BFI Working Paper·May 28, 2026
Explaining the Historical Rise and Recent Decline in Social Security Disability Insurance Enrollment
Manasi Deshpande, Maxwell Kellogg, Magne Mogstad, and Kuan-Ju Tseng
Topics:
Employment & Wages
BFI Working Paper·May 27, 2026
The AGI Race and Existential Risk
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Wioletta Dziuda, and Mattias Polborn
Topics:
Technology & Innovation
BFI Working Paper·May 18, 2026
Sophisticated Borrowing Constraints and Macroeconomic Dynamics
Al-Mahdi Ebsim, Chen Lian, Yueran Ma, Pablo Ottonello, and Diego J. Perez
Topics:
Financial Markets
BFI Working Paper·May 18, 2026
Proposed Mergers Where Efficiencies Are Needed Most Might Be the Least Likely to Deliver Them
Robert D. Metcalfe, Alexandre B. Sollaci, and Chad Syverson
Topics:
Industrial Organization
BFI Working Paper·May 18, 2026
Valuing Disaster Prevention: Desert Locust Monitoring and Control
Joséphine Gantois, Anouch Missirian, Evelina Linnros, Anna Tompsett, Amir Jina, Gordon C. McCord, and Eyal Frank
Topics:
Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper·May 12, 2026
Data Centers and Local Economies in the Age of AI: A Shift–Share Approach
Fernando Alvarez, David Argente, Joyce Chow, and Diana Van Patten
Topics:
Technology & Innovation
BFI Working Paper·May 12, 2026
Sentiment and Environmental Performance
George M. Constantinides and Maurizio Montone
Topics:
Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper·May 12, 2026
Diagnostic Expectations and the Macroeconomy
George M. Constantinides and Maurizio Montone
Topics:
Financial Markets
BFI Working Paper·May 11, 2026
Global Policy Spillovers: How Environmental Policies Propagate through Product Attributes
Koichiro Ito, James M. Sallee, and Andrew Smith
Topics:
Energy & Environment