This study uses the 2007 and 2013 Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey to examine the effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on health insurance coverage among adults in the U.S. It finds that the ACA has improved coverage for men, youth, minorities, and...

This paper uses data from 1991–2015 to examine the relationship between crime, GDP per capita, inflation, and unemployment rate in India. The Johansen cointegration test confirms the presence of cointegration relationship between the variables. The Toda-Yamamoto Granger causality test suggests...

This paper captures the trade-offs between alternative payment instruments where each is associated with costs and benefits. Most models of cash-credit choice assume cash is a safe non-interest-bearing asset and credit is interest-bearing but costly. Here, I consider the risk of loss from using...

This paper uses data from 2010–2016 across 32 states and union territories to investigate the determinants of crime in India. Results indicate the significance of demographic factor – population density and socioeconomic factors – poverty, income inequality and literacy rate – in...

The paper explores the redistributive effects of a monetary policy shock in a limited participation framework with limited credit access. Expansionary monetary policy redistributes consumption from traders to non-traders. This redistribution is the largest when only financial market participants...

This paper compares the effectiveness of the impact of government spending on welfare and education with that of law enforcement and correction on crime rate. Using data from fifty US States across a time period of 1994-2014, linear regression with Beck and Katz (1995) panel corrected standard...