7+ hour, 5+ min ago  (289+ words) In a'paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, authors Harris Dellas and George S. Tavlas revisit the controversy and explain why it still matters. They find that Kindleberger anticipated much of what is now called the intertemporal approach to the current…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (252+ words) Figure 2 illustrates the study's central findings across three panels. The horizontal axis in each panel marks years relative to union certification, with year zero indicating the certification date (dashed vertical lines). Figure 2 from Baker et al. (2026) Panel A plots the…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (12+ words) American Economic Association...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (332+ words) Since the 1990s, developers in Florida who want to build on wetlands have been required to buy offset credits from "wetland mitigation banks," private restoration projects that convert degraded land, often former pasture, back into functioning wetland elsewhere in the same…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (254+ words) Protesters against a proposed tax bill gather in front of the gate of the House of Representatives in Manila, Philippines. Source: Herman R. Lumanog For decades, economists have sought to understand why developing countries collect so little tax revenue. Tax-to-GDP ratios…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (489+ words) Source: Tracks_Rails from Chicago, United States, Public domain The place where a child grows up in America shapes their economic future to a significant degree. One long-suspected explanation is racial segregation, but proving whether segregation actually causes worse outcomes'rather than just…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (308+ words) In well-functioning economies, the best-managed businesses attract plenty of capital and the most talented workers, enabling them to grow. In many developing economies, however, resources remain tied up in unproductive firms, and capable entrepreneurs stay stuck at small scale, a…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (33+ words) American Economic Association - American Economic Association Announces Spring Award Recipients for 2026 Get instructions on submitting your work for publication. Explore the AEA's prestigious journals....

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (466+ words) In a'paper in the American Economic Review, authors Sahil Chinoy, Nathan Nunn, Sandra Sequeira, and Stefanie Stantcheva investigate zero-sum thinking, tracing its origins across generations and documenting its influence on policy preferences. The authors build on the ideas of anthropologist…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (16+ words) Stanford Initiative for Financial Decision-Making and G53 Network: Financial Literacy Research Boot Camp'American Economic Association...