For three decades, advocates for climate change policy have simultaneously emphasized the urgency of taking ambitious actions to mitigate…
This paper describes a weekly economic index (WEI) developed to track the rapid economic developments associated with the response to the…
In normal times, real activity moves sluggishly so familiar monthly and quarterly macroeconomic data provide information on a time scale…
Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) represents a class of technologies that directly capture carbon dioxide, either…
This article analyzes the trajectory and causes of the explosion of American corporate CEOs’ compensation relative to that of average…
This note lays out the basic Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) epidemiological model of contagion, with a target audience of economists…
China’s growing role in international finance has remained obscure, mostly due to a lack of data and transparency. The authors’ research,…
Since 1970, transportation, power generation, and manufacturing have dramatically transformed as air pollutant emissions have fallen…
In my testimony today I will make four points:
1. Corporate tax collections are very low both in historical perspective and compared with…
In 2008, the world’s financial system stood on the brink of disaster. The United States faced an unprecedented crisis when the investment…