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Communication Costs and Coauthor Networks: Evidence from COVID-19 Lockdowns

ANEESH KUDRIMOTI- MARCH 22, 2023 EDITOR: AAYUSHI SINGH ABSTRACT Collaboration is a critical component of productivity and innovation in economics research. Despite its importance, there exists little to no literature Continue Reading

Posted On : March 22, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Split or Quit: The Study of Behavioral Economics

RAMYA SRIDHAR – MARCH 16TH, 2023 EDITOR: JACK YANG Picture this: You are sitting at a table across from someone you don’t know. In your hands, you have 100 dollars, Continue Reading

Posted On : March 16, 2023 Published By : BER staff
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Eradicating Immigration Incarceration: Economic Arguments in Favor of Immigration Prison Abolition

EKATERINA YUDINA – FEBRUARY 11TH, 2021 EDITOR: KALEY KRANICH Immigration reform is an incredibly contested contemporary policy issue, especially with increased concerns about reported inhumane conditions in immigration detention centers. A Continue Reading

Posted On : February 11, 2021 Published By : BER staff
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Why Gum Is So Sticky

AISHANI BANERJEE – NOVEMBER 10TH, 2020 EDITOR: AYDIN MAHARRAMOV Introduction Two weeks into March of this year, the United States declared a national emergency. You can probably guess why.  You can Continue Reading

Posted On : November 10, 2020 Published By : BER staff
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The Economics of Reparations

RAINA ZHAO – OCTOBER 11TH, 2019                                                 Continue Reading

Posted On : October 11, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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Commercialization of Social Movements

PARMITA DAS – MAY 1ST, 2019 Background Mediatization is the process of social change in which media becomes increasingly influential and deeply integrated into different spheres of society. Based on Continue Reading

Posted On : May 1, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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Baby Boomers and the Future of Homeownership in the United States

VASSILISA RUBTSOVA – APRIL 22ND, 2019 As baby boomers, the unprecedentedly large generation of people born between 1946 and 1964, entered adulthood, they were met with a robust and thriving Continue Reading

Posted On : April 22, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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Banking and Poverty: Why the Poor Turn to Alternative Financial Services

VASSILISA RUBSTOVA – APRIL 15TH, 2019 In an increasingly cashless world, it is difficult to imagine why someone would live without a bank account. Banking is typically viewed as the Continue Reading

Posted On : April 15, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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The Economics of Sports Stadiums: Does public financing of sports stadiums create local economic growth, or just help billionaires improve their profit margin?

KARTHIK VEGESNA – APRIL 4, 2019 Sports fans can be irrational. To someone watching from the outside, fans’ behavior is puzzling: their fanatical, unwavering support, and emotional investment in their Continue Reading

Posted On : April 4, 2019 Published By : BER staff
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Economic Abuse

PARMITA DAS – APRIL 2ND, 2019 Analysis of the Phenomenon of Economic Abuse Economic abuse is a form of abuse where an intimate partner has control over the other partner’s Continue Reading

Posted On : April 2, 2019 Published By : BER staff

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