Ending Global Poverty: Why Money Isn’t Enough
Historically, the quest to reduce poverty has relied on two levers: economic growth (the idea that “a rising tide lifts all boats”) and the intentional redistribution of resources to the poor, either
Research
Stock Price Rewards to Climate Saints and Sinners: Evidence from the Trump Election
Donald Trump’s election and his nomination of Scott Pruitt, a climate skeptic, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency drastically downshifted expectations on US climate-change policy.
Under Surface, Middle-Aged Women Push Anti-Trump Movement in US
It has been almost two years since Donald Trump’s surprising victory in the US Presidential election.
First Three Years of the Journey: How Boston, Chattanooga, Yonkers, and Pickens County Set Out to Enhance Early Childhood Development at Scale
This report tells how civic leaders from Boston, MA, Chattanooga, TN, Pickens County, GA, and Yonkers, NY, are pursuing an ambitious vision: to empower parents from all types of backgrounds, eventual
Company Stock Price Reactions to the 2016 Election Shock: Trump, Taxes, and Trade
Donald Trump's surprise election shifted expectations: corporate taxes would be lower and trade policies more restrictive. Relative stock prices responded appropriately.
Saying it’s Anonymous Doesn't Make It So: Re-identifications of “anonymized” law school data
Society trusts data privacy practitioners to make decisions about which fields of personal income, medical, or educational information can be shared publicly in accordance with laws and standards.
Multiperiod Matching
We examine a dynamic, two-sided, one-to-one matching market where agents on both sides interact over a period of time.
The Value of Regulatory Discretion: Estimates from Environmental Inspections in India
High pollution persists in many developing countries despite strict environmental rules. We use a field experiment and a structural model to study how plant emission standards are enforced.
The Decline, Rebound, and Further Rise in Snap Enrollment: Disentangling Business Cycle Fluctuations and Policy Changes
One in seven Americans received benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2011, an all-time high.
Ambiguous Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes: Structural Results and Applications
Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) have been widely used as invaluable tools in dynamic decision-making, which is a central concern for economic agents operating at both the micro and macro levels.
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