Which Americans experience the worst infrastructure? What are the costs of living with that infrastructure? We measure road roughness…
We document a sharp rise in gunshots coupled with declining 911 call volume across thirteen major US cities in the aftermath of the murder…
This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915's The Birth of a Nation,…
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The United States spends substantially more on health care than most developed countries, yet leaves a greater share of the population…
We examine a new dataset of public procurement laws, practice, and outcomes in 187 countries. We measure regulation as restrictions on the…
How do high-profile acts of police brutality affect public trust and cooperation with law enforcement? To investigate this question, we…
How do the different elements in the standard bundle of property rights, including those of possession and transfer, influence the shape of…
A central challenge in securing property rights is the subversion of justice. We present a model of a polluter whose discharges harm…
Nearly 1,000 officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This article documents the large, racially disparate effects…