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THE EFFECT OF UNIONS ON EMPLOYMENT:
EVIDENCE FROM AN UNNATURAL EXPERIMENT IN URUGUAY
Adriana Cassoni
Steven G. Allen
Gaston J. Labadie
Working Paper 7501
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7501
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
This resear... | 610 |
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WAGE-SETTING INSTITUTIONS
AS INDUSTRIAL POLICY
Steven J. Davis
Magnus Henrekson
Working Paper 7502
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7502
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
The authors gratefully acknowledge generous research support from ... | 713 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
TWO GENERALIZATIONS OF A DEPOSIT-REFUND SYSTEM
Don Fullerton
Ann Wolverton
Working Paper 7505
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7505
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
This note is prepared for presentation at the AEA meetings in Boston in... | 5,333 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MEDICARE REFORM: THE LARGER PICTURE
Victor R. Fuchs
Working Paper 7504
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7504
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
I am grateful to Antonio Rangel and the editors of the Journal of Economic Perspectives for ma... | 8,765 |
NBER | 2,000 | The Role of Alcohol and Drug Consumption in Determining Physical
Fights and Weapon Carrying by Teenagers
Sara Markowitz
NBER Working Paper No. 7500
January 2000
JEL No. I0, J13
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to examine the question of whether alcohol or drug use causes
teenagers to engage in violent b... | 20,383 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE EFFECTS OF URBAN CONCENTRATION
ON ECONOMIC GROWTH
Vernon Henderson
Working Paper 7503
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7503
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
Support of the World Bank through a research grant is gratefully acknowledg... | 17,744 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
YOUTH SMOKING IN THE U.S.: PRICES ANDPOLICES
Jonathan Gruber
Working Paper 7506
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7506
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
I am grateful to James Beny, Cristian Gonzalez, Jeffrey Hoffner, and Jonathan Zinman ... | 20,264 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
IS ADDICTION "RATIONAL"? THEORY AND EVIDENCE
Jonathan Gruber
Botond Koszegi
Working Paper 7507
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7507
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
We are grateful to Peter Diamond, Michael Grossman, David Laibson, and... | 31,689 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
UNDERSTANDING YOUNG WOMEN’S MARRIAGE DECISIONS:
THE ROLE OF LABOR AND MARRIAGE MARKET CONDITIONS
Francine D. Blau
Lawrence M. Kahn
Jane Waldfogel
Working Paper 7510
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7510
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
... | 17,484 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
SORTING AND LONG-RUN INEQUALITY
Raquel Fernández
Richard Rogerson
Working Paper 7508
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7508
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
We thank Michael Kremer, Nezih Guner, John Knowles, Victor Rios-Rull, and partic... | 18,408 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION OF
INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION
Wolfgang Keller
Working Paper 7509
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7509
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
I thank Don Andrews, Steve Bronars, Peter Debaere, Rob Feenstra, Don... | 22,851 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MARKET PROVISION OF PUBLIC GOODS:
THE CASE OF BROADCASTING
Simon P. Anderson
Stephen Coate
Working Paper 7513
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7513
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
We thank Tim Besley, John Conley, Simon Cooper, Maxim E... | 528 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
STICKY-PRICE MODELS OF THE BUSINESS CYCLE:
SPECIFICATION AND STABILITY
Peter N. Ireland
Working Paper 7511
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7511
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
I would like to thank Fabio Ghironi, Robert King, Tommaso ... | 426 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
FISCAL SHOCKS IN AN EFFICIENCY WAGE MODEL
Craig Burnside
Martin Eichenbaum
Jonas Fisher
Working Paper 7515
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7515
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily repre... | 11,393 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CAPITAL MOVEMENTS, BANKING INSOLVENCY,AND
SILENTRUNS IN THE ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS
Edward J. Kane
Working Paper 7514
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7514
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
This paper extends and refocuses analysis origin... | 14,451 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE ELASTICITY OF TAXABLE INCOME:
EVIDENCE AND IMPLICATIONS
Jon Gruber
Emmanuel Saez
Working Paper 7512
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7512
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
January 2000
We are grateful to Gerald Auten, David Cutler, Esther Duflo,... | 47,901 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
FORWARD AND BACKWARD INTERGENERATIONAL GOODS:
A THEORY OF INTERGENERATIONAL EXCHANGE
Antonio Rangel
Working Paper 7518
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7518
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
I am grateful to Alberto Alesina, Marty Felds... | 737 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK AND THE EURO:
THE FIRST YEAR
Martin Feldstein
Working Paper 7517
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7517
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
This paper is an expanded version of remarks prepared for presentation at... | 4,880 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGES
THROUGHOUT THE WAGE DISTRIBUTION
David Neumark
Mark Schweitzer
William Wascher
Working Paper 7519
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7519
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We are grateful to Scott Adams for o... | 593 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE PROGRESSIVITY OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Julia Lynn Coronado
Don Fullerton
Thomas Glass
Working Paper 7520
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7520
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We are grateful for helpful suggestions from Martin Feldstein... | 747 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CHILDREN’S WELFARE EXPOSURE AND
SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT
Phillip B. Levine
David J. Zimmerman
Working Paper 7522
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7522
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We would like to thank Greg Duncan, Ted Joyce, Kathy ... | 594 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
TUNNELLING
Simon Johnson
Rafael La Porta
Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes
Andrei Shleifer
Working Paper 7523
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7523
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We are grateful to Pietro Busnardo, Mario Gamboa, James Reyno... | 5,732 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HOW DO UK-BASED FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEALERS
THINK THEIR MARKET OPERATES?
