@Dylan197, our daughter attends Northwestern. She applied ED with no hooks, but she was well-rounded, very competitive academically and sure that she would attend if accepted. Can’t say for certain, but I suspect she benefitted from the dynamic I described in the previous post. That year, ED admits accounted for 45% of the class at Northwestern, with an ED admit rate of 34% vs 13% RD. Were her odds truly 160% better? To @NickFlynn’s point, probably not, but were they better? Definitely, since she was a competitive applicant willing to commit and that meant “100% yield” for Northwestern.
Put another way, her choice was either to the old fashioned way for a 1 in 8 chance of getting in, or do the same work 60 days earlier for a non-trivial bump in odds. Because she was competitive and strongly committed, the latter was a no brainer.
Good luck…and be careful not to let the tail wag the dog. Focus first on finding/prioritizing great fit econ schools, then figure out if early admission is appropriate based on just how competitive and committed an applicant you are.