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Review of Economic Studies
10 Jun 2026
A Temporary VAT Cut as Unconventional Fiscal PolicyRüdiger Bachmann · Benjamin Born · Olga Goldfayn-Frank · Georgi Kocharkov · Ralph Luetticke · Michael Weber
The paper studies Germany’s temporary 3 percentage-point VAT cut from July 1 to December 31, 2020 (standard rate 19%→16%, reduced rate 7%→5%), combining two causal identification strategies with …
Forthcoming
Review of Economic Studies
De Gustibus and Disputes about Reference DependencePol Campos-Mercade · Lorenz Goette · Thomas Graeber · Alexandre Kellogg · Charles Sprenger
This paper examines whether heterogeneity in individual gain-loss attitudes — the degree to which people weigh losses more or less severely than equivalent gains — contaminates prior tests of …
Forthcoming
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Digital Distractions with Peer InfluencePanle Jia Barwick · Siyu Chen · Chao Fu · Teng Li
This paper estimates the causal effects of mobile app usage on college students’ academic performance, physical health, and labor market outcomes, while separately identifying behavioral …
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American Economic Review
1 Feb 2026
Financial Frictions: Micro versus Macro VolatilityRenato Faccini · Seungcheol Lee · Ralph Luetticke · Morten O. Ravn · Tobias Renkin
Overview Research Question. How do consumer credit spreads — the gap between household borrowing rates and deposit rates — affect aggregate business cycle dynamics and the distribution of consumption …
Forthcoming
Review of Economic Studies
Latent Heterogeneity in the Marginal Propensity to ConsumeDaniel Lewis · Davide Melcangi · Laura Pilossoph
Lewis, Melcangi, and Pilossoph estimate the unconditional distribution of the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) using the 2008 Economic Stimulus Act (ESA) rebate payments, deploying Gaussian …
Forthcoming
Journal of Monetary Economics
The housing wealth effect: Quasi-experimental evidenceJesper Böjeryd · Roine Vestman · Björn Tyrefors · Dany Kessel
This paper estimates a causal housing wealth effect on consumption using a quasi-natural experiment in Stockholm, Sweden. The identification exploits an unanticipated political decision — announced in …