Tradable permit markets have become an increasingly popular tool to address environmental policy problems. This paper examines the performance of one particular emissions trading market, the Regional Clean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM) that started operating in Southern California at the...

This article estimates the extent to which the manufacturing sectors of U.S. metropolitan economies face competition from abroad and, in turn, how much they export overseas.

This article documents changes in the spatial distribution of corporate headquarters of large U.S.-domiciled corporations during the 1990s. The authors find that the largest metropolitan areas continue to host a disproportionate share of headquarters, but there have been significant shifts...