Fiscal Policy

Status Quo Bias and the Overall Size of Government

Understanding the Impact of State Taxes on Interstate Migration

Using Border Counties to Understand the Impact of State EITCs

Estimating the Impact of Term Limits on Rainy Day Fund Balances

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Monetary Policy

Should the Fed Target the Inflation Rate or the Price Level?

Using QE vs Inflation Schedules for Each Country in Europe

Using Representative Polling to Test Ricardian Equivalence

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Foreign Policy

Using Border Countries to Understand the Impact of Islam on Democracy

Four Frameworks for Achieving World Peace

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E-12 Education

Calculating the Optimal Tenure Rejection Rate in K-12 Education

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Higher Education

Does Raising the Sticker Price Make a College More Attractive

State Merit Aid and Expanding the Supply of Four Year Colleges

Examining Grade Cutoffs in State Merit Aid Programs

Profiling Colleges and States that Improved Their Graduation Rates

Calculating the Distribution of Spending on Higher Education

Using Commitment Devices to Increase Retention at Community College

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Game Theory

Experimenting with the All Pay First Price Auction

Colonel Blotto Game with Policy Preferences

Colonel Blotto Game with Asymmetric Values

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Behavioral Economics

Understanding How People Choose Their Preferences

Analyzing the Impact of Happiness Volatility

Psychological Biases and Optimal Search

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Public Health / Border Country

Replicating a RCT Linking HFCS and Obesity

Cigarette Taxes and Interstate Smuggling

Understanding Impact of Economic Policies on Public Health

Using Border Countries to Analyze the Impact of World Religions

Using Border Countries to Estimate the Effect of Democracy on Convergence

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