Forthcoming Publications

The Political Economy of Public Debt: A Laboratory Study
Battaglini, Marco, Salvatore Nunnari, and Thomas R. Palfrey. "The Political Economy of Public Debt: A Laboratory Study." Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming.
 

The Increasing Stratification of Faculty Employment at Colleges and Universities in the United States
Zhang, Liang, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Xiangmin Liu. "The Increasing Stratification of Faculty Employment at Colleges and Universities in the United States." Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations, forthcoming.

The Determinants of China's International Portfolio Equity Allocations
Agarwal, Isha, Grace Wishi Gu, and Eswar Prasad. "The Determinants of China's International Portfolio Equity Allocations." IMF Economic Review, forthcoming.
 

Effectiveness of Connected Legislators
Battaglini, Marco, Valerio Leone Sciabolazza, and Eleonora Patacchini. “Effectiveness of Connected Legislators.” American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming.
 

Multidimensional Diffusion Processes in Dynamic Online Networks
Easley, David, Eleonora Patacchini, and Christopher Rojas. "Multidimensional Diffusion Processes in Dynamic Online Networks." Plos One, forthcoming.
 

Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors in Economics? An Evaluation by Randomized Trial
Blau, Francine D., Janet M. Currie, Rachel T.A. Croson, and Donna K. Ginther. “Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors? Interim Results from a Randomized Trial.” American Economic Review, forthcoming.

The Impact of Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability
Cawley, John, David Frisvold, Anna Hill, and David Jones. “The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability.” Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, forthcoming.

Unemployment Fluctuations, Match Quality, and the Wage Cyclicality of New Hires
Gertler, Mark, Christopher Huckfeldt, and Antonella Trigari. “Unemployment Fluctuations, Match Quality, and the Wage Cyclicality of New Hires.” The Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming.

The State of Economics, the State of the World: An Introduction
Basu, Kaushik. The State of Economics, the State of the World. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, forthcoming.

Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?
Blau, Francine D., Lawrence M. Kahn, Peter Brummund, Jason Cook, and Miriam Larson-Koester. “Is There Still Son Preference in the United States?” Journal of Population Economics, forthcoming.
 

Measuring "Schmeduling"
Rees-Jones, Alex, and Dmitry Taubinsky. “Measuring ‘Schmeduling.’” The Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming.

Using Invention Activities to Teach Econometrics
McKee, Douglas, and George Orlov. "Using Invention Activities to Teach Econometrics." Journal of Economics Teaching, forthcoming.

The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Purchases and Consumption by Adults and Children
Cawley, John, David Frisvold, Anna Hill, and David Jones. "The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Purchases and Consumption by Adults and Children." Journal of Health Economics, forthcoming.

Tightening Belts to Buy a Home: Consumption Responses to Rising Housing Prices in Urban China
Waxman, Andrew, Yuanning Liang, Shanjun Li, and Panle Jia Barwick. "Tightening Belts to Buy a Home: Consumption Responses to Rising Housing Prices in Urban China." Journal of Urban Economics, forthcoming.

Within-Season Producer Response to Warmer Temperatures: Defensive Investments by Kenyan Farmers
Jagnani, Maulik, Christopher B. Barrett, Yanyan Liu, and Liangzhi You. "Within-Season Producer Response to Warmer Temperatures: Defensive Investments by Kenyan Farmers." The Economic Journal, forthcoming.

Close to the Edge: High Productivity at Plot Peripheries and the Inverse Size-Productivity Relationship
Bevis, Leah EM, and Christopher B. Barrett. "Close to the Edge: High Productivity at Plot Peripheries and the Inverse Size-Productivity Relationship." Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming.

Do Friendship Networks Improve Female Education?
Hahn, Youjin, Asadul Islam, Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou. "Do Friendship Networks Improve Female Education?" The Economic Journal, forthcoming.
 

