Strong property tax growth and proactive policies – including beginning the recession with a substantial surplus of $5.3 billion (9 percent of revenues) – offset a severe contraction in income tax receipts, protecting the City’s budget such that it never contracted in absolute terms during...

Nepal government had established National Reconstruction Authority (NRA) for the Reconstruction of Earthquake Affected Structures. Chitwan is one of the least affected districts where Bharatpur Metropolitan City lies. In Bharatpur, there were 711 total victims whose houses were completely...

China has experienced significant capital flight over the last two decades. Despite anecdotal evidence that some of this capital has been invested in foreign residential markets, not much is known from academic research about its destination and impact. We examine the effects of capital inflows...

We study optimal dynamic lockdowns against Covid-19 within a commuting network. Our framework integrates canonical spatial epidemiology and trade models, and is applied to cities with varying initial viral spread: Seoul, Daegu and NYC-Metro. Spatial lockdowns achieve substantially smaller income...