Zach Liscow
@zliscow.bsky.social
Economist & lawyer. Professor at Yale Law School: economic and tax policy, infrastructure costs. Formerly OMB Chief Economist. https://law.yale.edu/zachary-liscow
Thanks for pointing that out. I hadn't realized that. So I just put up a version with the appendix on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
State Capacity for Building Infrastructure
<p>Recent legislation has brought the goal of getting the most out of public infrastructure funds to the fore. The high cost of building major infrastructure in
papers.ssrn.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Thanks for pointing that out. I hadn't realized that. So I just put up a version with the appendix on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Nice policy writeup on the piece from the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale: tobin.yale.edu/research/exp...
Experienced state employees can deliver big savings on infrastructure
To build quickly and for less, states should be willing to pay (a lot) more to retain the best engineers
tobin.yale.edu
September 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Nice policy writeup on the piece from the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale: tobin.yale.edu/research/exp...