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Kiel-CEPR-World Bank African Economic Development Conference (AEDC)
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Crime in Covid Times
What caused the historically unique volatility in American homicides since 2019, driven by gun homicides? While there is no shortage of candidate explanations, a
Global
Does Fertility Stabilize At Low Levels? Evidence from Period, Cohort, and Subnational Data
Many population projections used by international and government agencies assume that, in today's low-fertility societies, future fertility rates will stop declining and roughly stabilize.
Global
Are Guidelines Worth Following? Decision-Making Under Incomplete Evidence
Medical guidelines translate clinical evidence into treatment rules, but the evidence may identify treatment benefits more clearly than harms. We study anticoagulation for atrial
Global
Political Economy of Migration Inaugural Conference
The Political Economy of Migration RPN is hosting its inaugural conference at London School of Economics from 9-10 September 2026. This inaugural conference will
Global
Importers, Market Power and Optimal Tariffs
Importers are few and large, have higher labor productivity and pass through cost changes to prices incompletely. We study optimal tariffs in a model
Europe
Foreign Opportunity and Regional Revival: Evidence from the French Rust Belt
This paper studies whether and how distressed regions can recover from industrial decline. We exploit differences in access to an increasingly thriving Luxembourg labor
Global
Timing, Trading Frictions, and the Limits of Subsidy Capture in Livestock Risk Protection
Publicly subsidized insurance programs can create incentives for subsidy capture when insured products closely resemble privately traded financial instruments. Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) is
Africa
Exchange Rate and Industrial Policies as a Means of Technological Learning in Africa: Which Institutional Framework to Embrace? Developmental State, Heterogeneous Coalition, or Neoliberal Coalition
This paper empirically evaluates the technological learning trajectory models of Porcile et al. (2023) across African countries categorized into three institutional regimes: developmental (Ethiopia,
Global
Geneva 29 Report Launch: Changing Structure and Challenges of the International Financial System
The global financial system is undergoing significant structural change, raising new questions about global imbalances, the future role of the dollar, and the stability
Europe
A Conversation on European Competition
Anthony Whelan, Director General of DG Competition, will set out his views on how European competition policy and enforcement can assist the competitiveness mandate
Global
WIPO: Copyright and Digitalization Economics Fellowship
COPYRIGHT AND DIGITIZATION ECONOMICS FELLOWSHIP WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) - UNITED NATIONS GENEVA The Fellowship is located in WIPO’s Creative Economy Section at
Global
Transportation Bottlenecks and Aggregate Shocks
Do transportation disruptions affect aggregate outcomes? We develop a tractable model of the transportation sector to study its impact on prices and international trade.
Global
VIOS Fall 56
The CEPR Virtual IO Seminar (VIOS) was created to provide an alternative to IO seminars cancelled due to travel restrictions brought on by the
Asia Pacific
The Last or Lasting Samurai? The Impact of Secondary Education Expansion on Elite Attainment and Occupational Sorting after Japan’s Meiji Restoration
When societies transition from hereditary to meritocratic systems, to what extent does educational expansion broaden access to elite positions and change inherited patterns of
Global
The Early Impacts of AI on Employment among Recent College Graduates
The impact of AI on the employment prospects of recent college graduates is hotly debated with no consensus on the magnitude of impacts nor
Global
The Positive Spillovers to Risky Investments in Vacant, Abandoned, and Disinvested Properties
This study examines a housing program that created affordable infill developments on formerly vacant, abandoned, or disinvested properties in Savannah, Georgia. Savannah is a
Global
VDEV-CEPR-BREAD Seminars - 85 with Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State University)
VDEV/CEPR/BREAD Seminars is an online seminar series, featuring invited speakers in the area of Development Economics. It was set up in the spring semester
Global
2027 WEFIDEV - RFS - CEPR Conference
2027 WEFIDEV - RFS - CEPR Conference on Finance and Development - Call for Papers 6-8 May, 2027, SDA Bocconi School of Management at
Global
VDEV-CEPR-BREAD Seminars - 81 with Karen Macours (Paris School of Economics, BREAD and CEPR)
VDEV/CEPR/BREAD Seminars is an online seminar series, featuring invited speakers in the area of Development Economics. It was set up in the spring semester
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