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Backlash Against Expert Recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 Advice in Latin America (2024)
Journal Article
Albornoz, F., Bottan, N., Cruces, G., Hoffmann, B., Torcuato, U., & Tella, D. (in press). Backlash Against Expert Recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 Advice in Latin America. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,

Public adherence with health recommendations is vital for effective crisis response. During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments faced considerable challenges in persuading the public to adopt new recommendations. Using large-scale survey experiments a... Read More about Backlash Against Expert Recommendations: Reactions to COVID-19 Advice in Latin America.

To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence (2024)
Journal Article
Aidt, T. S., Albornoz, F., & Hauk, E. (2024). To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 227, Article 106712

This article explores the complex interplay between deforestation policies and foreign influence, using a game theoretical model to analyze geopolitical factors influencing forest conservation decisions in countries with significant rainforests. The... Read More about To cut or not to cut: Deforestation policy under the shadow of foreign influence.

The small open economy in a generalized gravity model (2024)
Journal Article
Demidova, S., Kucheryavyy, K., Naito, T., & Rodríguez-Clare, A. (2024). The small open economy in a generalized gravity model. Journal of International Economics, 152, Article 103997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2024.103997

To provide sharp answers to basic questions in international trade, a standard approach is to focus on a small open economy (SOE). Whereas the classic tradition is to define a SOE as an economy that takes world prices as given, in the new trade liter... Read More about The small open economy in a generalized gravity model.

At the Top of the Mind: Peak Prices and the Disposition Effect (2024)
Journal Article
Quispe-Torreblanca, E., Hume, D., Gathergood, J., Loewenstein, G., & Stewart, N. (in press). At the Top of the Mind: Peak Prices and the Disposition Effect. Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics,

The disposition effect is the reluctance to sell assets at a loss relative to a salient point of reference, typically assumed to be the purchase price. Using data on stocks and housing sales, we show that the peak price achieved by an asset during th... Read More about At the Top of the Mind: Peak Prices and the Disposition Effect.

How to activate threat perceptions in behavior research: A simple technique for inducing health and resource scarcity threats (2024)
Journal Article
Isler, O., Yilmaz, O., Maule, A. J., & Gächter, S. (2024). How to activate threat perceptions in behavior research: A simple technique for inducing health and resource scarcity threats. Behavior Research Methods, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02481-6

Understanding our cognitive and behavioral reactions to large-scale collective problems involving health and resource scarcity threats, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, helps us be better prepared for future collective threats. However, existing studie... Read More about How to activate threat perceptions in behavior research: A simple technique for inducing health and resource scarcity threats.

Bonferroni-Type Tests for Return Predictability with Possibly Trending Predictors (2024)
Journal Article
Astill, S., Harvey, D. I., Leybourne, S. J., & Robert Taylor, A. M. (in press). Bonferroni-Type Tests for Return Predictability with Possibly Trending Predictors. Journal of Applied Econometrics,

The Bonferroni Q test of Campbell and Yogo (2006) is widely used in empirical studies investigating predictability in asset returns by strongly persistent and endogenous predictors. Its formulation, however, only allows for a constant mean in the pre... Read More about Bonferroni-Type Tests for Return Predictability with Possibly Trending Predictors.

Design of Partial Population Experiments with an Application to Spillovers in Tax Compliance (2024)
Journal Article
Cruces, G., Tortarolo, D., & Vazquez-Bare, G. (in press). Design of Partial Population Experiments with an Application to Spillovers in Tax Compliance. Review of Economics and Statistics,

We develop a framework to analyze partial population experiments, a generalization of the cluster experimental design where clusters are assigned to different treatment intensities. Our framework allows for heterogeneity in cluster sizes and outcome... Read More about Design of Partial Population Experiments with an Application to Spillovers in Tax Compliance.

Tracking trend output using expectations data (2024)
Journal Article
Lee, K., & Mahony, M. (2024). Tracking trend output using expectations data. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, Article qnae064. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnae064

This article proposes a new approach to measuring trend output that exploits survey data on expectations to distinguish the effects of permanent and transitory shocks and to track the time-variation in the processes underlying the determination of ou... Read More about Tracking trend output using expectations data.

On the productivity advantage of cities (2024)
Journal Article
Jacob, N., & Mion, G. (in press). On the productivity advantage of cities. Journal of Economic Geography, Article lbae020. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbae020

Agglomeration externalities are the key factor explaining the existence of cities and their size. However, while the various micro foundations of agglomeration externalities stress the importance of total factor productivity (TFP), the empirical evid... Read More about On the productivity advantage of cities.