The NBER Digest
July 2020 Issue Full issue available as PDF
Unemployment Benefit Replacement Rates during the Pandemic
The Magnitude and Distribution of Job Losses Early in the Pandemic
Buybacks, Dividends, and Internal Corporate Investment
Concentration and Pricing Power: Hospitals versus Insurers
Tax Haven Financing Skews Cross-Border Investment Statistics
Ride-Hailing Services Associated with Uptick in Traffic Deaths
June 2020 Issue Full issue available as PDF
What If Virus Lockdowns Targeted People Based on Vulnerability?
The Challenge of Measuring Inflation in Pharmaceutical Prices
Why Does the Federal Reserve React to Market Downturns?
Use-Based Heating Pricing Yields Consumer and Social Benefits
Results of Texas's Experiment in Increasing College Diversity
Environmental Preferences, Competition, and Firms' R&D Choices
May 2020 Issue Full issue available as PDF
Measuring the Impact of Mobility Restrictions on Virus Transmission
Social and Economic Impacts of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
Fear of Failure, Bank Panics, and the Great Depression
After Working with Female Peers, Federal Judges Hire More Women
Who Pays and Who Benefits from Public Infrastructure Projects
Copyright and Creativity: Italian Opera during the Napoleonic Age
April 2020 Issue Full issue available as PDF
Why the Euro Hasn't Become an International Currency of Stature
Price Guarantee Spurred Vaccine Development for Poor Nations
Lottery Design Principles and H-1B Visa Allocation
It's the Quality of Sleep that Counts for Boosting Productivity
The Size of the Prize Affected Technology Innovation Competition
Consumers Value Reviews and Prices More Than They Do Licenses
March 2020 Issue Full issue available as PDF
Wage Effects of R&D Grants to Small Private High-Tech Firms
Blacks Waited Longer to Vote in 2016, but Not Due to Partisanship
Tighter Prescription Regulations Limited the Rise of Opioid Use
Can an Increase in Government Spending Lower Local Interest Rates?
Affective Polarization in the Wealthy, Democratic World
Building in Wildland-Urban Interface Areas Boosts Wildfire Costs
February 2020 Issue Full issue available as PDF
Income Mobility in the Families of Immigrants and US Natives
Could Undeveloped Oil Reserves Become "Stranded" Assets?
The Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts
Behavioral Changes Triggered by Information about Pollution
Worker Representation on Company Boards Raises Investment
The Mental Health Impact of Fatal Shootings at American Schools
January 2020 Issue Full issue available as PDF
Winning the H-1B Visa Lottery Boosts the Fortunes of Startups
How Have China’s Retaliatory Tariffs Affected US Consumption?
Credit Booms Forecast Sub-Par Performance of Equities
State-Level Estate Taxes Spur Some Billionaires to Move
Regulatory Changes, Private Equity Markets, and the Decline of IPOs
Tracing the War on Terror’s Impact on Opioid Abuse