Policy & the Economy
January 1, 2012
Hangover after the Tax Holiday
Little foreign income repatriated due to American Jobs Creation Act of 2004
Thomas J. Brennan
December 1, 2011
Paying a Premium on Your Premium
Effects of consolidation in the health insurance industry
Leemore S. Dafny, Mark Duggan and Subramaniam Ramanarayanan
October 1, 2011
Patently Unfair
Large firms use amicus briefs in patent cases to their advantage
David Orozco and James G. Conley
August 1, 2011
Adding Friction to the Market
In employment, making hiring and firing easier is not always the way to go
Niko Matouschek, Paolo Ramezzana and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud
August 1, 2011
The Financial Reporting Fast Lane
Unexpected reactions to real-time reporting
Ronald A. Dye
July 5, 2011
Today’s Rising One-percenters
The growing gap between the very rich and everyone
Steven Kaplan and Joshua Rauh
July 5, 2011
An Unhealthy Market for Competition
Health insurance companies in the U.S., not consumers, control the market
Leemore S. Dafny
June 1, 2011
Developing Stock Exchanges In Developing Countries
The impetus for a new stock exchange can determine its fate
Klaus Weber, Gerald F. Davis and Michael Lounsbury
June 1, 2011
Abundant Resources, Yet Little Freedom
Why dictators of resource-rich countries muzzle the press
Georgy Egorov, Sergei Guriev and Konstantin Sonin
May 1, 2011
Driving Biofuel Adoption
Brazil’s consumers offer a peek at attitudes towards alt-fuels
Alberto Salvo and Cristian Huse
April 6, 2011
Ballooning Budgets
Why federal budgets grow, but rarely shrink
Daniel Diermeier and Pohan Fong
April 1, 2011
Debt Markets During the Crisis
Failure to see the big picture led to a breakdown
Arvind Krishnamurthy
April 1, 2011
A Potentially Fatal Illness, An Unpredictable Vaccine
Yearly flu vaccine notable for uncertainty in both supply and demand
Kenan Arifoğlu, Sarang Deo and Seyed Iravani
February 2, 2011
Do Anti-drinking Ads Work?
Guilt-inducing public service announcements can backfire
Nidhi Agrawal and Adam Duhachek
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
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