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Examining how AI agents transform markets by lowering transaction costs and enabling new designs. Also discussing agent demand, supply, and design, from Peyman Shahidi, Gili Rusak, Benjamin S. Manning, Andrey Fradkin, and John J. Horton www.nber.org/papers/w34468
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Examining how AI agents transform markets by lowering transaction costs and enabling new designs. Also discussing agent demand, supply, and design, from Peyman Shahidi, Gili Rusak, Benjamin S. Manning, Andrey Fradkin, and John J. Horton www.nber.org/papers/w34468
A surge in SNAP retailer participation during the Great Recession boosted adopters’ food sales and product variety while improving access, but welfare gains were modest, from Anne T. Byrne, Xiao Dong, Jessie Handbury, Erik James, Katherine Meckel, and Andrés C. Rovira www.nber.org/papers/w34467
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A surge in SNAP retailer participation during the Great Recession boosted adopters’ food sales and product variety while improving access, but welfare gains were modest, from Anne T. Byrne, Xiao Dong, Jessie Handbury, Erik James, Katherine Meckel, and Andrés C. Rovira www.nber.org/papers/w34467
Documenting video consumption among school-aged children in the US and exploring its impact on human capital development, from Carolina Caetano, Gregorio S. Caetano, Débora Mazetto, and Meghan Skira www.nber.org/papers/w34466
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Documenting video consumption among school-aged children in the US and exploring its impact on human capital development, from Carolina Caetano, Gregorio S. Caetano, Débora Mazetto, and Meghan Skira www.nber.org/papers/w34466
Women who previously delivered in private hospitals switched to private hospitals when they became publicly insured, with little impact on health outcomes, from Janet Currie, Lucy G. Hackett, and Fernanda Marquez-Padilla www.nber.org/papers/w34465
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Women who previously delivered in private hospitals switched to private hospitals when they became publicly insured, with little impact on health outcomes, from Janet Currie, Lucy G. Hackett, and Fernanda Marquez-Padilla www.nber.org/papers/w34465
Exposure to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit during childhood improves mother's health and socioeconomic status at the time of first birth as well as leading to improved infant health outcomes, from Janet Currie and Jessica Van Parys www.nber.org/papers/w34464
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Exposure to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit during childhood improves mother's health and socioeconomic status at the time of first birth as well as leading to improved infant health outcomes, from Janet Currie and Jessica Van Parys www.nber.org/papers/w34464
Studying the causal effect of different early career occupational experiences on labor market outcomes, from @jessebruhn.bsky.social, Jacob Fabian, Luke Gallagher, Matthew Gudgeon, Adam Isen, and Aaron R. Phipps www.nber.org/papers/w34463
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Studying the causal effect of different early career occupational experiences on labor market outcomes, from @jessebruhn.bsky.social, Jacob Fabian, Luke Gallagher, Matthew Gudgeon, Adam Isen, and Aaron R. Phipps www.nber.org/papers/w34463
Using data from Canada to study how access to higher-paying firms affects the economic assimilation of immigrants, from Steven F. Lehrer and Luke Rawling www.nber.org/papers/w34462
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Using data from Canada to study how access to higher-paying firms affects the economic assimilation of immigrants, from Steven F. Lehrer and Luke Rawling www.nber.org/papers/w34462
Examining the effect of changes in mortgage payments when mortgage rates are linked to the short-term policy rate in Australia, from Matthew Elias, Christian Gillitzer, Greg Kaplan, Gianni La Cava, and Nalini V. Prasad www.nber.org/papers/w34461
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Examining the effect of changes in mortgage payments when mortgage rates are linked to the short-term policy rate in Australia, from Matthew Elias, Christian Gillitzer, Greg Kaplan, Gianni La Cava, and Nalini V. Prasad www.nber.org/papers/w34461
Payout annuities, especially deferred and variable annuities, can be quite valuable for retirees, even when they face health shocks in later life, from Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Julius Odenbreit www.nber.org/papers/w34460
November 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Payout annuities, especially deferred and variable annuities, can be quite valuable for retirees, even when they face health shocks in later life, from Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Julius Odenbreit www.nber.org/papers/w34460
Brexit has cut UK GDP by 6 percent to 8 percent by 2025. These negative impacts come from higher uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time and trade costs, from @nickbloom.bsky.social, Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, Pawel Smietanka, and Gregory Thwaites www.nber.org/papers/w34459
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Brexit has cut UK GDP by 6 percent to 8 percent by 2025. These negative impacts come from higher uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time and trade costs, from @nickbloom.bsky.social, Philip Bunn, Paul Mizen, Pawel Smietanka, and Gregory Thwaites www.nber.org/papers/w34459
When South Korea required language tests for marriage visas, cross-border marriages briefly fell—but divorce rates dropped 37 percent, from So Yoon Ahn and Darren Lubotsky www.nber.org/papers/w34458
November 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
When South Korea required language tests for marriage visas, cross-border marriages briefly fell—but divorce rates dropped 37 percent, from So Yoon Ahn and Darren Lubotsky www.nber.org/papers/w34458
