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…
The upstream renaissance in the United States that has resulted from the successful application of new technologies in the exploration and…
Moral hazard--the tendency to change behavior when the cost of that behavior will be borne by others--is a particularly tricky question…
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…
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…