We examine the relationship between customer wait times and future price inflation using cell- phone location data. We focus our analysis on restaurants in the U.S. over the years 2019–2021 and document a stark increase in abnormal wait times starting in mid-2020. At the MSA level, we find...

We use administrative tax data and survey responses to quantify the effect of subsidized health insurance on rent and mortgage delinquency. We employ a regression discontinuity (RD) design, exploiting the income threshold for receiving Marketplace subsidies in states that did not expand Medicaid...