EJ haikus
(or at least attempts at haikus:
Count to seventeen five then seven, then five more. Should be easy ...Errr )
Fun economics: Good can get even better, expressed pithily.
(or at least attempts at haikus:
Count to seventeen five then seven, then five more. Should be easy ...Errr )
Fun economics: Good can get even better, expressed pithily.
If you have to think, do you share news on twitter? Left and right differ. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae027
I don't want to know if it hurts my self-image. How common is that? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead058
Science progresses when studies give null results too, but do scientists? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead060
Are professionals In finance like everyone else? Swedish evidence. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead038
Planning to say no? Do it fast so you seem sure in bargaining games. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead055
Randomisation is not so random: folks do it consistently. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead039 (or the better version by Kirby Nielsen You randomize here, you will randomize there too. It’s a stable trait ... A gifted author: expresses things better than my crummy attempt)
Building a picture of UK workers and pay In recent decades. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead052
“Right to buy” your home: Two channels towards bringing less property crime https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead040
In housing markets, credit constraints and sorting frictions interact. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead054
Be with better peers! Might give you good test results but there are real costs … https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead042
Moods do matter. Elevated sentiment just before giving https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead041
Twelve thousand letters show different descriptions of men and women. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead045
Base and surcharge price make collusion easier than single all-in price. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead044
Rating charities has ambiguous effects. Traced in a model. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead036
Cheaper travel means there are more places for fun. Uber evidence. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead034
The origins of what makes folks cooperate: cultivating rice. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead030
Change labour taxes has effects through innovation in a GE model https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead028
War made women work, encouraging friends, daughters and daughters-in-law https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead029
Avoid formal work, stay eligible for benefits and maybe some crime? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead025
What happens to folks whose occupation declines? Swedish evidence. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead027
Good contact tracing/duration/intensity for disease control https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead024
Tax hits some harder, especially rural folks with consumption tax https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead023
When towns choose taxes, they spend more on nurseries and more women work. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead022
Branded drugs gain from switching costs to generics less when docs decide. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead021
What gets girls in STEM: Female role models do help when done the right way. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead019
People make mistakes: How online platforms exploit them and implications https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac093
College admissions: Affirmative action helps Model estimates. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead016
Political Risk: Bad for finance and for real when it's populism. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead017
Rules of bargaining determine the who and what: climate agreements. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac076
Finding the first job: Helps to know folk from old gigs, more so in tough times. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead007
Climate policy: dynamic bargaining. Analyze the game! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac076
Scapegoat the “other”? Folks do, say experiments: Latent preferences. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead005
Covid stimulus worked to reduce output loss, says HANK model https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead003
Folks buy cheap new cars in recessions. Times improve: bad second-hand cars. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead006
Last-resort lending causes moral hazard. Right? Historical facts. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac089
Letting people vote curbs political violence. So history shows. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac092
Which labour markets were hit hard in recession? Concentrated ones. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac091
Even when it's small, private information can change kind of outcome. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac080
When schools teach the kids financial literacy: what long-run impact? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac084
Trade fuels ideas but when the big get bigger then markups will rise https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac085
Working nine to five: Sounds OK till you have kids. The wage gap increases. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac086
Mum always told me skipping school screws your future. Here is evidence. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac078
Trust can be win-win but it’s hard to achieve it when you are hungry. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac087
Generous welfare cuts crime, mostly property when fewer are employed https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac083
Voting in Swiss states empowered women to work, study, and divorce. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac077
Anticipate tax? Americans watch the news and they do react. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac064
What does QE do to liquidity of bonds? UK Evidence. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac033
Set an example? Parents do for their children says field evidence. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac074
Student outcomes of financial aid depend on academic musts. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac062
Expectations on policy do vary: New facts about how. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac050
Cities locations: Geography or institutions? Hierarchy matters. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac063
Have civic neighbours? If too many or too few then more migration. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac068
Norwegian couples. Their kids' school and work outcomes rest on "better" half. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac071
Did sanctions really target intended elites? A qualified yes. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac042
Spanish pensions rise and Pensioners consume more. Though not one for one. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac061
U S Capital increase and labor share fall: Varied Firm Entry https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac054
Countries get good deals. Sentiments have an effect. Medium term tricky. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac067
William Bryan made many campaign speeches. They did indeed work. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac056
Live with your in-laws? or maybe with your parents? Theory and data. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac043
Teaching practices and classrooms are different. For good effects: Match! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac046
Bank credit expands: Does trade credit propagate? Not to downstream firms. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac036
Technology drives spatial polarization that has emerged. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac040
School peers do matter. For mental health in the short and for the long run. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac039
Ancestry matters? For creation of new firms but not performance. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac029
Benefit kinks in unemployment insurance help unpack effects. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac034
Read female authors. Their papers are well written. Maybe not by choice. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac032
Courts enforce contracts or let sellers walk away? Nature of unknowns ... https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac024
Family matters. So does civic engagement. Incompatible? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac027
Common enemy sabotaging raises floor. A kinky result. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac023
Firms with short term loans Raise markups when loans scarcer: Sticky customers. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac025
New safe assets facts. A multi-agent model can replicate well. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac017
German women earn 6 to 14 per cent more after their college. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac021
Grants for investment can mitigate weather shocks. Like getting new skills. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac018
A call for action. Chance for policy and growth: Econs can step up! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac005
Inequality’s evolution in US: revised estimates. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac020
Wage risk, skill premium: connected through capital. Save as insurance! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac015
Highways ease commutes, bring skill-biased urban sprawl. Says Swiss evidence. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab100
With different goods confusion can harm profits. In politics too. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac009
Financial frictions affect tax evasion and measured GDP. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac010
Evidence on rise in obesity among poor. Policy initiatives? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac013
Pass through depends on vertical market structure, as gas stations show. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac007
