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1717: The Impact of Subsidized Antimalarials on Treatment Seeking Behavior

Jacqueline Fiore

1716: On the middle 70%. The impact of fiscal policy on the emerging middle class in Latin America using Commitment to Equity

Christian Daude, Nora Lustig, Angel Melguizo and Jose Perea

1715: Seniors for Hire? Age Discrimination, "Sex-Plus-Age" Discrimination, and the Effectiveness of Age Discrimination Laws

Patrick Button

1714: The Impact of Taxes and Social Spending on Income Distribution and Poverty in Latin America. An Application of the Commitment to Equity (CEQ) Methodology

Nora Lustig

1713: The Sustainable Development Goals, Domestic Resource Mobilization and the Poor

Nora Lustig

1712: An application of the CEQ Effectiveness indicators: The case of Iran

Ali Enami

1711: Measuring the Effectiveness of Taxes and Transfers in Fighting Inequality and Poverty

Ali Enami

1710: Fiscal Incidence and Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Tunisia

Nizar Jouini, Nora Lustig, Ahmed Moummi and Abebe Abebe

1709: The impact of taxes and social spending on inequality and poverty in El Salvador

Margarita Beneke, Nora Lustig and Jose Andres Oliva

1708: Self-defense Policy, Justified Homicides, and Race

Michael Spanbauer

1707: How Valuable are National Parks? Evidence from a Proposed National Park Expansion in Alaska

Michael Spanbauer, Lindsay Johnson and Patrick Button

1706: The Impact of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion on Medicaid Spending by Health Care Service Category

Jacqueline Fiore

1705: Tax Policy Effects on Business Incentives in Pakistan

James Alm and Mir Ahmad Khan

1704: State and Federal Tax Policy toward Nonprofit Organizations

James Alm and Daniel Teles

1703: Do Government Subsidies to Low-income Individuals Affect Interstate Migration? Evidence from the Massachusetts Health Care Reform

James Alm and Ali Enami

1702: Is Economics Useful for Public Policy?

James Alm

1701: Fiscal Policy, Income Redistribution and Poverty Reduction in Low and Middle Income Countries

Nora Lustig

1625: "Province-Managing-County" Fiscal Reform, Land Expansion, and Urban Growth in China

Yongzheng Liu and James Alm

1624: Corruption and Firm Tax Evasion

James Alm, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Chandler McClellan

1623: Property Tax Delinquency and its Spillover Effects on Nearby Properties

James Alm, Jin Man Lee, Zackary Hawley and Joshua J. Miller

1622: Testing Kuznets' Hypothesis for Russian Regions: Trends and Interpretations

James Alm, Ruslan A. Grigoriev, Marat V. Kramin and Timur Kramin

1621: What Drives State Tax Reforms?

James Alm, Trey Dronyk-Trosper and Steven Sheffrin

1620: Honesty or Dishonesty of Taxpayer Communications in an Enforcement Regime

James Alm, David Bruner and Michael McKee

1619: When You Know Your Neighbour Pays Taxes: Information, Peer Effects, and Tax Compliance

James Alm, Kim M. Bloomquist and Michael McKee

1618: W(h)ither the Tax Gap?

James Alm and Jay A. Soled

1617: Using Behavioral Economics in Public Economics

James Alm and Steven Sheffrin

1616: Testing for Ricardian Equivalence in Indonesia

Artidiatun Adji and James Alm

1615: Evaluating the Economic Effects of Flat Tax Reforms Using Synthetic Control Methods

Bibek Adhikari and James Alm

1614: The Impact of Taxes, Transfers, and Subsidies on Inequality and Poverty in Uganda

Jon Jellema, Nora Lustig, Astrid Haas and Sebastian Wolf

1613: Inequality Convergence: How Sensitive are Results to the Choice of Data?

Nora Lustig and Daniel Teles

1612: Fiscal Policy, Inequality and the Poor in the Developing World

Nora Lustig

1611: Information, Choice, and Obesity: Measuring the Impact of the New York City Calorie Labeling Mandate on Obesity

Rodrigo Aranda, Michael Darden and Donald Rose

1610: The Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Growth, Inflation, and Inequality in the Americas

Antonio Bojanic

1609: Fiscal Decentralization, Economic Freedom, and Political and Civil Liberties in the Americas

Antonio Bojanic

1608: Understanding the Dynamics of Labor Income Inequality in Latin America

Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, Luis Lopez-Calva, Nora Lustig and Daniel Valderrama-Gonzalez

1607: Does Longer Incarceration Deter or Incapacitate Crimes? New Evidence from Truth-in-Sentencing Reform

Wei Long

1606: Do Tax Credits Increase Charitable Giving? Evidence from Arizona and Iowa

Daniel Teles

1605: Fiscal Policy, Inequality and Poverty in Iran: Assessing the Impact and Effectiveness of Taxes and Transfers

Ali Enami, Nora Lustig and Alireza Taqdiri

1604: The Political Economy of Antipoverty Spending and Poverty Measurement

Stefano Barbieri and Sean Higgins

1603: Global Poverty Lines: An Introduction

Nora Lustig and Jacques Silber

1602: Bounded Memory, Reputation, and Impatience

Benjamin Sperisen

1601: Expanding Employment Discrimination Protections for Individuals with Disabilities: Evidence from California

Patrick Button

1527: Bad Reputation under Bounded and Fading Memory

Benjamin Sperisen

1526: The Role of Tax Exemptions and Credits

James Alm and Bibek Adhikari

1525: Education Expansion and Decline in Tertiary Premium in Brazil: 1995-2013

Yang Wang

1524: When Does Introducing a Value-Added Tax Increase Economic Efficiency? Evidence from the Synthetic Control Method

Bibek Adhikari

1523: The Internal Revenue Service and the American Middle Class

Bibek Adhikari and James Alm

1522: Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico: Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most?

Raymundo Campos-Vazquez, Luis Lopez-Calva and Nora Lustig

1521: The Effect of Contracting Out Low Performing Schools on Student Performance

Whitney Ruble

1520: Appraising Cross-National Income Inequality Databases: An Introduction

Francisco Ferreira, Nora Lustig and Daniel Teles