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Fiscal Policy

Do Unequal Places Cost More To Live in?

Yumin Hu, Luca Macedoni and Mingzhi Xu
In recent research, Yumin Hu, Luca Macedoni, and Mingzhi Xu explore how high income inequality can raise the costs of living. They compare grocery products around the U.S., finding that large retailers will increase the prices for their goods in places where income inequality is also high.
Big Tech

Open Source Is Having a Moment in AI Regulation. Here Is What the Data Says

Jérémie Haese and Christian Peukert
Jérémie Haese and Christian Peukert present new empirical findings on core open source technologies for the web and AI. Open source holds promise for making AI systems more transparent and secure, but it risks masking continued centralized control under the guise of openness.
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

How ESG Pay Metrics Change CEO Incentives

Vikas Agarwal, Juan-Pedro Gómez, Kasra Hosseini and Manish Jha
In new research, Vikas Agarwal, Juan-Pedro Gómez, Kasra Hosseini, and Manish Jha explore how companies reward executives for meeting sustainability targets. They evaluate how ESG metrics to determine executive pay create tradeoffs with traditional financial incentives, and what that means for the future of ESG goals.
Money in Politics

How Political Alignment Between Cities and Governors Shapes Municipal Borrowing Costs

Ramona Dagostino and Anya Nakhmurina
In new research, Ramona Dagostino and Anya Nakhmurina discuss how political misalignment between state governors and city leadership can affect how cities access financing, particularly in municipal bond pricing and crisis prevention investment.
Antitrust and Competition

Canceling the Antitrust Show? Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s Latest Attempt To Keep Its Monopoly

Diana L. Moss
Live Nation-Ticketmaster has filed a motion for summary judgment to persuade the judge presiding over the antitrust lawsuit against the company that the government has not turned up enough evidence of wrongdoing or harm to consumers. Diana L. Moss refutes the motion’s main arguments and defends the government’s lawsuit.
Culture & Society

Higher Education Is Becoming More Politically Polarized

Riley Acton, Emily Cook and Paola Ugalde
In new research, Riley Acton, Emily Cook, and Paola Ugalde find that college campuses in the United States have become increasingly polarized over the last few decades, and both liberals and conservatives are willing to pay much more to attend colleges with likeminded peers.

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