In this paper I sketch key episodes in the two thousand year history of interactions between society and environment that have shaped the…
This essay analyzes the persistence of the death penalty in the United States--a topic that has long been the subject of debate among legal…
What is the socially optimal level of liquidity in a retirement savings system?
Liquid retirement savings are desirable because liquidity…
Germans cannot agree to unlimited bailouts of euro members. On the other hand, if they had insisted on the founding principles (fiscal…
The mad cow disease crisis in the United Kingdom (U.K.) was a major policy disaster. The government and public health officials failed to…
This paper studies the relationship between sovereign spreads and the interaction between debt composition and debt levels in advanced and…
This note attempts a concise yet comprehensive overview of the crisis still facing the eurozone, in the areas of competitiveness, fiscal…
We investigate the impact of the diffusion of high-speed Internet on different forms of political participation, using data from Italy. We…
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Do retirement savings policies - such as tax subsidies or employer-provided pension plans - increase total saving for retirement or simply…
Why do countries find it so hard to get their budget deficits under control? Systematic patterns in the errors that official budget…