Yin-Wong Cheung
Menzie D. Chinn
Ian W. Marsh
Working Paper 7524
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7524
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
This study was begun while M... | 11,503 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HOW LARGE IS THE BIAS IN SELF-REPORTED DISABILITY?
Hugo Benítez-Silva
Moshe Buchinsky
Hiu Man Chan
Sofia Cheidvasser
John Rust
Working Paper 7526
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7526
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
This work is made ... | 908 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CHOICE, CHANCE, AND WEALTH DISPERSION
AT RETIREMENT
Steven F. Venti
David A. Wise
Working Paper 7521
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7521
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
This research was supported by the National Institute on Aging... | 642 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
JACKSONIAN MONETARY POLICY, SPECIE FLOWS,
AND THE PANIC OF 1837
Peter L. Rousseau
Working Paper 7528
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7528
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
The author thanks Jeremy Atack for helpful comments. The views... | 24,899 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE INCOME AND TAX SHARE OF VERY HIGH
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, 1960-1995
Daniel R. Feenberg
James M. Poterba
Working Paper 7525
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7525
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We are grateful to Brian Hall and Jeffrey ... | 605 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HOW SHOULD MONETARY POLICY BE
CONDUCTED IN AN ERA OF PRICE STABILITY?
Lars E.O. Svensson
Working Paper 7516
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7516
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
A previous version of this paper was presented at New Ch... | 36,074 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
U.S. BANKS, CRISES, AND BAILOUTS:
FROM MEXICO TO LTCM
Bong-Chan Kho
Dong Lee
René M. Stulz
Working Paper 7529
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7529
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
Prepared for the session "The near crash of 1998," Ame... | 27,932 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE POWER OF THE PILL:
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES AND WOMEN’S
CAREER AND MARRIAGE DECISIONS
Claudia Goldin
Lawrence F. Katz
Working Paper 7527
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7527
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
Tara Watson assisted most a... | 24,415 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL:
SUBSTITUTES OR COMPLEMENTS?
Sandra L. Decker
Amy Ellen Schwartz
Working Paper 7535
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7535
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We would like to thank Michael Grossman, Robert Kaestner... | 13,129 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
STRATEGIC TRADE POLICY WITH ENDOGENOUS
CHOICE OF QUALITY AND ASYMMETRIC COSTS
Dongsheng Zhou
Barbara J. Spencer
Ilan Vertinsky
Working Paper 7536
http:/www.nber.org/papers/w7536
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge Ma 02138
February 2000
We are grateful to ... | 33,378 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CAPITAL GAINS REALIZATIONS OF THE
RICH AND SOPHISTICATED
Alan J. Auerbach
Jonathan M. Siegel
Working Paper 7532
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7532
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
This paper was presented at the AEA meetings, Janua... | 6,502 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CAN OUTPUT LOSSES FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL CRISES BE AVOIDED?
Michael P. Dooley
Working Paper 7531
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7531
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
I am grateful to Guillermo Calvo and Ben McCallum for h... | 9,797 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHY DO DANCERS SMOKE?
TIME PREFERENCE, OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE, AND WAGE GROWTH
Lalith Munasinghe
Nachum Sicherman
Working Paper 7542
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7542
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We thank George Loewenstein and se... | 16,316 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HAVE FALLING TARIFFS AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS
RAISED U.S. WAGE INEQUALITY?
