4 papers
Nighttime Light Intensity and Child Health Outcomes in Bangladesh
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Masud Alam, Munshi Naser İbne Afzal +1
This study examines the impact of nighttime light intensity on child health outcomes in Bangladesh. We use nighttime light intensity as a proxy measure of urbanization and argue th…
Heterogeneous Responses to the U.S. Narrative Tax Changes: Evidence from the U.S. States
Masud Alam
This paper investigates the assumption of homogeneous effects of federal tax changes across the U.S. states and identifies where and why that assumption may not be valid. More spec…
Time Varying Risk in U.S. Housing Sector and Real Estate Investment Trusts Equity Return
Masud Alam
This study examines how housing sector volatilities affect real estate investment trust (REIT) equity return in the United States. I argue that unexpected changes in housing variab…
Output, Employment, and Price Effects of U.S. Narrative Tax Changes: A Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregression Approach
Masud Alam
This paper examines the short- and long-run effects of U.S. federal personal income and corporate income tax cuts on a wide array of economic policy variables in a data-rich enviro…