The price tag for the trade wars

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How much did the 2018 tariffs raise the cost of imports?

The Term Structure of Currency Carry Trade Risk Premia

By Hanno Lustig, Andreas Stathopoulos, and Adrien Verdelhan

American Economic Review, December 2019

Fixing the investment horizon, the returns to currency carry trades decrease as the maturity of the foreign bonds increases. Across developed countries, the local currency term premia, which increase with the maturity of the bonds, offset the currency ris...

Discriminating against Captive Customers

By Mark Armstrong and John Vickers

American Economic Review: Insights, December 2019

We analyze a market where some consumers only consider buying from a specific seller while other consumers choose the best deal from several sellers. When sellers are able to discriminate against their captive customers, we show that discrimination harms ...

Reported Effects versus Revealed-Preference Estimates: Evidence from the Propensity to Spend Tax Rebates

By Jonathan A. Parker and Nicholas S. Souleles

American Economic Review: Insights, December 2019

We evaluate the consistency of two methods for estimating the effect of an economic policy: (i) asking people how the policy caused them to change their behavior (reported effects) and (ii) inferring this change using data on behavior and differences in t...

When consolidation and competition go hand in hand

[Research Highlight]

November 26, 2019

Growing demand for hotels led to fewer, bigger firms in the 70s—but the business didn’t become any less cutthroat.

Embracing our differences

[Research Highlight]

November 13, 2019

What effect does campus racial diversity have on the way whites act toward minority students?

2019 AEJ Best Paper Nominations

[News]

November 29, 2018

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

Charter Cities Conference Call for Papers

[News]

December 03, 2019

The deadline for submissions is January 10, 2020.

Screened out

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How do increased "application costs" for disability benefits affect who gets assistance?

10th Anniversary of the Financial Crisis: Joint Interview

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Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom B. Chair: Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal Panelists: Ben Bernanke, Brookings Institution; Timothy Geithner, Warburg Pincus; Henry Paulson, Paulson Institute

How Can Economics Solve Its Gender Problem?

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Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom B. Chair: Betsey Stevenson, University of Michigan Panelists: Janet Yellen, Brookings Institution; Susan Athey, Stanford University; Sebnem Kalemli-Özcan, University of Maryland; Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago

Tax Policy and the Economy

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Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom B. Chair: Glenn Hubbard, Columbia University Speaker: Kevin Hassett, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers Topic: Tax Policy and the Economy: An Early Look at the Economic Impact of TCJA

The Future of the Global Economy: Integration or Fragmentation?

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Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom B Chair: David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF Panelists: Adam Posen, President of Peterson Institute for International Economics; Yiping Huang, China Center for Economic Research, Peking Univ; Kristin J. Forbes, Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and Global Economics, MIT; Jay Shambaugh, Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington Univ and Brookings Institution

Federal Reserve Chairs: Joint Interview

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Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Marquis Ballroom B. Chair: Neil Irwin, New York Times Panelists: Jay Powell, Federal Reserve Board; Janet Yellen, Brookings Institution; Ben Bernanke, Brookings Institution

2019 Live Webcasts of Selected AEA Sessions

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Live streams will be available starting at 10:15 a.m. on January 4th.

CSMGEP Profile: Gerald Jaynes

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Kicking the can down the road

[Research Highlight]

December 05, 2019

The AEA interviews Pierre Yared about why government debt keeps rising and how we can get it under control.

Russell Sage Foundation Upcoming Opportunities

[News]

December 09, 2019

Learn about Summer Institute opportunities.

From start to finish

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Preschool is more effective when paired with more K-12 spending. And vice versa.

Doctor diversity matters

[Research Highlight]

November 27, 2019

Having more black physicians could lead to better health among black men.