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The fallout of bankruptcy reform

July 6, 2021

What are the economic consequences of making it more difficult for individuals to file for bankruptcy protection?

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Paying attention to price hikes

July 2, 2021

How do consumers respond to increases in sales tax?

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Foreign interventions

June 30, 2021

Do scholars need a better framework for thinking about foreign influence?

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Persistent protesting

June 28, 2021

How do political movements sustain participation over the long run?

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LGBTQ economics

June 23, 2021

Lee Badgett discusses her research on the effects of sexual orientation-based discrimination and how economists can engage in the fight for equality.

Announcement

2021 NBER NSF Seminar on Bayesian Inference in Econometrics and Statistics (SBIES)

June 23, 2021

The seminar will be held online August 6-7, 2021.

Call For Papers

Call for Papers: 2021 PCAOB Conference on Auditing and Capital Markets

June 23, 2021

The deadline for submissions is August 6, 2021.

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How COVID-19 exacerbated the gender gap in academia

June 21, 2021

Time spent on research fell dramatically, especially for women, as parents adjusted to life with kids in quarantine.

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Collaborative versus adversarial contact

June 18, 2021

How do shared goals among different social groups impact prejudice?

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Variation in punishment

June 16, 2021

How much does racial heterogeneity affect the severity of criminal sentencing?