For a United States citizen, the short trip to Havana requires navigating an obstacle course, owing to the trade and travel embargo that…
Much of what we know about the marginal effect of pollution on infant mortality is derived from
developed country data. However, given the…
Book abstract: In the years following the global financial crisis, many low-income countries experienced rapid recovery and strong economic…
Politicians, particularly Republican candidates, among them Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, like to emphasize the importance of individual…
This paper examines whether social interactions and cultural practices affect political views
and behavior in society. We investigate the…
Book abstract: When the 2008 housing market bubble burst in the United States, a financial crisis rippled from the epi-center in the United…
We show that isolated capital cities are robustly associated with greater levels of corruption across US states. In particular, this is the…