Recent research suggests that machine learning models dominate traditional linear models in predicting cross-sectional stock returns. We confirm this finding when predicting one-month forward-looking returns based on a set of common stock characteristics, including predictors such as short-term...

This research project contributes to the endogenous growth literature with endogenous fertility choice in the following respects. First, in existing growth literature, an increase in tax rate has negative effects on the growth rate of per capita output. One simple explanation is an increase in...