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Police militarization can deter street crime

November 14, 2016

The Boston Globe cited a forthcoming paper in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy about police militarization and the effect on crime.

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Is Google hurting quality online journalism?

November 11, 2016

Newspapers and online aggregators have a tense relationship, but may be able to work together

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Econ 101 Might Be Wrong About Supply and Demand

November 10, 2016

A Bloomberg View column about rethinking the business cycle cited a 2006 article from the American Economic Review that may have been ahead of its time

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Can one company’s patents help its competitors?

November 9, 2016

When the patent on Zocor expired, the makers of rival Lipitor suffered too

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Why rain on Election Day can dampen voter enthusiasm (for years to come)

November 7, 2016

More evidence that going to the polls can be habit-forming

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The perils of daylight saving time

November 7, 2016

The Wichita Eagle cited a paper that appeared in the April 2016 edition of American Economic Journal: Applied Economics about the perils of daylight saving time.

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Do high taxes motivate star inventors to relocate?

November 4, 2016

Tracking where Russia's top inventors went after the fall of the Soviet Union

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Are hospitals more like other businesses than we thought?

November 2, 2016

Health care providers didn't think the rules of the marketplace applied to them. A new study suggests they were wrong.

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A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges

October 31, 2016

The New York Times cited a paper that appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Journal of Economic Perspectives about for-profit colleges

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Cecilia Rouse and Marina Halac honored by CSWEP

October 31, 2016

The AEA’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession has honored professors at Princeton University and Columbia University for their contributions to the economics field.