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Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat)

Media coverage of events like terrorist attacks can significantly impact economic outcomes. In the May issue, by Tim Besley, Thiemo Fetzer, and Hannes Mueller. zurl.co/nJaSs

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Using a structural approach, the paper shows that income transfers to women improve their bargaining position. Just Accepted new paper by Andrea Flores zurl.co/VsPGn

A 1 percent rise in debt/GDP raises raises long term rates by approximately 3 basis points. Just Accepted new paper by Michael D. Plante, Alexander W. Richter, and Sarah Zubairy. zurl.co/yWQrT

Tax evasion shows stronger links to peer behavior and incentives than to honesty. Just Accepted new paper by Marcelo Bergolo, Martin Leites, Ricardo Perez-Truglia @pereztruglia and Matías Strehl-Pessina @Mati_strehl zurl.co/31Y6Q

In the May issue, “Aid Fragmentation and Corruption” by Travers B. Child, Austin L. Wright, and Yun Xiao. zurl.co/b5add

In the May issue, "Testing Monotonicity of Mean Potential Outcomes in a Continuous Treatment with High-Dimensional Data" by Yu-Chin Hsu, Martin Huber, Ying-Ying Lee, and Chu-An Liu. zurl.co/FhMnx

Examining efficiency of various regression-adjusted LATE estimators under covariate-adaptive randomizations. In the May issue, by Liang Jiang, Oliver B. Linton, Haihan Tang, and Yichong Zhang. zurl.co/x3Sel

Examining when attention given to inflation changes using various measures (Google, Twitter, News). In the May issue, by Oleg Korenok, David Munro, and Jiayi Chen. zurl.co/RVTZZ

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Common subcontracting of regional airlines is associated with higher ticket fares. In the May issue, by Gaurab Aryal, Dennis J. Campbell, Federico Ciliberto, and Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya. zurl.co/yCQKh

The balance of macroeconomic risks is procyclical and its revisions lead to business cycle fluctuations. In the May issue, by Martin Iseringhausen, Ivan Petrella, Konstantinos Theodoridis. zurl.co/UNisj

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Abstract. This paper revisits the relationship between federal debt and interest rates in the U.S. A common approach is to regress long-term forward

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Abstract. Why do some individuals evade taxes while others do not? We study this question using administrative tax records from Uruguay linked to a

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Revisiting the Interest Rate Effects of Federal Debt

What Makes a Tax Evader?

Abstract. This paper exploits the exogenous variation of Mexico’s Oportunidades conditional cash transfer program on urban households’ time and

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Abstract. Aid fragmentation—the simultaneous operation of multiple development agencies in one setting—has long raised concerns about coordination

Aid Fragmentation and Corruption

Are Cash Transfers Effective at Empowering Mothers? A Structural Evaluation of Mexico’s Oportunidades

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Abstract. We propose a Cramér–von Mises–type test for testing whether the mean potential outcome given a specific treatment level has a weakly monotonic

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Abstract. We investigate how to improve efficiency using regression adjustments with covariates in covariate-adaptive randomizations (CARs) with imperfect

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Testing Monotonicity of Mean Potential Outcomes in a Continuous Treatment with High-Dimensional Data

Improving Estimation Efficiency via Regression-Adjustment in Covariate-Adaptive Randomizations with Imperfect Compliance

Abstract. One of the dangers of high inflation is that it can cause individuals to pay close attention to it. This internalization of inflation can lead

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Abstract. We develop a data-rich measure of expected macroeconomic skewness in the U.S. economy. Expected macroeconomic skewness is strongly procyclical,

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Inflation and Attention Thresholds

Aggregate Skewness and the Business Cycle

Abstract. This paper estimates the size of the media multiplier, an easily generalizable model-based measure of how far media coverage magnifies the

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How Big Is the Media Multiplier? Evidence from Dyadic News Data

Common Subcontracting and Airline Prices

Abstract. In the U.S. airline industry, independent regional airlines fly passengers on behalf of several national airlines across different markets,

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