Modern cities face many new challenges as a result of the ‘digital age’, in particular the uncertain promise of high urban benefits from…
To move forward on any of the challenges confronting Boston, we have to think about how we are — physically — getting there. Climate change…
How do high-profile acts of police brutality affect public trust and cooperation with law enforcement? To investigate this question, we…
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During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, states issued and then rescinded stay-at-home orders that restricted mobility. 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…
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The slow rollout of vaccines against SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes Covid-19 disease, and the emergence of viral variants that threaten…
Nearly 1,000 officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This article documents the large, racially disparate effects…
Can information close socioeconomic gaps in parents’ postsecondary aspirations for their children? We administer a survey experiment to a…