New Evidence on Cyclical Variation in Labor Costs in the U.S.
Gu, Grace Weishi, and Eswar Prasad. "New Evidence on Cyclical Variation in Labor Costs in the U.S." Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
 

Treatment Effects with Heterogeneous Externalities
Arduini, Tiziano, Eleonora Patacchini, and Edoardo Rainone. "Treatment Effects with Heterogeneous Externalities." Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, forthcoming.
 

Weight, reference points, and the onset of eating disorders
Arduini, Tiziano, Daniela Iorio, and Eleonora Patacchini. "Weight, reference points, and the onset of eating disorders." Journal of Health Economics 65, forthcoming.
 

The Brother Earnings Penalty
Cools, Angela, and Eleonora Patacchini. "The Brother Earnings Penalty." Labour Economics 58, forthcoming.

The Coming Wave: Where Do Emerging Market Investors Put Their Money?
Karolyi, G. Andrew, David T. Ng, and Eswar S. Prasad. "The Coming Wave: Where Do Emerging Market Investors Put Their Money?" Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.

Public School Choice: An Economic Analysis
Barseghyan, Levon, Damon Clark, and Stephen Coate. "Public School Choice: An Economic Analysis." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming.

2020 Publications

The Cost of Legal Restrictions on Experience Rating
Barseghyan, Levon, Francesca Molinari, Darcy Steeg Morris, and Joshua C. Teitelbaum. "The Cost of Legal Restrictions on Experience Rating." Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 17, no.1 (March 2020): 1-185.
 

The Political Economy of Weak Treaties
Battaglini, Marco and Bard Harstad. "The Political Economy of Weak Treaties." Journal of Political Economy 128, no. 2 (February 2020): 544-590.

2019 Publications

Peer Preferences, School Competition, and the Effects of Public School Choice
Barseghyan, Levon, Damon Clark, and Stephen Coate. “Peer Preferences, School Competition, and the Effects of Public School Choice.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11, no. 4 (November 2019): 124–158.

The State of Economics, The State of the World
Basu, Kaushik, Claudia Sepulveda, and David Rosenblatt. The State of Economics, the State of the World. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2019.

 

Are High-Quality PhD Programs at Universities Associated with More Undergraduate Students Pursuing PhD Study?
Jones, Todd R., and Ronald G. Ehrenberg. "Are High-Quality PhD Programs at Universities Associated with More Undergraduate Students Pursuing PhD Study?" Education Economics 27, no. 5 (September 2019): 451-471.

Speculation and the Bond Market: An Empirical No-Arbitrage Framework
Barillas, Francisco, and Kristoffer Nimark. "Speculation and the Bond Market: An Empirical No-Arbitrage Framework." Management Science 65, no. 9 (September 2019): 3949-4450.

Social Networks in Policy Making
Battaglini, Marco, and Eleonora Patacchini. "Social Networks in Policy Making." Annual Review of Economics 11 (August 2019): 473–494.
 

The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration: Highlights from the National Academies Report
Blau, Francine D., and Jennifer Hunt. “The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration: Highlights from the National Academies Report.” Business Economics 54, no. 3 (July 2019): 173–176.

In Pursuit of Tenure Track Positions: Career Progression and the Satisfaction of Humanities and Social Sciences Doctorates
Main, Joyce B., Sarah Prenovitz, and Ronald G. Ehrenberg. "In Pursuit of Tenure Track Positions: Career Progression and the Satisfaction of Humanities and Social Science Doctorates." Review of Higher Education 42, no. 4 (Summer 2019): 1309-1336.

The Quality of Growth in Africa
Kanbur, Ravi, Akbar Noman, and Joseph E. Stiglitz. The Quality of Growth in Africa. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2019.

Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy
Kanbur, Ravi, and Henry Shue. Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.

Inequality Indices as Tests of Fairness
Kanbur, Ravi, and Andy Snell. "Inequality Indices as Tests of Fairness." The Economic Journal 129, no. 621 (July 2019): 2216-2239.

 

Confidence Intervals for Projections of Partially Identified Parameters
Kaido, Hiroaki, Francesca Molinari, Jörg Stoye. "Confidence Intervals for Projections of Partially Identified Parameters." Econometrica 87, no. 4 (July 2019): 1397-1432.
 

