Crypto Capture of Foreign Aid(nber.org)
77 points by bko | 23 comments
NBER working paper examining whether foreign aid diversion shifted to cryptocurrency after the 2016 Panama Papers tightened offshore banking enforcement.
#economics-research on Hacker News
4 stories tagged economics-research, newest first.
Student beauty and grades under in-person and remote teaching(sciencedirect.com)
326 points by jdthedisciple | 338 comments
A ScienceDirect journal article on how student physical attractiveness relates to grades under in-person versus remote teaching; the page showed a captcha.
“Captain Gains” on Capitol Hill(nber.org)
779 points by mhb | 504 comments
NBER working paper finding that US lawmakers who ascend to congressional leadership outperform matched peers in stock trades by 47 percentage points annually.
The effect of deactivating Facebook and Instagram on users' emotional state(nber.org)
419 points by imakwana | 413 comments
NBER working paper by Allcott, Gentzkow and others studying how deactivating Facebook and Instagram affects users' emotional state.