American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

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Importing polarization

October 28, 2020
Professor Gordon Hanson discusses how competition from China has pushed some communities to the edges of the political spectrum.
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Gender roles and misperceptions

October 12, 2020
Men in Saudi Arabia underestimate how many of their peers think women should be able to work outside the home.
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International exposure

October 7, 2020
Revaluations of foreign currency debt can be especially severe for individual borrowers.
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Quietly preventing a bank run

October 5, 2020
Should policymakers maintain anonymity for financial institutions who need a bailout during a crisis?
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Open access

September 25, 2020
Is there a way that companies can use consumer data while also respecting their privacy?
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Risk equals reward

September 9, 2020
Wealth inequality is growing, in part, because rich people can be riskier with their money.
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A solution creates a problem

August 26, 2020
An anti-poverty program improved monitoring by going digital and inadvertently reduced access for people it aimed to help.