The State of AI Adoption in Audit, Accounting, and Upstream Disciplines in 2026
In professional services, the accounting, audit, and finance industries are often considered bellwethers, meaning their emphasis on standardization, documentation, and regulatory compliance make them ideal candidates to pilot early adoption of AI technologies. These industries offer predictive environments for understanding how automation will alter mental labor. The question that pervades the industry and society is …
BLOCS Codebook v3.2
The Bilateral Longitudinal Observations and Country Statistics (BLOCS) database is a validated aggregation of existing sources made available for research purposes. It consists of varying measures for bilateral trade data between 1948 and 2022 and bilateral investment data between 2001 and 2022. This data is accompanied by an extensive set of variables that consider additional …
The Role of China in BRICS Modern High-Tech Trade Networks
In 2024, five countries (Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates)joined the original BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), reflecting aclear commitment of the group to become a relevant global actor. This study explores the reshaping of global trade patterns by estimating the determinants of exports with a focus on …
The Value of Remote Work: A Correspondence Experiment on Tutors
Dr. Sofoklis Goulas, Director of Public Policy Programs at Aletheia Research Institution and Fellow at the Brookings Institution, has published a new working paper first released as part of the IZA Institute of Labor Economics Discussion Paper Series. “The Value of Remote Work: A Correspondence Experiment on Tutors,” uses thousands of randomized inquiries on a …
Enrollment Declines and Permanent Closures In Public Schools
Dr. Sofoklis Goulas, Director of Public Policy Programs at Aletheia Research Institution and Fellow at the Brookings Institution, has published a new working paper first released as part of the IZA Institute of Labor Economics Discussion Paper Series. The paper, “Enrollment Declines and Permanent Closures in Public Schools,” analyzes ten years of federal school data …
Men-Only Women-Only: Insights Into Gendered Behavior Behind Closed Doors
Aletheia Research Institution’s GAPS Lab has released a groundbreaking study exploring emotional expression, stress, and gendered behavior in single-gender versus mixed-gender spaces. The paper, authored by Anna Ackerman and Amalia Berardone, investigates how men and women perceive and express traditionally masculine and feminine character traits across social settings—and how this affects mental health, stress, and …
Microeconomic dynamics of FDI and local innovation: A firm level estimation…
Silva Neira, I., Rodríguez, C., & Pédussel Wu, J. (2025). Institute for International Political Economy, Berlin. Working Paper No. 252/2025This paper investigates the microeconomic impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) on local innovation using firm-level data from Chile. Applying a structural CDM model, the authors evaluate how foreign ownership and sectoral FDI flows affect innovation …
Building BLOCS and Stepping Stones: Combined Data for International…
Pédussel Wu, J., Banach, C., Goulas, S., Silva Neira, I. (2024). Institute for International Political Economy, Berlin. Working Paper No. 239/2024This paper introduces the BLOCS database, a global panel dataset for analyzing trade agreements and international flows. Using updated structural gravity models and comparative trade measures, the authors explore whether regional trade agreements act as …
The Nature of the Game: Optimal Trade in an Imperfect Landscape
World trade is observed through a lens of aggregate actors, usually sovereign states, protecting or liberalizing access to their technology and endowments. Unfortunately, this is not consistent with a reality where actors or organizations can exert pressure on the institutional processes of governance (Chase 2008). This is a single scope survey of modern protectionism in …
MERICS: How China’s Belt and Road Projects are Shaping Global Trade
Banach, C. Gunther J. (2023) MERICS China Global Competition Tracker No. 4At the end of November, China’s Belt and Road Construction Leadership Group released a ten year plan for the next phase of the BRI. This comes a month after Beijing celebrated ten years of China’s Belt and Road Initiative by hosting the Third BRI …
Chinese Port Investments and Their Affects on Bilateral Trade
Banach, C. Pedussel Wu, J. (2023) New Chinese Initiatives for a Changing Global Security, Conference Report:Although the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was announced by thePeople’s Republic of China in 2013, its foundation has been under developmentfor over 15 years. The Go Out Policy, officially introduced in 1999, paved theway for relationships that would later …
Human Capital and Productivity in Surgery Research During a Pandemic:
Karamitros, G. Goulas, S. (2023) British Journal of Surgery, Volume 110, Issue 9,1218–1220During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, heath-care systems across the world scrambled to adjust to new operational priorities and research resources in surgery were often directed to COVID-related topics. Karamitros and Goulas (2023) documented the distribution of surgery research across the world …
The Association Between Surgical Disease Burden and Research Productivity…
Karamitros, G. Goulas, S. (2023). British Journal of Surgery, Volume 110, Issue 9, 1226–1228Profound disparities in access to surgery across the world have led to the need for benchmarks for surgical care to design initiatives that reduce the surgical burden of disease. This study measures research productivity and human capital in surgery across nations and …
Women Representation in Plastic Surgery Across the Globe: A Cross-sectional Study
Karamitros, G. Goulas, S. (2023). Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery Volume 81, 91-93:The alarm of women under-representation in surgery has been going off for decades. Even in plastic surgery, women have been under-represented among researchers, faculty members, and invited speakers. This study documents country-level female representation among first authors and publications in influential …
Road Map for Change: LHE Data and Action Platform
Aletheia Research Institution partnered with the Louisiana Center for Health Equity and EQS to support the design and development of the LHE Data & Action Platform—a tool intended to improve public health outcomes across Louisiana. The project included a statewide stakeholder analysis, data audit, and literature review to inform a practical strategy for institutional change. …
Associated Builders and Contractors Demographic Composition Study
Aletheia Research Institution leveraged its expertise in survey development and statistical analysis to investigate the demography of employees at member companies of the Associated Builders and Contractors New Jersey Chapter (ABC-NJ). The investigation combined ABC-NJ member data, publicly available demographic data and detailed profile data reported by a sample of ABC-NJ member companies (which included …
Stress Management and Academic Performance During Covid-19
To understand how college students managed stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic,we surveyed more than 300 students at a large public university in central Europe. We usean instrument designed to recover stress management techniques, as well as personality traitsand habits associated with stress and stress management. We identify 16 stress managementtechniques used during the COVID-19 …
A Cultural Comparison of Mindfulness and Student Performance…
Sumell, A., Chiang, E., Koch, S., Mangeloja, E., Sun, J., & Pédussel Wu, J. (2021). International Review of Economics Education. Vol. 37, Article 100213: This paper examines how mindfulness correlates with student performance across five countries using survey data from nearly 3,000 economics students. The authors, Including Aletheia founding member Dr. Jennifer Pedussel Wu, analyze …