Voluntary versus Mandatory Approaches to Climate Change Mitigation

Federal Rulemaking 101

This explainer breaks down the mechanisms by which federal agencies are granted authority, issue regulations, and respond to public comments.

AI-Assisted Teams Outperform AI-Led Teams but Not Human-Only Teams in Assessing Research Reproducibility in Quantitative Social Science

With Large Language Models (LLMs) becoming widespread, this study tests whether artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT could help social scientists check if published research findings can be reproduced.

Reproducibility and Robustness of Economics and Political Science Research

This article evaluates whether published findings in economics and political science can be independently replicated and remain consistent under reanalysis.

Indirect Land-Use Change: A Persistent Challenge for Modeling and Policy

This issue brief reviews how economic models estimate indirect land-use change and how policymakers incorporate those estimates in the United States, the European Union, and international aviation.