Research Highlights

The AEA profiles research from all of its journals covering the wide range of topics that economists study. The entire archive of research highlights is below. A list of featured charts from AEA journals are also available.

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Archive

Figuring out what works

June 15, 2020

Healthy people follow health trends. That behavior can actually cloud research.

The persistence of poverty and insecurity

June 10, 2020

The AEA interviews 2020 John Bates Clark Medalist Melissa Dell.

Few companies, fewer products

June 5, 2020

The oligopolistic smartphone market isn't producing enough phones for consumers.

Tariff exemptions and political connections

June 1, 2020

Why do special economic zones exist?

Scrutinizing for-profit colleges

May 27, 2020

Stephanie Cellini discusses the ways students are affected in a much maligned industry.

Reviving neighborhoods in rust-belt cities

May 22, 2020

Why are areas near Detroit’s thriving downtown less developed than ones further away?

Nation building through sports

May 18, 2020

Could the success of a national team be enough to unite a divided country?

Supplying a fiscal lifeline

May 13, 2020

Valerie Ramey discusses what economists have learned about stimulus since the 2008 financial crisis.

Dissecting monetary policy

May 8, 2020

How much of the reaction to Fed policy is based on what officials say versus what they do?

How to cure a debt hangover

May 4, 2020

Relieving delinquent borrowers requires more than just lower minimum payments.