Certificate-of-need (CON) laws in 21 states restrict medical providers from acquiring imaging equipment, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography (PET) scanners. Using difference-in-difference methods to control for state invariant...

Certificate-of-need (CON) laws disallow hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), and other healthcare providers from entering new markets, expanding their practice, or making certain capital investments without first receiving approval from state regulators. These laws are...

Certificate of need (CON) laws in 21 states restrict acquisition of imaging equipment, including resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography (PET) scans. We compare the effect of CON regulations for imaging services provided by hospitals and other...

We analyze the choice politicians face when seeking votes from groups that lobby for sales tax rate decreases or from groups that lobby for certain tax exemptions, given the constraint that each politician wants to raise a certain amount of revenue. Using the application of sales taxes and sales...

This paper presents the results of the Mercatus Center's Small Bank Survey, which include responses from approximately 200 banks across 41 states with less than $10 billion in assets each, serving mostly rural and small metropolitan markets. The initial analysis suggests that Dodd-Frank...

We investigate the effect of certificate-of-need (CON) laws on the quality of hospitals. As of 2015, 36 states and the District of Columbia required healthcare providers to seek approval from a state s healthcare regulator before making any major capital expenditures. These requirements restrict...

While recent empirical evidence supports the notion of presidential particularism?that presidents distribute federal funds to certain groups of voters in order to achieve their own political objectives?work associated with that evidence does not distinguish between presidents' alternative...