Karpowitz et al. (2024) examine the effect of racial diversity on group decisionmaking. The authors used OLS regression to analyze 2,694 citizens randomly assigned to 449 mock juries who are tasked to make decisions, and they find that the number of the people of color (POC) affects private...

Karpowitz et al. (2024) examine the effect of racial diversity on group decisionmaking. The authors used OLS regression to analyze 2,694 citizens randomly assigned to 449 mock juries who are tasked to make decisions, and they find that the number of the people of color (POC) affects private...

This paper discusses issues to do with the empirical basis of modern economics and points towards the need to look more closely at the ‘homogeneity assumption’ that underpins much economic theory. It argues that severe problems currently prevent economics from becoming more persuasive to...

This paper discusses issues to do with the empirical basis of modern economics and points towards the need to look more closely at the 'homogeneity assumption' that underpins much economic theory. It argues that severe problems currently prevent economics from becoming more persuasive to both...

Recent literature contains many stories of how foreign aid affects economic growth. All the stories hinge on the statistical significance in cross-country regressions of a quadratic term involving aid. Among the stories are that aid raises growth (on average) 1) in countries where economic...