Call For Papers Call for Papers: Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE) 2021 Summer Workshops January 5, 2021 Call for Papers: Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics (SITE) 2021 Summer Workshops
Chart of the Week Antitrust and innovation January 4, 2021 How did the 1956 consent decree against Bell Labs spur new inventions?
Research Highlight 2020 in Research Highlights December 28, 2020 Economists tackled racial discrimination, border walls, collusion, and more.
Research Highlight The promise of conditional cash transfers December 23, 2020 Rema Hanna discusses how giving families money affects child development in the long run.
Chart of the Week Testing the welfare magnet hypothesis December 21, 2020 Do generous public benefits attract more immigrants?
Research Highlight Wholesale collusion? December 18, 2020 Reforms to African agriculture markets didn’t help farmers or consumers as intended. The reason seems to be with how intermediary traders set prices.
Announcement The American Statistical Association invites nominations and application for the position of editor for Statistics and Public Policy December 18, 2020 Nominations are due by January 5, 2021 and applications are due by February 8, 2021.
Call For Papers Call for Papers on Financial Distress and Bankrupcy December 17, 2020 The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2021.
Chart of the Week Hidden genius December 16, 2020 How does a successful research career relate to where someone was born?
Research Highlight Rural education and the send-down movement December 14, 2020 A chaotic episode in China’s past paved the way for better schooling in the countryside.