Alexey Makarin

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

100 Main Street

E62-416

Cambridge, MA 02142

United States

http://https://alexeymakarin.github.io/

Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)

Via Sallustiana, 62

Rome, Lazio 00187

Italy

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London

United Kingdom

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (17)

1.

Social Media and Mental Health

Number of pages: 95 Posted: 14 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2023
Luca Braghieri, Ro'ee Levy and Alexey Makarin
Bocconi University - Department of Decision Sciences, Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Citation 64

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social media, mental heath, Facebook, depression, social comparisons

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The Impact of Dating Apps on Young Adults: Evidence From Tinder

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 6833-22
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 17 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2025
Berkeren Buyukeren, Alexey Makarin and Heyu Xiong
Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Case Western Reserve University
Downloads 4,384 (4,779)

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Online platforms, dating market, Tinder, health, mobile technology

Social Media and Protest Participation: Evidence from Russia

Econometrica, Vol. 88, No. 4, July 2020, pp. 1479-1514
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 11 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2020
New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona
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social media, political protests, collective action, impact of technology adoption

Social Media and Protest Participation: Evidence from Russia

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11254
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 09 May 2016
New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)
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collective action, impact of technology adoption, political protests, social media

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Conflict and Inter-Group Trade: Evidence from the 2014 Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Number of pages: 122 Posted: 18 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2021
Vasily Korovkin and Alexey Makarin
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 2,080 (15,875)
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Conflict, Inter-Group Tensions, Trade, Firms

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Social Image, Networks, and Protest Participation

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 24 May 2018 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2024
New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona and National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
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social image, political participation, protests, social media

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Citation 6

Production Networks and War: Evidence from Ukraine

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 18 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2022
Vasily Korovkin and Alexey Makarin
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Conflict, Trade, Firms, Firm Linkages, Production Networks

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The Political Legacy of Nazi Annexation

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 14 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2023
Mario Cannella, Alexey Makarin and Ricardo Pique
Northwestern University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department
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repression, annexation, radicalization, state trust, Nazi violence

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Reducing Bureaucratic Corruption: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What Works

World Development, Vol. 105, 2018, Pages 171-188
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 11 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2019
Northwestern University, Northwestern University - Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Northwestern University - Department of Sociology and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
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Corruption, Bureaucracy, Anti-Corruption Policy, Interdisciplinary Review

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The War of Ideas: Institutions and Global Media Bias

MIT Sloan Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 16 Apr 2024
Sibo Liu, Alexey Makarin, Jinfeng Wu and Dong Zhang
Hong Kong Baptist University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
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Institutions, Media Bias, Ideology, Geopolitics

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Supply Chain Disruption and Reorganization: Theory and Evidence from Ukraine's War

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 7068-24
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 14 May 2024
Vasily Korovkin, Alexey Makarin and Yuhei Miyauchi
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Boston University
Downloads 280 (224,538)
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Production Networks, Firm-to-Firm Trade, War, Conflict

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Affinity, Trust, and Information

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Sep 2020
Luigi Guiso, Luigi Guiso and Alexey Makarin
Einaudi Institute for Economics and FinanceEinaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 259 (242,932)
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Trust, Affinity, Trustworthiness, Information Acquisition

Divided We Stay Home: Social Distancing and Ethnic Diversity

Journal of Public Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 May 2020 Last Revised: 14 May 2021
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)
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COVID-19, pandemic, social distancing, quarantine, ethnic fractionalization, diversity, xenophobia, Russia

Divided We Stay Home: Social Distancing and Ethnic Diversity

NBER Working Paper No. w27277
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2023
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona
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Divided We Stay Home: Social Distancing and Ethnic Diversity

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14810
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 May 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2020
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)
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altruism, COVID-19, diversity, fractionalization, Pandemic, Quarantine, Russia, self-isolation, Social distancing, Xenophobia

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National or Sub-National Parties: Does Party Geographic Scope Matter?

Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 146, 2020
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2020
Alexey Makarin, Ricardo Pique and Fernando M. Aragon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Business & Public Policy Department and Simon Fraser University (SFU) - Department of Economics
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National parties, local governance, party system, Peru, regression discontinuity

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Social Media as an Identity Barometer: Evidence From the Russia-Ukraine War

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 16 Feb 2024
Serhii Abramenko, Vasily Korovkin and Alexey Makarin
Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi Sociali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 140 (424,044)
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identity, social media, conflict, Russia-Ukraine war

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Can Online Off-the-Shelf Lessons Improve Student Outcomes? Evidence from a Field Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w22398
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 11 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2023
C. Kirabo Jackson and Alexey Makarin
Northwestern University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 121 (475,414)
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Affinity, Trust, and Information

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15250
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 12 Sep 2020
Luigi Guiso and Alexey Makarin
Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Affinity, Information Acquisition, Trust, trustworthiness

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Trade Sanctions Against Russia: Stylized Facts

Number of pages: 4
University of Antwerp, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
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sanctions, trade sanctions, Russia, international trade, export controls