Research

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The Economics of Tropical Deforestation

Prepared for the Annual Review of Economics
Clare Balboni, Aaron Berman, Robin Burgess, and Benjamin A. Olken
May 2023
Economic Theory

A Model of Behavioral Manipulation

Daron Acemoglu, Ali Makhdoumi, Azarakhsh Malekian, Asuman Ozdaglar
May 2023
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Books

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Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It
Health Economics, Public Economics

Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What To Do About It

Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein and Ray Fisman
January 2023
Cover of Cooking to Save Your Life with an illustration by Cheyenne Olivier of Abhijit cooking surrounded by others

Cooking to Save Your Life

Abhijit Banerjee
Illustrations by Cheyenne Olivier
November 2021
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Published Papers

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https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3050054

Population-Based Model of the Fraction of Incidental COVID-19 Hospitalizations During the Omicron Wave in the United States.

COVID
Jeffrey E. Harris
May 2023
Political Economy

Weak, Despotic or Inclusive? How State Type Emerges from State versus Civil Society Competition

American Political Science Review, 117(2), pp. 407–420.
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
May 2023
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How debit cards helped Indonesia’s poor get more food

Unnatural selection