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Risky business

March 13, 2019

How did an insurance requirement force small drillers out of Texas' oil and gas industry?

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Bias on the bench

March 11, 2019

Judicial politics play a role in perpetuating racial and gender disparities in sentencing.

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More competing. More saving.

March 6, 2019

How do national retailers set prices? And who does it help?

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Pinpointing the gender problem in economics

March 4, 2019

Female economists place at lower-ranked departments out of graduate school and are less likely to be promoted.

Announcement

16th NIPE Summer School Announcement

March 4, 2019

Course will be taught at the University of Minho between June 3rd and 6th 2019.

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The Poor City Population Boom

March 1, 2019

This video explains why today's fastest growing urban areas are in poorer countries.

Announcement

C. Elton Hinshaw (1936-2019)

February 28, 2019

Elton Hinshaw was a longtime professor of economics at Vanderbilt University and former Secretary-Treasurer of the AEA.

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Earn less, pay more

February 27, 2019

Can income tax policy explain how globalization drives income inequality?

Announcement

PSID Data User Training Workshop

February 26, 2019

This five-day workshop will be held June 10-14, 2019 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbo

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Does trade policy really matter?

February 25, 2019

Britain’s protectionism in the 1930s may offer insights for policymakers today.