How economists can boost state capacity to build transportation, housing, and energy infrastructure

Published on December 15, 2025

Yale Law School Professor Zach Liscow has produced some of the most rigorous evidence to-date on what's driving delays and higher costs on U.S. infrastructure projects nationwide. Read the full interview here: https://tobin.yale.edu/news/251117/how-economists-can-boost-state-capacity-build-transportation-housing-and-energy-infrastructure. 

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The project will provide clean heating and cooling for New Haven’s train station and nearby public housing. It could be a test case for similar efforts statewide. Read the full story here: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/connecticut-union-station-network-underway.

‘We’re in a better place’: Has the time for a unified global carbon market finally arrived?

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In a Q&A, Yale economist Rohini Pande explains why a voluntary carbon market initiative adopted during the COP30 climate conference in Belém can help make emissions reduction cost effective — and promote innovation in the world’s developing nations. Read or listen to the interview at: https://news.yale.edu/2025/12/16/were-better-place-has-time-unified-global-carbon-market-finally-arrived.