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Expert Commentary

Economics, Environment

Who’s winning the clean energy race?

by Leighton Walter Kille | April 19, 2010

2010 paper on the increased investment of key developing nations in the global production of clean-energy technology.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Environment, Health

Tobacco use links with child malnutrition in developing countries

by Leighton Walter Kille | April 15, 2010

2009 Tufts University study on the relationship between household tobacco use and child nutrition in the developing world.

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice, Education, Race & Gender

School crime control and prevention

by Sui-Jade Ho | April 13, 2010

2009 Duke University and the University of Maryland study looking at school characteristics that influence the level of crime.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Health

Measuring the impact of health insurance on levels and trends in inequality

by Leighton Walter Kille | April 9, 2010

2010 Cornell University study done for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effect of health insurance on trends in income inequality.

Expert Commentary

Economics

Executive compensation at Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, 2000-2008

by Leighton Walter Kille | April 7, 2010

2009 Harvard University and Tel Aviv University study on whether the firms’ executive compensation encouraged incentives for executives to take excessive risks.

Expert Commentary

Politics & Government

How to curb sports teams’ demands for free public stadiums

by Leighton Walter Kille | April 7, 2010

2008 Barry Law School paper looking at the relationship between stadiums and local economic activity and strategies for responding to teams’ demands..

Expert Commentary

Environment, Health

Impact of air quality on hospital spending

by Leighton Walter Kille | April 5, 2010

2010 RAND Corporation study on the cost of medical care attributed to California’s failure to meet federal clean air standards.

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice, Politics & Government

What cost-of-crime research can tell us about investing in police

by Leighton Walter Kille | April 1, 2010

2010 RAND Corporation paper on the estimates of the cost of crime, the effectiveness of police force in combating it, and potential benefits of investments in enforcement.

Expert Commentary

Environment, Politics & Government

What drives land-use change in the United States?

by Leighton Walter Kille | March 19, 2010

2008 paper by Harvard University, Oregon State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the economic and policy drivers of national land-use change.

Expert Commentary

Economics

How longer work lives ease the crunch of population aging

by Leighton Walter Kille | March 18, 2010

2009 RAND Corporation paper examines the potential benefits of workers remaining in the workforce for longer periods of time.

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