foreclosure transaction in Massachusetts from 1989 to 2008. We address the identification issues related to the estimation of the … occurred in Massachusetts between 2005 and 2008 and conclude that the foreclosure crisis was primarily driven by the severe …

This paper analyzes the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on urban neighborhoods in Massachusetts. We explore the …-level, transaction data from Massachusetts Registry of Deeds offices. With these data, we show that much of the subprime lending in the … exceptionally unstable in the face of rapid price declines. The evidence in Massachusetts suggests that subprime lending did not, as …

The Massachusetts currency of 1690 was the first inconvertible paper money to be supported solely by a legal tender law …

We provide descriptive evidence from Miami-Dade County (MDC) in FL and from five representative areas in Massachusetts … Massachusetts, where prices, reimbursements, and regulations are more closely aligned. We find that prices of infant and toddler … in formal care. In contrast, Massachusetts? welfare reform, which imposes neither time limits nor activity requirements …

In debating Massachusetts business tax policy, protagonists have cited many different indicators purporting to assess … little about the degree to which Massachusetts business taxes achieve these widely accepted tax policy goals. The author … imperfect, are more accurate than those most widely quoted. The article concludes that the fairness of Massachusetts business …