This article presents evidence that state funeral regulations affect the choice of whether to cremate or bury dead bodies. States that require either funeral directors to be embalmers or funeral homes to have embalming preparations rooms have lower cremation rates, holding other factors such as...

Suggests that state policymakers need to pay attention to the structure as well as the average level in setting fees and that other state policies have an impact on the demand for vanity license plates.

Although many people believe that immigrants displace native workers, most economic research finds that immigration has little or no adverse effect on natives' employment outcomes. An unusual opportunity to explore this question in the context of a narrowly defined labor market is afforded by...

Although many people believe that immigrants displace native workers, most economic research finds that immigration has little or no adverse effect on natives' employment outcomes. An unusual opportunity to explore this question in the context of a narrowly defined labor market is afforded by...

Secondary ticket markets for concerts and sporting events have become increasingly competitive over the past several years as states moved to legalize market-priced transactions on these markets and as internet innovation made possible online resale marketplaces and ticket aggregators. These...