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Research Highlights

AEA Research Highlights feature selected articles published in the AEA journals.

Podcasts — Interviews with AEA authors discussing their work.
Articles — Summaries of AEA articles, based on interviews with the authors.
Featured Charts — Illumination of graphs from AEA journal articles.

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Research Highlights Podcast

More than a few bad apples

July 7, 2021
Steven Mello discusses discrimination within the Florida Highway Patrol and what it reveals about racial bias in the US.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

The fallout of bankruptcy reform

July 6, 2021
What are the economic consequences of making it more difficult for individuals to file for bankruptcy protection?
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Foreign interventions

June 30, 2021
Do scholars need a better framework for thinking about foreign influence?
Research Highlights Article

Persistent protesting

June 28, 2021
How do political movements sustain participation over the long run?
Research Highlights Podcast

LGBTQ economics

June 23, 2021
Lee Badgett discusses her research on the effects of sexual orientation-based discrimination and how economists can engage in the fight for equality.
Research Highlights Featured Chart

Variation in punishment

June 16, 2021
How much does racial heterogeneity affect the severity of criminal sentencing?
Research Highlights Article

"Drowning in products"

June 14, 2021
Are consumers helped more by professional critics’ reviews or crowd-based ratings?