Timothy Dunne

We examine the impact of a program that requires prime contractors to subcontract out a portion of a highway procurement project to firms. We study how DBE subcontracting requirements affect bidding behavior in federally funded projects.

Market structure is determined by the entry and exit decisions of individual producers.

This paper investigates the effect of uncertainty on the investment decisions of petroleum refineries in the US.

The relationship between the size of a market and the competitiveness of the market has been of long-standing interest to IO economists.

During the Great Recession, the rate at which Americans formed households fell sharply.

A region’s economic performance is closely linked to the skills and knowledge of its workforce.

Workers with more education typically earn more than those with less education, and the difference has been growing in recent decades.

As the foreclosure crisis deepens, increased attention is being paid to foreclosure statistics, which are often used to judge the intensity of foreclosure problems both within and across regions.

Many Fourth District cities have experienced relatively weak population growth over the past half century.