Understanding international approaches to drug pricing

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June 10, 2025

Margaret Kyle discusses how different countries regulate the price of pharmaceuticals and lessons for the United States.

The costs of species extinction

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Public health implications of the decline of vultures in India.

A textbook bank run

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March 06, 2024

Andrew Metrick discusses the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the government’s response.

Immigrant communities and economic development

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February 22, 2024

The effect of established Danish settlements on the US dairy industry.

Political leadership and anti-scientific messaging

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October 17, 2023

Do populist challenges to scientific recommendations lead citizens to adopt risky behavior?

Social identity and labor market decisions

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Evidence from a field experiment on the effects of caste identity in India.

Concentrated spending

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August 21, 2023

Why are US households spending more money on fewer products and showing increasing divergence from each other in their selections?

Testing the “superstar hypothesis”

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July 21, 2023

The historic rollout of television in the United States provides a natural experiment in scale-related technological change.

The importance of in-person schooling

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How did virtual learning during the pandemic impact student test scores?

Colleges and local economic growth

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May 30, 2023

What drives local innovation?

Gender bias in bank lending

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May 09, 2023

Michelle Brock discusses discriminatory lending practices toward women in Turkey.

Market design and live events

[Research Highlight]

March 15, 2023

Eric Budish discusses the introduction of auctions to the primary market for tickets.

Graduate school and mental health

[Research Highlight]

February 15, 2023

Valentin Bolotnyy discusses the state of student mental health in eight top-ranked economics programs.

School choice troubles

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March 23, 2022

Why did Taiwan’s school assignment system lead to nationwide protests?

Demagoguery on the airwaves

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September 08, 2021

Tianyi Wang discusses Father Coughlin’s populist radio broadcasts and their effects on public opinion during the Great Depression.

Foreign interventions

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Do scholars need a better framework for thinking about foreign influence?

The failure of “soft” affirmative action

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March 19, 2021

Why didn’t the NFL’s Rooney Rule lead to more minority head coaches being hired?

Mobile money and migration

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January 13, 2021

An experiment in Bangladesh showed that its new urban workers can use mobile banking to help support their families in the countryside.

Antitrust and innovation

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How did the 1956 consent decree against Bell Labs spur new inventions?

Uneven sectoral dynamics of the COVID-19 recession

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The pandemic reorganized the US business sector, creating clear economic winners and losers.