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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?

Announcement

I.S.E.O. Summer School 2018

March 9, 2018

Taking place in Italy on June 21-30, 2018.

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Encouraging energy conservation

March 7, 2018

How effective are appeals to morality versus economic incentives?

AEA in the news

The Wall Street Journal features AEJ: Applied article on sexual assault

March 7, 2018

The paper analyzed the correlation between college football game days and increased reports of rape on campus.

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Learning to cheat

March 5, 2018

A high school program designed to promote learning incentivized cheating as well.

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Process of assimilation

February 28, 2018

An interview with Leah Boustan about immigrant earnings, assimilation, and policy

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Guilty until proven innocent

February 26, 2018

How does being detained before trial affect the chances that a defendant will be found guilty?