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The economic impact of uncertainty about U.S. regulations of the energy sector

Xiaohan Ma, Zhoudan Xie, 
  •  2 May 2025
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Reciprocity and the tragedies of maintaining and providing the commons: A replication and an extension to income inequality

Michalis Drouvelis, Zeyu Qiu, 
  •  2 May 2025
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Social‐benefits stigma and subsequent competitiveness

Natalia I. Valdez Gonzalez, Alexander L. Brown, Marco A. Palma, 
  •  22 April 2025
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Why do peers influence college major selection?

Michael A. Insler, Ahmed S. Rahman, Katherine A. Smith, 
  •  22 April 2025
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Re‐examining investor sentiment and stock returns: A replication and extension of Baker and Wurgler (2006)

Kaiwen Leong, Dan Li, Huailu Li, Chuangwei Peng, Zhanyu Xu, 
  •  17 April 2025
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ARE WOMEN MORE RISK AVERSE?

NANCY AMMON JIANAKOPLOS, ALEXANDRA BERNASEK, 
  •  620-630
  •  28 September 2007

THE EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED AND ACTUAL FINANCIAL LITERACY ON FINANCIAL BEHAVIORS

Sam Allgood, William B. Walstad, 
  •  675-697
  •  4 September 2015

DO NATURAL DISASTERS PROMOTE LONG‐RUN GROWTH?

Mark Skidmore, Hideki Toya, 
  •  664-687
  •  26 March 2007

THE WELFARE COSTS OF TARIFFS, MONOPOLIES, AND THEFT

GORDON TULLOCK, 
  •  224-232
  •  June 1967
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THE BEHAVIORAL LIFE‐CYCLE HYPOTHESIS

Hersh M. Shefrin, Richard H. Thaler, 
  •  609-643
  •  October 1988
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Selective reporting of placebo tests in top economics journals

Anna Dreber,  Magnus Johannesson,  Yifan Yang, 
  • Pages: 921-932
  • First Published: 25 March 2024
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The long-run agglomeration effects of early agriculture in Europe

Andrew Dickens, Nils-Petter Lagerlöf,
  • Pages: 629-651
  • First Published: 17 February 2023
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The evolving impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender inequality in the US labor market: The COVID motherhood penalty

Kenneth A. Couch, Robert W. Fairlie, Huanan Xu,
  • First Published: 05 January 2022
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The influence of hidden researcher decisions in applied microeconomics
Nick Huntington-Klein, Andreu Arenas, Emily Beam, Marco Bertoni,  Jeffrey R. Bloem,  Pralhad Burli, Naibin Chen, Paul Grieco, Godwin Ekpe, Todd Pugatch, Martin Saavedra, Yaniv Stopnitzky, 
  •  22 March 2021
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ANTITRUST TREATMENT OF NONPROFITS: SHOULD HOSPITALS RECEIVE SPECIAL CARE?
Cory S. Capps, Dennis W. Carlton, Guy David, 
  •   04 March 2020
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WHO WINS IN AN ENERGY BOOM? EVIDENCE FROM WAGE RATES AND HOUSING
Grant D. Jacobsen, 
  •  27 September 2018
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BIG DATA AND BIG CITIES: THE PROMISES AND LIMITATIONS OF IMPROVED MEASURES OF URBAN LIFE
Edward L. Glaeser, Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca, Nikhil Naik, 
  •  12 July 2016
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THE EFFECT OF MINIMUM WAGES ON EMPLOYMENT: A FACTOR MODEL APPROACH
Evan Totty, 
  •  06 July 2017
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RECONCILING MICRO AND MACRO ESTIMATES OF THE FRISCH LABOR SUPPLY ELASTICITY
William B. Peterman, 
  •  08 September 2015
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LEAD EXPOSURE AND BEHAVIOR: EFFECTS ON ANTISOCIAL AND RISKY BEHAVIOR AMONG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
Jessica Wolpaw Reyes, 
  •  12 February 2015
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REPUTATION EFFECTS IN THE MARKET OF CERTIFIERS: EVIDENCE FROM THE AUDIT INDUSTRY
ÁRON TÓTH, 
  •  25 February 2014
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GRAVITY REDUX: MEASURING INTERNATIONAL TRADE COSTS WITH PANEL DATA
DENNIS NOVY, 
  •  19 January 2012
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MODELING INFORMALITY FORMALLY: HOUSEHOLDS AND FIRMS
SEBASTIAN GALIANI,  FEDERICO WEINSCHELBAUM,
  •  21 September 2011
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A SIMPLE MODEL OF OPTIMAL HATE CRIME LEGISLATION
LI GAN, ROBERTON C. WILLIAMS, THOMAS WISEMAN, 
  •  28 June 2011
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NOT ALL RIVALS LOOK ALIKE: ESTIMATING AN EQUILIBRIUM MODEL OF THE RELEASE DATE TIMING GAME
LIRAN EINAV, 
  •  24 March 2010
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THE EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION IN THE WORKPLACE: EVIDENCE FROM A SURVEY OF EMPLOYERS
PATRICK J. BAYER, B. DOUGLAS BERNHEIM, JOHN KARL SCHOLZ, 
  •  23 October 2009
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WHAT DETERMINES CORRUPTION? INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE FROM MICRODATA
NACI MOCAN, 
  •  22 October 2008
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THEORIES OF COMMITMENT, ALTRUISM AND RECIPROCITY: EVIDENCE FROM LINEAR PUBLIC GOODS GAMES
RACHEL T. A. CROSON, 
  •  04 January 2007
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HOW IMPORTANT ARE CAPITAL AND TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH?
SCOTT L. BAIER, GERALD P. DWYER, ROBERT TAMURA, 
  •  29 March 2007
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Labor Market Search and Optimal Retirement Policy
Joydeep Bhattacharya,  Casey B. Mulligan,  Robert R. Reed, 
  •  26 March 2007

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