Research Highlights

The AEA profiles research from all of its journals covering the wide range of topics that economists study. The entire archive of research highlights is below. A list of featured charts from AEA journals are also available.

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Fighting brands and mobile phone plans

January 28, 2022

How do incumbent companies react to a new competitor?

Career training

January 24, 2022

What are the long-run impacts of vocational education on labor market outcomes?

Inverted outcomes resulting from the Electoral College system

January 19, 2022

Michael Geruso discusses why some US presidential candidates win with fewer votes.

The downside of great expectations

January 14, 2022

How do overly optimistic growth forecasts affect a nation’s economy?

2021 in Research Highlights

December 30, 2021

Economists addressed the recovery of Southern wealth after the Civil War, why the United States has the best research universities, Facebook filters, and more.