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Big Tech

Can Twitter Be a Force for Good? Social Media Helps Curb Corporate Misconduct

Jonas Heese
Collective shaming on social media is crucial in reducing corporate misbehavior — and society would be significantly worse off without watchdog platforms. Social media, once...
Populism

The Historical Cost of Populism

Moritz Schularick
Most work on populism has investigated the reasons why voters choose populist leaders and governments. In new research, Moritz Schularick,  Christoph Trebesch, and  Manuel...
Globalization

Globalization’s Uneven Impact on Women’s Occupational Attainment

Yoav Roll
The literature on globalization’s impact on women’s workforce participation generally takes a positive outlook but still produces mixed results. In their research, Yoav Roll,...
Fiscal Policy

Are Sovereign Green Bonds Anything More than a Fad?

Daniel C. Hardy
It has become fashionable for governments to issue “green” bonds to fund the transition to sustainability. However, sovereign green bonds as currently designed have...
Labor

How Women in the Workplace Has Changed Over the Last 50 Years

Stefania Albanesi
Decades of progress have seen greater opportunities for women in the workplace, but sizable gender gaps still remain. Stefania Albanesi, Claudia Olivetti and Barbara...
Income Inequality

To Understand Earnings Inequality, We Need To Study Hours Inequality

Daniele Checchi
A growing literature on income inequality and labor earnings has overlooked the contribution of disparities in hours worked. In new research with Lara Vivian,...
Research

Policies To Reduce GHG Emissions Should Look to Agricultural Carbon Markets

Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn
As governments and companies look for ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, agricultural sequestration offers one promising method to combat climate change. However, for...
Research

Investors Are Failing To Take into Account the Green Transition

Shaojun Zhang
A stock market that has priced in the transition risk away from greenhouse gasses would see higher future returns, the so-called carbon premium, for...
Antitrust and Competition

How the AT&T Case Can Inform Big Tech Breakups

Monika Schnitzer
Breaking up companies that antitrust regulators consider too dominant can be costly and might negatively impact innovation and consumer welfare. As economists and policymakers...
Antitrust and Competition

A New Merger Tool Protects Consumers from Limits of the Cournot Effect

Alessandro S. Kadner-Graziano
The widely accepted Cournot effect assumes that the merger of complementary firms benefits downstream firms and consumers (in addition to the merged firms themselves)...
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