By Charles Weber. Harvard University. --- Are immigrants in the United States more likely to be enrolled in welfare programs than natives and how has this comparative usage changed over time? To address this question...
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Research on Underage Cigarette Consumption
By Angie Qin and An Hu. New York University. --- Over decades, we witness a significant increase in amount of research on cigarette consumption. Among these researches...
Examining Social Costs of Electricity Generation in the United States
By Sam Kurland. Stanford University. --- This paper briefly reviews existing literature on social cost estimates for electricity generation in the United States...
Oil Development in the Amazon
By Abhishek Garg. Stanford University. --- The Amazon rainforest is one of the most bio- diverse but also one of the most oil rich places in the world. These two characteristics make policy decisions regarding the forest a dilemma between...
A Chat With Professor John Taylor
By Libby Scholz. Stanford University. --- In an interview with Stanford Professor John Taylor, we discussed both the new Economics One course at Stanford and Dr. Janet Yellen’s appointment to the Federal Reserve. This article summarizes the interview and provides additional commentary.
Creating the McUniverse: McDonald’s Source of Power in Foreign Markets
By Sarah Scharf. Stanford University. --- This paper explores McDonald’s transformation from a small town burger joint to the poster child for globalization and economic development abroad. To gain its position as one of the few truly global companies, McDonald’s has exploited...
The Decline of Localized Education in the United States: A New Age of Bureaucratization
By Ryan Chen. Stanford University. --- This paper examines the bureaucratization of the American public education system, with particular focus on elementary and secondary education from 1945-2000.
The Entertainment Conundrum: How video content providers and highly demanded products can compete in the future
By Nathan Mass. Stanford University. --- The entertainment industry and its predominant content providers have found themselves in an unusual predicament.
COIN and Cash: The Use of Economic Aid in Conflict
By Rajiv Suresh. Stanford University. --- The shift away from conventional to small-scale warfare has led to a search for effective solutions to such conflicts. One of the more popular tactics that has become relevant in the past century is the “hearts and minds” approach...