The study by three SIEPR senior fellows shows those enrolled in Medicare Advantage were 37 percent less likely to get an opioid prescription compared to those signed up for a stand-alone drug plan.
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November 15, 2018
SIEPR's Melanie Morten and Treb Allen — a Dartmouth economist and former SIEPR visiting fellow — find the policies that led to a partial wall between the U.S. and Mexico had a negative economic impact.
November 2, 2018
California and the nation’s economy may be on a roll, but Gov. Jerry Brown cautioned during SIEPR’s Policy Forum that federal policymakers and his successor in Sacramento will need to be on guard for an inevitable downturn.
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Susan Athey spoke on a panel about gender issues in the field of economics at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association.
In an op-ed, Edward Lazear explains why the Fed should pay close attention to the stock market as they make predictions about economic growth.
Completing a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border would cost the U.S. economy more than $4 billion a year according to a study co-authored by Melanie Morten.
