The next crisis will challenge European sovereign debts. That crisis may be bigger than even the ECB can handle without chaotic defaults, financial meltdown, or sharp inflation.

To help address the rising costs of health care, we conduct a field experiment that aims to reduce the cost of supplies used in surgical procedures. Specifically, we develop an algorithm to identify ...

Craig Garthwaite, John Graves, Tal Gross, Zeynal Karaca, Victoria Marone, and Matthew J. Notowidigdo study the effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion on hospital services, with a focus ...

Corporate Earnings Data Could Improve State Budgeting Tax projections that include this information appear to be more accurate than current models. By Neil Weinberg June 09, 2025 CBR - Fiscal Policy ...

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We evaluate whether and how branded TV product placement affects sales for cigarette brands. We use data on product placement from TV shows and data on retail sales of cigarettes to estimate a demand ...

Consumer demand is a driving force of economic growth, accounting for about two-thirds of the US economy. So when policymakers want to determine how a particular fiscal or monetary policy will land, ...

Companies are figuring out what individual customers will pay—and charging accordingly.

New methods of measuring racism and sexism find a larger, systemic impact.

The proportion of the global population living on less than $1.90 per person per day has fallen—from 18 percent in 2008 to 11 percent in 2013, according to the World Bank. In the United States, ...

For-profit colleges enroll 10 percent of US students but account for 50 percent of student-loan defaults. And low-income students are hit the hardest.

Globalization has changed. The globalization we knew and understood for most of the 20th century resembled more the globalization that emerged from the Industrial Revolution than it did the ...