"We study communication frictions within multinationals (MNCs), hypothesizing that language barriers reduce management knowledge transfers within the organization."

NEW in The Review of Economics and Statistics: direct.mit.edu/rest/article/1…

🆕 New from the Cowles Foundation! Three new Discussion Papers for the final week of October 2026 are now available. 🧵👇

THIS Wednesday (10/28) at @YaleTobinCenter, join us for a book talk with Soumaya Keynes and Chad P. Bown, co-authors of How to Win a Trade War.

Register here: tobin.yale.edu/events/2026/bo…

THIS Wednesday (10/28) at @YaleTobinCenter, join us for a book talk with Soumaya Keynes and Chad P. Bown, co-authors of How to Win a Trade War.

Register here: tobin.yale.edu/events/2026/bo…

"We characterize equilibria in a canonical class of economies with endogenous production networks, showing that log-prices equal a min-max over networks of a primitive affine function of log-productivities."

NEW in @nberpubs: nber.org/papers/w35909

You may have noticed that companies often act like they're a monopolist, even when they aren't.

New theory from John Geanokoplos and Jeremy Bulow provide the explanation for this phenomenon, and the "rational myopia" that underpins it

Read the research brief here: cowles.yale.edu/news/261019/wh…

Starting at 10am ET. Join the livestream on YouTube here: youtube.com/live/uG6v6Ra1B…

Looking to hire some awesome pre-docs!

Interested in doing a PhD and want more research experience? Come join our team.

tobin.yale.edu/programs/pre-d…

Explore our latest research spanning discrimination, criminal justice, gender pay dynamics, and more.

📄 "Sharp Tail Bounds Beyond Twice The Mean" by Philipp Strack & Jannik M. Westermann

📄 "Strategic Complementarity And Persistence In Linear-Quadratic Mean Field Games" by Ferne05

📄 "One Cohort At A Time: A New Perspective On The Declining Gender Pay Gap" by @jarellanobover, Nicola Bianchi, @salva_lat & Matteo Paradisi

📄 "Estimating Heterogeneous Impacts With Endogenous Participation And Non-Compliance" by @orazio_at, Lina Cardona-Sosa & Ziqian Liu

📄 "A Norm Based Behavioral Model Of Discrimination: India And US Experiences" by Gerald David Jaynes

📄 "Large Growth Happens: Gaussian Elimination With Partial Pivoting On Random Matrices" by Dan Spielman & Xifan Yu.

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THIS MONDAY: Webinar on the PhD admissions process, including program structure and the selection process, transcripts, GRE scores, CV (pre-doc or not?), rec letters (both for writers and students), the personal statement, and writing samples.

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Lots of new research coming out of the @YaleCowles Discussion Paper series, spanning wealth taxation, school choice, disability benefits, campus protests, and more.

Access the new papers ungated here: cowles.yale.edu

Join us Wednesday Oct 28 at @Yale for a book talk with Soumaya Keynes and Chad P. Bown, co-authors of How to Win a Trade War.

Register here: tobin.yale.edu/events/2026/bo…

THIS MONDAY: Webinar on the PhD admissions process, including program structure and the selection process, transcripts, GRE scores, CV (pre-doc or not?), rec letters (both for writers and students), the personal statement, and writing samples.

Register: yale.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The @yalehealthlab just released 23 new briefs that outline steps to save approximately $450 billion annually.

Each brief tackles a specific problem in the health care system that policymakers or purchasers could act on now.

Explore the proposals here: onepercentsteps.com

Lots of new research coming out of the @YaleCowles Discussion Paper series, spanning wealth taxation, school choice, disability benefits, campus protests, and more.

Access the new papers ungated here: cowles.yale.edu

The Tobin Center and @YaleEconomics are hiring Pre-Doctoral Fellows starting in Summer 2027.

Lots of positions open -- Learn more and apply here: tobin.yale.edu/programs/pre-d…

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Pre-doc opening at @YaleTobinCenter and @YaleEconomics to work with multiple faculty members.
Learn more about this opportunity at bit.ly/4yAJGJz

The @yalehealthlab just released 23 new briefs that outline steps to save approximately $450 billion annually.

Each brief tackles a specific problem in the health care system that policymakers or purchasers could act on now.

Explore the proposals here: onepercentsteps.com

We are delighted to share the program for the 7th WIE Conference, this year at @DukeEcon , the home of several heavy weights in international trade. Anusha Chari as keynote, @DanielYiXu, @dix_rafael, and Craig Burnside as session chairs. Co-organized by @lcastillomart StefaniaGaretto .

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NEW from the @YaleCowles Discussion Paper Series: "Labor Supply And Wages Over The Life Cycle: Human Capital And Disability Benefits"

Ungated link: cowles.yale.edu/research/cfdp-…