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I'm having a dashed line issue using natbib and having replaced with a dashed line. This is similar to previously posted issues (see 1, 2, 3, 4) but none of these are in aer style specifically. How can I stop dashed lines from showing up in my references? dashed=false does not work for me.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{times}

\usepackage[]{natbib}
\usepackage{booktabs,caption,fixltx2e}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{mini.bib}
@unpublished{bgs2015mac,
  title={Memory, Attention and Choice},
  author={Bordalo, Pedro and Gennaioli, Nicola and Shleifer, Andrei},
  note={Mimeo, Harvard University},
  year={2017}
}


@unpublished{bgs2019mac,
  title={Memory, Attention and Choice},
  author={Bordalo, Pedro and Gennaioli, Nicola and Shleifer, Andrei},
  note={Mimeo, Harvard University},
  year={2020}
}


\end{filecontents}


\raggedbottom
%\input{tcilatex}
\begin{document}


\title{\textbf{My Paper Title} \
\bigskip }


\maketitle


\nocite{*}


\bibliographystyle{aer}
\bibliography{mini}


\end{document}

produces: enter image description here

John-Henry
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    The aer bib style is programmed to replace repeated author names with em-dashes. If you do like this setting, you should probably not be using the aer bib style to begin with. – Mico Jul 27 '20 at 04:24
  • I agree, it just that this is my PI's preferred style so I can't really change it – John-Henry Jul 27 '20 at 15:04
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    In that case, just inform your PI that the aer bibliography style is programmed to substitute repeated authors' names with em-dashes and that loading the natbib citation management system cannot affect this programming decision. Leave it up to him/her to decide whether it's necessary to switch to a different bibliography style. (If he/she does decide on such a switch, you could recommend the plainnat bibliography style...) – Mico Jul 27 '20 at 15:59
  • Good advice, thanks @Mico! – John-Henry Jul 27 '20 at 16:24
  • @Mico the disadvantage of this is that author names are no longer bolded – John-Henry Jul 27 '20 at 16:57
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    Life is a series of compromises, isn't it? If you really need the authors' names to be boldfaced, please post a new query and ask how this may be achieved while using natbib and, say, the plainnat bibliography style. – Mico Jul 27 '20 at 16:58

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This can be solved by using the closely related AER argument of the AEA document class

\documentclass[AER]{AEA} %%% change here
\usepackage{times}

...


\bibliographystyle{aea}  %% change here
\bibliography{mini}


\end{document}

enter image description here

John-Henry
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