Recently published short paper in the Journal of Public Economics : "Local Minimum Wage Laws, Boundary Discontinuity Methods, and Policy Spillovers" Vol 234 (June 2024) by Ekaterina Jardim, Mark C. Long, Bob Plotnick, Jake Vigdor, Emma Wiles sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Is Seattle Regulating the Rental Market to Death? open.substack.com/pub/jacobvigdo…

Washington started a cap-and-trade carbon permit system in 2023. A proposal to repeal it is now on the ballot. The evidence suggests it's raised gas prices by more than "pennies," but that may be a good thing...open.substack.com/pub/jacobvigdo…

Tariffs of a Century Ago Were So Unpopular They Drove 42 States to Approve... The Income Tax open.substack.com/pub/jacobvigdo…

Washington state's revenue collections simply aren't adequate to fund public services at levels other states take for granted. A recent Fed Reserve Bank of Minneapolis study ranks us 48th in terms of state/local tax rate. We, higher income people especially, can afford more.

A century ago the nation's first minimum wage laws were weekly, not hourly. Is it time to go back? open.substack.com/pub/jacobvigdo…