This study explores the consequences and origins of between-ethnicity economic inequality both across and within countries. First, combining satellite images of nighttime luminosity with the historical homelands of ethnolinguistic groups we construct measures of ethnic inequality for a large...

An insider’s perspective on the bureaucratic structure of governmental institutions that shape economic policy, and the incentives and limitations of the individuals who head them.

We examineways in which economists can communicate more effectively to policymakers and the broader public about offshoring and international trade.

This paper concludes that there is no reason to base our policies on the idea that small businesses are more deserving of government favor than big companies.

This book examines America's economy over the past several decades and the sources of our recent success and comes to surprising conclusions about what we can learn from it.

What are the roles of the public and private sectors in fostering economic growth? Technological advance? Sectoral and regional development?

If some members of Congress and the Federal Communications Commission have their way, they will mandate free television for federal candidates.

This book finds that political and procedural mechanisms needed to ensuresettled, investment-backed expectations are upset only after consideration and when a political consensus exists.

This book sheds light on environmental and other issues, including global warming, that will deeply affect the future of the automobile and of all American industry.