There are many federal, state, and local laws that distort housing decisions and prices. However, it is often difficult to tease out the quantitative impact of such policies. In this paper, we examine the implications of one of the most significant tax changes initiated by voters in the United...

This paper examines the growth experience of a cross section of U.S. firms, and relates these findings to the financial returns of these firms

This paper documents a strong link between firm level total factor productivity (TFP) and several firm characteristics that are known to predict future stock returns, such as size, the book to market ratio, investment, and hiring rate. TFP is positively related to contemporaneous stock returns...