Quietly preventing a bank run

[Research Highlight]

September 23, 2020

Should policymakers maintain anonymity for financial institutions who need a bailout during a crisis?

International exposure

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Revaluations of foreign currency debt can be especially severe for individual borrowers.

Bureaucratic water fights

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October 07, 2020

Resolving tension between state and local authorities in Brazil boosted needed investments in water and sanitation services.

The Buck Stops Where? Federalism, Uncertainty, and Investment in the Brazilian Water and Sanitation Sector

By Evan Plous Kresch

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, August 2020

This paper documents how regulatory uncertainty may undermine public service when different levels of government share a mandate on public service provision. I examine the Brazilian water and sanitation sector, which presents a natural experiment of share...

Gender roles and misperceptions

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Men in Saudi Arabia underestimate how many of their peers think women should be able to work outside the home.

Russell Sage Foundation Programs and Initiatives Currently Accepting Letters of Inquiry

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October 13, 2020

The deadline is November 11, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

Russell Sage Foundation Pipeline Grants Competition

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October 13, 2020

The deadline is November 2, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

Populism's rise

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October 05, 2020

Political scientist Yotam Margalit discusses why economic anxiety alone doesn’t explain the appeal of populist politicians.

CSWEP Panel: Jobs Outside of Academia for Economists

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Call for Proposals: The Pacific Center for Asset Management at UCSD

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October 16, 2020

The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2020.

The rise of the service economy

[Research Highlight]

October 16, 2020

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

The Rise of Services and Balanced Growth in Theory and Data

By Miguel León-Ledesma and Alessio Moro

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, October 2020

We investigate the effect of structural transformation on the process of economic growth. Using a two-sector growth model we show that, in addition to Baumol's cost disease, structural transformation from goods to services generates other predictions that...

Nudging science in new directions

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

Call for Papers for TeachECONference2021

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October 21, 2020

Call for Papers: SSSA New Orleans 2021

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October 22, 2020

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

Radio war

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October 19, 2020

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

War of the Waves: Radio and Resistance during World War II

By Stefano Gagliarducci, Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato, Francesco Sobbrio, and Guido Tabellini

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, October 2020

We analyze the role of the media in coordinating and mobilizing insurgency against an authoritarian regime, in the context of the Nazi-fascist occupation of Italy during WWII. We study the effect of BBC radio on the intensity of internal resistance. By ex...