Policy & the Economy
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
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
Money and Mores in the Mortgage Meltdown
When “illegal” and “immoral” failed to coincide
Paul Hirsch and Mary-Hunter Morris
June 1, 2010
Minimum Wage Matters
Increasing the minimum wage may not help low-wage workers
Ohad Kadan and Jeroen Swinkels
May 1, 2010
Rating the Raters of Corporate Governance
Independent examination reveals inconsistencies
Robert M. Daines, Ian Gow and David F. Larcker
May 1, 2010
Voters Love Winners (And So Do Endorsers)
How endorsers can gain the upper hand
Mehmet Ekmekci
April 5, 2010
Why Did They Stay?
Perspectives on Katrina survivors’ “choice” to stand their ground or evacuate
Nicole Stephens, MarYam Hamedani, Hazel Rose Markus, Hilary Bergsieker and Liyam Eloul
March 1, 2010
And the Poor Get Poorer
The economics of higher global temperatures.
Melissa Dell, Benjamin F. Jones and Benjamin A. Olken
March 1, 2010
Pensions in Peril
The funding status of state-sponsored pension plans
Robert Novy-Marx and Joshua Rauh
March 1, 2010
Timing Is Everything
The duration of climate agreements influences their success
Bård Harstad
February 1, 2010
Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?
Restricting restaurant meals may not trim Americans’ expanding waistlines
Michael Anderson and David A. Matsa
December 1, 2009
Fetal Influence on Familiar Ailments
The effect of in-utero conditions on long term health
Craig Garthwaite
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