CBO – Economist Writing Every Day

The Congressional Budget Office released a series of posts explaining questions they have about major federal budget policies that past research does not adequately answer. For any economist looking for paper ideas or for a way to influence policy, CBO’s posts are a great place to look:

A Call for New Research on the No Surprises Act

A Call for New Research in the Area of Permitting Requirements for Investments in Physical Infrastructure

A Call for New Research in the Area of Spending on Medicare Part D

A Call for New Research in the Area of Nutritional Standards in SNAP

A Call for New Research on Energy and the Environment

A Call for New Research in the Area of Finance

A Call for New Research in the Area of Health

A Call for New Research in the Area of Labor

A Call for New Research in the Area of Macroeconomics

A Call for New Research in the Area of National Security

A Call for New Research in the Area of Hepatitis C

A Call for New Research in the Area of New Drug Development

A Call for New Research in the Area of Obesity

A Call for New Research in the Area of Taxes and Transfers

At AEAs this year Heidi Williams emphasized how huge bills like permitting reform are being discussed by Congress without much research to inform key aspects of the bills, so CBO & some Congresspeople would genuinely like to see your work on these questions if it is well done

This also your regular reminded that I maintain a page of economics paper ideas. Until now all the ideas there have been my own, but I will be adding links to pages where others share their own paper ideas, starting with CBO’s.