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Jacques Crémer

vol. N° 11-2025, November 2025

Nicolas Treich

Cambridge University Press, November 2025

Why does animal welfare matter? For some, it is because people care about animals; for others, it is because animals themselves are morally relevant. Given the importance of welfare in economics research and the debates around climate change and biodiversity loss, more economists are becoming...

Renata Hosnedlova, and Iryna Maidanik

vol. 31, n. 8 (e70128), November 2025, pp. 1–14

This study investigates the spatial and temporal dimensions of im/mobility within the population of western Ukraine. It challenges the typical focus on receiving countries by examining both the capabilities and motivations for staying in Ukraine or considering emigration. Based on data from 1242...

Christian Hellwig, and Venky Venkateswaran

vol. 155, n. 103843, November 2025

We study the propagation of nominal shocks in a dispersed information economy where firms learn from and respond to information generated by their activities in product and factor markets. We show that imperfect information on its own has no effect on equilibrium outcomes, when firms have the...

Léo Fitouchi, Manvir Singh, Jean-Baptiste André, and Nicolas Baumard

vol. 132, n. 6, November 2025, pp. 1410–1437

Why do humans believe in moralizing gods? Leading accounts argue that these beliefs evolved because they help societies grow and promote group cooperation. Yet recent evidence suggests that beliefs in moralizing gods are not limited to large societies and might not have strong effects on...

Alexandre de Cornière, and Greg Taylor

vol. 56, n. 4, November 2025, pp. 494–510

Does enhanced access to data foster or hinder competition among firms? Using a competition-in-utility framework that encompasses many situations where firms use data, we model data as a revenue-shifter and identify two opposite effects: a mark-up effect according to which data induces firms to...

Patrick Rey, Yossi Spiegel, and Konrad Stahl

vol. 56, n. 4, November 2025, pp. 738–755

We study the feasibility and profitability of predation in a dynamic environment, using a parsimonious infinite-horizon, complete information setting in which an incumbent repeatedly faces potential entry. When a rival enters, the incumbent chooses whether to accommodate or predate it; the entrant...

Jean-François Bonnefon

vol. 263, n. 106229, October 2025

Catherine Molho

vol. 9, October 2025, p. 2008–2009

Maria Petrova, and Augustin Tapsoba

vol. 40, n. 124, October 2025, p. 845–878

Information plays a critical role in shaping behavior, particularly in conflict environments where access to and interpretation of information can significantly influence decisions. This review synthesizes recent empirical research at the intersection of information, media, and conflict. It is...