Taxes and Public Spending
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When health care providers go bankrupt, patients pay the price
New research by SIEPR Faculty Fellow Adrienne Sabety shows increased hospitalizations, staff turnover, and higher use of physical restraints.
May 16, 2025
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Trump’s tariffs lead investors to question the future of the dollar
The dollar is typically a refuge in moments of uncertainty. SIEPR senior fellows Arvind Krishnamurthy and Hanno Lustig say this time is different.
May 08, 2025
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Who’s paying the price for California’s wildfires? ‘Everyone.’
A SIEPR Policy Forum examined how government, business and academia can best address the rising economic costs of wildfires.
April 30, 2025
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SIEPR survey: Californians weigh in on home insurance crisis, economic outlook
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
April 25, 2025
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How to make sense of Donald Trump’s tariffs
The new field of ‘geoeconomics’ offers a guide for the perplexed. Financial Times highlights a new paper from Senior Fellow Matteo Maggiori that outlines the growing field.
April 21, 2025
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Trade Wars, Economic Chaos, and Law: Unpacking Trump's Trade Tactics with Alan Sykes
SIEPR Senior Fellow Alan Sykes, an expert on the law and economics of international trade, joins Stanford Law School podcast Stanford Legal to break down Trump's tariffs.
April 16, 2025
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Study uncovers hundreds of billions in missing revenue from U.S. ‘tax gap’
More than half a trillion dollars in tax revenue goes uncollected every year. A study led by SIEPR Senior Fellow Rebecca Lester uncovers the missing revenue at stake.
April 14, 2025
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Study: Women take ‘substantial’ earnings hit during menopause
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.
March 24, 2025
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Large-scale investment in research needed to maintain US agriculture
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.
March 14, 2025
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Could AI exuberance overheat the economy?
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.
March 06, 2025
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Jamie Dimon on the US, global economic outlook: ‘It’s all inflationary’
True to form, the JPMorgan Chase CEO didn’t hold back at the 2025 SIEPR Economic Summit when discussing geopolitical risks, the ‘Hollywood Squares’ of remote work, AI, and more.
March 06, 2025
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Jonathan Levin: ‘How can we run the university more effectively?’
At the 2025 SIEPR Economic Summit, Stanford’s president reflected on the challenges facing higher education amid efforts to cut research funding and raise taxes on endowments.
March 06, 2025
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We’re still learning from Silicon Valley Bank’s failure
Q&A: SIEPR senior fellows Peter DeMarzo and Arvind Krishnamurthy discuss their research that offers a new take on what happens to bank balance sheets when interest rates rise.
February 25, 2025
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Does health insurance create jobs?
A new study by SIEPR senior fellow Maria Polyakova sheds important new light on a key question in health care economics.
February 20, 2025
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New research reveals striking variations in pandemic recovery among U.S. school districts
SIEPR Senior Fellow Sean Reardon co-led an analysis that finds widening achievement gaps but also pockets of success in regaining pre-pandemic achievement levels.
February 11, 2025
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SIEPR launches survey of Californians on the economy and government
The first California Economic Survey found residents were more upbeat about the economy, immigration and AI than the U.S. overall at year end. Will wildfires and Trump change that?
February 07, 2025
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Contributions of SIEPR scholars in the Economic Report of the President
The 2025 report tapped the work of our scholars in its assessment of pressing economic policy issues ranging from global financial markets to remote work.
February 03, 2025
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Economic lookahead: What to expect on the global, US and California stages
Buckle up. With President Trump planning big changes for U.S. economic policy, SIEPR scholars go beyond the headlines to identify key issues everyone should be thinking about.
January 27, 2025
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Easing the scarring effects of mass layoffs
Research by SIEPR Faculty Fellow Michael Blank sheds light on the impacts of job losses and the trade-offs between unemployment insurance and job retention policies.
January 17, 2025
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Mapping the maze where the IRS could find billions in unpaid taxes
SIEPR senior fellows Rebecca Lester and Daniel Ho are untangling the incredibly complex corporate structures some taxpayers use to reduce their tax bills.
October 30, 2024