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Stanford Engineering —

New center brings interdisciplinary expertise to market design

A new interdisciplinary center hopes to clear the logistical hurdles to coordinating kidney exchanges internationally.

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Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research —

President Biden’s economic report draws on work of SIEPR scholars

President Biden’s assessment of the nation’s economic health delves into key issues including AI and the transition to clean energy, informed by Stanford research.

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Stanford Graduate School of Business —

Immigrant inventors are catalysts for creativity

Immigrants are known to make outsized contributions to American innovation. Research shows they make their native-born collaborators more productive as well.

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Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research —

‘Geoeconomics’ makes sense of a turbulent world

A new paper by Stanford economist Matteo Maggiori offers a framework for understanding how economic power is used to achieve geopolitical goals.

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Stanford Graduate School of Business —

The hidden driver of the ride-sharing economy

Uber’s and Lyft’s business models depend on low-income drivers. What happens when they can’t afford wheels?

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Stanford Graduate School of Business —

Study finds public pension plans on shaky ground

New research calls attention to a huge funding gap and growing risk exposure, raising alarms about the long-term viability of government pensions.

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Staying ahead of inflation in 2024

Economist John Taylor spoke with Stanford Report about the economic trends he’s paying attention to in the year ahead.

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Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research —

The far reach of tax laws

New research from SIEPR’s Rebecca Lester shows how tax policies whose primary purpose is to achieve some result at home can have unintended effects around the world.

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Stanford Graduate School of Business —

The hidden costs of ‘buy now, pay later’ financing

The market for instant online credit has exploded. But it comes with big downsides for some borrowers.

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Stanford Graduate School of Business —

What free apps are really worth

How much would someone have to pay you to stop using Facebook? An experiment to quantify what digital goods could add to the GDP found trillions in uncounted value.

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