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Monitoring Corruptible Politicians

By Gustavo J. Bobonis, Luis R. Cámara Fuertes, and Rainer Schwabe

American Economic Review, August 2016

Does monitoring corrupt activities induce a sustained reduction in corruption? Using longitudinal data on audits of municipal governments in Puerto Rico, we show corruption is considerably lower in municipalities with timely audits—before elections....

Does Schooling Cause Growth?

By Mark Bils and Peter J. Klenow

American Economic Review, December 2000

A number of economists find that growth and schooling are highly correlated across countries. A model is examined in which the ability to build on the human capital of one's elders plays an important role in linking growth to schooling. The model is calib...

How Effective Are US Renewable Energy Subsidies in Cutting Greenhouse Gases?

By Brian C. Murray, Maureen L. Cropper, Francisco C. de la Chesnaye, and John M. Reilly

American Economic Review, May 2014

The federal tax code provides preferential treatment for the production and use of renewable energy. We report estimates of the subsidies' effects on greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions developed in a recent National Research Council (NRC) Report. Due to lac...

The CEA: An Inside Voice for Mainstream Economics

[Symposium: Fifty Years of the Council of Economic Advisers]

By Charles L. Schultze

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 1996

After initially concentrating on macroeconomic policy, the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) soon began to provide the president with advice on virtually all issues with economic content. On a wide range of issues there has been a commonality of advice g...