Taxes and Public Spending

A working paper that the longtime Stanford health economist drafted more than 35 years ago tying child-care subsidies to women’s economic equality sees the light of day.

Research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Bård Harstad warns policymakers of a dilemma: As countries turn to natural gas, investments in renewable energy end up taking a hit.

New research from SIEPR’s Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato explores what happens when U.S. multinationals shift costs from lower-tax countries back to the U.S. to reduce their taxes.

The U.S. isn’t moving fast enough to meet demand for necessities like energy and housing. A recent SIEPR Policy Forum examined how the ‘abundance’ movement aims to fix that.

New research by SIEPR Faculty Fellow Adrienne Sabety shows increased hospitalizations, staff turnover, and higher use of physical restraints.

The dollar is typically a refuge in moments of uncertainty. SIEPR senior fellows Arvind Krishnamurthy and Hanno Lustig say this time is different.

A SIEPR Policy Forum examined how government, business and academia can best address the rising economic costs of wildfires.

Uncertainty about how to fix a faltering home insurance market was one of several findings from the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research’s survey of California consumers

New research from Stanford economist Petra Persson is one of the first to examine the economic toll of menopause, which affects one-fifth of the nation’s workforce.

SIEPR Senior Fellow David Lobell examines how U.S. agriculture productivity has been declining amid impacts of climate change and estimates the public R&D needed to reverse course.

Chicago Fed’s Austan Goolsbee enthralled and enlightened as he opined on tariffs, AI’s surge, Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, and more at the 2025 SIEPR Economic Summit.