Government & Politics
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Conference paper
Who voted for Brexit? A comprehensive district-level analysis
Oct 2017
On 23 June 2016, the British electorate voted to leave the European Union (EU). We analyse vote and turnout shares across 380 local authority areas in the United Kingdom.
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Populist Revolts: Economics, Culture, Race, Gender?
Oct 22, 2017 | 09:00
Different accounts trace populism to cultural reactions, racial or gender animosity, and/or economics. What does the empirical evidence suggest?
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Conference paper
The Hinge of Fate? Economic and Social Populism in the 2016 Presidential Election A Preliminary Exploration
Oct 2017
Support for populism is often attributed to xenophobia, racism, sexism; to anger and resentment at immigrants, racial or ethnic minorities, or “uppity” non-traditional women. According to these accounts , people who feel socially resentful may reject established politicians as favoring those “others” over people like themselves, and turn to outsider populistic leaders.
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Conference paper
Instrumental Variables and Causal Mechanisms
Oct 2017
Unpacking the Effect of Trade on Workers and Voters
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Conference paper
Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Development
Oct 2017
A better set of approaches for the 21st century.
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Conference paper
Hell is Truth Seen Too Late
Oct 2017
The contemporary literature on neoliberalism has grown so large as to be unwieldy. For some on the left, this has presented an occasion to denounce it altogether.
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Conference paper
How far are Economists Purveyors of Fake News?
Oct 2017
How far are economists implicated in the rise of ‘fake experts’ and ‘fake news’?
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Fake News and Fake Experts? Or Should the Experts and the Media Find New Citizens?
Oct 22, 2017 | 03:30
Fake news, propaganda, and “expertise”: What has happened to information in the information age?
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Conference paper
Importing Political Polarization?
Oct 2017
The Electoral Consequences of Rising Trade Exposure
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Conference paper
Fathers of Neoliberalism
Oct 2017
The Academic and Professional Performance of the Chicago School, 1960-1985
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Taking the Con Out of Economics? The Limits of Negative Darwinism
Oct 22, 2017 | 12:00
What Do Citations Actually Measure in Economics and How Should Economic Journals and Department Review Committees Use This Data?
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Nobel Laureates to Co-Chair Independent Commission on Global Economy
Oct 22, 2017
Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Spence and a global team of leading thinkers are calling for new thinking & new rules for the world economy
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Conference paper
A Fiscal Union. Is it likely? Would it be enough?
Oct 2017
The current crisis is the culmination of a process of integration that has profoundly changed the structure of each member state, their inter-relations and their power relations. One of its side effects was the rediscovery of the terms ‘centre’ and ‘periphery’ to analyse the economic situations of the European countries.
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Conference paper
Macroeconomic stabilization, monetary-fiscal interactions, and Europe’s monetary union
Oct 2017
The euro area has been experiencing a prolonged period of weak economic activity and very low inflation.
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Conference paper
How a Flawed Structure is Hurting the Eurozone—Economically and Politically
Oct 2017
The wind appears to be back in the sails of the Eurozone economy ….