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How does social media impact happiness? — Scioto Analysis
9+ hour, 28+ min ago (229+ words) According to the 2026 World Happiness Report, most people indicated that they are willing to pay less money to use social media platforms than they would need to be paid to stop using them. In other words, people would pay a…...
Data center debate exposes Ohio’s uneven energy landscape — Scioto Analysis
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (509+ words) In the battle over data center siting in Ohio, one of the flashpoints is how data centers impact electricity prices. Data centers are indeed energy-intensive and the worry about their impact on local energy prices has moved most developers to…...
Which Taxes Do the Least Economic Harm? — Scioto Analysis
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (365+ words) When I first enrolled in graduate school, I was pretty high on taxes. Maybe it was the “contrarian” in me. Maybe it was the excitement of Bernie Sanders suddenly making “socialism” a mainstream word in the political lexicon. Or maybe…...
What assumptions underlie cost-benefit analysis? — Scioto Analysis
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (304+ words) Last month, Vining emailed me a journal article he just published in the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis titled “Ten Principles of Cost-Benefit Analysis and Five Barriers to Its Wider Use.” I thought it would be valuable to share these ten…...
How do you measure happiness? — Scioto Analysis
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (222+ words) Despite this longstanding charge for morality and public policy, research on happiness has continued to be a fringe subfield in the world of public policy. The United Kingdom is not alone in asking this question. Statistics Canada asks its residents…...
Which U.S. cities will implement congestion fees next? — Scioto Analysis
3+ week, 4+ day ago (466+ words) Earlier this week, Scioto Analysis released a cost-benefit analysis of New York City’s Congestion Relief Zone during its first full year of operation. We found that congestion pricing in New York City produced $2 billion in net benefits in 2025. Some of…...
Scioto Analysis Releases Cost-Benefit Analysis of Raising the Ohio State Cigarette Tax
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (224+ words) This morning, Scioto Analysis published a cost-benefit analysis on the potential impacts of raising Ohio’s cigarette tax by $1.50 per pack, from $1.60 to $3.10, on Ohio’s economy. An increase of this size was proposed in Governor DeWine’s Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Governor’s Executive Budget…...