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    • The Debt-Inflation Channel of the German (Hyper)Inflation 

      Brunnermeier, Markus; Correia, Sergio; Luck, Stephan; Verner, Emil; Zimmermann, Tom (American Economic Association, 2025-07)
      This paper studies how a large increase in the price level is transmitted to the real economy through firm balance sheets. Using newly digitized macro- and micro-level data from the German inflation of 1919–1923, we show ...

    • Data, Competition, and Digital Platforms 

      Bergemann, Dirk; Bonatti, Alessandro (American Economic Association, 2024-08)
      A monopolist platform uses data to match heterogeneous consumers with multiproduct sellers. The consumers can purchase the products on the platform or search off the platform. The platform sells targeted ads to sellers ...

    • Dying or Lying? For-Profit Hospices and End-of-Life Care 

      Gruber, Jonathan; Howard, David H; Leder-Luis, Jetson; Caputi, Theodore L (American Economic Association, 2025-01)
      The Medicare hospice program is intended to provide palliative care to terminal patients, but patients with long stays in hospice are highly profitable, motivating concerns about overuse among the Alzheimer's and Dementia ...