Regarding David Henderson’s op-ed “ ‘Natural Experiments’ Lead to an Economics Nobel” (Oct. 12): Natural experiments require circumstances in which political events, geopolitical boundaries and so ...

The 2021 Nobel prize in economics was awarded Monday to three economists for pioneering "natural experiments" to show real-world impacts. Joshua Angrist, David Card and Guido Imbens have researched ...

Three U.S.-based economists are sharing this year's Nobel memorial prize for their work on "natural experiments" which get around the need for controlled experiments. During the pandemic, we've heard ...

University of California, Berkeley, professor David Card was awarded one half of the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his empirical contributions to labor economics," while ...

Banning sodas from school vending machines, building walking paths and playgrounds, adding supermarkets to food deserts and requiring nutritional labels on restaurant menus: Such changes to the ...

Shift Happens is my favorite bumper sticker. I love the genuineness of natural experiments, when shifts in policy, practice or environment stimulate changes. As a scientist, I’m supposed to value the ...

A top Massachusetts Institute of Technology labor economist claimed a share of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Economics Monday for his work in advancing “natural experiments,” which apply economic theories ...

This paper presents a method to characterize policy implementation across states to enable more nuanced impact assessments of federal healthcare delivery system and payment reforms. Objectives: An ...

Randomized controlled trials remain the gold standard, but natural experiments can help doctors who need answers now. By Anupam B. Jena and Christopher M. Worsham A drug that has recently been found ...

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to David Card of the University of California, Berkeley, Joshua Angrist of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Guido Imbens ...