Federal Reserve announcements about “tapering,” or reducing the level of quantitative easing, had significant negative impacts on financial asset prices in otherwise robust emerging market economies. More »
The authors of a new study look at the excess of single men due to the marriage market and gender imbalance in China as a cause of an increase in crime. More »
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers compare the 50-year net savings for white and “green” (vegetated) roofs, which are displacing conventional black roofs in the US building sector. More »
A series of studies demonstrates why people use trends in local weather and temperature, rather than statistically relevant global climate patterns, to construct their beliefs about climate change. More »
Parental attitudes toward domestic violence and corporal punishment directly inform whether children are at risk for physical or psychological violence. More »
Thanks to limited competition, additional Medicaid Advantage payments are captured by insurers and other third parties instead of being passed along to beneficiaries. More »
How do high school students cope with high expectations? A look at academic stress levels in China. More »
Researchers explore the role of prejudice in race-based rental discrimination. More »
New research finds that race and ethnicity are important mechanisms through which neighborhood segregation affects self-rated health. More »
New research finds that transmission costs must be at least $600/MW-km and energy storage must cost at most $100/kW h in order for wind energy storage to be economical. More »
Foreign companies that cross-list on US stock exchanges can make substantial financial gains from adopting US corporate governance practices yet firms overwhelmingly choose to opt out, suggesting substantial private opportunity costs from stricter regulations. More »
This classic study of fast food restaurants challenged economic orthodoxy on the minimum wage. More »