Policy & the Economy
January 1, 2011
Preventing Crime Waves
Why harsh punishments for all offenses may exacerbate crime
Philip Bond and Kathleen Hagerty
January 1, 2011
Is Democracy Good for Peace?
Limited democracies and weak dictators may escalate conflicts
Sandeep Baliga, David O. Lucca and Tomas Sjöström
December 1, 2010
Matriculation Matters
Refining the college admissions guessing game
Peter Nurnberg, Morton Schapiro and David Zimmerman
December 1, 2010
Principal Performance
What if school principals’ pay were tied to job performance? Turns out, it already is
Julie Berry Cullen and Michael J. Mazzeo
December 1, 2010
On the Origin of Schools
The diversity of Arizona’s charter schools
Brayden King, Elisabeth S. Clemens and Melissa Fry
December 1, 2010
Balancing Medical Risks with Financial Needs
Controversial prescription drug Vioxx may have kept people in the workforce
Craig Garthwaite
November 1, 2010
Government or God?
In times of uncertainty, people seek stability
Aaron C. Kay, Steven Shepherd, Craig W. Blatz, Sook Ning Chua and Adam D. Galinsky
November 1, 2010
All Politics Is Cultural
Cultural not economic vocabularies separate liberals and conservatives
Daniel Diermeier, Jean-François Godbout, Bei Yu and Stefan Kaufmann
November 1, 2010
A Populist Paradox
Populist policies may harm voters but reward leaders
Daron Acemoglu, Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
October 1, 2010
First Among Equals?
Prime ballot position improves a candidate’s chances of winning office.
Marc Meredith and Yuval Salant
October 1, 2010
Big Tax Breaks Beget Small Investments
Why the American Jobs Creation Act lowered taxes but failed to spur domestic investment
Michael Faulkender and Mitchell A. Petersen
October 1, 2010
Valuing the Government Guarantee
Determining the U.S. government’s liability for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Deborah Lucas and Robert McDonald
October 1, 2010
Engineered Electioneering
The “when” and “what” of candidates’ messages.
Hakkyun Kim, Akshay R. Rao and Angela Y. Lee
September 1, 2010
Why Broadband Prices Haven’t Decreased
Creating the first broadband consumer price index
Shane Greenstein and Ryan McDevitt
August 1, 2010
Spent
What happened to the 2008 stimulus checks
Jonathan A. Parker, Nicholas S. Souleles, David S. Johnson and Robert McClelland
July 1, 2010
Recession-Fighting Serendipity
Well-timed government spending can blunt economic contractions
Lawrence Christiano, Martin Eichenbaum and Sergio Rebelo
July 1, 2010
Going, Going, Wrong
Competition and collusion among auction bidders
Jin Li and Charles Plott
July 1, 2010
Money and Mores in the Mortgage Meltdown
When “illegal” and “immoral” failed to coincide
Paul Hirsch and Mary-Hunter Morris
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