Mortality Tradeoff Between Air Quality and Skin Cancer from Changes in Stratospheric Ozone
Skin cancer mortality resulting from stratospheric ozone depletion has been widely studied.
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The Science of Fake News
The rise of fake news highlights the erosion of long-standing institutional bulwarks against misinformation in the internet age. Concern over the problem is global.
Macroeconomic Effects of the 2017 Tax Reform
This paper uses a cost of capital framework to analyze the long-run steady state and transition path for GDP as a result of the 2017 tax law.
Saving the Heartland: Place-Based Policies in 21st Century America
America’s regional disparities are large and regional convergence has declined if not disappeared. This wildly uneven economic landscape calls for a new look at spatially targeted policies.
Estimating the Impact of Women’s Education on Fertility, Child Mortality, and Empowerment When Schooling Ain’t Learning
We use literacy data available in the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for 129 survey rounds, across 54 countries, to estimate the impact of female basic education–which we define as completing si
Investment versus Output Subsidies: Implications of Alternative Incentives for Wind Energy
This paper examines the choice between subsidizing investment or output to promote socially desirable production.
Corruption and Coercion: The Year in Elections 2017
To assess global trends, the Perceptions of Electoral Integrity expert survey monitors elections worldwide and regionally, across all stages of the electoral cycle. This 2018 report describes the lat
Linking Climate Policies to Advance Global Mitigation
The article discusses the impact of climate change mitigation policy devised by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Beyond Elections: Foreign Interference with American Democracy
When President George Washington gave his Farewell Address in 1796, he urged the American people “to be constantly awake” to the risk of “foreign influence,” which he called “one of the most baneful f
A Primer on Transmission Benefits and Cost Allocation
The cost of transmission facilities must be allocated to those within the transmission planning region that benefit from those facilities in a manner that is at least roughly commensurate with estimat
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