This paper uses 1990 Micro Census Data to study city-to-city migration as a function of crosssectional differentials in economic opportunity. We test whether people move from low economic opportunity areas; and, people move to high economic opportunity areas. We test hypotheses concerning which...

Stringent regulation for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions will impose different costs across geographical regions. Low-carbon, environmentalist states, such as California, would bear less of the incidence of such regulation than high-carbon Midwestern states. Such anticipated costs are likely...