Trading Networks and Equilibrium Intermediation
We study an economy where intermediaries facilitate exchange between a supplier and consumers.
Research
Making America's Trade Deficits Great Again
US President Donald Trump and congressional Republican allies have succeeded in passing their big tax legislation.
Enrollee Outcomes After Health Insurance Plan Terminations: A Diagnosis of Default Effects
Behavioural economic research has established that defaults, one form of nudge, powerfully influence choices. In most policy contexts, all individuals receive the same nudge.
Does Trade Fuel Inequality?
Inequality has become a major political preoccupation in the advanced economies – and for good reason.
Tailoring Meridional and Seasonal Radiative Forcing by Sulfate Aerosol Solar Geoengineering
We study the possibility of designing solar radiation management schemes to achieve a desired meridional radiative forcing (RF) profile using a two-dimensional chemistry-transport-aerosol model.
High-Priced Drugs in Medicare Part D: Diagnosis and Potential Prescription
Drug pricing in the U.S. is a persistently vexing policy problem.
Paths of Recruitment: Rational Social Prospecting in Petition Canvassing
Petition canvassers are political recruiters.
On Asymmetric Reserve Prices
We investigate equilibrium bidding in first-price auctions with asymmetric reserve prices.
Contentious Politics in the Trump Era
How ought we understand the Trump era? How can we make sense of the White House’s actions?
The Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics: Institutionalizing Analytical Excellence
Using a series of case studies, Smarter New York City describes the drivers and constraints behind urban innovation, including leadership and organization; networks and interagency collaboration; inst
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