In expanding its program that lets residents vote on public spending, New York City is enlivening democracy and engaging the electorate.
This month marks the tenth full year of the US economic recovery that began in June 2009. Back then, a “trough” in business activity…
Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in discriminatory…
Electricity market manipulation enforcement actions have moved from conventional analysis of generator market power in real-time physical…
Whereas winners tend to outnumber losers when trade is liberalized, raising tariffs normally has the opposite result. US President Donald…
An innovative apprenticeship program is working to bring some of Los Angeles' neediest residents into the city's workforce.
We present the most comprehensive set of estimates to date for status First Nations mortality in Canada. We use administrative data from…
The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first aim of the paper is to organize historical growth accounts in a new way that highlights the…
How do we know whether judges of different backgrounds are biased? We review the substantial political science literature on judicial…
Many companies are protecting themselves against “climate risk”—the damage they might suffer from heat waves, flooding, and other effects…