Research Highlights

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

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Bringing financial markets together

March 12, 2021

Securities are typically traded separately from one another. Would it be better to combine those transactions?

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Estimating Frisch elasticity

March 10, 2021

A temporary tax holiday in Switzerland offers insights into how workers adjust to income changes.

Research Highlights Article

Flexible decision-making and short-term forecasts

March 8, 2021

How valuable are long-run predictions?

Research Highlights Podcast

Supreme polarization

March 3, 2021

University of Chicago law professor Daniel Hemel discusses whether the nation’s highest court is facing a legitimacy crisis and, if so, what to do about it.

Research Highlights Featured Chart

The globalization of American universities

March 1, 2021

Foreign students are a growing presence on college campuses. Whether they stay in the United States after graduation largely depends on job opportunities back home.