and-enemies/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=robert-trivers-friends-and-enemies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Razib</a></li>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12px;">And if you missed it, my one post this last week:</p>
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<li style="margin-bottom:12px;"><a title="Bad nudges – organ donation edition" href="http://jasoncollins.blog/2015/04/27/bad-nudges-organ-donation-edition/">Bad nudges toward organ donation</a>.</li>
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<p>Life continues to be busy, so posting will continue to be sparse.</p>
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