Bonds on the Ballot: What Voters (Don't) Know About Debt Financing and Why It Matters
Abstract American subnational governments commonly require voters to approve bond proposals, reflecting historical concerns about legislative shortsightedness. Yet voters need an understanding of how bond financing works to make choices consistent with preferences. Existing literature makes it unclear whether voters have such knowledge.
Shanna Pearson‐Merkowitz +3 more
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Exploring contemporary public perceptions of historical redlining practices in the United States. [PDF]
Lu Y +5 more
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ABSTRACT Administrative burdens are deliberate policy choices, as governments can proactively design rules and procedures to shape burdens experienced by citizens. While existing research has examined the effects of burden reduction strategies, less is known about the factors driving burden reduction actions at the local level.
Shan Zhou, Emma Mast
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Methodologic Strategies for Quantifying Associations of Historical and Contemporary Mortgage Discrimination on Population Health Equity: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Edwards JR +6 more
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ABSTRACT This paper advances research on policy accumulation by analyzing its political consequences in the French housing sector. It argues that, in the context of decentralization reforms, the accumulation of policy instruments has undermined national steering capacities and intensified territorial inequalities.
Francesco Findeisen, Patrick Le Galès
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Household indebtedness and well-being: Evidence from Australia. [PDF]
Tammam M +3 more
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Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks
ABSTRACT In contrast to the “quiet” politics of the pre‐2008 period, macroeconomic policy has become “noisy”. This break raises a question: How do independent agencies designed for quiet politics react when a contentious public turns the volume up on them?
Benjamin Braun, Maximilian Düsterhöft
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Structural racism as a leading cause of racial disparities in breast cancer quality of care outcomes: a systematic review. [PDF]
Abdelhadi O, Williams M, Yan A.
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Racial capitalism and firearm violence: Developing a theoretical framework for firearm violence research examining structural racism. [PDF]
Uzzi M +5 more
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Understanding expectations formation for hand‐to‐mouth households: lessons from the financial crisis
Abstract We study how poor hand‐to‐mouth and wealthy hand‐to‐mouth households in the United States form their expectations as compared to unconstrained households. To do so, we use monthly household data for the period 2005:2 to 2013:6 with information on the exact survey day for each household within a month.
Tufan Ekici +2 more
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