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  • The Endangered Species Act at 40: Species Profiles
    The Endangered Species Act at 40: Species Profiles

    The ESA's record of success has been badly exaggerated, and the Act has been detrimental to the conservation of species it was designed to protect

    Policy Study by Brian Seasholes December 31, 2013

  • Transit Utilization and Traffic Congestion: Is There a Connection?
    Transit Utilization and Traffic Congestion: Is There a Connection?

    Research finds no statistically significant evidence linking increases in transit utilization to reductions in congestion

    Policy Study by Thomas A. Rubin December 30, 2013

  • The Challenge of Comparing Public and Private Correctional Costs
    The Challenge of Comparing Public and Private Correctional Costs

    Can privately operated prisons reduce costs without compromising performance?

    Policy Brief by Harris Kenny and Leonard Gilroy December 20, 2013

  • Unmasking the Mortgage Interest Deduction: Who Benefits and by How Much? 2013 Update
    Unmasking the Mortgage Interest Deduction: Who Benefits and by How Much? 2013 Update

    The mortgage interest deduction causes harmful economic distortions and its benefits are concentrated among the wealthy

    Policy Study by Anthony Randazzo December 18, 2013

  • Parks 2.0: Operating State Parks Through Public-Private Partnerships
    Parks 2.0: Operating State Parks Through Public-Private Partnerships

    Defining and applying the park operation public-private partnership (PPP) model.

    Policy Study by Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny and Julian Morris December 10, 2013

  • Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2013
    Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2013

    Examining the results in districts using portable student funding

    Policy Study by Lisa Snell and Katie Furtick December 5, 2013

  • Lobbying, Cronyism and Section 1705 Loan Guarantees
    Lobbying, Cronyism and Section 1705 Loan Guarantees

    Why the Department of Energy should stop guaranteeing loans for green energy projects

    Policy Brief by Victor Nava and Julian Morris December 3, 2013

  • Still A Loser: The Tampa to Orlando High-Speed Rail Proposal
    Still A Loser: The Tampa to Orlando High-Speed Rail Proposal

    Florida taxpayers face huge operating deficits come 2026 if the project goes ahead

    Policy Brief by Wendell Cox and Adrian Moore December 2, 2013

  • The Effect of Satellite and Wireless on Rural Universal Service Policy
    The Effect of Satellite and Wireless on Rural Universal Service Policy

    Subsidies for rural broadband are unnecessary, reduce competition and undermine private infrastructure investment

    Policy Brief by Steven Titch November 7, 2013

  • Payday Lending: Protecting or Harming Consumers?
    Payday Lending: Protecting or Harming Consumers?

    Many criticisms of payday lending are based on myths. The evidence shows payday lending offers benefits to consumers

    Policy Study by Adam Summers November 5, 2013

  • Lessons in Municipal Broadband from Lafayette, Louisiana
    Lessons in Municipal Broadband from Lafayette, Louisiana

    Broadband isn't a monopoly-based infrastructure utility; it's an extremely competitive service business

    Policy Study by Steven Titch November 1, 2013

  • Smart on Sentencing, Smart on Crime: Reforming Louisiana
    Smart on Sentencing, Smart on Crime: Reforming Louisiana

    How to safely reduce Louisiana's nonviolent prison population, implement fairer sentencing and reduce corrections spending

    Policy Study by Julian Morris October 29, 2013

  • Frequently Asked Questions About Interstate 2.0
    Frequently Asked Questions About Interstate 2.0

    Answering your questions about using value-added, all-electronic tolling to fund the reconstruction of America's aging Interstates

    FAQ by Robert Poole September 18, 2013

  • Interstate 2.0: Modernizing the Interstate Highway System Via Toll Finance
    Interstate 2.0: Modernizing the Interstate Highway System Via Toll Finance

    The 20th-century fuel tax cannot deliver a second-generation Interstate highway system, 21st-century all-electronic tolling can

    Policy Study by Robert Poole September 12, 2013

  • Practical Strategies for Increasing Mobility in Atlanta
    Practical Strategies for Increasing Mobility in Atlanta

    A plan to give Atlanta the comprehensive highway and transit networks it needs

    Policy Study by Baruch Feigenbaum August 28, 2013

  • Analyzing State Government Spending
    Analyzing State Government Spending

    States significantly overspent even when the economy was good

    Policy Study by Michael Flynn, Adrian Moore, Leonard Gilroy and Adam Summers July 31, 2013

  • Comparing the Travel Times, Environmental Impacts and Costs of Traveling by Bus and Amtrak
    Comparing the Travel Times, Environmental Impacts and Costs of Traveling by Bus and Amtrak

    Study finds travel times on motorcoaches and Amtrak are similar, but ticket costs and emissions are much lower with bus travel

    July 30, 2013

  • Crony Capitalism and Sallie Mae
    Crony Capitalism and Sallie Mae

    Sallie Mae and Uncle Sam: Cronyism in Higher Education Finance

    Policy Brief by Anthony Randazzo and Victor Nava July 10, 2013

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