We develop new quasi-experimental tools to measure racial discrimination, due to either racial bias or statistical discrimination, in the…
One of the core tasks of a well-functioning state is providing fair and adequate criminal justice. Recent events have raised concerns that…
Countercyclical fiscal policy generally focuses on national economic downturns. But US states experience significantly different patterns…
While a firm knows the carbon price with certainty under a tax, it must form an expectation about future allowance prices to identify its…
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The coronavirus outbreak has had a massive impact on public health and the economy. In the United States, the 25 million workers employed…
Tipping Point Community partnered with sociologists and political scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Othering…
County governments are a crucial component of the fabric of American democracy. Yet there has been almost no previous research on the…
The “3.5% rule” refers to the claim that no government has withstood a challenge of 3.5% of their population mobilized against it during a…