With recent major cuts to governmental regulation agencies in the US, we investigate whether those cuts are justified. In particular, we analyze the efficacy of RGGI, a state-level cap-and-trade program designed to regulate CO2 emissions in power plants. By using synthetic controls, we answer the counterfactual question: "how would CO2 emissions look in a world where RGGI was never enacted?".

Internet use has been identified by researchers as having the potential to rise to the level of addiction, with associated increased rates of anxiety and depression. Identifying cases of problematic internet usage currently requires evaluation by an expert, however, which is a significant impediment to screening children and adolescents across society. One potential solution is to rely on data that is more easily and uniformly collected: the kind collected by a family physician, a simple survey, or by a smartwatch. The research question this project sets out to answer is: “Can we predict the level of problematic internet usage exhibited by children and adolescents, based on their physical activity and survey responses?”