Preventing a COVID-19 health crisis has had unintended consequences on domestic abuse victimization. Using event methodology and individual level call data, we examine the patterns of domestic abuse during the COVID-19 lockdown in Greater London and find that the lockdown changed the nature of...

As a result of the BoJ's large-scale asset purchases, the consolidated Japanese government borrows mostly at the floating rate from households and invests in longer-duration risky assets to earn an extra 3% of GDP. We quantify the impact of Japan's low-rate policies on its government and...

Many environmental hazards produce health effects that take years to arise, but quasi-experimental studies typically measure outcomes and treatment over short time periods. We develop a new approach to overcome this challenge and use it to gauge the effect of exposure to air pollution on US life...