Paul Milgrom envisions a new market that would resolve the allocation battles of the Colorado River and provide long-run protection for a dwindling resource.
Medical debt relief may come to late to help those who need it
Buying and forgiving medical debts in collections is thought to be a scalable way to help people in need, but new research suggests those efforts may be happening too late to make a difference.
President Biden’s economic report draws on work of SIEPR scholars
President Biden’s assessment of the nation’s economic health delves into key issues including AI and the transition to clean energy, informed by Stanford research.
The 20th SIEPR Economic Summit brought more than 500 leaders in business, academia, and government to campus to discuss and debate implications of AI, EVs, inflation, big city woes, and more.
The applied micro-economist brings academic and government expertise to the task of connecting scholarship with policy at the state, national, and global levels.
New research from SIEPR’s Rebecca Lester shows how tax policies whose primary purpose is to achieve some result at home can have unintended effects around the world.
European leaders on the geopolitics of cleaner chips
The prime minister of the Netherlands and other European leaders met with Stanford students to discuss the sustainability challenges of the semiconductor industry.
FTC Chair Lina Khan has a warning for the tech industry
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan has a warning for the tech industry: Antitrust enforcers are watching what you do in the race to profit from artificial intelligence.
A policy brief examines the reasons more Californians are moving to Arizona and Texas than ever before – and the political and economic consequences for the Golden State.
Leaders in policy, business, and academia examined changing demographics, the U.S.-China relationship, the future of work, and more at the 2023 SIEPR Economic Summit.
As tech companies struggle to diversify their workforces, Stanford’s Susan Athey and Emil Palikot have designed an online program to accelerate the hiring of women and minorities.
When public hospitals go private, low-income patients lose
As public control of U.S. hospitals declines, a study by SIEPR’s Mark Duggan shows how privatization improves profitability but reduces access for the most vulnerable patients.
Senior fellows at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research discuss the biggest challenges facing the U.S. economy in 2023 and what policymakers should do about them.
Fall forum on taxation addresses policy and equity
Policymakers, business leaders, and academics discussed how to make tax policies more equitable and efficient at the SIEPR Fall Policy Forum on taxation.
