Coming off the sugar high

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What are the potential effects of a soda tax?

Reshaping financial networks

[Research Highlight]

September 20, 2019

Civil War-era legislation helped usher in a period of top-down banking panics. Are there lessons for today’s economies?

Less talk. More work.

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What does socializing on the job do to productivity?

Scientific progress one funeral at a time

[Research Highlight]

September 12, 2019

What happens to a research field when it loses its leader?

Breaching the Great Firewall

[Research Highlight]

September 03, 2019

What has censorship done to the Chinese public’s demand for politically sensitive news?

Upgrading business practices

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How much does management matter?

"The curse of bigness"

[Research Highlight]

August 08, 2019

The AEA interviews Naomi Lamoreaux about the history of Americans' response to dominant companies.

A cash and employment conundrum

[Research Highlight]

August 14, 2019

Why do cash-rich companies hire fewer workers?

Unbiased results

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Many research fields are plagued with publication bias. A new statistical technique can help correct the problem.

Lengthy copyrights and orphaned books

[Research Highlight]

August 21, 2019

How much do copyrights affect readers?

Gentrification and crime

[News]

July 17, 2019

Ending rent control helped make Cambridge, Massachusetts a safer city.

JEP in the classroom

[Research Highlight]

July 18, 2019

The AEA interviews managing editor Tim Taylor about helping college professors find articles for their syllabuses.

Violent protests and distant leaders

[Research Highlight]

July 24, 2019

Remote capitals may bring stability, but their governments can lose touch with the people.

Door-to-door health care

[Research Highlight]

July 08, 2019

Could an "Avon-like" entrepreneurial program reduce child mortality in developing countries?

Stepping back from the cash cliff

[Research Highlight]

July 17, 2019

How much does disability insurance discourage work?

A shift in the gig economy

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People who earn money from online platforms are turning increasingly to leasing services.

Pay the women

[Research Highlight]

August 28, 2019

Why do many female entrepreneurs in developing countries have lower returns on capital than men?

2020 John Bates Clark Medal Nominations

[News]

September 23, 2019

Economics Departments invited to submit nominations for the 2020 John Bates Clark Medal.

Why did productivity drop after the Great Recession?

[Research Highlight]

July 12, 2019

Was it just bad luck, or was there something about how businesses responded that drove the slowdown?

Coping without benefits

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What happens to household spending when unemployment insurance dries up?