Testing for Family Influences on Obesity: The Role of Genetic Nurture
Cawley, John, Euna Han, Jiyoon Kim, and Edward C. Norton. "Testing for Family Influences on Obesity: The Role of Genetic Nurture." Health Economics 28, no. 7 (July 2019): 937-952.
 

Optimal Fiscal Limits with Overrides
Coate, Stephen, and Ross T. Milton. "Optimal Fiscal Limits with Overrides." Journal of Public Economics 174 (2019): 76-92.

Emerging Human Infectious Diseases and the Links to Global Food Production
Rohr, Jason R., Christopher B. Barrett, David J. Civitello, Meggan E. Craft, Bryan Delius, Giulio A. Deleo, Peter J. Hudson, Nicolas Jouanard, Karena H. Nguyen, Richard S. Ostfeld, Justin V. Remais, Gilles Riveau, Susanne H. Sokolow, and David Tilman. "Emerging Human Infectious Diseases and the Links to Global Food Production." Nature Sustainability 2 (June 2019): 445-456.

Correlated Non-Classical Measurement Errors, ‘Second Best’ Policy Inference and the Inverse Size-Productivity Relationship in Agriculture
Abay, Kibrom A., Gashaw T. Abate, Christopher B. Barrett, and Tanguy Bernard. "Correlated Non-Classical Measurement Errors, 'Second Best' Policy Inference and the Inverse Size-Productivity Relationship in Agriculture." Journal of Development Economics 139 (June 2019): 171-184.

Individual Preferences and Democratic Processes: Two Theorems with Implications for Electoral Politics
Basu, Kaushik, and Tapan Mitra. "Individual Preferences and Democratic Processes: Two Theorems with Implications for Electoral Politics." Social Choice and Welfare, (2019).

Report by the AEA Data Editor
Vilhuber, Lars. "Report by the AEA Data Editor." AEA Papers and Proceedings 109 (2019): 718-29.

Why the Economics Profession Must Actively Participate in the Privacy Protection Debate
Abowd, John M., Ian M. Schmutte, William N. Sexton, and Lars Vilhuber. "Why the Economics Profession Must Actively Participate in the Privacy Protection Debate." AEA Papers and Proceedings 109 (2019): 397-402.

An Economist's Miscellany: From the Groves of Academe to the Slopes of Raisina Hill
Basu, Kaushik. An Economist's Miscellany: From the Groves of Academe to the Slopes of Raisina Hill. India: Oxford University Press, 2019.

News media and delegated information choice
Nimark, Kristoffer P., and Stefan Pitschner. "News Media and Delegated Information Choice." Journal of Economic Theory 181 (May 2019): 160-196.

Inequality, Growth, Poverty, and Lunar Eclipses: Policy and Arithmetic
Basu, Kaushik, and S. Subramanian. "Inequality, Growth, Poverty and Lunar Eclipses: Policy and Arithmetic." Development and Change, (May 2019).
 

Inattention and belief polarization
Nimark, Kristoffer P., and Savitar Sundaresan. "Inattention and belief polarization." Journal of Economic Theory 180 (March 2019): 203-228.

The Informational Theory of Legislative Committees: An Experimental Analysis
Battaglini, Marco, Ernest K. Lai, Wooyoung Lim, and Joseph Tao-Yi Wang. "The Informational Theory of Legislative Committees: An Experimental Analysis." American Political Science Review 113, no. 1 (February 2019): 55-76.

The Effect of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes: an Application of Genetic Instrumental Variables
Böckerman, Petri, John Cawley, Jutta Viinikainen, Terho Lehtimäki, Suvi Rovio, Ilkka Seppälä, Jaakko Pehkonen, and Olli Raitakari. "The Effect of Weight on Labor Market Outcomes: An Application of Genetic Instrumental Variables." Health Economics 28, no. 1 (January 2019): 65-77.