John Whitehead
@johnwhitehead81.bsky.social
Economist | Regional State University | 6' 205
The increase in demand in red states would raise prices so ok scott bessent
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The increase in demand in red states would raise prices so ok scott bessent
Me describing my “difficult data”
“Look at this, it’s just crazy” (c) — @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social at SEA Meetings 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Me describing my “difficult data”
New working paper
econpapers.repec.org/paper/aplwpa...
econpapers.repec.org/paper/aplwpa...
EconPapers: A Meta-Analysis of SBC Contingent Valuation: Willingness to Pay Estimates, Determinants of Reliability and Replication of Split-Sample Hypothesis Tests
By John C. Whitehead, Tim Haab, Lynne Lewis, Leslie Richardson and Pete Schuhmann; Abstract: The single binary choice (SBC) question format, commonly used in contingent valuation studies and modeled a...
econpapers.repec.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New working paper
econpapers.repec.org/paper/aplwpa...
econpapers.repec.org/paper/aplwpa...
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHTS, bruh
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHTS, bruh
I feel bad for Peter Navarro
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump scraps tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit in a push to lower grocery store prices
President Donald Trump has announced the removal of U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and other commodities.
apnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I feel bad for Peter Navarro
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
I can’t reach my P drive from home anymore. Google drive disappears from windows explorer when the computer goes to sleep and requires a reboot to get it back. WTF is that?
Anyone use OneDrive?
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I can’t reach my P drive from home anymore. Google drive disappears from windows explorer when the computer goes to sleep and requires a reboot to get it back. WTF is that?
Anyone use OneDrive?
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Anyone use OneDrive?
I’ve been fighting with the sling tv chatbot
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I’ve been fighting with the sling tv chatbot
Now do “novel”
Academic tip: sometimes you have to write "Importantly," to get a sentence started and then you can go back and delete it.
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Now do “novel”
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Apparently President AOC can unilaterally impose a carbon tax day 1.
Fascinating to see the Trump administration argue that the use of state power to extract money from citizens is not taxation if the purpose is to disincentivize some behavior that the government dislikes, rather than to raise revenue. That is not what Republicans used to claim to believe.
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Apparently President AOC can unilaterally impose a carbon tax day 1.
Why did Elsevier drop Water Resources and Economics?
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Why did Elsevier drop Water Resources and Economics?
Just increased my weight in my profile to 205, been working out so a boy’s gotta eat
October 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just increased my weight in my profile to 205, been working out so a boy’s gotta eat
What could go wrong? www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/t...
Trump administration will set price floors across range of industries to combat China, Bessent says
China has driven foreign competitors out of business over the past two decades by using its market dominance to slash prices, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
www.cnbc.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
What could go wrong? www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/t...
Just sayin’
“The survey included a state‐of‐the‐art discrete choice experiment (DCE) to estimate WTP”
October 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Just sayin’
“The survey included a state‐of‐the‐art discrete choice experiment (DCE) to estimate WTP”
October 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“The survey included a state‐of‐the‐art discrete choice experiment (DCE) to estimate WTP”
I’m heading to my 40th college reunion this afternoon, can’t wait to see how old everyone looks.
October 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I’m heading to my 40th college reunion this afternoon, can’t wait to see how old everyone looks.
Does existence value exist?
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“How is this economics?”
“How is this economics?”
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
October 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Does existence value exist?
How about teaching data analysis and visualization instead?
When the universities start teaching the learning shortcuts
October 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
How about teaching data analysis and visualization instead?
When the universities start teaching the learning shortcuts
October 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
When the universities start teaching the learning shortcuts
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This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
October 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
The review invitation had no deadline. I accepted it and the next email says: "Please try your best to complete your review by 03-Oct-2025." So, today is a week later and the tone of the automatic email message has changed.
I won't referee for this journal again.
I won't referee for this journal again.
October 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The review invitation had no deadline. I accepted it and the next email says: "Please try your best to complete your review by 03-Oct-2025." So, today is a week later and the tone of the automatic email message has changed.
I won't referee for this journal again.
I won't referee for this journal again.
To a journal editor:
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
To a journal editor:
Reposted by John Whitehead
Less Than Two Weeks Left! Submit Your Abstract for SBCA 2026 Annual Conference by October 15
Conference Dates: March 12–13, 2026
Location: George Washington University Student Center, Washington, D.C.
Get Started: Submit Your Abstract Now At buff.ly/0UOfDdw
Conference Dates: March 12–13, 2026
Location: George Washington University Student Center, Washington, D.C.
Get Started: Submit Your Abstract Now At buff.ly/0UOfDdw
October 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Less Than Two Weeks Left! Submit Your Abstract for SBCA 2026 Annual Conference by October 15
Conference Dates: March 12–13, 2026
Location: George Washington University Student Center, Washington, D.C.
Get Started: Submit Your Abstract Now At buff.ly/0UOfDdw
Conference Dates: March 12–13, 2026
Location: George Washington University Student Center, Washington, D.C.
Get Started: Submit Your Abstract Now At buff.ly/0UOfDdw
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Apologies, here are the two links again:
Submit your abstract: sbca.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
Call for abstracts: www.benefitcostanalysis.org/annual-confe...
Submit your abstract: sbca.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
Call for abstracts: www.benefitcostanalysis.org/annual-confe...
September 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Apologies, here are the two links again:
Submit your abstract: sbca.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
Call for abstracts: www.benefitcostanalysis.org/annual-confe...
Submit your abstract: sbca.mymeetingsavvy.net/login
Call for abstracts: www.benefitcostanalysis.org/annual-confe...
Reposted by John Whitehead
✨New Article ✨
In a new open access article, Tanga M. Mohr and John C. Whitehead (@johnwhitehead81.bsky.social) use attribute non-attendance (ANA) models to test for differences in discrete choice expiriments with real and hypothetical payoffs
In a new open access article, Tanga M. Mohr and John C. Whitehead (@johnwhitehead81.bsky.social) use attribute non-attendance (ANA) models to test for differences in discrete choice expiriments with real and hypothetical payoffs
September 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
✨New Article ✨
In a new open access article, Tanga M. Mohr and John C. Whitehead (@johnwhitehead81.bsky.social) use attribute non-attendance (ANA) models to test for differences in discrete choice expiriments with real and hypothetical payoffs
In a new open access article, Tanga M. Mohr and John C. Whitehead (@johnwhitehead81.bsky.social) use attribute non-attendance (ANA) models to test for differences in discrete choice expiriments with real and hypothetical payoffs