The U.S. Electoral College causes narrow election outcomes that wouldn't occur under popular voting. In the May issue, by Michael Geruso and Dean Spears. zurl.co/ysycq
In the May issue, “Aid Fragmentation and Corruption” by Travers B. Child, Austin L. Wright, and Yun Xiao. zurl.co/b5add
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
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
Estimating the causal effect of high school GPA on human capital and labor market outcomes. In the May issue, by Alexander Willen, Fanny Landaud, Eric Maurin, Barton Willage. zurl.co/ufk9L
Students exposed to more school funding during elementary school are less likely to be arrested as adults. In May issue, by Jason Baron, Joshua Hyman, Brittany Vasquez zurl.co/5e4Qn
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
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
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
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
Abstract. Aid fragmentation—the simultaneous operation of multiple development agencies in one setting—has long raised concerns about coordination
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
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
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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Abstract. We investigate how to improve efficiency using regression adjustments with covariates in covariate-adaptive randomizations (CARs) with imperfect
Abstract. We develop a data-rich measure of expected macroeconomic skewness in the U.S. economy. Expected macroeconomic skewness is strongly procyclical,
Abstract. Close elections are important for many reasons, including that consequent election disputes can weaken democratic legitimacy and risk political
