The Efficiency-Equity Trade-off in a Federal System: Local Financing of Schools and Student Achievement
Federalism theorists debate the desirability of funding local services from local revenues or inter-governmental grants.
Research
Irrigation and Climate Change: Long-run Adaptation and its Externalities
As the largest user of global water, irrigated agriculture accounts for 20% of global cropland and 40% of food production.
A Growth Perspective on Wyoming
This report sets out to understand if the economy of the State of Wyoming is positioned to grow into the future. To do this, the report begins by investigating the past.
The Crusade to Ban ESG Makes No Sense
Efforts to prohibit financial institutions from considering environmental, social, and governance criteria reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of free-market capitalism on the part of its self-proc
Yet it Endures: The Persistence of Original Sin
Notwithstanding announcements of progress, “international original sin” (the denomination of external debt in foreign currency) remains a persistent phenomenon in emerging markets.
Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education
We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with multiple public and private schools and clearly defined catchment b
Seeing the Forest for More Than the Trees: A Policy Strategy to Curb Deforestation and Advance Shared Prosperity in the Colombian Amazon
Does economic prosperity in the Colombian Amazon require sacrificing the forest?
Electronic Food Vouchers: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia
We compare how in-kind food assistance and an electronic voucher-based program affect the delivery of aid in practice.
Trading Places: Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock
Previous research finds that the greater geographic mobility of foreign than native-born workers following economic shocks helps to facilitate local labor market adjustment to shifting regional econom
Can Inclusionary Zoning Be an Effective Housing Policy in Greater Boston? Evidence from Lynn and Revere
Housing costs across the nation and in Greater Boston are rising, and many policymakers have turned to Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) in an attempt to dampen these effects on their lowest-income residents.
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