Forthcoming in AEJ: Microeconomics: "Mergers, Entry, and Consumer Welfare" by Peter Caradonna, Nathan H. Miller, and Gloria Sheu. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
(Forthcoming Article) - We model merger-induced entry in the context of differentiated-products price competition. We fully characterize the combinations of merger efficiencies and entrant qualities t...
Congratulations to winners of the AEA election for many leadership offices! Katharine Abraham, Amy Finkelstein, Jeffrey Wooldridge, Elizabeth Cascio and Damon Jones. www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/le...
The European Commission finally has a new chief competition economist. Emanuele Tarantino, an economics professor at Rome's Luiss University in Rome, will be the third Italian to take on the role.
Academic becomes the third Italian to take influential post after a previous U.S. pick was forced out.
The European Commission finally has a new chief competition economist. Emanuele Tarantino, an economics professor at Rome's Luiss University in Rome, will be the third Italian to take on the role.
Academic becomes the third Italian to take influential post after a previous U.S. pick was forced out.
At SIEPR, we support scholars & students interested in better economic policy. In this ongoing series, people like Adrien Auclert – who once toyed with policymaking but ultimately chose academia – answer one question: Why Econ? siepr.stanford.edu/adrien-aucle...#EconSky
Interesting and concise update on global methane emissions. A reminder of how important they are in the climate change fight and the poor progress weve made. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/c...
Satellite data shows the U.S. releasing more and more of the potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, researchers said, despite pledges to cut back.
The introduction of Universal Pre-K in various states and cities was linked to an increase in business applications and the overall number of business establishments. (also effects on enrollment and maternal labor supply, as in other studies)
Call for papers for the fall NBER Household Finance meeting is now open: www.nber.org/conferences/...
Cool new CEA research highlighting the foundational role of child care for the US economy. It shows that investments in childcare are associated with increased overall economic activity. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
🚨New Paper Alert!🚨 Out this week, I survey recent work on the causes of US poverty and build toward new testable theories that can advance policy, including (thread):
