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Using a Buyout Strategy to Make Houston More Resilient

Erica Vilay, Phil Pollman • July 9, 2020

The city of Houston could better protect and aid the approximately 18,000 people who live in the city’s repeated flood prone areas if it created an integrated home buyout…
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Floodway Buyout Strategy for a Resilient Houston

Erica Vilay, Phil Pollman • July 9, 2020

Houston, Texas, America’s most diverse and fourth-largest city, is the most flooded city in the United States. Houston’s geography and urban planning make flooding and water…
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Where Does it Go? Spending by the Financially Constrained

Shawn Cole, John Thompson, Peter Tufano • February 1, 2008

UCC08-3: In this paper, we analyze the spending decisions of over 1.5 million Americans who vary in their degree of revealed credit constraints. Specifically, we analyze…