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Economic Impact of Stadiums and Teams: The Case of Minor League Baseball

The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States

Does March Madness Lead to Irrational Exuberance in the NBA Draft?

Online Display Advertising: Targeting and Obtrusiveness

U.N. Report: Findings on e-Waste Problems in Africa

Quantifying Global Transfers of Copyrighted Content Using BitTorrent

Perceptions of National Economic Performance During Unequal Growth

Building Blocks of Economic Complexity

Global Senior Executives’ Perceptions of the Role of the Firm in Society

Smallholder Diversification and Income Growth in Zambia

Does Fair Trade Deliver on Its Core Value Proposition? Effects on Income, Educational Attainment, and Health in Three Countries

Energy and Economic Value of Non-recycled Plastics and Municipal Solid Wastes

Ethnic Fractionalization and Foreign Aid Effectiveness

Can Prominence Matter Even in an Almost Frictionless Market?

Influence and Implications of Climate Change on Coffee Berry Borer and Coffee Production in East Africa

New Structural Economics: A Framework for Rethinking Development

Fragranced Consumer Products: Chemicals Emitted, Ingredients Unlisted

Possible Effects of the “Buffett Rule” and Higher Taxes on the Wealthy

Daily Deals: Prediction, Social Diffusion and Reputational Ramifications

After Unipolarity: China’s Visions of International Order in an Era of U.S. Decline

Census Bureau Graphic: Recession and Median Income

Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes: Estimates Based on a New Measure of Fiscal Shocks

Antitrust, High Tech and AT&T/T-Mobile: Research roundup

Normalized Hurricane Damage in the United States: 1900–2005

Globally Challenged: Are U.S. Students Ready to Compete?

Detecting Deceptive Discussions in Conference Calls

The Great Recession and Import Protection: The Role of Temporary Trade Barriers

Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers

Influences of Wolf Predation, Habitat Loss, and Human Activity on Caribou and Moose in the Alberta Oil Sands

STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future

Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age

Bribes, Lobbying and Development

Comparative Perspective on Poverty Reduction in Brazil, China, and India

Globalization, Structural Change and Productivity Growth

Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends, 2011

U.S. Geological Survey: China’s Rare-Earth Industry

Combating Methamphetamine Trafficking: 2011 Federal Report

Report to the President on Ensuring American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing

Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America

U.S. Human Trafficking Incidents, 2008-2010

Good Government Means Different Things in Different Countries

Community Information and Civic Engagement

Outlook for Stocks, Equity in the Coming Decade

Explaining the International Spread of Casino Gambling

Natural Gas, Hydrofracking and Greenhouse Gases

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