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Examining the motives, constraints, and sequencing behind Argentina’s 2017 tax reform, from Santiago Afonso and Sebastian Galiani www.nber.org/papers/w34442
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Examining the motives, constraints, and sequencing behind Argentina’s 2017 tax reform, from Santiago Afonso and Sebastian Galiani www.nber.org/papers/w34442
New research finds most riders do not compare prices on Uber and Lyft—yet an audit of NYC rides shows identical trips differ in price by about 14 percent, from Jeffrey Fossett, Michael Luca, and Yejia Xu www.nber.org/papers/w34441
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New research finds most riders do not compare prices on Uber and Lyft—yet an audit of NYC rides shows identical trips differ in price by about 14 percent, from Jeffrey Fossett, Michael Luca, and Yejia Xu www.nber.org/papers/w34441
Immigrant students who attend US colleges take jobs in the largest and smallest firms and show strong future earnings, from Francis M. Dillon, Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, and Andrew J. Wang www.nber.org/papers/w34440
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Immigrant students who attend US colleges take jobs in the largest and smallest firms and show strong future earnings, from Francis M. Dillon, Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, and Andrew J. Wang www.nber.org/papers/w34440
Arguing that complexity methods can augment the study of inequality, with particular value in understanding the meaning of systemic determinants of disparities, from @durlauf.bsky.social, David McMillon, and Scott Page www.nber.org/papers/w34381
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Arguing that complexity methods can augment the study of inequality, with particular value in understanding the meaning of systemic determinants of disparities, from @durlauf.bsky.social, David McMillon, and Scott Page www.nber.org/papers/w34381
To what extent does the quantification of labor market power depend on the modeling of the long-term worker-firm employment relationship, from Francesco Agostinelli, Domenico Ferraro, Giuseppe Sorrenti, and Leonard Treuren www.nber.org/papers/w34439
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
To what extent does the quantification of labor market power depend on the modeling of the long-term worker-firm employment relationship, from Francesco Agostinelli, Domenico Ferraro, Giuseppe Sorrenti, and Leonard Treuren www.nber.org/papers/w34439
Agricultural innovation increased dramatically in response to environmental damage from the American Dust Bowl, substantially mitigating its economic impacts, from Jacob Moscona www.nber.org/papers/w34438
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Agricultural innovation increased dramatically in response to environmental damage from the American Dust Bowl, substantially mitigating its economic impacts, from Jacob Moscona www.nber.org/papers/w34438
A study of the cost-effectiveness of targeted payroll taxes for stimulating labor demand, from Alessandra Fenizia, Nicholas Y. Li, and Luca Citino www.nber.org/papers/w34437
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A study of the cost-effectiveness of targeted payroll taxes for stimulating labor demand, from Alessandra Fenizia, Nicholas Y. Li, and Luca Citino www.nber.org/papers/w34437
Credible central banks can fight inflation with smaller rate hikes — a "reputation dividend". New research combines theory and bond-market evidence to measure its size, from Luigi Bocola, Alessandro Dovis, Kasper Jørgensen, and Rishabh Kirpalani www.nber.org/papers/w34436
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Credible central banks can fight inflation with smaller rate hikes — a "reputation dividend". New research combines theory and bond-market evidence to measure its size, from Luigi Bocola, Alessandro Dovis, Kasper Jørgensen, and Rishabh Kirpalani www.nber.org/papers/w34436
Asthma diagnoses do not change following legalization of recreational cannabis, while asthma-related dispensed prescription medications decline, and asthma-related outpatient visits and inpatient hospitalizations are stable, from Jayawardhana, Hou and Maclean www.nber.org/papers/w34435
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Asthma diagnoses do not change following legalization of recreational cannabis, while asthma-related dispensed prescription medications decline, and asthma-related outpatient visits and inpatient hospitalizations are stable, from Jayawardhana, Hou and Maclean www.nber.org/papers/w34435
Low-income households denied SNAP due to administrative barriers suffer downstream consequences. Process-related denials increase debt, delinquencies, and decrease credit scores, from Tatiana Homonoff, Min S. Lee, and Katherine Meckel www.nber.org/papers/w34434
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Low-income households denied SNAP due to administrative barriers suffer downstream consequences. Process-related denials increase debt, delinquencies, and decrease credit scores, from Tatiana Homonoff, Min S. Lee, and Katherine Meckel www.nber.org/papers/w34434
Pushing Back Against Private Practice: The Unintended Effects of Paying Public Doctors More, from Jonathan Gruber, Núria Mas, Judit Vall Castelló, and Jaume Vives-i-Bastida www.nber.org/papers/w34433
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Pushing Back Against Private Practice: The Unintended Effects of Paying Public Doctors More, from Jonathan Gruber, Núria Mas, Judit Vall Castelló, and Jaume Vives-i-Bastida www.nber.org/papers/w34433
How variations in political regimes across Israel and Europe shape patterns of international migration, from Assaf Razin www.nber.org/papers/w34432
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How variations in political regimes across Israel and Europe shape patterns of international migration, from Assaf Razin www.nber.org/papers/w34432
A 1 dB increase in airplane noise lowers nearby home prices by 0.6–1 percent. Noise’s costs hit communities unevenly, from Florian Allroggen, R. John Hansman, Christopher R. Knittel, Jing Li, Xibo Wan, and Juju Wang www.nber.org/papers/w34431
