Timothy F. Harris

TL;DR: Two collapsing strategies are developed that pinpoints risk regions of ALS genes, including SOD1, NEK1, TARDBP, and FUS, and not only pinpoint risk regions in known genes but also highlight candidate genes as well.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined asymmetric information in the life insurance market using data that link life insurance holdings with death records for a representative sample of purchasers and found no compelling evidence for adverse selection in a broad age cohort.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used confidential administrative data from tax returns and information reports to estimate the impact of third-party income reporting on small business tax compliance, finding that the legislation modestly increased reported receipts without significantly increasing deductions, with smaller firms, firms in business-to-consumer industries, and partnerships reporting a relatively large increase in receipts and a partially offsetting increase in deductions, implying a modest increase in tax compliance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed how life insurance companies changed pricing and offerings in response to COVID-19 using monthly data on term life insurance policies from Compulife, and found limited evidence that insurers increased premiums or decreased policy offerings.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed how life insurance companies changed pricing and offerings in response to COVID-19 using monthly data on term life insurance policies from Compulife and found some evidence that premiums differentially increased for individuals with very high risk and that some policies were removed for the oldest of the old.