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2020 PCAOB-ERA Conference on Auditing and Capital Markets Call for Papers

July 20, 2020

Conference to be held virtually on October 29-30, 2020.

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Managing the national debt

July 20, 2020

What type of bonds should governments issue?

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Room to grow

July 17, 2020

Are social insurance mandates holding back entrepreneurs?

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Valuing past performance

July 15, 2020

How much do reference letters boost a job seeker's prospects for landing an interview?

Member Announcement

AEA Member Announcements: 2021 AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting will be VIRTUAL

July 13, 2020

View member announcements from July 13, 2020.

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Promoting smaller families

July 13, 2020

Fertility rates are declining in poor countries. Family planning campaigns are part of the reason why.

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Autocracies in the information age

July 8, 2020

UCLA professor Daniel Treisman discusses how today’s dictators retain their power and how to fight back.

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The tyranny of the top five

July 6, 2020

Is there too much pressure to publish in the highest-ranked journals?

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Regulation by shaming

July 2, 2020

Publicizing safety violations at one company has ripple effects that lead to improvements at other workplaces.

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Seeking equity outside academia

July 1, 2020

Is the economics profession’s pay gap different when working for the government?