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The Political Economy of Preferential Trade Agreements: An Empirical Investigation (2021)
Journal Article
Facchini, G., Silva, P., & Willmann, G. (2021). The Political Economy of Preferential Trade Agreements: An Empirical Investigation. Economic Journal, 131(640), 3207-3240. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab044

We develop a political economy model to study the decision of representative democracies to join a preferential trading agreement (PTA), distinguishing between free trade areas (FTA) and customs unions (CU). Our theoretical analysis shows that bilate... Read More about The Political Economy of Preferential Trade Agreements: An Empirical Investigation.

The safest time to fly: pandemic response in the era of Fox News (2021)
Journal Article
Ananyev, M., Poyker, M., & Tian, Y. (2021). The safest time to fly: pandemic response in the era of Fox News. Journal of Population Economics, 34(3), 775-802. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00847-0

We document a causal effect of the conservative Fox News Channel in the USA on physical distancing during COVID-19 pandemic. We measure county-level mobility covering all US states and District of Columbia produced by GPS pings to 15–17 million smart... Read More about The safest time to fly: pandemic response in the era of Fox News.