Puspa Amri
puspadamri.bsky.social
Puspa Amri
@puspadamri.bsky.social
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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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.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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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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The housing market recently crossed a noteworthy line: There are now more Americans with mortgage rates higher than 6 percent than below 3 percent.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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What's in a name?
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.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
October 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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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
econ.st
July 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Banks often ignore risk-based regulations when profits are at stake, raising concerns about the effectiveness of current financial oversight.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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
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.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Reposted by Puspa Amri
Is it still the Economy, Carville?

Ungated paper at BJPolS
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Is It Still the Economy? Economic Voting in Polarized Politics | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Is It Still the Economy? Economic Voting in Polarized Politics - Volume 55
www.cambridge.org
April 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Tumpak Sewu Waterfall
📍Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia 🇮🇩
April 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM