In a previous essay – following the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (…
It is de rigueur these political days to claim that anything Massachusetts does is bad for the nation as a whole. Health care aside, a new…
Medicare continues to implement payment reforms that shift reimbursement from fee-for-service towards
episode-based payment, affecting…
We examine a new intervention to overcome gender biases in hiring, promotion, and job assignments: an “evaluation nudge,” in which people…
We consider an unregulated incumbent who owns a broadband infrastructure and decides on how much access to provide to a potential entrant.…
With November's election in the United States fast approaching, the Republican candidates seeking to challenge President Barack Obama claim…
Gasoline taxes can be employed to correct externalities associated with automobile use, to reduce dependency on foreign oil, and to raise…
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Whoever wins this year’s US election, the combined effect of three events – the expiry of former president George W. Bush’s tax cuts, a…