We show that contemporary differences in political attitudes across counties in
the American South trace their origins to slavery’s…
This paper investigates the role of mass media in times of conflict and state-sponsored
mass violence against civilians. We use a unique…
Most active state and local government employees are covered by health plans, and these plans extend into retirement as well.1 The…
In this paper, we study how the terms of access to an incumbent’s infrastructure (i.e., the level of access and price) affect an entrant’s…
Over thirty years, the Aspen Strategy Group has shied from no crisis or tense relationship troubling the world, from the Middle East to…
Immigrant Entrepreneurship. William R. Kerr, December 2014, Paper. "This chapter examines immigrant entrepreneurship and the survival and…
Product Mix and Firm Productivity Responses to Trade Competition. Marc Melitz, December 2014, Paper. "In this paper, we document…
The Not-So-Common-Wealth of Australia: Evidence for a Cross-Cultural Desire for a More Equal Distribution of Wealth. Michael I. Norton…
Neglected Risks: The Psychology of Financial Crises, Andrei Shleifer, December 2014, Paper, Financial crises are supposed to be…
Human Rights and the Challenges of Science and Technology, Stephen Marks, December 2014, Paper. "The expansion of the corpus of…