Weekly Top 5 Papers – May 21, 2018

1. How Much Should We Trust the Dictator’s GDP Estimates? by Luis R. Martinez (University of Chicago – Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies) The key question that the paper tries to tackle is whether the checks and balances provided by democracy are able to constrain governments’ desire to manipulate information …

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Weekly Top 5 Papers – April 30, 2018

1. What Do CDC’s Surveys Say About the Frequency of Defensive Gun Uses? by Gary Kleck (Florida State University – College of Criminology and …

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Weekly Top 5 Papers – March 26, 2018

1. Splitsylvania: State Secession and What to Do About It by Glenn Harlan Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law) Lately I’ve been thinking about some …

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Weekly Top 5 Papers – March 19, 2018

1. The Moral Hazard of Lifesaving Innovations: Naloxone Access, Opioid Abuse, and Crime by Jennifer L. Doleac (University of Virginia – Frank Batten School of Leadership …

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Weekly Top 5 Papers – February 16, 2018

1. Manipulation in the VIX? by John Griffin (University of Texas at Austin – Department of Finance) and Amin Shams (University of Texas at Austin – Department of …

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