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Aging, Output Per Capita, and Secular Stagnation 老龄化、人均产出和长期停滞
IF 8.5 1区 经济学
American Economic Review-Insights Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1257/AERI.20180383
Gauti B. Eggertsson, M. Lancastre, L. Summers
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引用次数: 12
A Bias of Screening 筛选的偏差
IF 8.5 1区 经济学
American Economic Review-Insights Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1257/aeri.20180578
David Lagziel, E. Lehrer
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引用次数: 4
Maimonides Rule Redux Maimonides规则Redux
IF 8.5 1区 经济学
American Economic Review-Insights Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1257/AERI.20180120
J. Angrist, Victor Lavy, Jetson Leder-Luis, Adi Shany
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引用次数: 7
Divest, Disregard, or Double Down? Philanthropic Endowment Investments in Objectionable Firms 撤资，无视，还是加倍下注?对不良企业的慈善捐赠投资
IF 8.5 1区 经济学
American Economic Review-Insights Pub Date : 2019-09-01 DOI: 10.1257/aeri.20180347
B. Tran
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引用次数: 9
The Violent Consequences of Trade-Induced Worker Displacement in Mexico 墨西哥贸易导致的工人流离失所的暴力后果
IF 8.5 1区 经济学
American Economic Review-Insights Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.1257/AERI.20180063
Melissa Dell, B. Feigenberg, Kensuke Teshima
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引用次数: 58
Stealth Consolidation: Evidence from an Amendment to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act 秘密合并:来自哈特-斯科特-罗迪诺法案修正案的证据
IF 8.5 1区 经济学
American Economic Review-Insights Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.1257/AERI.20180137
Thomas G. Wollmann
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引用次数: 75
Lerner Symmetry: A Modern Treatment 勒纳对称:一种现代疗法
IF 8.5 1区 经济学
American Economic Review-Insights Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.1257/AERI.20170006
Arnaud Costinot, I. Werning
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引用次数: 28
Democratic Values and Institutions 民主价值观和制度
IF 8.5 1区 经济学
American Economic Review-Insights Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.1257/AERI.20180248
T. Besley, T. Persson
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引用次数: 81
Robot Arithmetic: New Technology and Wages 机器人算法：新技术与工资
IF 8.5 1区 经济学
American Economic Review-Insights Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.1257/AERI.20170036
F. Caselli, A. Manning
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引用次数: 49
Discriminating against Captive Customers 歧视被俘虏的客户
IF 8.5 1区 经济学
American Economic Review-Insights Pub Date : 2019-02-08 DOI: 10.1257/AERI.20180581
M. Armstrong, J. Vickers
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引用次数: 47
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