Panhandlers do best finding highest-return spots. They do in DC. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab103
Subsidies that fall when prices rise reduce costs, curb market power. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac002
Emotion has grown in U.S. Congress speeches since late 70s. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab104
Military fights use information campaigns: Evidence they work. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab101
Better contracting brings quality upgrading; though not for exports. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab098
Inequality in German incomes rose: Worse with housing costs. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab097
Know fund managers and know about their fund’s risk; though not performance. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab092
Young workers suffer: Recessions let firms upgrade, hire experienced folk. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab096
Long-run wealth patterns: Permanent differences help match mobility. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab095
Remote work affects cognitive task performance: Worse tournament chess. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab094
Markups have varied in response to supply shocks and mostly demand. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab090
Past conflicts helped for current development?!? Early state-making! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab089
Russian invasion raises EU identity and trust in EU. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab088
And three years later: How do private schools compare in Liberia? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab087
Uncertainty falls when FOMC announces; but rises again. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab086
Type of tax matters when matching houses and households: Welfare quantified! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab080
Non-cognitive skills certificates affect all: workers and hires. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab071
Car tax/subsidy effects distribution and where pollution is. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab084
Life value: HK? Gunpoint value? VSL? 5 million dollars! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab072
Less finance developed in regions with history of strong Confucian clans. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab082
Covid cost-benefits depend on at-risk status and own exposure. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab077
Electricity buyers confused about costs: marginal or fixed? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab076
More bipartisan support: Republican bills that women sponsor. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab069
More Covid cases with subsidies to eat out and with good weather. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab074
Different ways to shop determine competition: Between or within? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab075
State power suffers and corruption increases. As history shows. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab068
Costs of trade vary. A flexible gravity approach pins them down. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab067
Dividend taxes shape corporate investment. Want a quiet life. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab064
Collective choices: Same outcome, differing paths affect agreement. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab057
Lehman collapsed. Retired and highest income sold (taxable) stocks. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab059
Flatter Phillips curve: Control costs bring stickiness that’s state-dependent. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab063
Retirement payouts nudge for annuity/term also affects work! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab060
French fertility (or lack of it) spread slower to distant cultures. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab066
Speak the same language comes together with goods trade. S’all geography! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab065
Hard to say sorry; many ways, some work better: best with a coupon. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab062
Weird names are costly and so parents avoid them (not my mum and dad) https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab058
Coordinate votes in different voting sytems? Runoff in the lab! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab051
Productivity growth brought urbanization. Rather vice versa? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab050
How to partition intervals optimally? Unified approach. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab055
Informality can bring flexibility for workers and firms. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab052
Public policies interact across programs and household members. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab053
Steam engines in France raised education levels: elementary! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab056
A better lawyer brings value-for-money to M&A contracts https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab047
"Discretionary" government spending explored is systematic. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab046
Monitoring works! Chinese state-owned enterprise evidence suggests. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab048
Aggregate pricing: sticky and state-dependent. Macro like Micro. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab049
Spouses grow alike? At least in risk preference for stable marriages. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab054
Ethnic violence dissipates with more distance: structural results. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab045
Relative feedback raises those exam grades and other courses too. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab043
Income and taxes: so many estimates of elasticity ... https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab038
Trade imbalances, income inequality prevent PTAs. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab044
Vote nationalist? Exposure to cheap imports causes more support. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab041
Picking your battles can win outsized influence: Experts benefit. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab040
Well-being persists so many decades later: Some channels ruled out. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab037
Support zombie firms? Banks with less capital do, and to good effect! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab039
More girl abortion when learning sex before birth; better health outcomes. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab035
Immigrant success: Co-ethnic networks do help. The advantage fades. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab036
Ordinal effects: rankly I do give a damn. College Evidence. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab034
Clean air in China raises productivity: Causal evidence. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab033
When Suharto falls the connected firms suffer. More competition. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab023
Vive la difference! High spread brings more attention and more likely choice. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab032
Neonatal death: Mothers' under-nutrition with early-born kids. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab028
Would Swiss French be more patient if they spoke German? De toute evidence! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab025
Quant GE model shows who gains and who loses from Corn Laws' repeal. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab029
Colonialism erodes trust and insurance with Hutus/Tutsis https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab031
History matters. Land development depends on The Homestead Act. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab030
Higher turnout? Yes. But if you make promises, better follow through ... https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab027
Google and Android: Would a new search engine pay without an app store? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab024
Game theory is great but not always the best way for a PE prob. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab026
US and EU taxes depend on varied groups' altruism. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab022
For growth and welfare, subsidies and R&D are not all the same https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab021
Turkish politics drives corporate lending and misallocation https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab020
Wages are rigid. Measuring uncertainty? High in recessions. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab019
Is there good reason to cheat if I am seeing you check up on me? https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab018
Data on crises as opportunities says no gains, maybe loss. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab017
Changing investments Is easier to think about when safe returns change https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab006
Want to leave Italy? Where you go matters or did in 1900s. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab016
Limit taxation: Sounds good but when crunch time comes vote redistribute! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab015
Insurance uses corruptible appraisers: not so efficient. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab013
Are men and women Different house bargainers? Differ in their wants. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab010
Give to charity! Make excuses? or persuade you? All about image. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab014
Parenting needs time and money: so tax design? Mirrlees meets Becker https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab012
Prohibition fact: Repeal raised infant death rate, Thousands every year. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab011
Mind on poverty? Delay work, enjoy early. Ugandan farmers. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab007
Which firms use robots? Good ones to get better yet. Rich Spanish data https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab009
Many people and many projects: who does what? World bank evidence. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab008
Double count investment and misestimate labor share: Permanent income! https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab005