Research and Commentary

Unemployment Rate Falls to 7.3% in August, but Really the Jobs Numbers say "Blech!"

September 6, 2013, Justin Wolfers

You Can Never Have Too Much Money, New Research Shows

April 29, 2013

Subjective Well‐Being and Income: Is There Any Evidence of Satiation?

April 2013, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

Gross Domestic Product Report Has Good News and Bad News

April 26, 2013, Justin Wolfers

Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress

March 15, 2013, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

Global Love Rankings

February 14, 2013, Justin Wolfers

Valentine’s Day and the Economics of Love

February 14, 2013, Justin Wolfers

Where Do You Stand in the Global Love Ranking?

February 14, 2013, Justin Wolfers

The GDP Report Is Not As Bad As It Looks

January 30, 2013, Justin Wolfers

Why Voters Should Fear Romney’s Tax Plan

November 6, 2012, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

Q & A on Forecasting Based on Voter Expectations

November 2, 2012, Justin Wolfers

Forecasting Elections: Voter Intentions versus Expectations

November 1, 2012, David Rothschild and Justin Wolfers

New BPEA Research on Partisanship, Poverty, Unemployment, Homebuyer Perceptions and Capital Controls

September 13, 2012, Justin Wolfers

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The New Stylized Facts About Income and Subjective Well-Being

August 2, 2012, Daniel W. Sacks, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

The U.S. Economic Policy Debate Is a Sham

July 23, 2012, Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson

Prediction Markets for Economic Forecasting

June 13, 2012, Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz

Tax System Is America’s Biggest Spender

April 17, 2012, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

U.S. Economy Needs Stimulus, Not Soothsayers

April 3, 2012, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

New Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

September 23, 2011, Justin Wolfers

A Job Lost Can Mean 20 Years of Pain

September 15, 2011, Justin Wolfers

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Bernanke Speaks. But What Did He Say?

August 26, 2011, Justin Wolfers

How Prediction Markets can Save Event Studies

April 7, 2011, Erik Snowberg, Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz

A View of the U.S. Economy

March 17, 2011, Justin Wolfers

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Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle

March 8, 2011, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

Debunking the Easterlin Paradox, Again

December 13, 2010, Daniel Sacks and Justin Wolfers