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Victor Gay, Paula Gobbi, and Marc Goni
vol. 84, June 2024, pp. 49–60
This article describes the construction and content of an atlas of local jurisdictions of Ancien Régime France: bailliages. Bailliages were at the center of the Ancien Régime's jurisdictional apparatus: they administered the ordinary royal justice, delineated the area of influence of heterogeneous...
Albert J. Menkveld, Anna Dreber, Felix Holzmeister, Juergen Huber, Magnus Johannesson, Michael Kirchler, Michael Razen, Utz Weitzel, Fany Declerck, and Sophie Moinas
vol. 79, n. 3, June 2024, pp. 2339–2390
In statistics, samples are drawn from a population in a data-generating process (DGP). Standard errors measure the uncertainty in estimates of population parameters. In science, evidence is generated to test hypotheses in an evidence-generating process (EGP). We claim that EGP variation across...
Yassine Lefouili, Leonardo Madio, and Ying Lei Toh
vol. 72, n. 2, June 2024, pp. 662–684
We analyze how a privacy regulation taking the form of a cap on information disclosure affects quality-enhancing innovation incentives by a monopolist--who derives revenues solely from disclosing user data to third parties--and consumer surplus. If the share of privacy-concerned users is...
Michel Moreaux, Jean-Pierre Amigues, Gerard van der Meijden, and Cees Withagen
vol. 125, n. 102976, May 2024
Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed, and Smith Craig Damian
May 2024, pp. 63–67
Abstract This article discusses real-world projects using algorithms to match resettled refugees with sponsors and services. The authors argue that when done right, algorithms can support larger-scale and better-informed resettlement. Ethically informed algorithmic matching and refugee resettlement...
Valerio Capraro, Austin Lentsch, Daron Acemoglu, Selin Akgun, Aisel Akhmedova, Ennio Bilancini, and Jean-François Bonnefon
May 2024, p. 71
Generative artificial intelligence has the potential to both exacerbate and ameliorate existing socioeconomic inequalities. In this article, we provide a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary overview of the potential impacts of generative AI on (mis)information and three information-intensive domains...
Daniel L. Chen, Sandeep Bhupatiraju, and Kannan Venkataramanan
vol. 1, n. 1, May 2024, pp. 49–68
Judicial documents and judgments are a rich source of information about legal cases, litigants, and judicial decision-makers. Natural language processing (NLP) based approaches have recently received much attention for their ability to decipher implicit information from text. NLP researchers have...
Etienne Danchin, Guillaume Isabel, and Sabine Noebel
May 2024
Does culture exist in insects? The answer is probably yes. No insect studies document patterns of behavioural variation among wild populations (i.e. traditions), but some lab studies offer major insight on the mechanisms that can potentially generate traditions. Hence studies on insect culture...
Tuba Tuncel
n. rdae060, May 2024
After a drug obtains marketing authorization, the usage depends on the regulation of off-label prescriptions for unapproved indications. We investigate the impact of off-label prescription regulation on physicians’ behavior, patients’ health, treatment costs, and pharmaceutical firms’ pricing with...
Stefan Ambec, Federico Esposito, and Antonia Pacelli
vol. 125, n. 102973, May 2024
In a trade model with endogenous emissions abatement, we investigate the impact of three policy instruments aimed at mitigating carbon leakage: free emission allowances, a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), and a CBAM with export rebates. We show that providing free allowances does not...
