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The best defense money can buy

[Research Highlight]

August 03, 2018

How should poor defendants be matched with a government-provided attorney?

A powerful incentive to save

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Can a temporary banking promotion have lasting effects on financial behavior?

The Effect of Children's Gender on Living Arrangements and Child Support

By Kristin Mammen

蝌蚪网 Review, May 2008

The Economist highlights JEP article about social connectedness

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August 09, 2018

Researchers use Facebook data to create "Social Connectedness Index."

Refusing to act on climate change

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The outlook for meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement doesn't look good in an era of minimal policy intervention.

Lower premiums or higher profits

[Research Highlight]

August 13, 2018

When private insurers get a boost in Medicare subsidies, how much do they pass on to consumers?

Trickle-Down Ethnic Politics: Drunk and Absent in the Kenya Police Force (1957-1970)

By Oliver Vanden Eynde, Patrick M. Kuhn, and Alexander Moradi

蝌蚪网 Journal: Economic Policy, August 2018

How does ethnic politics affect the state's ability to provide policing services? Using a panel of administrative personnel data on the full careers of 6,784 police officers, we show how the rise of ethnic politics around Kenya's independence influenced p...

The threat of ethnic politics

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Misbehavior among Kenyan police officers increased following the rise of tribal politics.

蝌蚪网 Member Announcements: AEJ: Economic Policy Editor search -- request for suggestions

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August 27, 2018

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What our Facebook network reveals about us

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Geographic dispersion of friends provides insights into social and economic activity.

13th Annual "Challenges of Europe" International Conference

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August 29, 2018

Conference to be held May 22-24, 2019.

Asset Bubbles and Credit Constraints

By Jianjun Miao and Pengfei Wang

蝌蚪网 Review, September 2018

We provide a theory of rational stock price bubbles in production economies with infinitely lived agents. Firms meet stochastic investment opportunities and face endogenous credit constraints. They are not fully committed to repaying debt. Credit constrai...

蝌蚪网 Member Announcements: Annual Meeting Registration and Other Announcements (September 5, 2018)

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August 31, 2018

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CSWEP Board: Shahina Amin

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Optimal Income Taxation Theory and Principles of Fairness

By Marc Fleurbaey and 贵谤补苍莽辞颈蝉 Maniquet

Journal of Economic Literature, September 2018

The achievements and limitations of the classical theory of optimal labor-income taxation based on social welfare functions are now well known. Even though utilitarianism still dominates public economics, recent interest has arisen for broadening the norm...

Working late in life

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What impact do government support programs for seniors have on their participation in the labor market?

Are colonial-era borders drawn by Europeans holding Africa back?

[Research Highlight]

June 27, 2016

How the 鈥淪cramble for Africa鈥� may still be fueling ethnic conflict

The quiet revolution in debt collection

[Research Highlight]

February 13, 2017

How big data helped streamline collections 鈥� and unleashed billions in new credit card debt

Tending to relationships can pay off for businesses too

[Research Highlight]

February 07, 2017

Rose markets in Kenya demonstrate the tangible economic value of trust

Experimental Research on Labor Market Discrimination

By David Neumark

Journal of Economic Literature, September 2018

Understanding whether labor market discrimination explains inferior labor market outcomes for many groups has drawn the attention of labor economists for decades—at least since the publication of Gary Becker's The Economics of Discrimination in 1957...