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Taxation
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Policy Responses to Tax Competition
Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 38
Investment Effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, volume 3
Measuring the Informal Economy, with a Literary Twist
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Unemployment and Immigration
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Wage Insurance for Displaced Workers
Labor Market Returns from International Migration
Earnings Inequality and Immobility for Hispanics and Asians: An Examination of Variation across Subgroups
Public Investment Spurred Regional Economies: Evidence from WWII
Immigration Policy and Entrepreneurs’ Choice of Startup Location
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Energy
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LNG Exports and US Fossil Fuel Use
Gas-for-Coal Substitution in US Electricity Generation
Climate Policy Reform Options in 2025
Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, volume 5
Shifting Electric Vehicle Owners to Off-Peak Charging
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Entrepreneurship
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The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges
Gaining Steam: Incumbent Lock-In and Entrant Leapfrogging
Explaining Geographic Disparities in the Commercialization of Academic Research
The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Health Care Challenges
Entrepreneurship Working Group, Fall 2023
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Trade
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US Import Price Inflation during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Jones Act and Energy Prices
Economics, Politics, and the Evolution of Global Supply Chains
Risks in Agricultural Supply Chains
Challenges of Globalization in the Measurement of National Accounts
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