Loss-leaders: predatory or practical?

[Research Highlight]

March 17, 2017

Do laws that restrict retailers from pricing items below cost actually harm consumers?

Proposed law in Italy would give women "menstrual leave"

[News]

March 24, 2017

The Washington Post cited a 2009 paper published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics in an article about a proposed law in Italy to offer “menstrual leave” for working women.

The price of doing business

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Why didn't inflation slow more during the financial crisis?

AEA Committee on Economic Statistics (AEAStat) Call for Papers

[News]

March 28, 2017

The Committee will be accepting proposals for ASSA 2018 until April 15, 2017.

How much is privacy worth to today’s consumers?

[Research Highlight]

June 06, 2016

People say they value their privacy highly — but don't always act like it online

How can we make sure the best medical science gets funded?

[Research Highlight]

March 28, 2017

Experts know best, but expertise has its downsides too

No women in the room

[Research Highlight]

March 30, 2017

Are male-dominated tenure committees holding women back in academia?

TIAA Institute / Pension Research Council Call for Grant Proposals

[News]

April 05, 2017

Proposal deadline is April 17, 2017

2017 AEJ Best Paper Nominations

[News]

December 01, 2016

The AEA is now accepting nominations for the AEJ Best Paper Awards

Are Chinese workplaces really getting safer?

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There may be more to accidental death statistics than meets the eye

National Academy of Sciences announces new series “From Research to Reward”

[News]

April 05, 2017

A new series about scientific discovery and human benefit

Will cities ever break the habit of paying for stadiums?

[Research Highlight]

April 04, 2017

Local governments keep offering up incentives despite economists' misgivings

How Filing Taxes Benefits Poor People

[News]

April 10, 2017

The Boston Globe cited a forthcoming paper in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy about how poor people can benefit from filing tax returns.

The Revenue Act of 1918

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Read the original article from the June 1919 issue of the AER

The historic failure of the soda tax

[News]

April 10, 2017

The Washington Post cited a paper published 98 years ago in The American Economic Review about the Revenue Act of 1918.

Is physical retail really about to disappear?

[Research Highlight]

March 26, 2016

How information technology is – and isn't – changing the retail sector

Why do 100 million Americans give interest-free loans to the government each year?

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The mysterious prevalence of tax refunds