All members of the economics profession are invited to nominate an individual for the 2026 Role Models in Economics Award. The 2026 Award is for an economist 45 years and younger, who both is a rigorous scholar and has made significant contributions to the academic environment and the public good in Europe in a broad sense. These contributio...
Tampa, Fla., USA (23 March 2026)—AACSB International (AACSB) and the Academy of Management (AOM) will bring together global leaders in business education and management research for the inaugural Research Impact Conference, taking place 26 to 27 May 2026 at University College Dublin School of Business in Dublin, Ireland.This inaugural event brings to...
EEA's MinE Committee is launching a new mentoring programme for graduate students and early-career researchers who identify as a minority in economics. This includes, but is not limited to, ethnic minorities in Europe , LGBTQ+ individuals, and people with disabilities.We welcome mentors from academia, governments, and...
The geographic dimension of wage polarization.Source: graphy111Economists have studied the relationship between technological change and labor market inequality for decades, but most of that research has examined trends at the national level.In a paper in the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, authors Jan Eeckhout, Chr...
Author(s) Lorenzo StancaThis paper investigates a novel behavioral feature of recursive preferences: aversion to risks that persist over time, or simply correlation aversion. Greater persistence provides information about future consumption but reduces opportunities to hedge consumption risk. I show that, for recursive preferences that exhibit a ...
Author(s) Klaus Gugler, Lukas Pirnbacher, Florian SzücsWe exploit the regulatory environment in the Austrian pharmaceutical market to study the effects of price regulation on market outcomes and consumer welfare. We find that product acquisitions of drug producers have a differential impact in regulated and unregulated market segments. Regression res...
The WinE Committee has opened self-nominations for the positions on the Women in Economics Committee (WinE) Committee.Candidates should be available for a 3-year term from April 1, 2026.Please note that the WinE Committee welcomes self-nominations from both female and male economists.The WinE Committee is chaired by Professor Paula Bustos (UPF). The curren...
As part of a large grant awarded to the American Economic Association from Co-Impact, CPC and CSWEP invite proposals from the Association’s members aimed at improving the climate in the economics profession by fostering a more inclusive environment. Proposals can be submitted by individuals, departments, or committees.Visit h...
The 2018 steel and aluminum tariffs increased interest rates on auto loans, especially for lower-income consumers.Source: Virrage ImagesMany studies of the Trump administration’s 2018 steel and aluminum tariffs have focused on whether they resulted in higher car prices. But a paper in the American Economic Review reveals other sig...
Author(s) Stéphane Auray, Aurélien Eyquem, Bertrand Garbinti, Jonathan Goupille-LebretWe study the dynamics of income and wealth inequality using a heterogeneous-agent model that combines endogenous portfolio choice, a granular representation of the tax-and-transfer system, and a reduced-form mechanism linking markups to top incomes through entrepre...
