Research Highlights

The AEA profiles research from all of its journals covering the wide range of topics that economists study. The entire archive of research highlights is below. A list of featured charts from AEA journals are also available.

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Archive

What's it worth to you?

June 1, 2018
Evidence from the Canadian airline industry offers a nuanced view of how competition affects price discrimination.

Taking smart chances

May 23, 2018
The AEA interviews David Huffman about how a person’s cognitive ability relates to their taste for risk.

Creating criminals?

May 18, 2018
Restricting immigrants’ ability to work causes an increase in financially motivated crime.

Coal is king no more

May 4, 2018
The AEA interviews Harrison Fell about how natural gas and wind power have led to coal's decline.

This land is my land

April 30, 2018
Land rights were the key to economic development in 19th century Russia.