Policy & the Economy
October 3, 2017
Prescription Drug Coupons Actually Increase Healthcare Spending by Billions
Consumers may love them, but coupons steer people away from inexpensive generics.
Leemore Dafny, Christopher Ody and Matt Schmitt
October 2, 2017
Robots Are Taking Americans’ Jobs. What Can Be Done?
Four concrete policy proposals to get people back to work.
David A. Besanko
September 5, 2017
When Corporations Donate to Candidates, Are They Buying Influence?
The surprising result suggests the need to rethink the role of money in politics.
Anthony Fowler, Haritz Garro and Jörg L. Spenkuch
September 5, 2017
Are You Offering Your Children Too Many Choices?
Deciding between an abundance of options leads to less engagement with the final choice.
Michal Maimaran
September 1, 2017
Investors Prefer It When Corporations Are Specific about the Risk They Face
The market values detailed risk disclosures. But executives should be cautious about oversharing.
Ole-Kristian Hope, Danqi Hu and Hai Lu
August 3, 2017
What Happens to Healthcare Costs When Nonprofit Hospitals Take a Financial Hit?
The answer has implications for the debate over the Affordable Care Act.
David Dranove, Craig Garthwaite and Christopher Ody
August 2, 2017
What Happens to Quality When One Company Builds the Tracks and Another Runs the Trains?
Governments looking to improve their infrastructure will want to know the answer.
David A. Besanko and Shana Cui
July 7, 2017
What Makes Oil Prices So Volatile?
There’s more to the story than OPEC. Plus, how fracking stands to change the market.
Gideon Bornstein, Per Krusell and Sergio Rebelo
July 6, 2017
STEM Degrees Are Good for Careers. But Do They Lead to More Innovation?
Science, technology, engineering, and math education helps job prospects, but hurts the likelihood of becoming an inventor.
Nicola Bianchi and Michela Giorcelli
June 19, 2017
Is an Unpredictable Leader Good for National Security?
Think the goal is to keep your enemies guessing? Game theory suggests otherwise.
Sandeep Baliga
June 6, 2017
Does Immigration Help or Hurt Local Economies?
Historically, where immigrants cluster in the U.S., prosperity follows.
Nathan Nunn, Nancy Qian and Sandra Sequeira
May 4, 2017
Alaskans Get an Annual Check from the State. How Do They Spend It?
The answer depends on a family’s income, but not in the way many economists expected.
Lorenz Kueng
April 10, 2017
We Are Influenced by Racial Information Even When We Are Not Aware of Its Presence
Many of us acknowledge that implicit racial bias exists, but the problem goes deeper than we think.
Jie Yuan, Xiaoqing Hu, Yuhao Lu, Galen Bodenhausen and Shimin Fu
April 6, 2017
How Uber Took Manhattan
A Q&A on how startups can anticipate and navigate regulatory challenges.
Nicola Persico and Bradley Tusk
April 4, 2017
What Happens to Patient Care When There Are Not Enough Nurses?
The impact can be significant, especially in nursing homes.
Benjamin Friedrich and Martin B. Hackmann
March 13, 2017
A Healthcare Policy Expert on Four Key Differences Between the ACA and the AHCA
Craig Garthwaite explains how the GOP proposal could impact patients, insurers, and hospitals.
Craig Garthwaite
March 8, 2017
To Stop ISIS Recruitment in Western Countries, Promote Assimilation
An outsized number of radicalized recruits come from prosperous, egalitarian nations where Muslims feel isolated.
Efraim Benmelech and Esteban Klor
March 6, 2017
School Shootings Rise and Fall with the Unemployment Rate
Researchers set out to quantify gun violence at U.S. schools and made a surprising discovery.
Adam Pah, John Hagan, Andrew L. Jennings, Aditya Jain, Kat Albrecht, Adam J. Hockenberry and Luis A. Nunes Amaral
February 6, 2017
Companies Want to Hire the Best Employees. Can Changes to the H-1B Visa Program Help?
The current lottery is not optimal for top foreign applicants or the companies that want to hire them.
Daniel Aobdia
February 3, 2017
Why Are We So Quick to Borrow When the Value of Our Home Rises?
The reason isn’t as simple as just feeling wealthier.
Anthony DeFusco
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