In the immediate aftermath of natural disasters, members of Congress become more likely to adopt the positions of special interest donors.Voters expect their elected representatives to prioritize their needs over the preferences of large campaign donors. While public scrutiny helps keep politicians accountable, it is difficult to measure the effect of publ...
Trevon Logan and John Parman discuss the meaning of segregation and how it has shaped US history.Despite decades of civil rights legislation, many Black and White Americans, as well as other minorities, continue to live in racially homogeneous neighborhoods, with significant implications for access to quality schools, jobs, healthcare, and economic opportu...
2025年9月6日，“AI与学科发展论坛”暨教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地（经济片）与中国经济学年会理事单位负责人联席会议在北京大学承泽园举行。论坛现场北京大学党委副书记姜国华，原副校长、汇丰商学院创始院长、中国经济研究中心创始教授海闻，北大国家发展研究院院长、南南合作与发展学院院长黄益平，国家发展研究院党委书记、中国经济研究中心主任雷晓燕，以及23位教育部人文社会...
2025年9月6日，AI与学科发展论坛暨教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地（经济片）与中国经济学年会理事单位负责人联席会议在北京大学承泽园举办。2025年9月6日，AI与学科发展论坛暨教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地（经济片）与中国经济学年会理事单位负责人联席会议在北京大学承泽园举办。北京大学党委副书记姜国华，校务委员会副主任（原副校长）、汇丰商学院创始院长、中国经济研究中心创...
How do politicians adjust their messages based on who they're running against?Political scientists have long argued that there are good theoretical reasons for believing that politicians adjust their messages to win over centrist voters. But there is little empirical evidence that they do this in practice.In a paper in the American Economic R...
The EEA Officer Election 2026 is taking place up to and including Tuesday, October 21. Click here to view candidates and how to voteMinE Best Paper AwardThe MinE Best Paper Award is given to the best paper presented in the annual EEA congresses whose focus is on the study of LGBTQ+, Race-Ethnicity-Religion and/or Disabilities. It was inaugurated ...
How did educational opportunities after the American Civil War shape economic outcomes for Black families?During the decade following the end of the Civil War, formerly enslaved people gained access to education for the first time. Unfortunately, many of those new educational opportunities were systematically dismantled shortly after the Reconstruction per...
On Monday August 25th 2025 (10am CET) the EEA Education Committee will kick-off EEA 2025 in Bordeaux with an interactive workshop on Economics teaching in a world of AI - embrace or avoid? To ensure we have up to date information on what is happening across Economics Departments in Europe we would greatly appre...
2025 Award Recipients (in alphabetical order of author):Paper: Amenity Biased Technical ChangeAuthor: Gerard Maideu-MoreraMotivation: A job is more than just a wage but is also characterised by its non-pecuniary characteristics such as flexibility, safety, work-life balance, and job satisfaction. This paper asks whether non-wage a...
The 2025 Career Achievement Awards were announced during the The 2025 Career Achievement Awards were announced during the 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Copenhagen, Denmark 25-29 July 2025.2025 Career Achievement Awards Committee:Georges Romme (Chair), Eindhoven University of TechnologyRuth Aguilera, Northeastern...
