Background: Employers are increasingly offering high-deductible health insurance plans with associated health savings accounts (HSAs), but…
The United States is in the throes of the most
serious recession in post-war history. Despite
improving employment numbers, the official…
The risk of medical malpractice varies substantially according to physician specialty. Despite evidence regarding the frequency with which…
In 2010 and 2011, Republicans and Democrats proposed mandating clean power generation in the electricity sector. To evaluate public support…
There is growing concern over the rising share of the US economy
devoted to health care spending. Fueled in part by demographic transitions…
Multiple market-clearing prices arise from degenerate pricing conditions that can occur in electricity markets under economic dispatch. A…
The essay discusses the negative effects of the politicization of
religion in the U.S. The authors note that modern U.S. partisan…
Developing long-term carbon control strategies is important in energy intensive industries such as the oil sands operations in Alberta. We…
This study assesses the relationship between political partisanship and attitudes and behavior with respect to the H1N1 virus (swine flu)…
The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill posed near-term economic risks to the Gulf of Mexico region and raised questions about appropriate…