Nov
22
The Local Consequences of Federal Mandates
Rhiannon Jerch is finishing her Ph.D. at Cornell. I serve on her dissertation committee and we have co-authored this JPUBE paper together. This blog post will discuss her job market paper.
Paul Romer's New WSJ Opinion Piece Offers Pro-Growth Tips
The 2018 Nobel Laureate (Paul Romer) has published a great opinion piece in the WSJ today. While he doesn't offer a quantitative analysis of how much extra growth we would achieve, he does deliver 3 constructive suggestions for accelerating economic growth.
Room for Improvement
The Repec rankings are out for October 2018. In the name of full disclosure, here is mine. I see that my "strength of students" puts me in the 4th percentile. I need to improve on that category. I'm happier with my score in this category. Here are my peers according to REPEC.
