BSE Focus https://focus.bse.eu Research insights from the Barcelona School of Economics Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:06:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/focus.bse.eu/wp-content/uploads/cropped-bse-focus-site-icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 BSE Focus https://focus.bse.eu 32 32 59603847 How Election Cycles Shape Post-Disaster Growth https://focus.bse.eu/how-election-cycles-shape-post-disaster-growth/ https://focus.bse.eu/how-election-cycles-shape-post-disaster-growth/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:03:54 +0000 https://focus.bse.eu/?p=5048 a flooded neighborhood where the entire ground floor is undewaterMarcel Henkel, Eunjee Kwon, and Pierre Magontier find that electoral incentives significantly impacted US federal disaster aid distribution, affecting migration patterns and local economies post-hurricane.]]> https://focus.bse.eu/how-election-cycles-shape-post-disaster-growth/feed/ 0 5048 When Platforms Favor Their Own Services, Who Loses? https://focus.bse.eu/when-platforms-favor-their-own-services-who-loses/ https://focus.bse.eu/when-platforms-favor-their-own-services-who-loses/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:54:00 +0000 https://focus.bse.eu/?p=5034 A full-sized, open wooden door leading into a brightly lit room next to a miniature white door hidden behind a potted plant against a grey wall.Leonardo Madio, Fabio M. Manenti and Massimo Motta show that requiring equal access to a platform's own service and its rivals raises welfare and the platform's own profits]]> https://focus.bse.eu/when-platforms-favor-their-own-services-who-loses/feed/ 0 5034 Unequal Lives, Unequal Benefits: Life Expectancy and Social Security Rules https://focus.bse.eu/unequal-lives-unequal-benefits-life-expectancy-and-social-security-rules/ https://focus.bse.eu/unequal-lives-unequal-benefits-life-expectancy-and-social-security-rules/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:16:50 +0000 https://focus.bse.eu/?p=5017 A United States Social Security card sticks out of a pile of American currencyJavier Fernández-Blanco and Virginia Sánchez-Marcos evaluate the welfare implications of retirement benefits that ignore predictable differences in life expectancy.]]> https://focus.bse.eu/unequal-lives-unequal-benefits-life-expectancy-and-social-security-rules/feed/ 0 5017 Designing Gender-Balanced Evaluation Committees with AI https://focus.bse.eu/designing-gender-balanced-evaluation-committees-with-ai/ https://focus.bse.eu/designing-gender-balanced-evaluation-committees-with-ai/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:36:53 +0000 https://focus.bse.eu/?p=5006 J. Ignacio Conde-Ruiz, Miguel Diaz Salazar and Juan José Ganuza show how AI-designed evaluation committees address gender gaps in Economics, emphasizing topic alignment over demographic quotas.]]> https://focus.bse.eu/designing-gender-balanced-evaluation-committees-with-ai/feed/ 0 5006