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Yale College has awarded Cormac O'Dea the Lex Hixon ’63 Prize, its highest honor for teaching excellence in the social sciences. “Your ability to make economics both intellectually stimulating and fun is truly commendable,” reads the prize citation: economics.yale.edu/news/250505/co…

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Average traffic speeds inside New York City's congestion pricing zone increased by 15% in the two months after the tolls began, according to research by Cody Cook of Yale Department of Economics. More in the New York Times: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

New today in JAMA Health Forum from Yale School of Public Health Profs Chima Ndumele & Jacob Wallace: Most people pushed out of SNAP by work requirements in Connecticut didn’t find their way back in, even when requirements were later reversed. Read a summary of the paper: tobin.yale.edu/research/snap-…

New research finds that eviction has about the same impact on high school graduation rates as juvenile incarceration. Read a summary of the first paper to identify the causal impacts of eviction on children: tobin.yale.edu/research/effec…

NEW in NBER Digest: "Impact of New York City’s Congestion Pricing Program" Featuring research by Cody Cook (Yale Department of Economics) and coauthors from Stanford University + Google: nber.org/digest/202506/…

SNAP work requirements have the biggest effect on those least able to work. In CT, they reduced enrollment in the program by 25%. Read more: tobin.yale.edu/research/snap-…

Here's a nice writeup of my recent paper w/ Elmendorf & Hubbard, "Policies to Reduce Federal Budget Deficits by Increasing Economic Growth" from Tobin Center for Economic Policy. tobin.yale.edu/research/pro-g… And here's the paper: x.com/ZLiscow/status…

Policymakers who want to ⬇️federal deficits &⬆️economic growth might be especially interested in policy changes that could achieve both. Elmendorf, Hubbard, & Zachary Liscow examine what pro-growth "abundance" policies can achieve from a budgetary perspective. tobin.yale.edu/research/pro-g…

In a new book of essays, Fiona Scott Morton and other experts offer a practical guide to further opening digital markets to competition: tobin.yale.edu/news/250605/re…

When estimating the budgetary impacts of new legislation, scorekeepers don't always incorporate potential effects on productivity. Zachary Liscow, Glenn Hubbard, & Doug Elmendorf on what pro-growth "abundance" policies can achieve from a budgetary perspective: tobin.yale.edu/research/pro-g…

A new book addresses competition problems in digital markets, including: ➡️Opening mobile ecosystems to app store competition ➡️Creating pro-competitive data markets that protect users’ privacy ➡️Restoring search competition Download for free: tobin.yale.edu/news/250605/re…

A new book from Yale School of Management Professor Fiona Scott Morton provides regulators and policymakers with implementable policy ideas for solving key digital markets challenges. Download it for free: tobin.yale.edu/news/250605/re…

Join us in congratulating Director of Research Support Rebecca Toseland & Faculty Affiliate John Eric Humphries for winning the Merton J. Peck Prize for distinction & excellence in undergraduate teaching! Learn more about them & the other prize winners: economics.yale.edu/news/250616/an…

As a Tobin Center Predoc Fellow, Elena Stacy (Elena Stacy) worked with Rohini Pande on research studying female labor force participation in India. Today, Elena is using that experience to pursue a PhD at Berkeley Agricultural and Resource Economics. Read more about Elena's work: tobin.yale.edu/news/250405/el…

Prof. Fiona Scott Morton’s new book assembles five years of her work exploring the challenges of regulating tech giants like Apple, Google, and Meta. Discover more about the book: yalesom.io/4kjWr3X

The Governor’s Fellowship Program places early-career professionals in state agencies to help design, manage, and strengthen policies + programs. Follow recent coverage from UConn ft. Tobin Center Executive Director Dave Wilkinson (Dave Wilkinson): today.uconn.edu/2025/06/unique…

What will it take to create competitive digital markets?‌ In a new book, Fiona Scott Morton (Yale School of Management) offers a practical guide on how to open digital markets to competition through regulatory and judicial tools: tobin.yale.edu/news/250605/re…

New research by John Eric Humphries, Winnie van Dijk, & coauthors provides evidence on the causal impact of evictions on children’s welfare. Read the summary in the July 2025 NBER Digest: nber.org/digest/202507/…

What can the US government do to make the economy grow faster, and could it grow fast enough to outrun the national debt? NEW from NPR's NPR's Planet Money, Tobin Center Faculty Advisor Zachary Liscow discusses federal deficits and economic growth: npr.org/2025/07/02/125…