Matthew Ridley
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Studying the ability of a firm to elicit repeated effort from workers by creating a “rat race” of hierarchical status-based incentives, from Leonardo Bursztyn, Ewan Rawcliffe, and Hans-Joachim Voth www.nber.org/papers/w34707
January 24, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Studying the ability of a firm to elicit repeated effort from workers by creating a “rat race” of hierarchical status-based incentives, from Leonardo Bursztyn, Ewan Rawcliffe, and Hans-Joachim Voth www.nber.org/papers/w34707
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Running an experiment in which participants pose as investors finds that they price corporate intent, controlling for corporate actions. Participants value shares in companies that reduce pollution relative to peers, from Landier, Sastry, and Thesmar www.nber.org/papers/w34676
January 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Running an experiment in which participants pose as investors finds that they price corporate intent, controlling for corporate actions. Participants value shares in companies that reduce pollution relative to peers, from Landier, Sastry, and Thesmar www.nber.org/papers/w34676
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Data from gig drivers in India, Indonesia, and Kenya show platform work boosts monthly net earnings via flexibility and often serves as a financial safety net, from Adhvaryu, Atela, Brailovskaya, Dua, Susan John, Joshi, and Royono www.nber.org/papers/w34680
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Data from gig drivers in India, Indonesia, and Kenya show platform work boosts monthly net earnings via flexibility and often serves as a financial safety net, from Adhvaryu, Atela, Brailovskaya, Dua, Susan John, Joshi, and Royono www.nber.org/papers/w34680
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"Survey incentives can worsen bias! Randomized incentives help detect & account for nonresponse bias. Methods using both incentives & reminders outperform existing approaches."
New paper by Dutz, Huitfeldt, Lacouture, Mogstad, Torgovitsky & van Dijk
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New paper by Dutz, Huitfeldt, Lacouture, Mogstad, Torgovitsky & van Dijk
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#EconSky #REStud
January 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"Survey incentives can worsen bias! Randomized incentives help detect & account for nonresponse bias. Methods using both incentives & reminders outperform existing approaches."
New paper by Dutz, Huitfeldt, Lacouture, Mogstad, Torgovitsky & van Dijk
www.restud.com/selection-in...
#EconSky #REStud
New paper by Dutz, Huitfeldt, Lacouture, Mogstad, Torgovitsky & van Dijk
www.restud.com/selection-in...
#EconSky #REStud
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in The Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis,” by Almelhem, Iyigun, Kennedy, and Rubin (@jaredcrubin): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in The Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis*
Abstract. We trace the evolution of the language of science, religion, and political economy in the centuries leading to the British Industrial Revolution.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in The Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis,” by Almelhem, Iyigun, Kennedy, and Rubin (@jaredcrubin): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Arguing that consumers should not have to choose between fixed and variable pricing of electricity, from Sylvain Chassang www.nber.org/papers/w34593
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Arguing that consumers should not have to choose between fixed and variable pricing of electricity, from Sylvain Chassang www.nber.org/papers/w34593
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Citations from the Economic Report of the President between 2010 to 2025 consistently came from major peer-reviewed economics journals with little variation across Administrations, from Richard V. Burkhauser and Ji Ma www.nber.org/papers/w34597
December 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Citations from the Economic Report of the President between 2010 to 2025 consistently came from major peer-reviewed economics journals with little variation across Administrations, from Richard V. Burkhauser and Ji Ma www.nber.org/papers/w34597
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Discussing the rebuilding of Ukrainian cities and presenting a theoretical framework for maximizing the benefits of Ukraine’s rebuilding effort to highlight the welfare effects of different allocations of post-war infrastructure, from Glaeser, Kirchberger, and Parkhomenko www.nber.org/papers/w34598
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Discussing the rebuilding of Ukrainian cities and presenting a theoretical framework for maximizing the benefits of Ukraine’s rebuilding effort to highlight the welfare effects of different allocations of post-war infrastructure, from Glaeser, Kirchberger, and Parkhomenko www.nber.org/papers/w34598
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Examining how measures of well-being differ by survey mode, from David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson, and Alan J. Cui www.nber.org/papers/w34599
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Examining how measures of well-being differ by survey mode, from David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson, and Alan J. Cui www.nber.org/papers/w34599
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The January 2026 issue of AEJ: Applied Economics (18, 1) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/830.
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Vol. 18 No. 1 January 2026
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December 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The January 2026 issue of AEJ: Applied Economics (18, 1) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/830.
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The January 2026 issue of the American Economic Review (116, 1) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/832.
American Economic Review
Vol. 116 No. 1 January 2026
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December 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The January 2026 issue of the American Economic Review (116, 1) is now available online at aeaweb.org/issues/832.
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The first antibiotics reduced childhood pneumonia, boosting adult human capital and income. However, discriminatory institutions curtailed long-run gains from a healthy start, from Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, and Atheendar Venkataramani www.nber.org/papers/w34606
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The first antibiotics reduced childhood pneumonia, boosting adult human capital and income. However, discriminatory institutions curtailed long-run gains from a healthy start, from Sonia R. Bhalotra, Damian Clarke, and Atheendar Venkataramani www.nber.org/papers/w34606
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Why are there so many small firms in poor countries? Building on Chandler (1977) to show that limited human capital constrains firm growth and the rise of large organizations, from Niklas Engbom, Hannes Malmberg, Tommaso Porzio, Federico Rossi, and Todd Schoellman www.nber.org/papers/w34483
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Why are there so many small firms in poor countries? Building on Chandler (1977) to show that limited human capital constrains firm growth and the rise of large organizations, from Niklas Engbom, Hannes Malmberg, Tommaso Porzio, Federico Rossi, and Todd Schoellman www.nber.org/papers/w34483
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Fmr CASBS fellows David Yeager & Chris Bryan among the coauthors of this OPEN ACCESS article on "Using Large Language Models in Behavioral Science Interventions: Promise & Risk" @sagepub.com + @bescipol.bsky.social
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Using Large Language Models in Behavioral Science Interventions: Promise & Risk - Cameron A. Hecht, Desmond C. Ong, Margarett Clapper, Michaela Jones, Dorottya Demszky, Diyi Yang, Johannes C. Eichstae...
