1980, among the largest and most systematic in recent history. We collect comprehensive data on policy experimentation …

between 1980 and 2016. Our task displacement variable captures the effects of automation technologies (and to a lesser degree …

We construct measures of industry performance and welfare in the U.S. car and light truck market from 1980-2018. We …

variation in policies across states and time between 1980 and 2016. I find that beer franchise laws significantly reduced craft …

reallocation and costs between 1980 and 2016, finding that both channels are necessary to account for the data. Second, we show … in 1980. Third, the changes we identify replicate cross-sectional patterns in declining business dynamism, declining …

ozone concentration in the United States from 1980-2013, and the role of institution-induced adaptation. Ozone is formed …