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Copyrights and Creativity
Michela Giorcelli discusses the variation in the adoption of copyrights within Italy—due to the timing of Napoléon’s military…
The Shadow Pandemic
Sandra Walklate discusses recommendations for the provision of online outreach to victims of domestic abuse and the delivery of court services during any future pandemics or national emergencies
How to Teach the Fundamentals of Inequality in Economics
Can Erbil discusses a new module for teaching inequality
Do spouses influence each other’s stated son preference?
Ishita Chatterjee discusses the motivations behind married men preferring sons and to quantify the association between a couple’s…
Protecting buyers from fine print
Elena D׳Agostino discusses fine print in contracts and why regulations which prohibit the least efficient terms may reduce welfare by inducing the monopolist not to offer favorable terms
Asset Pricing with Endogenous Beliefs-Dependent Risk Aversion
Rachida Ouysse discusses an economy where aggregate risk aversion is stochastic, exogenous, and beliefs-dependent.
Urban Design and Economic Growth
Taha Chaiechi discusses the urban development of two tropical cities – Cairns and Singapore – with a focus on their different urban growth patterns
Kill Zone
Luigi Zingales discusses why acquisitions of entrant firms by an incumbent can deter innovation and entry in the…
Cruel and unusual punishment
Eileen Baldry discusses qualitative findings from the Comparative Youth Penality Project – an empirical inter-jurisdictional study of youth…
Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa
Eoin F. McGuirk discusses the effects of climate change on seasonally migrant populations that herd livestock in Africa.…
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