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Cultural Economics

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Domestic Supply Chains in the US Are Fracturing Along Partisan Lines

Nandini Gupta
In new research, Nandini Gupta and Swarnodeep Homroy show that firms in the United States are choosing politically-aligned suppliers to insure their supply chains against disruption. Aligned relationships are markedly more resilient when shocks hit, but the insurance is paid for in higher input costs and less innovation.
Big Tech

Communities Should Capture the Benefits of AI Data Centers

Sarah Kreps
Sarah Kreps argues that elected officials should be cautious of immediately rejecting proposals for local data centers. Instead, officials should capture potential benefits and protect residents by negotiating for better terms.
Cultural Economics

Economics Is Opening Up at the Edges, but Not at the Top

Markus Eberhardt
In new research, Markus Eberhardt, Giovanni Facchini, and Valeria Rueda find that a growing share of PhD graduates from top U.S. economics programs are leaving academia, looking beyond North America, and moving into the private sector, especially towards the tech industry.
Cultural Economics

New York’s Congestion Toll Helped Ambulances Move Faster

Yulia Chikish
In new research, Yulia Chikish, Gregory J. Colman, Dhaval M. Dave, Brad R. Humphreys, Zachary Santamaria, and Zachary Winship find that New York City congestion pricing has reduced emergency medical services response times.
Cultural Economics

After Affirmative Action Ends, Minority- and Women-Owned Contractors Face an Uphill Battle

Benjamin Rosa
In new research, Benjamin Rosa finds that when states ban affirmative action, minority- and women-run businesses become smaller than other contractors and are less likely to enter the market, but are no more likely to close their businesses entirely. 
Cultural Economics

School Smartphone Bans Show No Effect on Youth Mental Health

Henry Saffer
Following a decade of declining youth mental health, many states have attempted to limit children’s access to social media and the internet by banning smartphones in schools. In new research, Henry Saffer finds no evidence that in-school smartphone bans have any effect on the screentime or mental well-being of young Americans.
Cultural Economics

How Newspaper Competition Fueled Quebec’s 1837 Rebellion

Patrick Crawford
In new research, Patrick Crawford and Vincent Geloso find that areas in Lower Canada with more newspaper competition were more likely to rebel in Quebec’s 1837 Rebellion. Irrespective of political leaning, newspapers in more competitive markets helped citizens to share grievances and coordinate their actions.
Cultural Economics

America’s Most Effective Birth Control Wasn’t a Policy. It Was a Phone.

Ezekiel (Zeke) Hooper
In new research, Cailtin K. Myers and Ezekiel Hooper find that birth rates in the United States have declined as a result of the introduction of the iPhone. They theorize that the smartphone is crowding out the market for attention, offering a device to fill users’ time that replaces forming in-person relationships that typically create children. 
Cultural Economics

Faculty Campaign Contributions Reveal a Homogeneous Academic Marketplace of Ideas

David Primo
In new research for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, David M. Primo uses campaign contribution data to show that professors at leading universities are more politically active than the average American and skew heavily to the left politically, raising concerns about the diversity of perspectives on college campuses.    
Cultural Economics

How OxyContin and the Opioid Epidemic Reshaped American Communities

Carolina Arteaga
The OxyContin epidemic had large demographic effects on communities in the United States. In new research, Carolina Arteaga, Victoria Barone, and Stephen Claassen find that Purdue Pharma’s marketing strategy targeted specific areas, causing college-educated residents to flee and increasing fertility rates among the most affected populations.
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