Republicans will face a critical test of their unity when a spending bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown and keep federal…
The House of Representatives narrowly passed a budget resolution last month that included a framework for trillions of dollars of tax cuts…
Trying to reduce federal budget deficits by increasing the efficiency of federal operations is an appealing idea. However, greater…
We report estimates from the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) that exempting employment-based green cards from statutory limits for…
This paper introduces the concept of “climate matching” as a driver of migration and establishes several new results. First, we show that…
n 2020 the EPA narrowed the definition of 'Waters of the United States', significantly limiting wetland protection under the Clean Water…
On 20 January 2021, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. On that day, he faced an…
There is widespread agreement among most economists that economy-wide carbon pricing will be a necessary (although not necessarily…
We argue the revenue potential from increasing tax rates on capital gains may be substantially greater than previously understood. First,…
Agricultural land use has recently peaked, both globally and across country income groups, after centuries of expansion and intensification…