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We are economists and thinkers from a range of disciplines who challenge conventional wisdom and advance ideas to better serve society.

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We develop research that challenges economic orthodoxy and serves society.

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Through the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), INET provides support to students, young professionals, or others who embrace new and critical ways of thinking about the economy. YSI fosters conversation among those who wish to engage with new economic thinking and connects young scholars to the Institute’s vast network of economists.

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Working Paper
Working paper
Rethinking the Role of the Representativeness Heuristic in Macroeconomics and Finance Theory

By Roman Frydman and Morten Tabor

Dec 2020

Even if psychological factors influence participants’ decision-making, as behavioral economists compellingly argue, incorporating such factors into economic theory would seem to require that market participants adhere to elementary logical rules.
Working Paper
Working Paper Series
New Evidence on the Portfolio Balance Approach to Currency Returns

By Nevin Cavusoglu, Michael Goldberg, and Josh Stillwagon

Feb 2019

Asset markets are indispensable in harnessing society’s diverse views and insights about future business performance. But those views are shaped as much by emotion and crowd mentality as by rational expectations.