An Economist’s Guide to Epidemiology Models of Infectious Disease
We describe the structure and use of epidemiology models of disease transmission, with an emphasis on the susceptible/infected/recovered (SIR) model.
Research
The Future of Carbon Offset Markets
Corporations, organizations, and even governments are purchasing offsets to reduce their carbon footprint.
Sustainability Science: Toward a Synthesis
This review synthesizes diverse approaches that researchers have brought to bear on the challenge of sustainable development.
Knowledge Diffusion in the Network of International Business Travel
We use aggregated and anonymized information based on international expenditures through corporate payment cards to map the network of global business travel.
Covid-19 and the Climate Crisis are Part of the Same Battle
To survive the challenges we must reinforce respect for science and nature, sensible public policy, and the interconnected world.
Success Factors in Tax Digitalization
In the face of the trifecta of fiscal adversity currently facing governments as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this report brings good news.
Upping the Ante: The Equilibrium Effects of Unconditional Grants to Private Schools
We assess whether financing can help private schools, which now account for one-third of primary school enrollment in low- and middle-income countries.
Lynching and Local Justice: Legitimacy and Accountability in Weak States
What are the social and political consequences of poor state governance and low state legitimacy?
COVID-19, Cities and Urban Informal Workers: India in Comparative Perspective
Informal workers represent 61% of all workers globally—a total of 2 billion workers worldwide (ILO 2018).
Decolonizing African Studies
In this introduction to the special issue on decolonizing African Studies, we discuss some of the epicolonial dynamics that characterize much of higher education and knowledge production in, of, with,
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