Recovery Riches: The U.S. Housing Market Gained $11 Trillion in Value in the 2010s
Over the past decade, California’s housing stock grew in value by more than $3.1 trillion, by far the largest such growth of any single state – and comfortably more than the combined total of the next four states on the list.
Wimbledon will reportedly receive over $140 million after canceling event due to coronavirus
The venue had paid $2 million a year over the last 17 years in pandemic insurance. Now that the event is canceled, Wimbledon will reportedly receive $141 million thanks to that policy.
Another Way to See the Recession: Power Usage Is Way Down
Housing Markets in a Pandemic: Evidence from Historical Outbreaks
How do housing markets respond to the outbreak of a major pandemic? This paper answers this question by analyzing unique transaction and mortality data around historical outbreaks of the plague in Amsterdam and cholera in Paris.
Crashes and COVID-19 in Historical Context
The stock markets are reeling as fear and uncertainty about the global pandemic grow. We asked Yale SOM’s William Goetzmann, whose research includes financial history, to put the volatility into a historical perspective.