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Yan, W., & Douglas, A. C. (2013). Federal environmental regulation impacts on local economic growth and stability. Economic Development Quarterly, 27, 179–192.

Learning Objectives:
15-3: Identify the political costs and benefits of teetering on a fiscal cliff.

Meyer, M. H., Wolf, D. A., & Himes, C. L. (2006). Declining eligibility for social security spouse and widow benefits in the United States? Research on Aging, 28, 240–260.

Learning Objective:
15-4: Relate the ways that entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security are subject to the prisoner’s dilemma.

Cummins, J. (2012). The effects of legislative term limits on state fiscal conditions. American Politics Research, 41, 417–442.

Learning Objectives:
15-3: Identify the political costs and benefits of teetering on a fiscal cliff.

Weeks, J. (2013). Future of the Arctic. CQ Researcher, 23, 789–812.

Learning Objective:
15-2: Explain how the tragedy of the commons complicates nations’ attempts to address climate change.