Innovation, Income Inequality, and Social Mobility. Philippe Aghion, July 28, 2015. Paper. "In recent decades, there has been an…
What limits should be placed on the public power to take private property? Ten years ago, when the Supreme Court heard the case of Kelo v.…
Fighting Corruption Won’t End Poverty. Ricardo Hausmann, July 24, 2015, Opinion, "Countries are poor because governments are corrupt. And,…
During recent years, U.S. states have often diverged by adopting either more lenient or stricter electoral procedures. What have been the…
What has driven the worldwide adoption and subsequent revision of gender quota policies? This study argues that this phenomenon can be best…
A Model of Mortgage Default. John Y. Campbell, July 23, 2015, Paper. "In this paper, we solve a dynamic model of households' mortgage…
The Behavioural Economics of Voluntary Disclosure. Michael Luca, July 22, 2015, Paper. "Theories of voluntary disclosure suggest that even…
Targeting, Discretionary Funding, and the Provision of Local Public Goods: Evidence from Kenya. Michael Kremer, Ryan Sheely, July 22,…
Housing, Poverty, and the Law. Matthew Desmond, July 22, 2015, Paper. "Throughout much of the late twentieth century, social scientists and…
Liquidity Transformation in Asset Management: Evidence from the Cash Holdings of Mutual Funds. Adi Sunderam, July 21, 2015, Paper…