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2/ Price effects took nearly a year to reach shelves, and some firms turned to “tariff engineering,” relabeling bottles to sidestep duties.

Authors: Aaron Flaaen, Ali Hortaçsu, Felix Tintelnot, Nicolás Urdaneta & Daniel Xu
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
4/ Data & documentation: cmfdata.org
Interactive map: bfidatastudio.org/project/expl...
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
2/ Census of Manufactures transcripts from 1850-1880, which sat in archives for over a century, are now digitized and publicly available for the first time.
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A large-scale field experiment found that an AI-driven pricing plan cut household peak-hour demand by 42%, shifting use to cleaner, cheaper periods.

AI could reshape how we power the future. ⚡️

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October 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM