General Economics
Broad economic research including computational and behavioral economics.
econ.GN · 114 papersMicro and Macro Perspectives on Production-Based Markups
This paper reviews the production approach to estimating markups, highlighting its theoretical cleanliness but practical issues leading to conflicting empirical findings.
Unveiling the Nexus Between Economic Complexity and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence from BRICS-T Countries
This study finds that economic complexity positively impacts environmental performance in BRICS-T countries, while economic growth and energy intensity hinder it.
Investigating the Impacts of Exchange Rate and Inflation on Exports: A Double Threat or Opportunity for Turkiye?
Exchange rate appreciation and inflation negatively impact Turkiye's exports, while FDI and imports boost export performance.
The Design of Optimally Balanced Pay-as-you-go Social Security Systems
This paper designs optimally balanced pay-as-you-go social security systems by integrating general equilibrium theory and a new backward calculation algorithm.
What Drives Energy Use? Prices, Efficiency Policies, and the Demand Frontier
Pricing and regulation are the primary drivers of cross-state energy use differences in the U.S., with intensity improvements causing a 12.8% decline.
When Forecast Accuracy Fails: Rank Correlation and Decision Quality in Multi-Market Battery Storage Optimization
For battery storage optimization, rank correlation (Kendall tau) better predicts intraday dispatch value than MAE, and capacity allocation drives total revenue.
Effects of interviewers on response to income and wealth items
Interviewer expectations about respondent willingness to report income significantly impact actual financial item response rates.
Structural Consequences of Policy-Based Interventions on the Global Supply Chain Network
This paper analyzes how Country Plus One, Friendshoring, and Reshoring policies impact the global EV supply chain, finding varied structural consequences.
A Herding-Based Model of Technological Transfer and Economic Convergence: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe
This paper introduces a herding-based model to explain technological transfer and economic convergence, validated with Central and Eastern European data.
Statehood Without Capacity
This paper theorizes how polities can achieve nominal statehood without developing effective administrative capacity due to elite incentives, external aid, and weak recognition conditions.
Unveiling contrasting impacts of heat mitigation and adaptation policies on U.S. internal migration
Heat adaptation policies reduce U.S. internal out-migration, while mitigation policies surprisingly increase it, with effects varying by policy type and demographics.
AI Patents in the United States and China: Measurement, Organization, and Knowledge Flows
This paper measures AI patents in the US and China, finding rapid growth, organizational differences, and continued knowledge interdependence.
Instructing LLMs to Negotiate using Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards
This paper uses Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) to teach LLMs to negotiate, enabling a 30B agent to outperform larger models.
Is Bitcoin A Hedge Against Central Banking? Evidence from AI-Driven Monetary Policy Expectations
Bitcoin prices react negatively to hawkish central bank narratives, acting as a sensitive barometer of monetary policy expectations, independent of actual rate changes.
Scaffolding Human-AI Collaboration: A Field Experiment on Behavioral Protocols and Cognitive Reframing
A field experiment found that reframing AI as a thought partner improved document quality, while structured joint use reduced it.
From Core to Periphery? Assessing Remote Works Potential to Rebalance EU Regional Development
Remote work primarily stretches metropolitan systems and reinforces peri-urban zones, rather than rebalancing EU regional development.
Reputational Spillovers
This paper analyzes reputational spillovers in simultaneous bargaining, showing they can make a central player worse off and overturn the "toughness pays" prediction.
Direct Air Capture in Europe - Where to Integrate, Where to Store, and What Drives Cost?
This paper models Direct Air Capture in Europe, finding that integrated systems and distributed storage significantly reduce costs for a decarbonized 2050 grid.
Effect of Cigarette Price and Tax Increases on Smoking in Europe: A Difference-in-Differences Study with Double Machine Learning
Cigarette tax hikes in Europe reduce smoking rates, especially among young adults, using a novel double machine learning diff-in-diff approach.
Criteria for the economic viability of fusion power plants
This paper introduces a universal framework, inspired by the Lawson criterion, to assess the economic viability of diverse fusion power plant concepts.
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