Climate change impacts threaten the stability of the US housing market. In response to
growing concerns that increasing costs of flooding are not fully captured in property values …

US cities have recently increased the share of their budgets devoted to policing and
decreased the share devoted to social services. However, a growing body of research …

Since 1982, all Alaskan residents have received a yearly cash dividend from the Alaska
Permanent Fund. Using the Current Population Survey and a synthetic control method, this …

Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is an established health hazard, and roadway
construction has the potential to affect TRAP by relieving congestion. The relationship …

Despite infrastructure's importance to the US economy, evidence on its cost trajectory over
time is sparse. We document real spending per new mile over the history of the Interstate …

In a tax—public goods reciprocity framework between citizens and the state, managers view
taxes as a payment to the government in exchange for public goods, and hence they adjust …

The Great Recession hit several US cities hard. Facing large revenue losses, these cities
undertook dramatic spending cuts and utilized rarely used restructuring tools. This led some …

Background Over the past decade, a number of American states have legalized marijuana
for recreational use. There are various state level factors that impact policy adoption. This …

The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to examine the causal relationship of maternal
education and infants' health outcomes. Using birth certificate data over the years 1970 …

We develop county-level measures of structural and institutional barriers to care, and test
associations between these barriers and birth outcomes for US-born Black and White …