With the selection of Paul Ryan as the Republican vice presidential candidate, it is clear that the central issue in the presidential…
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Are we are on a collision course to war with Iran? With negotiations flagging, sanctions inconclusive, and an intransigent Iran speeding…
Parisians are used to a certain amount of inertia in August, when the locals vacate and leave their city to the tourists. There are no…
The world food outlook for 2013 looks grim as a result of the worst drought in the United States in 50 years. The prospects of a repeat of…
The sulphur dioxide (SO2) allowance-trading programme established under Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) was the world’…
Public-opinion polls in the United States indicate a close presidential election in November. While President Barack Obama outpolls…
See RWP13-005 for an updated version of this paper: We use a Massachusetts merit aid program to provide the first clear causal evidence on…
Recent proposals to address housing market troubles through principal modification raise
the possibility that such policies could increase…