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The economics of autocratic legalism

September 20, 2023

How do modern autocracies immiserate their populace to satisfy the elite?

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Concentrated spending

August 22, 2023

Why are US households spending more money on fewer products and showing increasing divergence from each other in their selections?

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Testing the “superstar hypothesis”

July 24, 2023

The historic rollout of television in the United States provides a natural experiment in scale-related technological change.

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Market design and third-party certificates

June 28, 2023

How do certification thresholds impact quality and prices in markets?

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Colleges and local economic growth

May 31, 2023

What drives local innovation?

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The impact of bubbly episodes

May 1, 2023

How do economic bubbles and crashes affect long-run economic growth?

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The power of word choice

April 4, 2023

Does slanted language affect public opinion?

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The economic fallout from environmental crises

March 6, 2023

The effect of the Flint water crisis on housing prices.

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Falling wages and discretionary pay-setting practices

February 6, 2023

A decline in the use of standardized pay rates contributed to stagnating wages from the 1970s to the mid-1990s.

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Teacher diversity in the classroom

January 10, 2023

Does exposure to same-race teachers help students in the long run?