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Banking and Financial Services
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More Than Green: Leveraging Green Bonds to Invest in Greater Climate Resilience
Karishma V. Patel, Michelle E. Miro
Nov 24, 2021
The RAND Blog
The significance of green bonds may depend not only on having a lot of them but also on carefully developing, investing, and tracking projects against the larger goal of climate resilience.
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Banking and Financial Services
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The Growing Green Bond Market Could Plateau. How Can It Grow Further?
David Catt, Nihar Chhatiawala, Mark Stalczynski
Nov 23, 2021
The RAND Blog
If green bonds are a viable tool to reduce emissions and adapt infrastructure to the effects of climate change, how can governments encourage the issuance, sales, and growth in the share of green bonds in the total bond market?
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Infrastructure Finance
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Green Bonds Can Leave Issuers in the Red
Brian Wong, Ismael Arciniegas Rueda
Nov 22, 2021
The RAND Blog
To achieve the Biden administration's blueprint for solar energy and focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation, green bonds may be worth considering. But, like any other financing instrument, they may be best considered through a cost-benefit lens.
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Crime and Violence Prevention
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Protecting the Elderly from Financial Exploitation
Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman, Sierra Smucker
Oct 14, 2021
The RAND Blog
Older adults are more vulnerable to scams and more likely to have money and assets than their younger counterparts of the same race/ethnicity. Policy solutions that provide protection against financial fraud could help older adults to live more financially stable lives.
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Residential Housing
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Renters' Last Chance for Pandemic Aid Before Evictions Resume
George Zuo
Sep 24, 2021
Los Angeles Times
The pandemic has battered Los Angeles renters, and a new wave of pain is coming with the moratorium on evictions ending September 30. But this housing crisis doesn't have to turn into a new homelessness crisis. Californians with incomes below 80 percent of their area's median are eligible to receive funds from the COVID-19 Rent Relief program.
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Financial Decision Making
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When a Free Trial Is Anything But
Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman
Aug 2, 2021
The RAND Blog
Several strategies could help protect consumers from subscription traps. Strategies could include providing better information showing that a free trial is followed by a subscription, reminding consumers that they have a subscription, and allowing consumers to easily cancel.
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International Economic Relations
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Cryptocurrency Should Be Added to the U.S.-Japan Trade Deal
Sale Lilly @SaleLilly, Scott W. Harold
Jul 28, 2021
Nikkei Asia
As the Biden administration begins to define its approach to international trade, and the Suga administration looks to further tighten cooperation with the United States, it may be worth reconsidering the exclusion of cryptocurrency from the U.S.-Japan trade deal. Substantial economic equities are at stake for both sides.
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Health Care Payment Approaches
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Fintech's Role in Reducing Disparities and Financial Barriers to Health Care Access
Sam Alom, Sonja Marjanovic @SonjaCambs
Jul 26, 2021
The RAND Blog
Given the growing pressures on health care systems globally and the need for innovative approaches to financing health care, the time may be ripe to develop a robust evidence base and share learning on fintech-enabled approaches that could support universal health coverage agendas and healthier and more stable societies.
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Visual Arts
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RAND Art + Data, 'Gray Market Care,' Supply Chains and Cyberattacks: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 25, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on RAND's new artist residency program, Art + Data; the prevalence of "gray market care" in the United States; supply chains' cyber problem; and more.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Americans' Financial Struggles, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Virtual Schools: RAND Weekly Recap
Dec 18, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on Americans' ongoing financial struggles, how we can learn from the first phase of COVID-19 vaccinations, why virtual schools may be here to stay, and more.
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Data Privacy
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Your Personal Information Could End Up in the Hands of Foreign Investors
Marcus Dillistone, Ryan Andrew Brown, Alina I. Palimaru, Michael Schwille @MichaelSchwille
Dec 16, 2020
Inside Sources
If you've ever rented a property, you may have wondered what happens to the sensitive information on your application. Recent concerns over the foreign harvesting of personal information for questionable purposes should worry everyone.
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Market Regulation
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Too Interconnected to Fail
Jonathan W. Welburn @jwwelburn, Aaron Strong @resourceecon
Aug 22, 2020
Wall Street Journal
The 2007–08 financial crisis made regulators and lawmakers acutely aware that some financial institutions had become too big to fail. The next big economic crisis may arise outside the financial sector, in highly networked companies that are too interconnected to fail.
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International Diplomacy
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What to Watch to Understand the Sino-Iranian Relationship
Colin P. Clarke, Mollie Saltskog
Aug 13, 2020
Lawfare
Beijing and Tehran are in the process of finalizing an ambitious partnership covering a range of security and economic issues. The United States should not overreact to shifting geopolitical dynamics in the Middle East, and should instead keep an eye out to assess the evolution of the relationship and take stock of what is delivered instead of what is merely promised.
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Personal Savings
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A Tale of Two Americas
Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_
Jul 9, 2020
RealClearPolicy
Economic pain in the United States is obvious and palpable everywhere except in the stock market. This spotlights inequality that has been increasing for decades. Undoing disparities will require firm policy commitment over many years.
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Residential Housing
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From Lockdown to Locked Out: Coronavirus and the Looming Crisis in Rental Housing
Alina I. Palimaru, Jason M. Ward @jason_m_ward, Amy L. Shearer, Marcus Dillistone
Apr 30, 2020
Dallas Morning News
Housing security is vital to individual and collective well-being. It's also a key component in the nation's economic performance. The looming coronavirus eviction crisis suggests the need to address the systemic problem of housing affordability and security now.
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Economics
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The Second Wave of COVID Consequences
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist, Jeffrey B. Wenger
Apr 24, 2020
The RAND Blog
Economists closely watch measures of consumer confidence because they are highly predictive economic indicators. New consumer data reveals likely long-term and prolonged economic fallout.
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Finance

More Than Green: Leveraging Green Bonds to Invest in Greater Climate Resilience

The Growing Green Bond Market Could Plateau. How Can It Grow Further?

Green Bonds Can Leave Issuers in the Red

Protecting the Elderly from Financial Exploitation

Renters' Last Chance for Pandemic Aid Before Evictions Resume

When a Free Trial Is Anything But

Cryptocurrency Should Be Added to the U.S.-Japan Trade Deal

Fintech's Role in Reducing Disparities and Financial Barriers to Health Care Access

RAND Art + Data, 'Gray Market Care,' Supply Chains and Cyberattacks: RAND Weekly Recap

Americans' Financial Struggles, COVID-19 Vaccinations, Virtual Schools: RAND Weekly Recap

Your Personal Information Could End Up in the Hands of Foreign Investors

Too Interconnected to Fail

What to Watch to Understand the Sino-Iranian Relationship

A Tale of Two Americas

From Lockdown to Locked Out: Coronavirus and the Looming Crisis in Rental Housing

The Second Wave of COVID Consequences

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