by susuguo | Dec 1, 2020 | White Papers
Weekly mortality through October 3 is partitioned into normal deaths, COVID, and nonCOVID excess deaths (NCEDs). Before March, the excess is negative for the elderly, likely due to the mild flu season. From March onward, excess deaths are approximately 250,000 of...
by susuguo | Feb 1, 2020 | Journal, White Papers
Consumer theory is extended to incorporate deviations from the law of one price that are common in markets for prescription and illicitly-manufactured opioids. The extension helps to resolve “puzzling” findings in the literature, such as race and age gaps in mortality...
by susuguo | Mar 1, 2018 | White Papers
The Affordable Care Act’s taxes, subsidies, and regulations significantly alter terms of trade in both goods and factor markets. We use an extended version of the clas-sic Harberger model to predict and quantify consequences of the Affordable Care Act for the...
by susuguo | Nov 1, 2017 | White Papers
A new survey of 745 small businesses shows little change in the size dis- tribution of businesses between 2012 and 2016, except among businesses with 40–74 employees, in a way that is closely related to whether they of- fer health insurance coverage. Using measures of...
by susuguo | Jun 1, 2016 | White Papers
A hedonic model featuring quality-quantity tradeoffs reveals a number of surprising market behaviors that can result from price regulations that are imposed on competitive markets for products that have adjustable non-price attributes. Quality need not clear a...
by susuguo | Jul 1, 2015 | White Papers
National accounts of economic output and prosperity, such as gross domestic product (GDP) or net domestic product (NDP), offer an incomplete picture of economic well-being. Building on previous work to improve estimates of the levels of economic output, this paper...
