Highly Relevant Economic Articles 

Sometimes economists make important breakthroughs in rarely researched topics, here we pay homage to these awe-inspiring papers.  If you know of papers that fit the list please send me an email at mbarding@econ.au.dk, and I will add it to the list. 

Papers: 

The Theory of Interstellar Trade, by Paul Krugman (PDF)

The Effect of Prayer on God's Attitude Toward Mankind, by James Heckman (PDF)

Macroeconomic Policy and the Optimal Destruction of Vampires, by Dennis J. Snower (PDF)

An Option Value Problem from Seinfeld, by Avinash Dixit (PDF)

The institutional foundations of surf break governance, by Martin Rode (PDF)