Announcement

First PhD Student Workshop in Economics and Business Administration

March 27, 2018

Workshop is jointly offered by the University of Minho and the University of Coimbra on June 15, 2018.

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Taxing Russia's drinking problem

March 26, 2018

How much would a 50 percent increase on the price of vodka reduce alcohol abuse?

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Data visualization for economists

March 23, 2018

An interview with Jonathan Schwabish

Announcement

Price Theory Summer Camp 2018

March 23, 2018

Program for PhD students to be held July 8-12, 2018 at the University of Chicago

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Inside the art market

March 21, 2018

Art prices and volume co-move with the economy.

AEA in the news

The New York Times features AER paper on hospitalizations

March 21, 2018

Researchers determined that an admission had severe economic consequences regardless of whether the patient was insured.

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Coarse Grades

March 19, 2018

Crude measures of quality are sometimes better for consumers.

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Cite your sources

March 14, 2018

What can economists’ citations tell us about the field?

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Protecting homeowners from themselves

March 12, 2018

Could restricting home equity extraction lower the risk of mortgage default?

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"Sand castles before the tide"

March 9, 2018

How can America's most expensive cities keep themselves affordable?