Comment: Education and the Prevalence of Pain
Book Abstract: Ten papers, originally presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona, in May 2005, examine emerging issues in the economics of aging.
Research
The Natural Resource Curse: A Survey
It is striking how often countries with oil or other natural resource wealth have failed to grow more rapidly than those without. This is the phenomenon known as the Natural Resource Curse.
Geographic Correlation Between Large-Firm Commercial Spending and Medicare Spending
The positive correlation in utilization and lack of correlation in spending implies an inverse correlation in prices.
Open Government, Open Society
Book Abstract: Politicians, professors, pundits, and programmers come together to provide a multi-faceted and nonpartisan account of the history and future of government as it becomes more transparent
Comment: Aging and Death under a Dollar a Day
Book Abstract: Ten papers, originally presented at a conference held in Carefree, Arizona, in May 2005, examine emerging issues in the economics of aging.
Estimation of De Facto Flexibility Parameter and Basket Weights in Evolving Exchange Rate Regimes
A new technique for estimating countries’ de facto exchange rate regimes synthesizes two approaches.
Off-grid Energy Services for the Poor: Introducing LED Lighting in the Millennium Villages Project in Malawi
Lanterns that use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) powered by batteries, which are in turn charged by grid electricity or small solar panels, have emerged as a cost-competitive alternative to kerosene and
Did the Death of Distance Hurt Detroit and Help New York?
Introduction to 'The Economics of Agglomeration'
Emotion
Book Abstract: The classic Handbook of Social Psychology has been the standard professional reference for the field of social psychology for many years.
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