The Jan. 2026 issue of the @jpolecon.bsky.social should be of great interest to anyone interested in the well being of young people.

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Congratulations to JPE editor Christopher Walters on being named the Daniel Gressel Professor of Economics in the Wallman Society of Fellows in the Department of Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago.
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Swing by the University of Chicago Press booth in the exhibits hall at ASSA to check out what's new with JPE and the Press's econ lists in books and journals! #ASSA2026

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The November issue is now available at www.journals.uchicag.... This issue features an In Memoriam to Robert E. Lucas Jr.--a tribute to his lasting impact on economics and as JPE editor. Contributors include T. Sargent, F. Alvarez, B. Jovanovic, and N. Stokey. @chicagojournals.bsky.social #econsky

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The November issue is now available at www.journals.uchicag.... This issue features an In Memoriam to Robert E. Lucas Jr.--a tribute to his lasting impact on economics and as JPE editor. Contributors include T. Sargent, F. Alvarez, B. Jovanovic, and N. Stokey. @chicagojournals.bsky.social #econsky

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The July issue of JPE is now available online at www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpe/2025...

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The JPE thanks outgoing editor Lance Lochner for his distinguished service to the journal and looks forward to welcoming Christopher Walters to the editorial team in August. @chicagojournals.bsky.social #econsky

The @jpolecon.bsky.social is the latest addition to the list of top Econ journals adhering to datacodestandard.org . Our data policy implements DCAS (www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/jpe...)

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The JPE is happy to announce that Florian Oswald is joining the journal as data editor in July. Details on JPE's updated data policy can be found at www.journals.uchicag....
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31st Annual NIHCM Awards; Research Winner; The Corporatization of Independent Hospitals; Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics; Elena Andreyeva, Atul Gupta, Catherine Ishitani, Malgorzata Sylwestrzak, and Benjamin Ukert; NIHCM Foundation; #NIHCMAwardsResearch; NIHCM.org

Congratulate the winners of the #NIHCM 2025 Research Award: "The Corporatization of Independent Hospitals" published in the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics. Learn more here: bit.ly/3HqgyQk | @jpolecon.bsky.social @pennldi.bsky.social

A young scholar recently emailed me asking a question:
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My response: I cannot speak for the other editors but I love to read studies that discover solutions for problems not yet known.

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"Why does the stock market rise and fall over long periods?" This article from the Journal of Political Economy investigates this question. Check out "How the Wealth Was Won: Factor Shares as Market Fundamentals" here: ow.ly/rai050VXjTU @jpolecon.bsky.social

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From the Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics, this article takes a closer look at how social networks affect the US mortgage market's adoption of financial-technology lending. Find out more here: ow.ly/sBoW50VCOmG @jpolecon.bsky.social

📣 Top publication in @jpolecon.bsky.social – Ernst Fehr, Professor of Economics in our department alongside his co-authors, examined the causal impact of working memory training embedded in regular school (first graders). Their conclusion? 🧐🧵⬇️

ICYMI: The 2025 Macroeconomic Policy Perspectives, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago in collaboration with JPE Macro, will be held October 16-17, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Access the Call for Papers at bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event... #EconSky

The 2025 Macroeconomic Policy Perspectives, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago in collaboration with JPE Macro, will be held October 16-17, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Access the Call for Papers at bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
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Financial Crisis and Female Entrepreneurship: Evidence from South Korea | Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics: Vol 2, No 4 We document a drastic increase in female-owned manufacturing firms in South Korea after the 1997 financial crisis. During the crisis, a major banking-sector reform was conducted, and many underperform...

How did the 1997 financial crisis in South Korea—and the ensuing banking reforms—affect female entrepreneurship? This article from the Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics investigates this question. Learn more here: ow.ly/e8yh50UPbMZ
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New in @jpolecon.bsky.social‬ from HCEO member Francesco Agostinelli et al.
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ICYMI: The February issue of JPE is now available online at www.journals.uchicag...
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Does more law equal more growth? The case has been made for and against the role of greater, more complex legislation and its impact on economies but, in new study, a team of academics found evidence that more law DOES boost the econ...

Does more law equal more growth? ⚖️📈

In a new study published in @jpolecon.bsky.social, Dr Matia Vannoni and co-authors put the spotlight on greater, more complex legislation and its impact on economies.

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What is the value of urgency? From the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, this article investigates this question by analyzing data from users of California's ExpressLanes. Learn more from their findings here: ow.ly/uTce50UKsym
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The February issue of JPE is now available online at www.journals.uchicag...
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ICYMI: The JPE is happy to announce that Florian Oswald will be joining the journal as data editor this summer. Updates to the JPE data policy will be forthcoming later this year. @floswald.bsky.social #EconSky

This article from the Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics explores how an individual's Facebook friends can influence their risk-taking behavior. Read more at ow.ly/fCYf50UAOm9

The JPE is happy to announce that Florian Oswald will be joining the journal as data editor this summer. Updates to the JPE data policy will be forthcoming later this year. @floswald.bsky.social #EconSky

Regulation of Organ Transplantation and Procurement: A Market-Design Lab Experiment | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 132, No 11 We conduct a lab experiment that shows that current rules regulating transplant centers (TCs) and organ-procurement organizations (OPOs) create perverse incentives that inefficiently reduce both organ...

Do the current regulations governing transplant centers and organ-procurement organizations incentivize the reduction of organ recovery and transplantation? This article from the Journal of Political Economy argues, "Yes." Find out why here: ow.ly/UzEF50Uycao #EconSky

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Does new housing supply lead to a decrease in rents, even in high-demand markets? Read this Just Accepted article from the Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics to find out: ow.ly/1eN950UqS1B

Bottlenecks for Evidence Adoption | Journal of Political Economy: Vol 132, No 8 Governments increasingly use randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to test innovations, yet we know little about how they incorporate results into policymaking. We study 30 US cities that ran 73 RCTs wi...

🔬 Published in the @jpolecon.bsky.social written by Stefano DellaVigna, Woojin Kim, and @elizabethlinos.bsky.social: "Bottlenecks for Evidence Adoption." We analyzed RCT adoption across US cities.

Discover the key barriers here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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A new paper from the Journal of Political Economy investigates how PhD program ranking, department status, and other author connections impact peer review decisions. Read the full findings here: ow.ly/sfLx50UiGII #EconSky