by Caitlin Kenney

A word cloud of an economic paper abstract
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The abstract from "Regularity Conditions and Scope Estimates: The Case of Large-Sized U.S. Banks."

On today's Planet Money:

We announce the winner of our economic abstract translation contest and find out what the paper's author really meant by "hybrid translog cost functions." Plus, we reach out to Aaron Edlin, one of the editors of the Economists' Voice, to get his take on how much jargon we really need.

VOTE: The poll closes at midnight tonight for our Iron Reporter Competition.

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