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Communication Costs and Coauthor Networks: Evidence from COVID-19 Lockdowns

ANEESH KUDRIMOTI- MARCH 22, 2023 EDITOR: AAYUSHI SINGH ABSTRACT Collaboration is a critical component of productivity and innovation in economics research. Despite its importance, there exists little to no literature Continue Reading

Posted On : March 22, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Split or Quit: The Study of Behavioral Economics

RAMYA SRIDHAR – MARCH 16TH, 2023 EDITOR: JACK YANG Picture this: You are sitting at a table across from someone you don’t know. In your hands, you have 100 dollars, Continue Reading

Posted On : March 16, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Eradicating Immigration Incarceration: Economic Arguments in Favor of Immigration Prison Abolition

EKATERINA YUDINA – FEBRUARY 11TH, 2021 EDITOR: KALEY KRANICH Immigration reform is an incredibly contested contemporary policy issue, especially with increased concerns about reported inhumane conditions in immigration detention centers. A Continue Reading

Posted On : February 11, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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Why Gum Is So Sticky

AISHANI BANERJEE – NOVEMBER 10TH, 2020 EDITOR: AYDIN MAHARRAMOV Introduction Two weeks into March of this year, the United States declared a national emergency. You can probably guess why.  You can Continue Reading

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The Economics of Reparations

RAINA ZHAO – OCTOBER 11TH, 2019                                                 Continue Reading

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Commercialization of Social Movements

PARMITA DAS – MAY 1ST, 2019 Background Mediatization is the process of social change in which media becomes increasingly influential and deeply integrated into different spheres of society. Based on Continue Reading

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Baby Boomers and the Future of Homeownership in the United States

VASSILISA RUBTSOVA – APRIL 22ND, 2019 As baby boomers, the unprecedentedly large generation of people born between 1946 and 1964, entered adulthood, they were met with a robust and thriving Continue Reading

Posted On : April 22, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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Banking and Poverty: Why the Poor Turn to Alternative Financial Services

VASSILISA RUBSTOVA – APRIL 15TH, 2019 In an increasingly cashless world, it is difficult to imagine why someone would live without a bank account. Banking is typically viewed as the Continue Reading

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The Economics of Sports Stadiums: Does public financing of sports stadiums create local economic growth, or just help billionaires improve their profit margin?

KARTHIK VEGESNA – APRIL 4, 2019 Sports fans can be irrational. To someone watching from the outside, fans’ behavior is puzzling: their fanatical, unwavering support, and emotional investment in their Continue Reading

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Economic Abuse

PARMITA DAS – APRIL 2ND, 2019 Analysis of the Phenomenon of Economic Abuse Economic abuse is a form of abuse where an intimate partner has control over the other partner’s Continue Reading

Posted On : April 2, 2019 Published By : BER staff

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