In whose backyards has D.C. built new housing?
Like many large metropolitan areas, the Washington D.C. region faces a housing supply crunch. From 2010 to 2016, the population grew roughly twice as fast as the number of housing [...]
Planning an Affordable City
First, we argue in Part III.A that binding, comprehensive plans allow legislators to create “contracts” across electoral districts that are otherwise impossible when zoning proceeds through piecemeal lot-by-lot bargaining. In [...]
Rising Housign Costs and Re-Segregation in Contra Costa County
This report finds that increases in housing prices in Contra Costa County were correlated with shifts in where low-income people of color lived between 2000 and 2015. It also provides [...]
JPMorgan Chase London Whale G: Hedging versus Proprietary Trading
In December 2013, the primary United States financial regulatory agencies jointly adopted final rules to implement Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which is [...]
Good for One, Bad for All: Determinants of Individual Versus Systemic Risk
We analyze a sample of large international banks in major advanced economies and examine the impact that bank-specific factors have on an institution's solvency risk and its contribution to systemic [...]
Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review 2018: Assessment Framework and Results
In the supervisory post-stress capital assessment, the Federal Reserve estimates that the aggregate common equity tier 1 ratio for the firms participating in CCAR 2018 would decline in the severely [...]
Perspectives: Practitioners Weigh in on Drivers of Rising Housing Construction Costs in San Francisco
In this brief, we present findings from interviews and focus groups with developers, general contractors, architects and nonprofits working to build both affordable and market-rate housing in San Francisco. The [...]
Patent Eligibility and Investment
Have the Supreme Court’s recent patent eligibility cases changed the behavior of venture capital and private equity investment firms, and if so how? This Article provides empirical data about investors’ [...]
Impact of State Scope of Practice Laws and Other Factors on the Practice and Supply of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners
"This project explored the effects of nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice (SOP) legislation on the distribution and practice patterns of NPs as well as their billing practices. The goal [...]
Rising Housign Costs and Re-Segregation in Alameda County
This report finds that increases in housing prices in Alameda County were correlated with shifts in where low-income people of color lived between 2000 and 2015. It also provides evidence [...]