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Two-Way Fixed Effects Estimators with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects [PDF]
The American Economic Review, 2018 Linear regressions with period and group fixed effects are widely used to estimate treatment effects. We show that they estimate weighted sums of the average treatment effects (ATE ) in each group and period, with weights that may be negative. Due to the
C. Chaisemartin, Xavier d'Haultfoeuille
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The Welfare Effects of Social Media
The American Economic Review, 2019 The rise of social media has provoked both optimism about potential societal benefits and concern about harms such as addiction, depression, and political polarization.
Hunt Allcott +3 more
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, 2019 This address considers the epidemiology of narratives relevant to economic fluctuations. The human brain has always been highly tuned toward narratives, whether factual or not, to justify ongoing actions, even such basic actions as spending and investing.
R. Shiller
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The American Economic Review, 2019 This paper documents a significant association between the exposure of an individual or area to the UK government’s austerity-induced welfare reforms begun in 2010, and the following: the subsequent rise in support for the UK Independence Party, an ...
T. Fetzer
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When Tariffs Disrupt Global Supply Chains
The American Economic ReviewWe study unanticipated tariffs in a setting with firm-to-firm supply relationships. Firms conduct costly searches and negotiate with potential suppliers that pass a reservation level of match productivity.
G. Grossman +2 more
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Tax-Exempt Lobbying: Corporate Philanthropy as a Tool for Political Influence
The American Economic Review, 2020 We explore the role of charitable giving as a means of political influence. For philanthropic foundations associated with large US corporations, we present three different identification strategies that consistently point to the use of corporate social ...
Marianne Bertrand +3 more
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The American Economic Review, 2023 We measure how a network of heroes can legitimize and diffuse extreme political behaviors. We exploit newly declassified intelligence files, novel voting data, and regimental histories to show that home municipalities of French line regiments arbitrarily
Julia Cagé +3 more
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Persuasion through Slanted Language: Evidence from the Media Coverage of Immigration
The American Economic Review, 2023 I study the persuasive effects of slanted language, exploiting a ban on the politically charged term “illegal immigrant” by the Associated Press (AP) news wire.
Milena Djourelova
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Terrorism and Voting: The Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Germany
Social Science Research NetworkWe document that right-wing terrorism leads to significant increases in vote share for the right-wing, populist AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) party in Germany.
N. Sabet, Marius Liebald, Guido Friebel
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More Than Words: Leaders’ Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic
Social Science Research Network, 2020 This paper investigates whether the anti-scientific rhetoric of modern populists can induce followers to engage in risky behavior. We gather electoral information, credit card expenses, and geo-localized mobile phone data for approximately 60 million ...
Nicolás Ajzenman +2 more
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