China and the Global South: A Comparison of Southeast Asia and Latin America
This paper compares Southeast Asia’s and Latin America’s economic and political relationships with China.
Working Papers
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The Skyscraper Revolution: Global Economic Development and Land Savings
Removing height limits would raise welfare and support denser, more productive cities, especially in developing economies, but reduce land values.
Understanding Inflation Dynamics in India: A Hybrid Structural-Monetarist Approach
This paper postulates that excess money balances determine excess demand in the system and affect inflation through the markup.
Economic Development in the 21st Century
This paper models LDC economies with two sectors, modern and traditional, each of which uses its own type of human and non-human capital in production.
A Variable Mark-up Model of Inflation in India
Utilizing a variable markup model to capture the effects of monetary policy as well as cost push factors in understanding India’s inflation.
An Analysis of Slaveholders According to the 1850 Census
Analyzing the characteristics of the free population who were “owners” of enslaved people in the antebellum Southern states based on 1850 Census data.
Effects of the Minimum Wage on Employment of Young Adults with Cognitive Disabilities
This study analyzes the effect of increases in the minimum wage on the labor market outcomes of working age adults with cognitive disabilities.
Banking on the State: The Competitive Advantage of State-Led Financing
A new theory of global development finance, contending that China’s state-led financing has catalyzed policymaking diffusion.
The Fed’s Mandate Trilemma & The Evolution of Central Banking in the United States
Understanding the Fed’s mandate trilemma and implications on full employment and price stability goals.
The Spatial Distribution of the Homeownership Racial Gap
Analyzing the disparity in homeownership rates between white and minority households.