We use a large dataset of land sales dating back to the mid-1990s to construct land price indexes for 23 MSAs in the United States and for the aggregate of those MSAs. The price indexes show a dramatic increase in both commercial and residential land prices over several years prior to their peak...

Using data from two detailed, nationally representative, household datasets, we explore whether women who are economically empowered are less likely to experience domestic violence. We find that, while working women may be at a greater risk of violence, higher earnings are associated with a...

This book recommends the creation of a new, alternative legal structure for collective investment, the "managed investment trust."

How can the tax laws be enforced more economically and more efficiently? After examining the ways the IRS is currently financed, Eugene Steuerle concludes that current methods give inadequate attention to both the benefits and the costs of tax administration.

This book argues for greater national uniformity in state and local taxes that affect interstate commerce.

Rowe and Graening outline policymakers' plans to govern the terms of access to transmission and distribution systems owned by utilities.

Two achievements--up the poor and animating civil society--are powerful moral claims for business corporations but schemes for corporate governance jeopardize these achievements.

This study providesa comprehensive description of the global insurance industry and details the current state of international agreements that govern trade in insurance.

This monograph is a critical and constructive response to the Basel Committee on Bank Supervision for reforming international bank capital standards.

This book examines fiscal policy and the consumption tax.