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A Slow Speed Recovery: BART’s Troublesome Post-Pandemic Comeback

FELIX ZHANG – MARCH 13TH, 2024 EDITOR: SELINA YANG When BART first started operations in 1972, it was hailed as the transit system of the future. Bay Area Rapid Transit, Continue Reading

Posted On : March 13, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Country Garden: There’s No Such Thing as “Too Big to Fail”

NELSON LAW – FEBRUARY 8TH, 2024 EDITOR: KIET HOA After the Evergrande housing crisis, China’s housing market remains restless as another company is potentially defaulting on its debt. That company Continue Reading

Posted On : February 8, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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Berlin: Booze, Bump, Berghain, Repeat

DIMA ZAYARUZNY – FEBRUARY 6TH, 2024 EDITOR: MICHAEL ATHANASSIADIS In the streets of Berlin, the pulsating beats of techno music reverberate through abandoned warehouses and factories, echoing the city’s tumultuous Continue Reading

Posted On : February 6, 2024 Published By : BER staff
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The Tale of Two Tournaments: A Football Story

SANIYA PENDHARKAR – NOVEMBER 20TH, 2023 EDITOR: SELINA YANG Football. Fútbol. Calcio. Soccer. Whatever it’s called, the “beautiful game” is played by children in practically each country. Every four years, Continue Reading

Posted On : November 20, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Applying Behavioral Economics to Marketing, Policy, and Beyond

ANGELA CHEN – SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 EDITOR: MAHATHI KATTAMURI The field of behavioral economics is experiencing an intellectual heyday as we speak; books such as Thinking, Fast and Slow and Continue Reading

Posted On : September 6, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Interview with Nicolas Depetris Chauvin

APRIL 24, 2023 Nicolas Depetris Chauvin is a visiting professor at UC Berkeley who is currently the Professor of International Economics at the Geneva School of Business Administration. Hailing from Continue Reading

Posted On : April 24, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Staying Afloat: Developing Economies in the Age of Climate Change

FELIX ZHANG- APRIL 17, 2023 EDITOR: ABBY MORRIS The impact of climate change is not a matter of if, but when: since 1880, the average global surface temperature has risen Continue Reading

Posted On : April 18, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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The Energy Bundle Theory – Why Renewable Energy is not the Panacea for Global Inequality

JACK YANG – APRIL 18TH, 2023 EDITOR: RAMYA SRIDHAR Regarding non-renewable energy, two common beliefs prevail: it’s incredibly lucrative and environmentally detrimental. We admire the prosperity brought by oil to Continue Reading

Posted On : April 18, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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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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The Burmese Economic Burst and Opium Boom

MICHAEL ATHANASSIADIS – MARCH 7 2023 EDITOR: SELINA YANG Nestled near Myanmar’s mountainous borders with China, Laos, and Thailand, poppy fields are sprouting. Low-wage farmers are working the world’s second Continue Reading

Posted On : March 10, 2023 Published By : BER staff

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