
Insights / Research Brief•Jun 08, 2023
Micro- and Macroeconomic Impacts of a Place-Based Industrial Policy
Enghin Atalay, Ali Hortaçsu, Chad Syverson, Mehmet Fatih Ulu
Turkey’s Law 2012/3305 boosted economic activity among businesses in eligible industries/provinces and led to positive spillovers to the suppliers and customers of subsidized firms. In the long run, the policy reduced income inequality between regions only moderately, due to migration and spillovers.
Topics:
Industrial Organization

Insights / Research Brief•Jan 19, 2023
The Strange and Awful Path of Productivity in the US Construction Sector
Austan Goolsbee, Chad Syverson
Measurement error alone cannot explain the decline in US construction productivity over the last 50 years, with evidence pointing to the sector’s deteriorating ability to transform intermediates into finished products, and to the allocative inefficiency of construction inputs.
Topics:
Industrial Organization

Insights / Research Brief•Jan 05, 2023
Urban Renewal and Inequality: Evidence from Chicago’s Public Housing Demolitions
Milena Almagro, Eric Chyn, Bryan A. Stuart
Demolitions of public housing as part of urban renewal programs had disparate impacts and generated large welfare improvements for White households, alongside welfare losses for low-income minority households.
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Industrial Organization
Insights / Research Brief•May 10, 2022
Does Entry Remedy Collusion? Evidence From the Generic Prescription Drug Cartel
In April 2013, Teva Pharmaceuticals, a large generic drug manufacturer, hired a marketing executive with strong connections throughout the industry with the goal of exploring opportunities to increase profits. Or, in that marketing executive’s own words, to enact “price increase implementation.”
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Health care, Industrial Organization
Insights / Research Brief•Mar 04, 2020
Product Innovation, Product Diversification, and Firm Growth: Evidence from Japan’s Early Industrialization
Most manufacturers, if they expect to grow and flourish, not only need to expand their existing product line but must also innovate and otherwise add to their product mix, whether that means adding entirely new items or improving the quality of existing goods. In other words, producing the same thing over and over, without any modifications or without branching out into other product lines, is not a typical recipe for long-term success.
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Industrial Organization
Insights / Research Brief•Apr 21, 2019
Production, Relocation, and Price Effects of US Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines
Aaron Flaaen, Ali Hortaçsu, Felix Tintelnot
In 2018, the global tariffs applied to all washers imported to the US increased prices about 12 percent for both washers and dryers, a complementary good not subject to tariffs.
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Industrial Organization
Insights / Research Brief•Apr 21, 2019
Production, Relocation, and Price Effects of US Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines
If you were thinking about buying a washing machine sometime in 2017, you may have been tempted to wait a little while for prices to fall. After all, prices had been dropping for about five years, so unless your current washer was inoperable, there was little reason to make a purchase in haste.
Topics:
Industrial Organization
Insights / Interactive Chart
How Manufacture and Trade of Washing Machines and Parts Gives a Clear Example of Trade Restrictions
View US washing machine imports and Korean washing machine part exports by country.
Topics:
Industrial Organization, Tax & Budget