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Renée Adams

Renée Adams is a Professor of Finance at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Her work focuses on information flows on boards, bank governance, group decision-making, the governance of central banks and gender diversity on and off boards.
Coronavirus

Insider Trading Data Reveals Pandemic Is a Time for Questioning, Not Answering

Following news reports about executives selling shares in their corporations to avoid losses due to the pandemic, a new study takes a...
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Academic Capture

Economics’ Lack of Interest in Gender Proves: the “Dismal Science” Really Is Dismal


Economists are still in the dark about the role of gender. For economics to be credible, we have to recognize that our knowledge is...
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Gender Inequality

When It Comes to Gender Imbalances, Academia’s Ignorance Is Self-Serving

The Ravina vs. Columbia case illustrates that challenging the status quo can be immensely costly. We economists should collectively think about how we can...
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How Political Conflict Shapes Macroeconomics: Alberto Alesina’s Intellectual Legacy

Guido Tabellini
One of the most respected economists of his generation, Harvard professor Alberto Alesina suddenly died at 63. His friend and colleague Guido...
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“Alberto Alesina Always Knew Where The Big Ideas Were”

Paola Giuliano
Harvard economist Alberto Alesina passed away at 63. Paola Giuliano, UCLA professor and Alesina's co-author, recalls his intellectual and human legacy: "He...
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Media

Bethany McLean’s Weekend Reading List: Fracking, Germs, and the Global Financial Crisis

Bethany McLean
Corruption, lobbying, corporate malfeasance, and frauds: a weekly unconventional selection of must-read articles by investigative journalist Bethany McLean. 
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We Need More Respectful and Inclusive Experiments in Development Economics: A Proposal

Francesco Loiacono, Mariajose Silva Vargas, Apollo Tumusiime
After many years of field research in Uganda, three economists outline how to prevent a powerful research tool such as randomized...
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Inequality

Indecent Proposals in Economics: The Moral Problem With Randomized Trial Experiments

Ankur Sarin
The advent of field Randomised Control Trials (RCTs) has made it more acceptable for applied economists to collect data in developing countries....
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Coronavirus

When and How the US Should Reopen Is a Matter of Politics, Trust in Institutions and Media, Survey Says

Marianne Bertrand, Guglielmo Briscese, Maddalena Grignani, Salma Nassar
A new survey from the Rustandy Center and the Poverty Lab at the University of Chicago finds that political party affiliation and...
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Coronavirus

Why Social Distancing Measures Seem Less Effective in the US

Gabriele Borg, Samuele Giambra, Samsun Knight
Guidelines assume that the less people move around, the less likely they are to be in contact. However, phone location data show...
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