Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: A Reassessment: Comment

By Rebecca Henderson, Adam Jaffe, and Manuel Trajtenberg

American Economic Review, March 2005

Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: A Reassessment: Reply

By Peter Thompson and Melanie Fox-Kean

American Economic Review, March 2005

Demand Reduction in Multi-Unit Auctions: Evidence from a Sportscard Field Experiment: Comment

By Dan Levin

American Economic Review, March 2005

Demand Reduction in Multi-Unit Auctions: Evidence from a Sportscard Field Experiment: Reply

By Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans, John A. List, and David H. Reiley

American Economic Review, March 2005

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Setting National Priorities: 1992

By Edward M. Gramlich

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 1992

More than two decades ago the Brookings Institution first published a book with the title of this lecture. The idea behind the book was straightforward—rather than being led by events, or falling into the trap of incremental budgeting, budgetary pla...

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Strengthening the Economy by Rethinking the Role of Federal and State Governments

By Alice M. Rivlin

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 1991

This lecture brings together two subjects that are not often discussed together: national economic policy and the structure of American federalism. My thesis is that the policies needed to improve the health of the U.S. economy over the next decade or two...

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Data Quality and Public Policy

By Janet L. Norwood

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 1990

The goal of a government statistical agency must be to produce data that are objective, relevant, accurate, and timely. But none of these criteria is absolute, and sometimes tradeoffs must be made among them. Timeliness and accuracy compete when we decide...

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Central Banking and Systemic Risks in Capital Markets

By Andrew F. Brimmer

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 1989

Bagehot's conception of the last resort lending function of the central bank is shared by most economists today. On several occasions, the Federal Reserve has digressed from its overall strategy of monetary control to also undertake a tactical rescue of ...

Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Thinking about International Economic Coordination

By Martin S. Feldstein

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 1988

I am not opposed to international cooperation in all economic matters, but in this lecture, I stress the counterproductive consequences of the international coordination of macroeconomic policy. I believe that many of the claimed advantages of cooperation...

American Economic Association Universal Academic Questionnaire Summary Statistics

By Charles E. Scott and John J. Siegfried

American Economic Review, May 2007

American Economic Association Universal Academic Questionnaire Summary Statistics

By Charles E. Scott and John J. Siegfried

American Economic Review, May 2005

American Economic Association Universal Academic Questionnaire Summary Statistics

By Charles E. Scott and John J. Siegfried

American Economic Review, May 2004

American Economic Association Universal Academic Questionnaire Summary Statistics

By Charles E. Scott and John J. Siegfried

American Economic Review, May 2002

American Economic Association Universal Academic Questionnaire Summary Statistics

By Charles E. Scott and John J. Siegfried

American Economic Review, May 2000

American Economic Association Universal Academic Questionnaire Summary Statistics

By Charles E. Scott and John J. Siegfried

American Economic Review, May 1999

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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, July 2023

School Attendance Boundaries and the Segregation of Public Schools in the United States

By Tomás E. Monarrez

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, July 2023

School segregation is determined both by residential sorting and local policies, such as the drawing of attendance boundaries and school siting. This paper develops an approach to understanding the relative importance of these factors by calculating the d...

Does Discipline Decrease Police Misconduct? Evidence from Chicago Civilian Allegations

By Kyle Rozema and Max Schanzenbach

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, July 2023

Reformers are calling for greater oversight of police behavior, in part through enhanced use of civilian complaints. However, others counter that greater oversight could chill effective policing. We assess police officer response to administrative determi...

Adverse Selection in Low-Income Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from an RCT in Pakistan

By Torben Fischer, Markus Frölich, and Andreas Landmann

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, July 2023

We present robust evidence on adverse selection in hospitalization insurance for low-income individuals that received first-time access to insurance. A large randomized control trial from Pakistan allows us to separate adverse selection from moral hazard,...

Generic Aversion and Observational Learning in the Over-the-Counter Drug Market

By Mariana Carrera and Sofia Villas-Boas

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, July 2023

Through a labeling intervention at a national retailer, we test three hypotheses for consumer aversion to generic over-the-counter drugs: lack of information on the comparability of generic and brand drugs, inattention to their price differences, and unce...