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Economic Theorist at US Federal Trade Commission | Econ PhD Northwestern 2023 The views expressed in these skeets are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Federal Trade Commission or any individual Commissioner.

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03.03.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I guess that's right. I misread that one. Though, you could use a result without it being a black box. I think "we use a similar argument to xyz except..." is pretty common.

17.02.2025 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think this is the right list of reasons. Sometimes the result is general so that others can use it in a broad class of settings.

Alternatively, the generality could help with external validity. A result that *only* works with the uniform might be contrived.

17.02.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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