We investigate the causes and consequences of financial regulation by studying the political economy of U.S. state … affected by rate ceilings. Exploiting the heterogeneity across states and time in regulation, enforcement, and market … conditions, we find that regulation tightens when it is less costly and when it coexists with other economic and political …

traditionally left to competing provincial securities commissions. The current state of securities regulation renders impotent US … federal securities regulation models are weighted in light of the current state of their needed complementary institutions …

economics. We found that women in economics were 15% less likely to be promoted to associate professor after controlling for …

publications in the top journals in three fields - Psychology, Mathematics and Economics - and develop a series of models to …

Economics is among the most popular undergraduate majors. However, even at the best research universities and liberal … arts colleges men outnumber women by two to one, and overall there are about 2.5 males to every female economics major. The … Undergraduate Women in Economics (UWE) Challenge was begun in 2015 for one year as a randomized controlled trial with 20 treatment …

. Consistent with firms seeking to avoid costly regulation, we document significant bunching around multiple regulatory thresholds …