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The authors show that sanctions imposed by Ukraine on Donbas in 2014 were undone by entrepot trade through Russia, while Ukraine was forced to import coal from Russia to keep its factories running, highlighting the challenges to embargoes created by market power and non-participants.
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Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"The undoing of economic sanctions: Evidence from the RussiaβUkraine conflict"
By @rfisman.bsky.social, Giovanna Marcolongo, & Meng Wu
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Author shows that in a model in which workers differ in skill and preferences for status, high-skill workers with strong status concerns match with status-indifferent low-skill workers.
If these are rare, they can earn above average wages & benefit from skill-biased tech change.
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"The pond dilemma with heterogeneous relative concerns"
By @pawelgola.com
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The authors ran a large-scale field experiment on unclaimed property.
Simple mailed letters boosted claims by 4.2 ptsβa 400% increase. Hispanic owners claimed less & responded less than White owners.
The effects lasted a year, showing new (not just faster) claims.
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"Frictions in recovering unclaimed property: Evidence from a large-scale natural field experiment"
By Alejandro Zentner & Justin Holz
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Authors find that Chinaβs anti-corruption drive reshaped land sales: officials, fearing scrutiny, sold less to private developers and more to State-Owned-Enterprises (SOEs).
The campaignβmeant to curb corruptionβmay have unintentionally fueled a resurgence of SOEs.
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"Corruption stereotype and the unintended consequences of an anti-corruption campaign: evidence from the real estate sector in China"
By Hanming Fang & Rongjie Zhang
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How does risk aversion change Weitzmanβs (1974) price vs quantity result?
Schlee shows that welfare (via certainty equivalents) can be higher under fixed pricesβeven with arbitrarily high risk aversion. The key: benefit uncertainty, not in Weitzman.
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"Prices vs quantities with risk aversion"
By Edward E. Schlee
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Private firms account for nearly half of US sales & profits, yet hard to value.
Using transaction data, the authors estimate private business wealth at $14.1T in 2018β2Γ official stats.
Partnership wealth alone is ~6Γ larger than reported.
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"The value of private business in the United States"
By Richard Cole Campbell & Jacob A. Robbins
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Using social media data, the authors found that anti-Chinese discrimination in the U.S. spiked after COVID-19 and Trumpβs βChinese virusβ tweet.
In response, Chinese Americans asserted their Americanness more and distanced themselves from the CCP.
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"Discrimination and assimilation: Evidence from anti-Chinese sentiments in the United States"
By Gianandrea Lanzara, Sara Lazzaroni, Paolo Masella, & Mara Squicciarini
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In a driving experiment, the authors show that Black participants predicted a higher chance of receiving a speeding ticket than White participants.
Black participants always drove the same speed but White participants drove slower when there was a racially representative police department.
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"Does black and blue matter? An experimental investigation of race, perceptions of police, and legal compliance"
By Mackenzie Alston & Emily Owens
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Authors show that extortionΒ reduces entrepreneurial entry and increasesΒ both exit and economic concentration.
Causal evidence from a franchise in Guatemala shows that security devices like cameras help firms survive by reducing extortion risk and safety concerns, ultimately increasing competition.
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"The effects of extortion and security device adoption on entrepreneurial entry and exit: Evidence from Guatemala"
By Alejandro Estefan & Romina OrdoΓ±ez
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Authors show that charity auctions face a revenue vs. risk trade-off. Lab & field tests show a βrevenue frontierβ across formats: all-pay auctions raise average revenue but also risk.
A new framework helps nonprofits choose fundraising methods based on risk tolerance.
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"Auctions for risk-averse non-profits"
By Jeffrey Carpenter, Joshua Foster, & Peter Hans Matthews
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πΊπΈ Why are U.S. politicians so old?
The authors suggest an important factor: campaign money. The median federal donor is 66 years old, and donors give more to candidates near their age.
Simulations show campaign finance rules could shift the age balance in politics.
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"Old money: Campaign finance and gerontocracy in the United States"
By @adambonica.bsky.social & @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
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In India, the authors found that VAT exemptions for small firms donβt shield consumers: prices still rise depending on how easily registered & unregistered goods substitute, supply chain links, and market segregation.
Even buyers at exempt firms end up bearing part of the tax.
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"VAT incidence in real VAT systems"
By Giacomo Brusco & Tejaswi Velayudhan
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The authors study how temperature changes affect U.S. migration.
While individual hot or cold years have little impact, counties with longer-term warming trends see fewer in-migrants and more out-migrants.
The authors point to amenity values as a potentially important factor.
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"Climate and migration in the United States"
By @patrickbaylis.bsky.social, Prashant Bharadwaj, Jamie T. Mullins, & Nick Obradovich
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πΈπͺ Swedenβs wealth tax history shows admin details matter: Saez & Seim found that when only those with wealth above the exemption threshold had to file (1994), many disappeared from the rolls. When pre-populated returns arrived (1997), they reappeared. Filing rules can make or break compliance.
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Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"Wealth tax enforcement in Sweden: Filing requirements and pre-populated returns"
By Emmanuel Saez & David Seim
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The authors tested a new way to manage scarce resources: Vote-and-Trade (VAT).
Unlike cap-and-trade, which often sparks a "race to extract," VATβwhere groups vote on when to extract before tradingβboosted efficiency in lab experiments.
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:
"Vote and trade: An efficient mechanism for common-pool resource management with stock externalities"
By Hao Zhao & David Porter
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