The Review of Economic Studies (REStud)

"Supply disruptions shapes the global internet backbone: new paper shows diversification drives cable entry & surplus, but markets may underprovide diversity."

New Paper by Hadi & Steck:

www.restud.com/diversificat...

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Serfdom in early modern Russia wasn’t inevitable—it was driven by landholding soldiers on the southern frontier. To defend against nomads, the state tied peasants to land, cementing coercive labor.

New paper by @andreamatranga.bsky.social & @timurnatkhov.bsky.social :
www.restud.com/all-along-th...

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"A new method for identifying and estimating consumer preferences when choice sets are constrained due to selection or search, but are not observed"

New paper by Agarwal & Somaini:

www.restud.com/demand-analy...

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Cities surrounded by expensive farmland are denser and agricultural productivity growth has lowered urban density over time in France. Our multi-region structural change framework can explain it.

New paper by Coeurdacier, Teignier & @floswald.bsky.social

www.restud.com/structural-c...

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🏠Transaction taxes don’t just cool housing—they reshape it. Same rate, different impact: investors buy more, households less. Result: lower ownership and welfare losses of 111% of tax revenue.

New paper from Han, Ngai & Sheedy:

www.restud.com/to-own-or-to...

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Slum upgrading is a common policy to help residents, but it can delay redevelopment into formal neighborhoods. Evidence from the largest program highlights the tradeoff: upgrading in the center can lead to long-run opportunity costs.

New paper by Harari & Wong:
www.restud.com/slum-upgradi...

We are pleased to introduce Niels Gormsen, Copenhagen Business School & University of Chicago, as a new member of the Editorial Board of REStud. His outstanding expertise will help us continue to publish pioneering economic research.
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Welcome aboard! Jose Vasquez, London School of Economics, has joined the Editorial Board of The Review of Economic Studies. We are grateful to have his expertise supporting our mission.
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We are thrilled to announce that Ro’ee Levy, Tel Aviv University School of Economics, is joining the Editorial Board of The Review of Economic Studies. We look forward to his valuable contributions to the journal’s future.
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Exciting news: Dávid Nagy, CREI, has joined the Editorial Board of The Review of Economic Studies. His deep knowledge will help guide the journal’s editorial process.
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We warmly welcome Marta Prato, Bocconi University, to the Editorial Board of The Review of Economic Studies. Her expertise and perspective will support our goal of publishing research at the highest standard.

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It is a pleasure to welcome Jonathon Hazell, London School of Economics, to the Editorial Board of The Review of Economic Studies. We value his insights and leadership in shaping the future of economic literature.
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We are honored to have Oren Danieli, Tel Aviv University School of Economics, join the Editorial Board of The Review of Economic Studies. His distinguished research will enrich the journal’s editorial vision.

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Warm welcome to Daniel Lewis, University College London, who has joined the Editorial Board of The Review of Economic Studies. We are excited to collaborate on advancing the frontiers of economic research.
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We are proud to announce that Giulia Giupponi, Bocconi University, has joined the Editorial Board of The Review of Economic Studies. Her scholarly expertise will help strengthen our mission to publish world-class research.
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Please join us in welcoming Ansgar Walther, Imperial College London, to the Editorial Board of The Review of Economic Studies. We look forward to his contributions in guiding the journal’s commitment to excellence in economic research.
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We are delighted to welcome Sarah Auster, University of Bonn, as a new member of the Editorial Board of The Review of Economic Studies. Her expertise will be an invaluable addition to the journal.
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Dávid Nagy, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional
Ro'ee Levy, Tel Aviv University School of Economics
Jose Vasquez, London School of Economics
Niels Gormsen, Copenhagen Business School and University of Chicago

Sarah Auster, University of Bonn
Ansgar Walther, Imperial College London
Giulia Giupponi, Bocconi University
Daniel Lewis, University College London
Oren Danieli, Tel Aviv University School of Economics
Jonathon Hazell, London School of Economics
Marta Prato, Bocconi University

We’re delighted to welcome our newly elected Board members of The Review of Economic Studies! Their expertise across leading institutions strengthens our mission to publish world-class research.
👇Meet our new members, who will be introduced in more detail over the coming days.👇

"Policy allocations reveal more than who gets benefit — they reveal what is valued.
We show how to invert the targeting problem to uncover the hidden welfare weights behind policy decisions."

New paper from Björkegren, Blumenstock and Knight:

www.restud.com/what-do-poli...

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"Not all booms are built on hard data—some ride on expectations. Tech news shocks (via patents) drive expansions long before TFP rises. Markets react first; macro follows."

New paper by Miranda-Agrippino, Hacioglu-Hoke and Bluwstein:

www.restud.com/patents-news...

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"This paper presents new methods for estimating long run treatment effects from short term experiments and observational data."

New paper from Athey, Chetty, Imbens, and Kang:

restud.com/the-surrogat...

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New paper from Karun and Eckardt:

restud.com/temporal-dif...

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"This paper explains how do trade and financial sanctions affect the exchange rate and fiscal capacity of the target country and what are the costs to sender"

New paper from Itskhoki and Mukhin:

www.restud.com/sanctions-an...

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"New study finds salary benchmarking cuts pay gaps by 25%. Pay dispersion partly arises from firms’ uncertainty about market rates, with key implications for pay transparency policy."

New paper from Perez-Truglia, Li & Cullen

www.restud.com/whats-my-emp...:

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"Competition via repo contracts resolves the lemons problem! A closed-form solution
for the unique pooling equilibrium explains why markets feature high haircuts and
low repo rates."

New paper from Bigio & Shi:

restud.com/repurchase-o...

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"Wars disrupt supply chains, but firms adapt by reorganizing them. The 2014 war cut
Ukraine’s output in nonconflict areas by 5.5%, with one-third mitigated by link
reorganization."

New paper from Korovkin, @alexeymakarin.bsky.social & Miyauchi:

www.restud.com/supply-chain...

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Recently accepted to #REStud, "Normalizations and misspecification in skill formation models," from Joachim Freyberger:

www.restud.com/normalizatio...

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