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discusses the impact of technological innovation and information
technology on power and influence as of early 2014. It…
Risk Regulation Lesson from Mad Cows analyses and compares the policy responses in the U.K. and U.S. to the mad cow disease crisis. The…
In this paper, we collect data on the inner-workings of 39 charter schools and correlate these data with school effectiveness. We find that…
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is among the cornerstone policies created to increase U.S. energy independence by using biofuels.…
Suppressed prices in real-time markets provide inadequate incentives for both generation investment and active participation by demand…
Can protests cause political change, or are they merely symptoms of underlying shifts in policy preferences? We address this question by…
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This study documents an increase in the prevalence of extreme poverty among US households with children between 1996 and 2011 and assesses…
This paper sheds light on the links between media and political polarization by looking at the introduction of broadcast TV in the US. We…