Research Highlights Article

Cream skimming on online platforms

June 3, 2019

When sellers know too much about buyers, both can suffer.

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Welfare reform and recidivism

May 29, 2019

A new study finds that banning felons from receiving food stamps led to more crime.

Research Highlights Article

Introducing AER: Insights

May 28, 2019

The AEA interviews editor Amy Finkelstein about the launch of the organization's newest journal.

Research Highlights Article

A token of trust

May 24, 2019

How important are monetary systems in getting people to cooperate in large-scale interactions?

Announcement

Submissions open for the 2019 TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award

May 23, 2019

The TIAA Institute invites you to submit an entry for the 2019 TIAA PAUL A. SAMUELSON AWARD

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Different management styles

May 22, 2019

What drives the variety of approaches to running an organization within the same company?

Member Announcement

Letter to AEA Membership Regarding the New AEA Ombudsperson

May 20, 2019

Read the member announcement from May 20, 2019.

Research Highlights Article

The sources of switching costs

May 20, 2019

How does complexity and bureaucracy affect pension fund choices?

Research Highlights Article

The economics of anti-Semitism

May 15, 2019

The AEA interviews Sascha Becker about how the Protestant Reformation created competition and conflict between Christians and Jews.

Announcement

Alice M. Rivlin (1931-2019)

May 15, 2019

Founding Director of the Congressional Budget office was AEA president in 1986.