Probably not.
The full paper is here. It’s a real paper, about something you’ve likely heard about. My favorite part is this:
The “short calculation” is left as an exercise for the reader.
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October 14, 2011 at 12:00 pm
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by David N on October 14th, 2011 at 15:03
That “short calculation” must be “intuitively obvious to the most casual observer”.
by Jonathan on October 14th, 2011 at 15:46
This is nothing like econ theory papers.
by steve on October 14th, 2011 at 20:30
Hands down, best abstract I have ever seen.
Steve
by N on October 15th, 2011 at 12:34
That is a short calculation, so I assume that you’re either joking or you have never seen a long one.
by born on October 31st, 2011 at 17:22
It is “short abstract” and not a short calculation.