This research uses a synthetic control method to compare patient outcomes in New Jersey to a control group of states meant to mimic what have happened in New Jersey if the nurse-staffing rule had not been enacted.
This Research in Focus summarizes the data and existing research on student debt and possible policy reforms.
This Research in Focus examines how income tax policy shapes incentives for innovation and entrepreneurship in the United States.
This research suggests that marijuana and alcohol are substitutes.
This comment evaluates the likely effects of proposed rule changes on competition in the electricity industry.
This research analyzes data to examine the effect of hydraulic fracturing on local water availability and the tendencies of producers when reporting details on their water use.
This paper examines the relationship between city finances, migration, and default, using both theoretical models and empirical analysis.
This paper discusses key trends in housing affordability and analyzes the effects of policy interventions designed to increase homeownership and make housing more affordable.
This policy paper examines ongoing changes in the cost of attending college, the returns on investing in education, and debt financing of college over the past few decades.
This paper examines the causes of inertia in health insurance by examining Covered California, the largest U.S. health insurance Marketplace.
This study examines the effect of separating fisheries into Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURF).
This paper summarizes key findings from this literature and provides suggestions for how to increase resiliency in U.S. housing markets.
This research suggests that past reforms have been effective at limiting executive power to designate large national monuments in western states without…
This study finds that there is an initial twenty-two percent reduction in the number of criminal cases filed in areas affected by the fracking boom.
This study examines the relationship between increases in immigration and the stock prices of firms most likely to be affected by immigration.
This paper explores the academic literature on occupational licensing to understand whether licensing laws are contributing to this shortage.
This research explores how to address cybersecurity issues without stifling innovation in the growing network of interconnected devices.
This research examines how differences in immigration enforcement, at the city-level, determine the effects of enforcement on naturalization rates.
This research examines how immigrants, in particular, are impacted by occupational licensing rules in the US.
This research suggests that if state policymakers were to reduce the cost of obtaining a license in their state, they may be able to attract new businesses and improve overall employment opportunities for residents.
This policy paper examines the role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in regulating emerging nutrition technologies.
This policy paper reviews the relevant literature on the extent of executive discretion under the Antiquities Act.
This research investigates where immigrants to the US choose to live and their impact on economic activity in cities across the US.
The EPA seeks comment on changes to rules governing sales of E15, a gasoline blend with up to 15% ethanol.
This Research in Focus explains why highway expansion has, at best, only a limited impact on congestion.
This research from Carlos Garriga and Aaron Hedlund reviews the latest research regarding the causes, consequences, and policy implications of housing crises.
This research examines the effect of down payment requirements on rates of homeownership in the US.
This research provides useful insight into how U.S. companies are responding to a growing body of climate research and public pressures related to climate change.
This analysis highlights the competitive benefits and costs that result from choices in constitutional governance, with a view to the intended functions of a given blockchain.
This research examines the costs of expanding highway capacity as well and how the unintended consequences of doing so may actually increase demand.