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Gender inequality in paid and unpaid work after the pandemic

March 2023

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Jaume Ventura receives National Research Prize 2022

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Federico Boffa, Vincenzo Mollisi and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto

Do Incompetent Politicians Breed Populist Voters? Evidence from Italian Municipalities

BSE Working Paper: 1388 | March 2023

Konstantin Boss, Andre Groeger, Tobias Heidland, Finja Krueger and Conghan Zheng

Forecasting Bilateral Refugee Flows with High-dimensional Data and Machine Learning Techniques

BSE Working Paper: 1387 | March 2023

Nezih Guner, Remzi Kaygusuz and Gustavo Ventura

Rethinking the Welfare State

BSE Working Paper: 1386 | March 2023

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Publications

Open Access Attila Ambrus, Wayne Y Gao and Pau Milán

Informal Risk Sharing with Local Information

Review of Economic Studies, Vol.89, No 5, 2329–2380, October 2022, 10.1093/restud/rdab091
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Joram Mayshar, Omer Moav and Luigi Pascali

The Origin of the State: Land Productivity or Appropriability?

Journal of Political Economy, Vol.130, No 4, 1091 – 1144, April 2022, 10.1086/718372

Antonio Penta and Peio Zuazo-Garin

Rationalizability, Observability and Common Knowledge

Review of Economic Studies, Vol.89, No 2, 948-975, March 2022, 10.1093/restud/rdab047
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BSE Focus

Forecasting and Preventing Conflict using Artificial Intelligence
by Alessandro Ruggieri, Hannes Mueller and Christopher Rauh
March 2023
Human capital destruction during unemployment decreases participation
by Francesc Obiols-Homs and Virginia Sánchez-Marcos
February 2023
The Subtle Dynamics Behind Crowdfunding Success and Welfare
by Matthew Ellman and Michele Fabi
January 2023
Tweeting for Money: Impact on Money Flows When Mutual Funds Tweet
by Javier Gil-Bazo and Juan F. Imbet
January 2023

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Mentorship program helps BSE alumni and current students to develop their careers

Jaume Ventura receives National Research Prize 2022

Working Papers

Do Incompetent Politicians Breed Populist Voters? Evidence from Italian Municipalities

Forecasting Bilateral Refugee Flows with High-dimensional Data and Machine Learning Techniques

Rethinking the Welfare State

Publications

Informal Risk Sharing with Local Information

The Origin of the State: Land Productivity or Appropriability?

Rationalizability, Observability and Common Knowledge

BSE Focus

Forecasting and Preventing Conflict using Artificial Intelligence

Human capital destruction during unemployment decreases participation

The Subtle Dynamics Behind Crowdfunding Success and Welfare

Tweeting for Money: Impact on Money Flows When Mutual Funds Tweet

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A hub for graduate education and research in Economics and the social sciences

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