Philipp Heimberger

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Prestige bias in academic research:

Paper submissions from authors affiliated with top-20 ranked institutions receive higher reviewer scores, an effect that vanishes when reviews are blinded. Blinded reviewing narrows disparities in reviewer evaluations and acceptance rates.

In 2024, military spending by European NATO members was strongly correlated with their distance from Moscow, yet Poland and Estonia spend far more on defence than their proximity alone would suggest.

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In 2024, military spending by European NATO members was strongly correlated with their distance from Moscow, yet Poland and Estonia spend far more on defence than their proximity alone would suggest.

Understanding Economic Behavior Using Open-Ended Survey Data (December 2025) - We survey the recent literature in economics using open-ended survey data to uncover mechanisms behind economic beliefs and behaviors. We first provide an overview of different appli...

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This is a useful paper on open-ended survey data. Open-ended questions can help reveal individuals’ motives, mental models and decision-making processes. Open-ended survey data have been used to study what’s on top of people’s minds w.r.t. important economic policy questions.

Over the last years, business investment in the UK has been significantly lower than in peer countries. This new paper estimates that Brexit reduced investment by 12% to 18%, employment by 3% to 4%, productivity by 3% to 4, and GDP by 6% to 8%.

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Over the last years, business investment in the UK has been significantly lower than in peer countries. This new paper estimates that Brexit reduced investment by 12% to 18%, employment by 3% to 4%, productivity by 3% to 4, and GDP by 6% to 8%.

The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism Locked out of home ownership, young adults are turning to risky financial behaviour

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Across much of the UK and the US, home prices have risen beyond affordable levels.

This is a very useful list of 50 journals with explicit *short* paper options for economists.

Journals with short paper options where economists might publish

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This is a very useful list of 50 journals with explicit *short* paper options for economists.

Home Price Expectations and Spending: Evidence from a Field Experiment (July 2025) - We conduct a field experiment with US households to study how expectations about long-run home price growth shape spending decisions. We exogenously vary survey respondents' expectations...

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Homeowners’ spending is inelastic to home price expectations, renters reduce their spending when expecting higher prices. While renters seem to reduce current spending to be able to afford a home in the future, homeowners view expected increases in housing wealth as “paper gains”

The Price of War (Forthcoming Article) - We assemble a new data set spanning 150 years and 60 countries to study the economic toll of war. A war of average intensity is associated with an output drop of close to 10 pe...

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This new AER paper finds large negative economic effects of wars: "A war of average intensity is associated with an output drop of close to 10% in the war-site economy, while consumer prices rise by approximately 20%." Negative spillovers through trade and common borders.

According to the European Commission, France and Austria will have among the most restrictive fiscal stances in 2026 (largest contraction in Romania). In countries like Italy and Poland, EU funds (RRF) will still offset national consolidation efforts, but only until 2027.

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According to the European Commission, France and Austria will have among the most restrictive fiscal stances in 2026 (largest contraction in Romania). In countries like Italy and Poland, EU funds (RRF) will still offset national consolidation efforts, but only until 2027.

This paper examines a journal policy removing significance stars from regression tables and finds no significant effect on p-hacking, the preference for statistically significant results. It seems cosmetic changes don't eliminate the underlying incentive to chase significance.

This paper shows: support for lower taxes declines significantly when this comes into conflict with other fiscal policy objectives, e.g. social spending. Regressive reforms receive less support than progressive reforms. Left-leaning, high-income voters resist tax reductions more.

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Lower taxes at all costs? Evidence from a survey experiment in four European countries It is commonly argued that citizens favour lower taxes, thereby exerting pressure for tax reductions that undermine the ability of governments to raise revenues. We argue that the ostensibly strong...

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This paper shows: support for lower taxes declines significantly when this comes into conflict with other fiscal policy objectives, e.g. social spending. Regressive reforms receive less support than progressive reforms. Left-leaning, high-income voters resist tax reductions more.

P-hacking and Significance Stars Abstract. In mid-2016, all journals of the American Economic Association stopped including significance stars in their regression tables. This policy aimed

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This paper examines a journal policy removing significance stars from regression tables and finds no significant effect on p-hacking, the preference for statistically significant results. It seems cosmetic changes don't eliminate the underlying incentive to chase significance.

Academic publishing is a lucrative business for a very small number of private academic publishers. For 🇦🇹, this paper estimates: public spending benefits publishing companies with a large amount - 25% of the annual basic funding universities receive from the Ministry of education