Laurent Bouton

Laurent Bouton is Professor of Economics at Georgetown University, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Research Affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research.

Money in Politics

Characteristics and Behavior of the Rising Class of Small Campaign Donors

New research on US political donations under $200 reveals characteristics of these donors as well as their motivations. A Q&A with the...

Commentary

Electoral College Reform: New Problems or Real Solutions?

Each electoral system creates specific incentives to (mis)allocate government resources. Would putting the National Popular Vote (NPV) in lieu of the Electoral...

Regulatory Capture

Guns and Votes: The Victory of an Intense Minority Against an Apathetic Majority

This column on the "gun-control paradox"—the fact that gun regulations continually fail in the US Congress despite being supported by around 90 percent of...

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Monetary Policy

How Many Banks Are at Risk of Insolvency Right Now?

Amit Seru, Erica Xuewei Jiang, Gregor Matvos, Tomasz Piskorski

Given the recent banking turmoil and failure of SVB and Signature and issues in First Republic, it is important to understand the...

Misinformation

The Challenges of Regulating Disinformation

Federico Vaccari

In response to rising concerns about political disinformation, governments have introduced a slew of interventions. Federico Vaccari warns in new research that...

Development

India’s Evolving Industrial Policy Is Critical for Realizing Its Development Vision

Nagesh Kumar

Industrial policy was once so out of fashion that it was jokingly called “the policy that shall not be named.” Now it’s...

Big Tech

Can Twitter Be a Force for Good? Social Media Helps Curb Corporate Misconduct

Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli

Collective shaming on social media is crucial in reducing corporate misbehavior — and society would be significantly worse off without watchdog platforms.

Populism

The Historical Cost of Populism

Moritz Schularick, Christoph Trebesch, Manuel Funke

Most work on populism has investigated the reasons why voters choose populist leaders and governments. In new research, Moritz Schularick, Christoph Trebesch,...

Globalization

Globalization’s Uneven Impact on Women’s Occupational Attainment

Yoav Roll, Moshe Semyonov, Hadas Mandel

The literature on globalization’s impact on women’s workforce participation generally takes a positive outlook but still produces mixed results. In their research,...

Interviews

Nobel Laureate Douglas Diamond on How the Fed Could Have Prevented SVB’s Collapse

Brooke Fox

Nobel Laureate and bank run expert Douglas Diamond argues that the Fed’s choice to signal long-term low interest rates, and then suddenly...

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