Research Highlights Article

Scientific progress one funeral at a time

September 13, 2019

What happens to a research field when it loses its leader?

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Newspapers and doing more with less

September 9, 2019

This video looks at how French dailies responded when commercial TV posed competition for ad revenue.

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Breaching the Great Firewall

September 4, 2019

What has censorship done to the Chinese public’s demand for politically sensitive news?

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"The curse of bigness"

August 30, 2019

The AEA interviews Naomi Lamoreaux about the history of Americans' response to dominant companies.

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Lengthy copyrights and orphaned books

August 26, 2019

How much do copyrights affect readers?

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Passing the buck

August 21, 2019

Who pays for a raise in the minimum wage and how does it affect job growth?

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A cash and employment conundrum

August 16, 2019

Why do cash-rich companies hire fewer workers?

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Why did productivity drop after the Great Recession?

August 12, 2019

Was it just bad luck, or was there something about how businesses responded that drove the slowdown?

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Casting a wider tax net

August 7, 2019

A threat paired with insights from behavioral economics can help ensure companies pay their taxes.

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JEP in the classroom

August 2, 2019

The AEA interviews managing editor Tim Taylor about helping college professors find articles for their syllabuses.