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The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism. James A. Robinson, January 2015, Paper. "Thomas Piketty's (2013) book, 'Capital in the 21st Century,' follows in the…
Technology and Labor Regulations: Theory and Evidence. Alberto Alesina, January 2015, Paper. "This paper shows that different labor market policies can lead to differences in…
Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity. Josh Lerner, 2014, Paper. "Private equity critics claim that leveraged buyouts bring huge job losses and few gains in operating…
How Much (More) Should CEOs Make? A Universal Desire for More Equal Pay, Michael I. Norton, November 2014, Paper, Do people from different countries and different…
The Fable of Land Reform: Leases and Credit Markets in Occupied Japan, J. Mark Ramseyer, October 25, 2012, Paper. "Development officials and scholars routinely argue…
Why Public Investment is really a free lunch. Lawrence Summers, October 7, 2014, Opinion. "The IMF finds that a dollar of spending increases output by nearly $3. The International…
Choosing Not to Choose. Cass Sunstein, October 2014, Article. "Choice can be an extraordinary benefit or an immense burden. In some contexts, people choose not to choose, or…
Austerity in 2009-2013, Alberto Alesina, September 29, 2014, Paper, The deficit reduction policies (often referred to as fiscal “austerity”) followed by several OECD…
Culture and Institutions. Alberto Alesina, September 1, 2014, Paper. "A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that culture…
How to Deregulate Cities and States. Edward Glaeser, Cass Sunstein, August 24, 2014, Opinion. "A lot of attention has been devoted in recent years to overregulation at the…