The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China

By Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró i Miquel, Nancy Qian, and Yang Yao

American Economic Review, September 2022

We posit that autocrats introduce local elections when their bureaucratic capacity is low. Local elections exploit citizens' informational advantage in keeping local officials accountable, but they also weaken vertical control. As bureaucratic capacity ...

AEA Member Announcements: AEA Elections and Other Announcements

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October 03, 2022

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CSMGEP: Perry Singleton

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Call for Proposals: Kroner Center for Financial Research at UCSD

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October 04, 2022

The submission deadline is November 1, 2022.

David Card, Clark Medalist 1995

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David Card is the 1995 Clark Medalist

Parag Pathak, Clark Medalist 2018

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Parag Pathak is the Clark Medalist for 2018

Roland Fryer, Clark Medalist 2015

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Roland Fryer is the 2015 Clark Medalist and an influential applied microeconomist

Congratulations to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond, and Philip H. Dybvig on being awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

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October 03, 2022

Former AEA President Ben S. Bernanke lauded alongside Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig for their research on banks and financial crises.

Lift and Shift: The Effect of Fundraising Interventions in Charity Space and Time

By Kimberley Scharf, Sarah Smith, and Mark Ottoni-Wilhelm

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, August 2022

Fundraising interventions may lift donations and/or shift their composition and timing. Using data rich in both the charity space and time dimensions, we find that major fundraising appeals lift donations to the appeal charity and that this increase is no...

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