1930s US bank branching reforms improved credit allocation and raised productivity as internal capital markets directed funds to financially constrained regions, from Sarah Quincy and Chenzi Xu www.nber.org/papers/w34457
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
1930s US bank branching reforms improved credit allocation and raised productivity as internal capital markets directed funds to financially constrained regions, from Sarah Quincy and Chenzi Xu www.nber.org/papers/w34457
Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident, from Sarah R. Cohodes and Katherine B. Leu www.nber.org/papers/w34456
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Exposure to a field-specific faculty sexual misconduct incident decreases degree completion in that field by 3.4 percent four years after the incident, from Sarah R. Cohodes and Katherine B. Leu www.nber.org/papers/w34456
Reviewing historical budget trends and basic fiscal processes, from Alan J. Auerbach and William Gale www.nber.org/papers/w34455
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reviewing historical budget trends and basic fiscal processes, from Alan J. Auerbach and William Gale www.nber.org/papers/w34455
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Regulated coal and gas units in the US have been 45 percent less likely to exit since 2010, from Lucas W. Davis and Paige E. Weber www.nber.org/papers/w34454
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Regulated coal and gas units in the US have been 45 percent less likely to exit since 2010, from Lucas W. Davis and Paige E. Weber www.nber.org/papers/w34454
Using survey data to show that agents' individual consumption expectations are consistent with time-varying present bias and find large asset pricing effects, from Lars A. Lochstoer, Stig R. H. Lundeby, and Zhaneta K. Tancheva www.nber.org/papers/w34453
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Using survey data to show that agents' individual consumption expectations are consistent with time-varying present bias and find large asset pricing effects, from Lars A. Lochstoer, Stig R. H. Lundeby, and Zhaneta K. Tancheva www.nber.org/papers/w34453
The effects of the surge in interior immigration apprehensions in 2025 in the US on student academic performance using detailed student-level administrative records from Florida, from David N. Figlio and Umut Özek www.nber.org/papers/w34452
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The effects of the surge in interior immigration apprehensions in 2025 in the US on student academic performance using detailed student-level administrative records from Florida, from David N. Figlio and Umut Özek www.nber.org/papers/w34452
Adaptive persistence of elite families despite regime change, alongside lasting regional scarring, highlighting the role of cultural transmission for social mobility, from Carol H. Shiue and Wolfgang Keller www.nber.org/papers/w34451
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Adaptive persistence of elite families despite regime change, alongside lasting regional scarring, highlighting the role of cultural transmission for social mobility, from Carol H. Shiue and Wolfgang Keller www.nber.org/papers/w34451
Featured in the latest Bulletin on Health: Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Featured in the latest Bulletin on Health: Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic
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Standard demand elasticity estimates assume stable investor demand curves identified by exogenous supply shifts. Showing this fails in dynamic settings, where supply shocks tilt and shift demand through general equilibrium effects., from He, Kondor, and Li www.nber.org/papers/w34450
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Standard demand elasticity estimates assume stable investor demand curves identified by exogenous supply shifts. Showing this fails in dynamic settings, where supply shocks tilt and shift demand through general equilibrium effects., from He, Kondor, and Li www.nber.org/papers/w34450
Open call for papers, AI and Economic Measurement. Conference to be held in Stanford, CA on May 7, 2026. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on February 2, 2025. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Open call for papers, AI and Economic Measurement. Conference to be held in Stanford, CA on May 7, 2026. Submit applications by 11:59pm EDT on February 2, 2025. More information: www.nber.org/calls-papers...
Over the past 3 decades, high-skill migrants from Asia—especially India and China—have transformed the US economy, fueling innovation, tech, higher ed, and healthcare growth, from Gaurav Khanna www.nber.org/papers/w34449
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Over the past 3 decades, high-skill migrants from Asia—especially India and China—have transformed the US economy, fueling innovation, tech, higher ed, and healthcare growth, from Gaurav Khanna www.nber.org/papers/w34449
Shifts in probabilities can be priced like cash flows, offering new tools to analyze valuation, welfare, and information, from Eduardo Dávila, Cecilia Parlatore, and Ansgar Walther www.nber.org/papers/w34448
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Shifts in probabilities can be priced like cash flows, offering new tools to analyze valuation, welfare, and information, from Eduardo Dávila, Cecilia Parlatore, and Ansgar Walther www.nber.org/papers/w34448
Exploring the early history of in-person political campaigning and documenting an evolving norm of campaigning, from Francisco Pino and Laura Salisbury www.nber.org/papers/w34447
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Exploring the early history of in-person political campaigning and documenting an evolving norm of campaigning, from Francisco Pino and Laura Salisbury www.nber.org/papers/w34447