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    Economist Pinelopi Goldberg Switches Gears to Study the Pandemic
    Two months ago, Yale economist Pinelopi Goldberg wasn’t working on anything related to global health. But like many scholars, she has recently shifted her research focus to questions bearing on the COVID-19 pandemic. The former chief economist at the …
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    Economist Pinelopi Goldberg
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    Robert Shiller on the power of narratives
    Stories matter, shaping our beliefs, decisions, and actions. Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert J. Shiller sees this play out in the economy constantly. “ We have to consider the possibility that sometimes the dominant reason why a recession is severe …
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    EGC Celebrates the Class of 2024, their achievements and future plans
    EGC Celebrates the Class of 2024, their achievements and future plans … EGC Celebrates the Class of 2024, their achievements and future plans News A diverse group of students passionate about international development – Economics PhDs, IDE masters …
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    Samuel Kortum Appointed as Director of Yale’s Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics
    The Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics is excited to announce that Samuel Kortum has been appointed as Director for a three-year term starting summer 2023. Professor Kortum brings a wealth of research experience to the Foundation, and his …
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    Sam Kortum, Cowles Director
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    Air Pollution in India: New Findings On How To Reduce Crop Burning
    Air Pollution in India: New Findings On How To Reduce Crop Burning … Air Pollution in India: New Findings On How To Reduce Crop Burning News October 9, 2024 EGC's Rohini Pande and coauthors find that adjusting the design of an incentives program can …
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    Crop Burning
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    About IDE
    About IDE … About IDE Study Economics at Yale. Make an Impact Around the World. Welcome to International and Development Economics (IDE) at Yale, an intensive one-year master’s program designed to equip you with the tools to navigate today’s global …
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    From Imitation to Innovation: Where Is all that Chinese R&D Going?
    EGC Research Summary, March 2022 Chinese investments in research and development (R&D) have burgeoned since the turn of the century, increasing more than tenfold in absolute terms since 2000 and reaching a high of 2.4 percent of GDP in 2020. As the …
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    Is There Too Little Antitrust Enforcement in the US Hospital Sector?
    The authors find that, from 2002 to 2020, 20% of transactions (238) could have been flagged by the FTC using standard merger screening tools as likely to lessen competition and raise prices. Using data on the prices hospitals negotiate with insurers, the …
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    Risky Matching
    Risky Matching … Risky Matching 20043 149148 We develop a model where risk-averse workers can costly invest in their skills before matching with heterogenous firms. At the investment stage, workers face multiple sources of risk. They are uncertain about …
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    New Research Sheds Light on the Economic Consequences of Evictions
    What are the economic consequences of evictions?  For the first time, researchers have combined eviction court records with detailed longitudinal data on socio-economic outcomes such as employment, hospital visits, and stays at emergency homeless …
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    Experimenting with Career Concerns
    Experimenting with Career Concerns … Experimenting with Career Concerns Journal Publication 20633 152358 A manager who learns privately about a project over time may want to delay quitting it if recognizing failure/lack of success hurts his reputation. In …
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    Dispersed Behavior and Perceptions in Assortative Societies
    Dispersed Behavior and Perceptions in Assortative Societies … Dispersed Behavior and Perceptions in Assortative Societies Journal Publication 301393 301394 152351 We formulate a model of social interactions and misinferences by agents who neglect …
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