Does education predict how much a state bets on sports? After analyzing handle, population, and education data across every legal market in the country, the answer is no. In May, 2018, the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, handing individual states...

Ashburn, Virginia, an affluent outer suburb of Washington, DC, is known for highly rated public schools and high household incomes. It’s also home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers—massive warehouses full of computers that support online services like cloud computing, streaming platforms, and,...

Popular wisdom has long held that hard times make for sad songs. When jobs disappear and markets fall, so the story goes, listeners reach for melancholy ballads; when confidence rebounds, the dancefloor fills. The intuition is tidy, culturally resonant, and, according to a systematic analysis...

Going to a Major League Baseball game costs much more than it did a generation ago, even after adjusting for inflation. But higher prices do not automatically drive fans away, especially in a market where teams set prices in response to expected demand. Indeed, attendance...

When you think of the center of the digital world, one’s mind is quickly drawn to Silicon Valley. Yet, that title arguably belongs to the third most populous county in Virginia. Loudoun County boasts the largest concentration of data centers in the world, handling roughly...