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David Van Dijcke, Mark Polyak, Austin Wright
This research finds that civilians respond sharply to threat alerts overall, quickly seeking shelter, but their response attenuates over time; 8-15% of civilian casualties during later periods of the Russia-Ukraine conflict could have been avoided with sustained public responsiveness to government alerts. View Finding • View Working Paper
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Rainer Haselmann, Christian Leuz, Sebastian Schreiber
Banks’ lending relationships inform their trading and underscore the potential for conflicts of interest in universal banking, despite regulatory attempts to limit such exposure.
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Ao Wang, Shaoda Wang, Xiaoyang Ye
To effectively disseminate important information on polarized issues such as climate change, vaccination, etc., it is crucial to first identify and intervene against the underlying fundamental values that might prevent individuals’ accurate digestion of the high-stakes information. View Finding • View Working Paper
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In this episode, we’re talking about guns. Chicago Booth economist Brad Shapiro has quantified—for the first time—American consumer demand for guns, and how that demand shifts in response to different regulations, including bans and taxes. He was surprised by some of the findings, which offer new and important insights for ongoing gun policy debates. Listen Here
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November 9, 2022
Speaker: Mark Duggan
November 16, 2022
Speaker: Loren Brandt
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Engage with EDE staff and program alumni to learn more about this transformative experience for students interested in exploring economics. The next session is scheduled for Monday, November 7, with more sessions available through February.
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Harris School of Public Policy
November 9, 2022
Harris School of Public Policy
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YAHOO NEWS
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VOA NEWS
Luis Martinez
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CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS
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CNBC
Randall Krosnzer
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Francesco D’Acunto, Daniel Hoang, Maritta Paloviita, Michael Weber
Based on Finnish data that measures, in part, consumers’ awareness and understanding of the economy and economic policy, the authors find that only the most intelligent consumers are aware of policy and its impact and, therefore, alter their behavior. This finding not only suggests that policies like forward guidance have little chance to succeed, but also that these policies may be inherently discriminatory because they favor those consumers with the wherewithal to react accordingly.
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WORKING PAPER
Leonardo Bursztyn, Georgy Egorov, Ruben Enikolopov, Maria Petrova
This paper studies the causal effect of social media on ethnic hate crimes and xenophobic attitudes in Russia using quasi-exogenous variation in social media penetration across cities. Higher penetration of social media led to more ethnic hate crimes, but only in cities with a high preexisting level of nationalist sentiment. Consistent with a mechanism of coordination of crimes, the effects are stronger for crimes with multiple perpetrators. The authors implement a national survey experiment and show that social media persuaded young and low-educated individuals to hold more xenophobic attitudes, but did not increase respondents’ openness to expressing these views. These results are consistent with a simple model of social learning where penetration of social networks increases individuals’ propensity to meet like-minded people. View Paper
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