Men’s professional football is the biggest sport in the world, producing (by our estimate) US $33 billion a year. All is not well in the…
Should China build mega-cities or a network of linked middle-sized
metropolises? Can Europe’s mid-sized cities compete with global…
In this report Andrews takes a specific look at whether Sweden has
contributed to increased realism in poor country reform of ’public…
Benefits for older Americans — especially through Social Security and Medicare — account for the largest part of federal spending today and…
What is the socially optimal level of liquidity in a retirement savings system?
Liquid retirement savings are desirable because liquidity…
Nonprofit charities and foundations hold endowments and many other kinds of investments. How do these investments perform? Some high-…
We continue our examination of the investment performance of nonprofit charities and foundations. This analysis tests hypotheses about what…
America’s dysfunctional budget process has been mired in federal shutdowns and debt ceiling brinksmanship for the past several years. No…
This paper analyzes the massive merger wave that has led to substantially increased concentration of banking activity in the United States…