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Assessing the quality of start-ups

November 4, 2020

Economists are going beyond standard ways of judging the health of entrepreneurial ecosystems.

Research Highlights Article

Friends don’t let friends not vote

November 2, 2020

How is turnout affected by excuses for not casting a ballot?

Research Highlights Podcast

Importing polarization

October 28, 2020

Professor Gordon Hanson discusses how competition from China has pushed some communities to the edges of the political spectrum.

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Deadly incentives

October 26, 2020

In Colombia, stronger incentives for the military to kill rebels backfired.

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Radio war

October 23, 2020

How much did foreign news broadcasts contribute to the Italian resistance in WWII?

Call For Papers

Call for Papers: SSSA New Orleans 2021

October 22, 2020

The meeting will be held on April 15-17, 2021.

Call For Papers

Call for Papers for TeachECONference2021

October 22, 2020

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Nudging science in new directions

October 21, 2020

How much does it cost to coax researchers outside of their comfort zones?

Research Highlights Article

The rise of the service economy

October 19, 2020

Structural changes are reshaping growth, interest rates, and investment in the world’s economies.

Announcement

2021 John Bates Clark Medal Nominations

October 16, 2020

Economics Departments invited to submit nominations for the 2021 John Bates Clark Medal.