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Gaël Le Mens Awarded ERC Advanced Grant

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June 26
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Johannes Stroebel Delivers 9th Calvó-Armengol Prize Lecture

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June 26
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Working Papers

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On the Effectiveness of the EU ETS

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Jaume Freire GonzálezandArlet Vila-Bagaria
BSE Working Paper 1581

July 2026
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Optimally designing purpose and meaning at work

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Antonio CabralesandEsther Hauk
BSE Working Paper 1578

May 2026
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A Theory of Dynamic Product Awareness and Targeted Advertising

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Murat Alp Celik, Laurent Cavenaile, and Jesse Perla
BSE Working Paper 1577

May 2026
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Macroeconomic Policies for AI

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Luca FornaroandMartin Wolf
BSE Working Paper 1576

May 2026
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The Republic of Letters and the Rise of the West

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Andrea Melillo, Luigi Pascali, Mounu Prem, and Francesca Asja Trento
BSE Working Paper 1579

May 2026
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Road Investment and Violence in DRC: Perishable Peace Dividends

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Mathilde Lebrand, Hannes Mueller, Peer Schouten, and Jevgenijs Steinbuks
BSE Working Paper 1574

April 2026

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Belief in Mean Reversion and the Law of Small Numbers

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Jawwad NoorandFernando Payró Chew
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Empirical Bayes for Data Integration

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Paul RognonandDavid Rossell
July 2026
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The Hidden Costs of Recurring Drought: Climate Change and Economic Losses in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area

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Sergio Baraibar Molina, Jaume Freire González, and Helena Torres Alvaro
July 2026
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Wealth, Marriage, and Sex Selection

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Girija Borker, Jan Eeckhout, Nancy Luke, Shantidani Minz, Kaivan Munshi, and Soumya Swaminathan
July 2026
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Can Development Programs Counter Insurgencies? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Afghanistan

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Andrew Beath, Fotini Christia, and Ruben Enikolopov
July 2026
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Subtractive Random Forests with Two Choices

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Francisco Calvillo, Luc P Devroye, and Gábor Lugosi
July 2026
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Attitudes Toward Success and Failure

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Larbi AlaouiandAntonio Penta
July 2026
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Backward Induction Reasoning beyond Backward Induction

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Emiliano CatoniniandAntonio Penta
July 2026
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Adaptive Partition Factor Analysis

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Elena BortolatoandAntonio Canale
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Stochastic Sorting

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Hector ChadeandJan Eeckhout
July 2026

BSE Focus

Research-based analysis by economists and social scientists at the Barcelona School of Economics

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How Labor Contracts Shape Firm Success and Productivity

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February 2026
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Affirmative Action Increases Female Leadership in Scientific Research

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February 2026
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