An Open Source Clinical Trial of Coronavirus Vaccines
As the world's scientists race to find a cure for the Coronavirus, will they work in private labs or will they openly share data and work in an "open source" research environment.
Measuring the Medium Run Productivity Costs of the Coronavirus Recessions
With some types of machines such as a coffee grinder, it works when you press the button and it doesn't work when you don't.
Will the Fear of the Coronavirus Reduce Baltimore's Long Term Murder Rate?
The City of Baltimore has one of the highest murder rates in the United States. The murder rate has remained high since the Freddie Gray riots in April 2015.
The Urban and Environmental Economics of Voluntary Social Distancing
The aggregate contagion risk posed by the Coronavirus declines if more people engage in voluntary social distancing.
Why Did Wuhan’s Officials Respond Slowly to the Spread of the Coronavirus?
My short answer is “benchmarking”. In this age of ubiquitous Big Data, how do we benchmark whether a given urban leader is doing a "good job" when imputing a counter-factual is very difficult?
China’s urban leaders compete against each other to be promoted within the Chinese Communist Party.
