AEA Member Survey on Professional Climate – It’s Not Too Late to Participate!

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January 23, 2019

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Roland Fryer has resigned from the AEA Executive Committee

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December 17, 2018

Updated AEA Privacy Policy

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December 07, 2018

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AEA Member Survey on Professional Climate -- Reminder

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December 04, 2018

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AEA Member Announcements: Annual Meeting Registration, AEA Climate Survey, and Other Announcements (December 3, 2018)

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November 30, 2018

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AEA Climate Survey

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November 13, 2018

NORC at the University of Chicago is conducting a survey on behalf of the American Economic Association (AEA) about the professional climate in economics.

AEA Member Survey on Professional Climate

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November 12, 2018

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A post from the Executive Committee

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October 12, 2018

2019 Elected AEA Officers Announced

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October 11, 2018

Congratulations to President-elect Janet Yellen and all the new AEA officers!

AEA Member Announcements: Annual Elections and Other Announcements (May 7, 2018)

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May 04, 2018

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The 2018 AEJ Best Paper Awards Have Been Announced

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April 17, 2018

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American Economic Association Announces Award Recipients for 2018

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April 17, 2018

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AEA Member Announcements: Annual Meeting Registration and Other Announcements (November 27, 2017)

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November 21, 2017

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Statement of the AEA Executive Committee

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October 20, 2017

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Fewer but Better: Sudden Stops, Firm Entry, and Financial Selection

By Sina T. Ates and Felipe E. Saffie

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, July 2021

We develop a tractable quantitative framework to study the productivity effects of financial crises. The model features endogenous productivity, heterogeneous firm dynamics, and aggregate risk. Selection of the most promising ideas gives rise to a trade-o...

EconLit: Content

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EconLit indexes an extensive library of essential literature.

Enfranchisement and education

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How did women's suffrage affect educational outcomes for children?

Weathering a sudden stop

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August 12, 2021

What are the long-term effects of short-term financial crises?

The politics of tax evasion

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August 11, 2021

Julie Berry Cullen and Ebonya Washington discuss the ways in which attitudes toward government affect how people report income.

Political Alignment, Attitudes toward Government, and Tax Evasion

By Julie Berry Cullen, Nicholas Turner, and Ebonya Washington

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, August 2021

We ask whether attitudes toward government play a causal role in the evasion of US personal income taxes. As turnover elections move voters in partisan counties into and out of alignment with the party of the president, we find with alignment (i) taxpayer...