Many behavioral science-based interventions, such as nudges and so-called psychologically wise interventions, seek to improve people’s lives by using words to s...
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July 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Fmr CASBS fellows David Yeager & Chris Bryan among the coauthors of this OPEN ACCESS article on "Using Large Language Models in Behavioral Science Interventions: Promise & Risk" @sagepub.com + @bescipol.bsky.social
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How culture and policy shape each other—and why paying attention to local context is key for development policies' success, from Natalie Bau, Sara Lowes, and Eduardo Montero https://www.nber.org/papers/w33947
July 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How culture and policy shape each other—and why paying attention to local context is key for development policies' success, from Natalie Bau, Sara Lowes, and Eduardo Montero https://www.nber.org/papers/w33947
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Automation changes the value of labor by raising wages and reducing employment when it eliminates low-skill tasks, or lowering wages and increasing employment when it eliminates high-skill tasks, from David Autor and Neil Thompson https://www.nber.org/papers/w33941
June 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Automation changes the value of labor by raising wages and reducing employment when it eliminates low-skill tasks, or lowering wages and increasing employment when it eliminates high-skill tasks, from David Autor and Neil Thompson https://www.nber.org/papers/w33941
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"Can communities sustain cooperation when players can add or erase signals from their records?
Sufficiently long-lived players can hardly sustain any cooperation, but players w/ intermediate lifespans can sustain some cooperation."
New paper from Harry PEI:
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Sufficiently long-lived players can hardly sustain any cooperation, but players w/ intermediate lifespans can sustain some cooperation."
New paper from Harry PEI:
www.restud.com/community-en...
#econsky
June 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Can communities sustain cooperation when players can add or erase signals from their records?
Sufficiently long-lived players can hardly sustain any cooperation, but players w/ intermediate lifespans can sustain some cooperation."
New paper from Harry PEI:
www.restud.com/community-en...
#econsky
Sufficiently long-lived players can hardly sustain any cooperation, but players w/ intermediate lifespans can sustain some cooperation."
New paper from Harry PEI:
www.restud.com/community-en...
#econsky
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Recently accepted to #REStud, "Overconfidence and Prejudice," from Heidhues, Kőszegi and Strack:
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June 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Recently accepted to #REStud, "Overconfidence and Prejudice," from Heidhues, Kőszegi and Strack:
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Examining how GDPR affected transatlantic venture investment using data from 2014 to 2019, from Jian Jia, Ginger Zhe Jin, Mario Leccese, and Liad Wagman https://www.nber.org/papers/w33909
June 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Examining how GDPR affected transatlantic venture investment using data from 2014 to 2019, from Jian Jia, Ginger Zhe Jin, Mario Leccese, and Liad Wagman https://www.nber.org/papers/w33909
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On-the-job search leads to overvaluation of jobs, especially at the top of the job ladder, resulting in excess vacancy creation in the canonical search and matching model, from Masao Fukui and Toshihiko Mukoyama https://www.nber.org/papers/w33910
June 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On-the-job search leads to overvaluation of jobs, especially at the top of the job ladder, resulting in excess vacancy creation in the canonical search and matching model, from Masao Fukui and Toshihiko Mukoyama https://www.nber.org/papers/w33910
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Combining field experiments and a new model to study salary negotiations, from Zoë B. Cullen, Bobak Pakzad-Hurson, and Ricardo Perez-Truglia https://www.nber.org/papers/w33903
June 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Combining field experiments and a new model to study salary negotiations, from Zoë B. Cullen, Bobak Pakzad-Hurson, and Ricardo Perez-Truglia https://www.nber.org/papers/w33903
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Governments invest a lot in public transit, but in developing countries transit is already privately provided. Examining how the private response shapes the impact of these investments, from Daniel Björkegren, Alice Duhaut, Geetika Nagpal, and Nick Tsivanidis https://www.nber.org/papers/w33899
June 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Governments invest a lot in public transit, but in developing countries transit is already privately provided. Examining how the private response shapes the impact of these investments, from Daniel Björkegren, Alice Duhaut, Geetika Nagpal, and Nick Tsivanidis https://www.nber.org/papers/w33899
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Analyzing the decline of America's new housing supply, focusing on large sunbelt markets that were once building superstars, from Edward L. Glaeser and Joseph Gyourko https://www.nber.org/papers/w33876
June 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Analyzing the decline of America's new housing supply, focusing on large sunbelt markets that were once building superstars, from Edward L. Glaeser and Joseph Gyourko https://www.nber.org/papers/w33876
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Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance by Mara Kardas-Nelson" by R. Meager. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance by Mara Kardas-Nelson
(Forthcoming Article)
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June 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance by Mara Kardas-Nelson" by R. Meager. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Recently accepted to #REStud, ``Extreme Categories and Overreaction to News," from Kwon and Tang:
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June 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Recently accepted to #REStud, ``Extreme Categories and Overreaction to News," from Kwon and Tang:
www.restud.com/extreme-cate...
#EconSky
www.restud.com/extreme-cate...
#EconSky