Housing America’s Older Adults 2019
Within the 65-and-over age group, most recent income gains have gone to the highest earners, and the number of households with housing cost burdens has reached an all-time high. Ensuring [...]
Bad Math on Chinese IP Theft is Used to Justify Trade War
The current trade war is based on a number of fundamental misunderstandings about the positive-sum nature of international trade and the costs of protectionism. In one relatively minor but characteristically [...]
The Impact of Capital Requirements on Bank Lending
What are the quantitative effects of countercyclical capital buffers (CCyB)? I study this question in the context of a nonlinear DSGE model with a financial sector that is subject to [...]
Oklahoma Ballot Measure would Legalize Retail Optometrists
On the ballot this November in Oklahoma is a constitutional amendment prohibiting any laws that would “restrain, abridge or infringe on the ability of optometrists or opticians to practice their [...]
Projecting US Primary Care Physician Workforce Needs: 2010-2025
"We sought to project the number of primary care physicians required to meet US health care utilization needs through 2025 after passage of the Affordable Care Act. In this projection [...]