Revisiting research on Catholic clergy sex abuse: Pennsylvania can expect fewer churchgoers and a painful decline in charitable contributions
Study of a large corporation explores how salary comparisons affect employee behavior
The narrative of a growing cultural divide, while partly true, conceals a more nuanced picture
A database of pre-industrial sampling supports historical and ethnographic research
Nico Voigtländer found that to combat arbitrary taxes and corruption, merchants persuaded the king to cede control
Sebastian Edwards finds Keynes’ public take-down of Roosevelt’s gold policies still relevant today
Sebastian Edwards brings to life a widely forgotten chapter of U.S. history starring FDR, his no-name economist and the demise of the gold standard
Using voting records from a unique transition in the 19th-century Caribbean, Christian Dippel examines the embrace of self-interest by new legislators
The link between environmental stability and cultural change explains why cultures evolve
What happened when the Argentine government lied about inflation numbers?
Modern-day gender ratios are linked to countries’ agricultural roots
A team of experts makes the financial case that governments should spend more on nudging
A field experiment using public donation data indicates peer pressure matters
Ricardo Perez-Truglia’s research uses relocation choices of medical residents to study feelings about relative income
Research undermines the notion that companies coldly calculate tax avoidance
History’s Encyclopédie subscribers are matched to grievances against the monarchy