The fast and often chaotic urbanization of the developing world generates both economic opportunity and challenges, like contagious disease…
June 25, 2020, Opinion, "While many of us may hope the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us — in spite of the recent surge in new…
Discusses fiscal challenges facing local governments due to Covid19.
Nearly a thousand officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This paper documents the large, racially-disparate…
The Covid-19 public health crisis has sharply reduced the earnings of millions of U.S. households, following the severe curtailment of…
The COVID-19 pandemic led to dramatic economic disruptions, including government-imposed restrictions that required millions of American…
We examine a new data set of laws and practices governing public procurement, as well as procurement outcomes, in 187 countries. We measure…