Second, early purchases generate an indirect spillover to firms: local retailers learn from "pioneer'' consumers which new varieties are most likely to succeed and adjust their product offerings ...

This paper studies the impact of birthright citizenship on youth crime. We leverage a German reform which automatically granted birthright citizenship to eligible immigrant children born in Germany ...

The American Economic Association (AEA) has named four new Distinguished Fellows, three of whom, Marjorie McElroy, N. Gregory Mankiw and Robert A. Margo , have long-standing ties to the NBER.

We use novel data on the composition and cost of payments across U.S. merchants to quantify consumer redistribution in the payment system. Cards charge interchange fees to merchants to fund consumer ...

Does the growth of renewable energy benefit US workers, and which workers stand to benefit the most? Until now, evidence on green energy jobs has been limited due to measurement issues. We use data on ...