For a United States citizen, the short trip to Havana requires navigating an obstacle course, owing to the trade and travel embargo that…
Politicians, particularly Republican candidates, among them Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, like to emphasize the importance of individual…
Economic research on climate change has been crucial in advancing our understanding of the consequences associated with global warming as…
With the selection of Paul Ryan as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, it is clear both political parties agree that the central…
The sulphur dioxide (SO2) allowance-trading programme established under Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) was the world’…
Even if the process of economic recovery proves protracted, the American economy will eventually recover, and cyclical issues will cease to…
In 1791 Alexander Hamilton submitted as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury a now-famous Report on the Subject of Manufactures. In it he…
The past thirty years have seen a dramatic decrease in the rate of income convergence across U.S. states.
This decline coincides with a…
In 2010 and 2011, Republicans and Democrats proposed mandating clean power generation in the electricity sector. To evaluate public support…
Multiple market-clearing prices arise from degenerate pricing conditions that can occur in electricity markets under economic dispatch. A…