2018 AEA Poster Videos

The AEA interviewed select poster presenters at the 2018 conference in Philadelphia to discuss their research and the broader implications of their work. The highlights of those interviews can be viewed below. The poster presenters also told us how they got interested in economics. You can watch the bonus video here. Selected AEA webcasts are also available, compliments of the AEA.

AEA Poster Presenter Video

Ann Owen on gender diversity on bank boards

January 9, 2018

How does having more women on a board affect bank performance?

AEA Poster Presenter Video

Antonio Alonso Arechar on the role of honesty in cooperation

January 10, 2018

Does "cheap talk" help people work together?

AEA Poster Presenter Video

Carola Binder on how gas prices are tied to consumer inflation expectations

January 10, 2018

How should monetary policymakers respond to energy price fluctuations?

AEA Poster Presenter Video

Dennis Bonam on the stability of monetary unions

January 9, 2018

Can monetary unions come back from unstable times?

AEA Poster Presenter Video

Elmer Li on assessing school quality

January 10, 2018

Is student mobility a better measure of school quality than test scores?

AEA Poster Presenter Video

Geoffrey Williams on guns and the 1960s crime wave

January 11, 2018

How did access to cheap guns affect the homicide rate?

AEA Poster Presenter Video

Jim Marrone on the black market for antiquities

January 9, 2018

How do economists study archaeological looting?

AEA Poster Presenter Video

Jonathan James on the formation of dietary habits

January 9, 2018

How malleable are dietary habits in childhood and later in life?

AEA Poster Presenter Video

Lei Gao on mortgage discrimination to same-sex loan applicants

January 9, 2018

How do lenders treat homosexual borrowers differently?

AEA Poster Presenter Video

Lucy Xiaolu Wang on how health IT reduces opioid-related deaths

January 10, 2018

How can prescription monitoring programs be more effective?