BFI Working Paper·Feb 23, 2026
Multidimensional Signaling and the Rise of Cultural Politics
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov, and Konstantin Sonin
Topics:
Uncategorized
BFI Working Paper·Feb 18, 2026
Trading Goods for Lives: NAFTA’s Mortality Impacts and Implications
Amy Finkelstein, Matthew Notowidigdo, and Steven Shi
Topics:
Employment & Wages
BFI Working Paper·Feb 17, 2026
Mass Media and Contraception Use: An Experimental Test of Modernization Theory in Burkina Faso
Rachel Glennerster, Joanna Murray, and Victor Pouliquen
Topics:
Development Economics
BFI Working Paper·Feb 17, 2026
Dynamic Complementarity
James Heckman, Haihan Tian, Zijian Zhang, and Jin Zhou
Topics:
Early Childhood Education
BFI Working Paper·Feb 16, 2026
Income Shocks and the Intergenerational Transmission of Executive Function
Ariel Kalil and Mauricio Koechlin
Topics:
Early Childhood Education, Economic Mobility & Poverty
BFI Working Paper·Feb 10, 2026
How Does AI Distribute the Pie? Large Language Models and the Ultimatum Game
Douglas K.G. Araujo and Harald Uhlig
Topics:
Technology & Innovation
BFI Working Paper·Feb 10, 2026
Residential Segregation and Unequal Access to Local Public Services in India: Evidence from 1.5m Neighborhoods
Sam Asher, Kritarth Jha, Paul Novosad, Anjali Adukia, and Brandon Tan
Topics:
Development Economics
BFI Working Paper·Feb 10, 2026
Searching for Fish in Trees (緣木求éš)? Economic Development when Context Matters
Jacob Moscona, Nathan Nunn, and James Robinson
Topics:
Development Economics
BFI Working Paper·Feb 10, 2026
Inferring Prices from Quantities
David Argente, Chang-Tai Hsieh, and Munseob Lee
Topics:
Monetary Policy
BFI Working Paper·Feb 10, 2026
Class Mobility in the Era of Rising Inequality: A Synthetic Dynasty Analysis
Geoffrey Wodtke, Weiqi Wang, Kristina Butaeva, and Steven Durlauf
Topics:
Economic Mobility & Poverty