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A 1 dB increase in airplane noise lowers nearby home prices by 0.6–1 percent. Noise’s costs hit communities unevenly, from Florian Allroggen, R. John Hansman, Christopher R. Knittel, Jing Li, Xibo Wan, and Juju Wang www.nber.org/papers/w34431
Campaigns targeting political outsiders may backfire: criticizing Javier Milei’s proposals reduced support among some voters but mobilized others to advocate for him, from Georgy Egorov, Sergei Guriev, Maxim Mironov, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya www.nber.org/papers/w34430
November 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Campaigns targeting political outsiders may backfire: criticizing Javier Milei’s proposals reduced support among some voters but mobilized others to advocate for him, from Georgy Egorov, Sergei Guriev, Maxim Mironov, and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya www.nber.org/papers/w34430
Ignoring the source of variation in tariff levels yields misleading conclusions regarding the effects of tariff changes, from Andrew Greenland, James Lake, and John Lopresti www.nber.org/papers/w34429
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Ignoring the source of variation in tariff levels yields misleading conclusions regarding the effects of tariff changes, from Andrew Greenland, James Lake, and John Lopresti www.nber.org/papers/w34429
Pollen increases 911 calls, from Shooshan Danagoulian, Monica Deza, Johanna Catherine Maclean, and Alberto Ortega www.nber.org/papers/w34428
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Pollen increases 911 calls, from Shooshan Danagoulian, Monica Deza, Johanna Catherine Maclean, and Alberto Ortega www.nber.org/papers/w34428
Do PGS capture genetic endowments? Using a latent genetic measure, combining SNPs with ADHD symptoms, parents compensate for kids’ ADHD risk. PGS estimates flip the story, from Francesco Agostinelli and Zach Weingarten www.nber.org/papers/w34427
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Do PGS capture genetic endowments? Using a latent genetic measure, combining SNPs with ADHD symptoms, parents compensate for kids’ ADHD risk. PGS estimates flip the story, from Francesco Agostinelli and Zach Weingarten www.nber.org/papers/w34427
Private debt can be viewed as the emergence of a new technology that facilitated the expansion of the high-yield corporate debt market into the middle market, from Victoria Ivashina www.nber.org/papers/w34426
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Private debt can be viewed as the emergence of a new technology that facilitated the expansion of the high-yield corporate debt market into the middle market, from Victoria Ivashina www.nber.org/papers/w34426
Announcing a new Post-Doctoral Fellowship, New Perspectives on Agricultural Economics. Deadline to apply December 4, 2025, at 5 pm EST. Full details available www.nber.org/calls-papers...
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Announcing a new Post-Doctoral Fellowship, New Perspectives on Agricultural Economics. Deadline to apply December 4, 2025, at 5 pm EST. Full details available www.nber.org/calls-papers...
Defendants guilty of identical DWI offenses face sharply different outcomes by race, gender, and resources, revealing systemic inequality in punishment beyond, from Jeffrey T. Denning, Benjamin Hansen, Lars Lefgren, Emily C. Leslie, and Cody Tuttle www.nber.org/papers/w34425
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Defendants guilty of identical DWI offenses face sharply different outcomes by race, gender, and resources, revealing systemic inequality in punishment beyond, from Jeffrey T. Denning, Benjamin Hansen, Lars Lefgren, Emily C. Leslie, and Cody Tuttle www.nber.org/papers/w34425
Leading AI firms claim to prioritize social welfare. How should firms with a social mandate price and deploy their AIs? From Nils H. Lehr and Pascual Restrepo www.nber.org/papers/w34424
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Leading AI firms claim to prioritize social welfare. How should firms with a social mandate price and deploy their AIs? From Nils H. Lehr and Pascual Restrepo www.nber.org/papers/w34424
A study of what happens when all economically valuable work can be done with compute. When bottlenecks disappear, wages fall to their compute-equivalent level, from Pascual Restrepo www.nber.org/papers/w34423
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A study of what happens when all economically valuable work can be done with compute. When bottlenecks disappear, wages fall to their compute-equivalent level, from Pascual Restrepo www.nber.org/papers/w34423
Long, exclusive bank relationships lead to larger loans and less collateral, and banks reestablish some relationships after borrower default, from Howard Bodenhorn and Youwei Xing www.nber.org/papers/w34422
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Long, exclusive bank relationships lead to larger loans and less collateral, and banks reestablish some relationships after borrower default, from Howard Bodenhorn and Youwei Xing www.nber.org/papers/w34422
The 1975 Voting Rights Act extension lowered mortality for most nonwhite groups but raised it for white adults and older nonwhite men, patterns consistent with status threat, from Atheendar Venkataramani, Rourke O'Brien, Elizabeth F. Bair, and Christopher A. Lowenstein www.nber.org/papers/w34421
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The 1975 Voting Rights Act extension lowered mortality for most nonwhite groups but raised it for white adults and older nonwhite men, patterns consistent with status threat, from Atheendar Venkataramani, Rourke O'Brien, Elizabeth F. Bair, and Christopher A. Lowenstein www.nber.org/papers/w34421
The stock market participants are neither perfectly rational nor perfectly efficient. Yet to what degree? Toward a practical baseline of objective expectation formation, from Francesco Bianchi, Do Q. Lee, Sydney C. Ludvigson, and Sai Ma www.nber.org/papers/w34420
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The stock market participants are neither perfectly rational nor perfectly efficient. Yet to what degree? Toward a practical baseline of objective expectation formation, from Francesco Bianchi, Do Q. Lee, Sydney C. Ludvigson, and Sai Ma www.nber.org/papers/w34420