- European economies have developed stronger anti-trust regulations, more competitive markets, and more robust consumer protection than the US in the last 20 years. The reason for this is the EU. EU member states are incentivized to empower a strongly independent pro-competition regulator. https://academic.oup.com/jeea/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jeea/jvac071/6885457 90 comments science
- Pentecostal evangelicalism has grown rapidly in Brazil. Regions that underwent economic distress in the 1990s have seen the greatest surge in Pentacostalism and a decline in Catholicism, as well as greater vote shares for candidates connected to Pentecostal churches. https://academic.oup.com/jeea/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jeea/jvac034/6608942 6 comments science
- Study: The shutdown of nuclear plants in Germany is estimated to cost 800 lives per year due to increased air pollution. Furthermore, the researchers estimate that the social cost of the nuclear power plant phase-out is 3-8 billion euros per year. https://academic.oup.com/jeea/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jeea/jvac007/6520438?redirectedFrom=fulltext 2 comments germany
- Study: The shutdown of nuclear plants in Germany is estimated to cost 800 lives per year due to increased air pollution. Furthermore, the researchers estimate that the social cost of the nuclear power plant phase-out is 3-8 billion euros per year. https://academic.oup.com/jeea/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jeea/jvac007/6520438?redirectedFrom=fulltext 622 comments science
- Study: Climate change strongly intensifies global inequality and poverty, and boosts migration from low- to high-latitude areas. Furthermore, climate change will induce a voluntary and a forced permanent relocation of 62 million working-age individuals over the course of the twenty-first century. https://academic.oup.com/jeea/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jeea/jvab054/6460489 4 comments science
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