Research Highlights Article

Can it be rational to overweight very unlikely events?

July 29, 2016

Why this behavioral bias might actually be a canny evolutionary strategy

AEA in the news

Fossil fuels have had an aeon's head start

July 27, 2016

Two articles about the economics of fossil fuels in the Journal of Economic Perspectives were featured on the Undercover Economist blog in the Financial Times

Research Highlights Article

Did the introduction of the printing press bolster social capital in Africa?

July 25, 2016

How missionaries’ attempts to spread the written gospel can have unexpected side benefits

Research Highlights Article

Do Chinese government inflation data hold up to scrutiny?

July 18, 2016

Engel curves reveal a more complicated story about inflation and growth than official statistics

AEA in the news

Do Minimum-Wage Hikes Mean Healthier Babies?

July 14, 2016

A piece in The Atlantic cited a 2012 piece from the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy about the connection between family income and infant health

Announcement

2016 Conference on Auditing and Capital Markets

July 14, 2016

Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

Announcement

AERA Grants Program

July 14, 2016

AERA announces its Fall 2016 AERA Grants Program application competition

Research Highlights Article

Are colonial-era borders drawn by Europeans holding Africa back?

July 13, 2016

How the “Scramble for Africa” may still be fueling ethnic conflict

Announcement

Jeff Ely is joining the AER Editorial Board as a Coeditor (effective July 1, 2016), and Esther Duflo is becoming the new Editor-in-Chief (effective January 1, 2017)

July 11, 2016

The AER welcomes a new Coeditor and Editor-in-Chief

Research Highlights Article

What happens to women’s health when women’s health clinics disappear?

July 6, 2016

Evidence from clinic closures in Texas and Wisconsin