Like Silicon from Clay: A Book Event with Michael M. Rosen
EventJournal Publication

Like Silicon from Clay: A Book Event with Michael M. Rosen

Event Summary On March 4, AEI’s Matthew Continetti and Michael M. Rosen gathered to discuss Mr. Rosen’s new book, Like Silicon from Clay: What Ancient Jewish Wisdom Can Teach Us…

Bring Digital Twins Back to Earth
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WIREs Climate Change

Bring Digital Twins Back to Earth

Abstract We reflect on the development of digital twins of the Earth, which we associate with a reductionist view of nature as a machine. The projects of digital twins deviate…

Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”
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npj Natural Hazards

Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”

Abstract For more than two decades, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has published a count of weather-related disasters in the United States that it estimates have exceeded…

Spatial Spillovers and the Effects of Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence from Pandemic-Era Federal Aid for State and Local Governments
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Spatial Economic Analysis

Spatial Spillovers and the Effects of Fiscal Stimulus: Evidence from Pandemic-Era Federal Aid for State and Local Governments

Abstract We analyse whether US federal aid to state and local governments impacted economic activity through either direct or cross-state spillover effects during the COVID-19 pandemic. Deploying an instrumental-variables framework…