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Call For Papers

2017 International Population Conference

August 11, 2016

Learn more about the call for papers for the 28th International Population Conference

Research Highlights Article

Are the Olympics ever worth it for the host city?

August 8, 2016

Economic benefits from mega-events like the Olympics are often overstated

Call For Papers

27th Mitsui Finance Symposium: Labor and Corporate Finance

August 4, 2016

Call for Papers

Research Highlights Article

Can American agriculture adapt to a hotter climate?

August 3, 2016

How corn and soybean crops fared in the counties hit hardest by climate change

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The truth about the gender wage gap

August 2, 2016

Vox covered a 2010 paper on the gender wage gap appearing in the òòò½Íø Journal: Applied Economics

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Study: Legal Weed Could Raise $12 Billion a Year in Taxes

August 2, 2016

Gawker covered a new paper about the potential effects of marijuana legalization appearing in the òòò½Íø Review

Recommendations for Further Reading

High-tech finance, antibiotic resistance, and urbanization in Africa

August 2, 2016

Reading recommendations from Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives

Research Highlights Article

Can it be rational to overweight very unlikely events?

July 29, 2016

Why this behavioral bias might actually be a canny evolutionary strategy

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Fossil fuels have had an aeon's head start

July 27, 2016

Two articles about the economics of fossil fuels in the Journal of Economic Perspectives were featured on the Undercover Economist blog in the Financial Times

Research Highlights Article

Did the introduction of the printing press bolster social capital in Africa?

July 25, 2016

How missionaries’ attempts to spread the written gospel can have unexpected side benefits