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Puspa Amri

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Economist at Lafayette College & Non-Resident Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies Indonesia. Getting used to snowy climates again in the Northeast! Lift, run, & cycle on rotation.

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Puspa Amri @puspadamri.bsky.social · Apr 14

What explains media coverage on income inequality? Evidence from > 400 mn articles in 9 OECD economies.

Check out my recent work with Florence Bouvet onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

From Margins to Headlines: Analyzing the Determinants of Increased Media Focus on Income Inequality

This study examines the determinants of media coverage on income inequality across nine OECD countries from 1980 to 2021, aiming to understand its increased salience after the Global Financial Crisi.....

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There is no evidence that banks are actively assisting a green transition through their lending behavior, even in Denmark, the greenest country in the world, from Grace Weishi Gu, Galina Hale, Bhavyaa Sharma, and Jinhong Wu www.nber.org/papers/w34681

January 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM

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Catherine Rampell

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The housing market recently crossed a noteworthy line: There are now more Americans with mortgage rates higher than 6 percent than below 3 percent.
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A powerful force has been holding back the housing market. It’s finally easing.

The U.S. housing market recently reached a key milestone that could lead to some easing.

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January 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM

Puspa Amri

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Trade and Exchange Rate Competition in East Asia | International Organization | Cambridge Core

Trade and Exchange Rate Competition in East Asia - Volume 79 Issue 3

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October 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM

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Martin Sandbu

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What's in a name?

VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Oct 23

In many Germanic languages, the word for 'debt' also means 'guilt'. Cevat Giray Aksoy et al. find that using a guilt-laden term reduces willingness to borrow, lowers approval for government debt, & influences firms' financing plans and the framing of fiscal policy.
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Graph showing the evolution of guilt slant over time in German parliamentary speeches concerning debt.
Notes: The green line (left y-axis) shows the intensity of using guilt-connoted terms in speeches supporting public debt, while the red line (left y-axis) shows the same measure for speeches opposing public debt. Intensity measures the frequency of guilt-connoted words in a speech, scaled per 10,000 words. The grey bars (right y-axis) represent the percentage of speeches in favour of public debt in each electoral term.

In many Germanic languages, the word for ‘debt’ also means ‘guilt’. This column explores whether the linguistic overlap leads to greater debt aversion in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. Using a guilt-laden term reduces willingness to borrow, lowers approval for government debt, and influences firms’ financing plans and politicians’ framing of fiscal policy. While support for public debt goes down with use of the laden term, the effect disappears when the purpose of the debt is clear. Linguistic framing may help guide borrowing toward socially optimal levels.

October 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM

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The Economist

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A weaker dollar has brought burger-lovers more pain than gain

Our Big Mac index suggests Trump’s tariffs are not working

A weaker dollar has brought burger-lovers more pain than gain

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July 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM

Puspa Amri

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Banks often ignore risk-based regulations when profits are at stake, raising concerns about the effectiveness of current financial oversight.

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American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library

Are banks sensitive to risk and reward in following global corporate transparency rules? Using a worldwide field experiment, this study evaluates competing predictions from expected utility, behavior...

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April 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM

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The long-term impact of keeping versus losing one's home following a mortgage delinquency in the aftermath of the Great Recession, from Heidi Artigue, Patrick Bayer, Fernando V. Ferreira, and Stephen Ross https://www.nber.org/papers/w33692

April 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Puspa Amri

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What’s going on in the US Treasury market, and why does it matter?

Nellie Liang explains recent turmoil in U.S. Treasury markets and the potential impact on the rest of the economy.

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April 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Puspa Amri

@puspadamri.bsky.social

What explains media coverage on income inequality? Evidence from > 400 mn articles in 9 OECD economies.

Check out my recent work with Florence Bouvet onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

From Margins to Headlines: Analyzing the Determinants of Increased Media Focus on Income Inequality

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

April 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM