Tax competition (by states) and tax evasion (by individuals or companies) unfold at a dramatic scale. An obvious adverse effect is that…
Governments across the world regularly pursue reforms that achieve less than was originally expected or is needed to make the state…
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In rich and poor countries alike, a core challenge is building the state’s capability for policy implementation. Delivering high-quality…
Artificial intelligence generates challenges for human rights. Inviolability of human life is the central idea behind human rights, an…
We provide the first evidence that cumulative heat exposure inhibits cognitive skill development and that school air conditioning can…
Decades of programmatic experimentation by development NGOs combined with the latest empirical techniques for estimating program impact…
This paper examines the choice between subsidizing investment or output to promote socially desirable production. We exploit a natural…
The international community has historically maintained hope that advances in science and technology offer humanity a wide range of options…
In this paper, we focus on recorded music gifts during the holiday season and estimate the reduction in deadweight loss due to the…
The promised operational benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) are predicated on the notion that better decisions will be enabled…