Research Highlights Article

Making economics transparent and reproducible

November 16, 2018

The AEA interviews Ted Miguel about the credibility of economics.

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State-unbuilding

November 14, 2018

The Taliban recognized the importance of elections and made them a primary target.

Announcement

AEA Climate Survey

November 14, 2018

NORC at the University of Chicago is conducting a survey on behalf of the American Economic Association (AEA) about the professional climate in economics.

Research Highlights Article

Shadow business

November 12, 2018

How many cartels exist and how important is competition policy to reining them in?

Member Announcement

AEA Member Survey on Professional Climate

November 12, 2018

View member announcement from November 12, 2018.

Recommendations for Further Reading

Housing inventories, the Kerner Commission Report, and plastic waste

November 9, 2018

Reading recommendations from Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives

Announcement

2018 China International Conference in Economics

November 8, 2018

The CICE will be held in Beijing from December 13 - 16, 2018.

Research Highlights Article

The heroin balloon

November 7, 2018

A push to make prescription opioids more difficult to abuse touched off a surge of heroin deaths.

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A shock to civility

November 5, 2018

When liberalized trade caused foreign competition to increase in Brazil, crime went up, too.

Research Highlights Article

Fragile innovation

November 2, 2018

This video explains how financial innovation helped cause the 2008 financial crisis.