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Rahi Abouk, Charles Courtemanche, Dhaval Dave, Bo Feng, Abigail S. Friedman, Johanna Catherine Maclean, Michael F. Pesko, Joseph J. Sabia, Samuel Safford

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School Reopenings, Mobility, and COVID-19 Spread: Evidence from Texas

Released: May, 2021

Charles Courtemanche, Anh Le, Aaron Yelowitz, Ron Zimmer

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Targeting Intensive Job Assistance to Ex-Offenders by the Nature of Offense: Results from a Randomized Control Trial

Released: January, 2021

Christopher R. Bollinger, Aaron Yelowitz

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How Does Occupational Licensing Affect Entry into the Medical Field? An Examination of EMTs

Released: January, 2021

Aaron Yelowitz, Samuel J. Ingram

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Can Financial Literacy Education Reduce the Use of Medicaid and SNAP?

Released: December, 2020

Abdullah Al-Bahrani, Darshak Patel, Jamie Weathers

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Facts and Trends Regarding Performance and Funding of K-12 in Kentucky

Released: December, 2020

John Garen

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Did COVID-19 Change Life Insurance Offerings?

Released: November, 2020

Timothy F. Harris, Aaron Yelowitz, Charles Courtemanche

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Some Regional Economic Perspectives on Covid-19 Impacts

Released: November, 2020

Paul Coomes

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The Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access and Self-Assessed Health in the Trump Era (2017-2018)

Released: October, 2020

Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, Daniela Zapata

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Measuring the Spread of COVID-19 in Kentucky: Do We Have the Right Data?

Released: October, 2020

Kenneth Troske, Paul Coomes

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Federal Student Loan Servicing Accountability and Incentives in Contracts

Released: October, 2020

Rajeev Darolia, Andrew Sullivan

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Has Anheuser-Busch Let the Steam Out of Craft Beer? The Economics of Acquiring Craft Brewers

Released: October, 2020

Kenneth G. Elzinga, Alexander J. McGlothlin

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Some Basics of Capitalism and Socialism and Implications for Human Liberty, Morality, and Fairness

Released: September, 2020

John Garen

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Evidence on U.S. School Closures and COVID-19 Spread is Inconclusive

Released: August, 2020

Charles Courtemanche

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The Impact of the ACA on Insurance Coverage Disparities after Four Years

Released: August, 2020

Charles Courtemanche, Ishtiaque Fazlul, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, Daniela Zapata

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19: Evidence from Six Large Cities

Released: July, 2020

Joseph Benitez, Charles Courtemanche, Aaron Yelowitz

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Strong Social Distancing Measures in the United States Reduced The COVID-19 Growth Rate

Released: July, 2020

Charles Courtemanche, Joseph Garuccio, Anh Le, Joshua Pinkston, Aaron Yelowitz

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The Full Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Political Participation

Released: July, 2020

Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Aaron Yelowitz

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Did Social-Distancing Measures in Kentucky Help to Flatten the COVID-19 Curve?

Released: April, 2020

Charles Courtemanche, Joseph Garuccio, Anh Le, Joshua Pinkston, Aaron Yelowitz

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Chain Restaurant Calorie Posting Laws, Obesity, and Consumer Welfare

Released: March, 2020

Charles Courtemanche, David Frisvold, David Jimenez-Gomez, Mariétou H. Ouayogodé, Michael Price

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The Effects of E-Cigarette Taxes on E-Cigarette Prices and Tobacco Product Sales: Evidence from Retail Panel Data

Released: January, 2020

Charles Courtemanche, Chad Cotti, Joanna Catherine Maclean, Erik Nesson, Michael Pesko, Nathan Tefft

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Time Spent Exercising and Obesity: An Application of Lewbel’s Instrumental Variables Method

Released: January, 2020

Charles Courtemanche, Joshua C. Pinkston, Jay Stewart

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Nominal GDP versus Price Level Targeting: An Empirical Evaluation

Released: December, 2019

James S. Fackler, W. Douglas McMillin

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The Allocation and Exchange of Property Rights as a Way to Understand Comparative Economics Systems and Managerial Economics

Released: July, 2019

John Garen

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Medicaid Coverage across the Income Distribution under the Affordable Care Act

Released: July, 2019

Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Aaron Yelowitz

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The Effects of Traditional Cigarette and E-cigarette Taxes on Adult Tobacco Product Use

Released: June, 2019

Michael F. Pesko, Charles Courtemanche, Johanna Catherine Maclean

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Evaluation of the Evidence on the Potential Effectiveness of Lowering the BAC Limit from 0.08 to 0.05

Released: March, 2019

Charles Courtemanche

Social Security and Medicare Spending Growth: Is It Just More Seniors or More Per Senior?

Released: February, 2019

John Garen

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The Federal-Private Wage Differential: How Has It Evolved

Released: February, 2019

Sun-Ki Choi, John Garen

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Can Credit Rating Agencies Affect Election Outcomes?

Released: January, 2019

Igor Cunha, Miguel Ferreira, Rui Silva

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Investment in Human Capital and Labor Mobility: Evidence from a Shock to Property Rights

Released: January, 2019

Christopher P. Clifford, William C. Gerken

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Ambulance Service Ownership and Management: How It Affects Quality of Service Delivery for Medicare Patients

Released: January, 2019

Sookti Chaudhary, Kenneth Troske, SuZanne Troske, Alison Davis

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How Will State-Run Auto-IRAs Affect Workers?

Released: January, 2019

Timothy F. Harris, Kenneth Troske, Aaron Yelowitz

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Can Mergers and Acquisitions Internalize Positive Externalities in Funding Innovation?

Released: August, 2018

Leo Li, Mark Liu

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Dissecting the Impact of Import Competition on U.S. Earnings Inequality

Released: July, 2018

Felipe Benguria

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Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Behaviors after Three Years

Released: April, 2018

Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, Daniela Zapata

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Educational Test Scores, Education Spending, and Productivity in Public Education: National Trends and Evidence Across States and Over Time, 1990 – 2015

Released: January, 2018

John Garen, Rex Bray

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Early Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Care Access, Risky Health Behaviors, and Self-Assessed Health

Released: August, 2017

Charles Courtemanche, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, Daniela Zapata

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The Growth of Government, Trust in Government, and Evidence on Their Coevolution

Released: June, 2017

Steven Gordon, John Garen, J. R. Clark

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Single Bidders and Tacit Collusion in Highway Procurement Auctions

Released: May, 2017

David Barrus, Frank Scott

Funded by ISFE Summer Grant

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The Buffering Effect of Brands for Companies Facing Legislative Homogenization: Evidence from the Introduction of Sarbanes-Oxley

Released: May, 2017

Felipe Thomaz, Leonce Bargeron, John Hulland, Chad Zutter

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The Returns to Lobbying: Evidence from Local Governments in the “Age of Earmarks”

Released: March, 2017

Steven Gordon

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Understanding Precautionary Cash at Home and Abroad

Released: March, 2017

Michael W. Faulkender, Kristine W. Hankins, Mitchell A. Petersen

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Interwar Price Level Targeting

Released: February, 2017

James S. Fackler, Randall E. Parker

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Hedge Fund Boards and the Market for Independent Directors

Released: January, 2017

Christopher P. Clifford, Jesse A. Ellis, William C. Gerken

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Transaction Complexity and the Movement to Fair Value Accounting

Released: December, 2016

Pinky Rusli, Xinlei Zhao, David A. Ziebart

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Modern Politics and the Passions

Released: November, 2016

David Bradshaw

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How Did the ACA Affect Health Insurance Coverage in Kentucky?

Released: September, 2016

Aaron Yelowitz

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