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Podcasts episode·Aug 19, 2025

Building Costs vs. Housing Prices: Why Construction Isn’t Driving the Crisis

Tess Vigeland and Chad Syverson
Historically, one major reason has consistently been cited for the growth in housing costs in this country: the rising cost...
Topics: Industrial Organization
Podcasts episode·May 27, 2025

Tariffs, Trade, and a Misused Model

Tess Vigeland and Brent Neiman
Economist Brent Neiman recently returned to UChicago from his position as Deputy Undersecretary for International Finance at The US Treasury,...
Topics: Tax & Budget
Research Briefs·Jan 8, 2025

How Much Does the U.S. Fiscal System Redistribute?

Thomas Coleman and David A. Weisbach
The U.S. tax and transfer system has become more redistributive in recent decades, not less; this finding holds across multiple...
Topics: Tax & Budget
Podcasts episode·Oct 1, 2024

What Can the North Dakota Railroad War of 1905 Tell Us About Regulating Modern Monopolies?

Tess Vigeland and Chad Syverson
When the Soo Line threatened to expand into the Great Northern Railway’s territory in 1905, the two companies entered a...
Topics: Industrial Organization
Podcasts episode·Sep 3, 2024

Promises Delivered? The Economic Effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Tess Vigeland and Eric Zwick
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, a landmark piece of tax legislation from the first year of the...
Topics: Tax & Budget
Research Briefs·May 30, 2024

Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire

Giorgio Chiovelli, Leopoldo Fergusson, Luis Martínez, Juan David Torres, and Felipe Valencia Caicedo
The Spanish colonial empire in Latin America offers insights into the effects of state formation on economic development and political...
Topics: Tax & Budget
Research Briefs·May 23, 2024

Child Tax Benefits and Labor Supply: Evidence from California

Jacob Goldin, Tatiana Homonoff, Neel A. Lal, Ithai Lurie, and Katherine Michelmore
Removing the work requirement from the California child tax credit did not cause a significant number of mothers to stop...
Topics: Tax & Budget
Podcasts episode·Apr 30, 2024

Fighting Traffic in Chicago: Lower Fares, More Trains, Fewer Buses

Tess Vigeland and Milena Almagro
American cities are overreliant on cars. Policies for reducing this gridlock and pollution range from changing public transit fares or...
Topics: Industrial Organization
Research Briefs·Apr 25, 2024

Location Sorting and Endogenous Amenities: Evidence from Amsterdam

Milena Almagro and Tomás Domínguez-Iino
Different demographic groups tend to prefer different types of amenities, and businesses respond by expanding amenities in neighborhoods with greater...
Topics: Industrial Organization