This paper investigates the economic and social consequences of sovereign default on external debt. We focus on the crises’ impact on real…
We study newsworthiness in theory and practice. We focus on situations in which a news outlet observes the realization of a state of the…
The Massachusetts Firearms Records Bureau recently published administrative data covering the universe of legal firearm transactions in the…
My own preference is for incremental health reform rather than the teardown they advocate. This is partly based on answering a different…
I was gratified to see Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein write, “if Furman and others like him are enthusiastic about trying to build…
To head off the risk of catastrophic semiconductor supply disruptions that could bring its economy to a halt, the United States needs a…
Deterrence is a generic situation where a “Retaliator” (Player R) threatens to bash an “Underminer” (Player U) should he take a stealth…
From 2015 to 2023, the United States transformed from a net importer of natural gas to the world's largest liquified natural gas (LNG)…
This paper analyzes an economic-epidemiological model of infectious disease where it is possible to become infected more than once and…
For the last two centuries, great powers have fiercely competed to set the technical standards for leading technologies. By imposing their…