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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.

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Fragile innovation

November 2, 2018

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

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Paranormal stock activity

October 31, 2018

An old stock market puzzle is still stumping economists.

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How Democrats lost the South

October 29, 2018

The AEA interviews Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington about why Southern states turned Republican in the 1960s.

Announcement

Russell Sage Foundation 2019 Summer Institutes

October 29, 2018

The application deadlines are in January and February 2019 for these summer institutes.

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Modern family

October 24, 2018

How do parental leave policies affect relationship stability at home?

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Hurt on the job

October 22, 2018

States are trying to rein in workers' compensation costs. How does that affect earnings for injured employees?

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Boosting mobile savings

October 19, 2018

Can automatic enrollments encourage saving in developing countries?

AEA in the news

Bloomberg features EconSpark discussion

October 19, 2018

Columnist Noah Smith highlights newly launched forum in an article about whether low interest rates encourage risk taking.

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On the wrong track

October 17, 2018

An education reform at the University of Cape Town offers lessons on grouping students by academic achievement.