Policy Analysis ·
Safeguarding the US Federal Government Workforce
Policy Brief: Lessons from the 2025 assault on the bureaucracy.
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Public Finance and Budget ·
How Rent-Control Intensity Relates to Tenant Outcomes in California Cities, 2010–2019
Policy Brief: Rising rents and growing housing cost burdens in high-cost metropolitan regions have intensified policy interest in rent regulation.
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Environmental Policy ·
No Compromise in Defense of Mother Earth
In his new book No Option But Sabotage, SPA professor traces the rise, fall, and potential reemergence of the radical environmental movement.
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Public Management and Leadership ·
Public Scandals and Public Trust
SPA professor challenges conventional wisdom on user satisfaction
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Health Policy & Management ·
Abortion Access, Economic Hardship, and Crime: Unintended Consequences of Restrictive Policies
Policy Brief: abortion policies, typically debated on moral and legal grounds, have broader economic and social consequences.
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Public Management and Leadership ·
Employee Turnover Effects of the 2018–2019 United States Federal Government Shutdown
Policy Brief: As U.S. federal government shutdowns have increased in frequency and length, their related dysfunction may impact the federal government's ability to retain talent
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