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Research
Can Public Reporting Cure Healthcare? The Role of Quality Transparency in Improving Patient-Provider Alignment
Increasing quality transparency is widely regarded as a strong mechanism for improving the alignment between patient choices and provider capabilities, and thus, is widely pursued by policymakers as a
The Design of Environmental Markets: What Have We Learned from Experience with Cap and Trade?
This article reviews the design of environmental markets for pollution control over the past 30 years, and identifies key market-design lessons for future applications.
Why Sociologists Matter in the Welfare Reform Debate
In the 1960s, public support for Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), a federal program that provided cash benefits to eligible poor families with children, began to erode (Teles 1996).
Evaluating Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparisons in Practice: A Case Study of Patients with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Differences in patient characteristics across trials may bias efficacy estimates from indirect treatment comparisons.
Why has Regional Income Convergence in the US Declined?
The past thirty years have seen a dramatic decline in the rate of income convergence across states and in population flows to high-income places.
US Energy Diplomacy in an Age of Energy Abundance
For decades, fears of energy scarcity drove American energy diplomacy.
If Many Seek, Ye Shall Find: Search Externalities and New Goods
Consumer search serves productive roles in an economy with multiple goods.
Consumers’ Response to State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Programs
Through an evaluation of the 2009 Recovery Act's State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program, this paper examines consumers' response to energy efficiency rebates.
Reagan's Tax Reforms Re-visited
The US has plenty of experience with irresponsible tax cuts. Yet its leaders seem not to have learned their lesson.
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