Jonathan E. Haskel
Matthew J. Slaughter
Working Paper 7539
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7539
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
For financial support we thank... | 19,708 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HEART OF DARKNESS:
MODELING PUBLIC-PRIVATE FUNDING INTERACTIONS
INSIDE THE R&D BLACK BOX
Paul A. David
Bronwyn H. Hall
Working Paper 7538
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7538
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
The original version of th... | 17,976 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LABOR- AND CAPITAL-
AUGMENTING TECHNICAL CHANGE
Daron Acemoglu
Working Paper 7544
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7544
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
I thank Manuel Amador, Abhijit Banajee, Olivier Blanchard, and Jaume Ventura for u... | 12,306 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
A MONETARY EXPLANATION OF THE
GREAT STAGFLATION OF THE 1970S
Robert B. Barsky
Lutz Kilian
Working Paper 7547
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7547
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
The views expressed herein are those of the authors and... | 169 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
OPTIMAL EXERCISE PRICES FOR EXECUTIVE STOCK OPTIONS
Brian J. Hall
Kevin J. Murphy
Working Paper 7548
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7548
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We thank Harry DeAngelo, Linda DeAngelo and John Matsusaka for ... | 5,755 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE GROWTH COSTS OF MALARIA
F. Desmond McCarthy
Holger Wolf
Yi Wu
Working Paper 7541
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7541
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We thank Jeffrey Sachs for helpful comments on the draft paper, and are very gr... | 16,431 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
RESUSCITATING REAL BUSINESS CYCLES
Robert G. King
Sergio T. Rebelo
Working Paper 7534
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7534
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
Written for the Handbook of Macroeconomics edited by Michael Woodford and John... | 148,858 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE FIRM AS A DEDICATED HIERARCHY:
A THEORY OF THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF FIRMS
Raghuram G. Rajan
Luigi Zingales
Working Paper 7546
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7546
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We are grateful for support from t... | 27,027 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
FERTILITY, MIGRATION AND ALTRUISM
Eli Berman
Zaur Rzakhanov
Working Paper 7545
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7545
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
This paper was inspired by a conversation Berman had with his great uncle Rafuel Grin... | 18,122 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE IMPORTANCE OF GROUP COVERAGE:
HOW TAX POLICY SHAPED U.S. HEALTH INSURANCE
Melissa A. Thomasson
Working Paper 7543
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7543
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
This research would not have been possible wit... | 20,059 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE INFORMATION IN THE HIGH YIELD BOND
SPREAD FOR THE BUSINESS CYCLE:
EVIDENCE AND SOME IMPLICATIONS
Mark Gertler
Cara S. Lown
Working Paper 7549
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7549
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
Prepared for the C... | 14,413 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MACROECONOMICS THAT
FISHER AND WICKSELL DID NOT?
Olivier Blanchard
Working Paper 7550
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7550
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
I thank Daron Acemoglu, Ben Bemanke, Ricardo Caballero, ... | 19,633 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INFLATION DYNAMICS:
A STRUCTURAL ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
Jordi Galí
Mark Gertler
Working Paper 7551
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7551
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
The authors thank participants at the JME-SNB Gerzensee Conference ... | 18,951 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
PROTECTING THEIR INTELLECTUAL ASSETS:
APPROPRIABILITY CONDITIONS AND WHY U.S.
MANUFACTURING FIRMSPATENT (OR NOT)
Wesley M. Cohen
Richard R. Nelson
John P. Walsh
Working Paper 7552
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7552
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 0213... | 31,802 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INSTITUTIONS FOR HIGH-QUALITY GROWTH:
WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO ACQUIRE THEM
Dani Rodrik
Working Paper 7540
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7540
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
This paper was prepared for the International Monetary Fu... | 19,835 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
TAX SUBSIDIES FOR HEALTH INSURANCE:
EVALUATING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS
Jonathan Gruber
Working Paper 7553
http://www.nber.org/papersIw7553
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Aventie
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
I am grateful to Barrett Kirwan, Robin McKn i ght, and Mel... | 22,672 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY AND THE VALUE
OF INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT RETIREMENT ANNUITIES
Jeffrey R. Brown
Working Paper 7560
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7560
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
This paper was presented at the National Bureau... | 27,135 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE EFFECT OF IMMIGRATION ON NATIVE SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Robert W. Fairlie
Bruce D. Meyer
Working Paper 7561
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7561
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We would like to thank seminar participants at the Universit... | 4,118 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MONETARY POLICY AND ASSET PRICE VOLATILITY
Ben Bernanke
Mark Gertler
Working Paper 7559
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7559
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
Presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City conference on “New Chal... | 27,373 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE IMPORTANCE OF MEASUREMENT ERROR
IN THE COST OF CAPITAL
Austan Goolsbee
Working Paper 7558
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7558
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
The views expressed herein are those of the author and are not necessa... | 11,801 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DOES PUBLIC INSURANCE IMPROVE THE
EFFICIENCY OF MEDICAL CARE? MEDICAID
EXPANSIONS AND CHILD HOSPITALIZATIONS
Leemore Dafny
Jonathan Gruber
Working Paper 7555
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7555
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We are... | 16,952 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SELF-FULFILLING
SPECULATIVE ATTACKS
Craig Burnside
Martin Eichenbaum
Sergio Rebelo
Working Paper 7554
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7554
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We are grateful to Kellogg's Banking Re... | 20,341 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
SINGLE PEAKED VS. DIVERSIFIED CAPITALISM:
THE RELATION BETWEEN ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS AND OUTCOMES
Richard B. Freeman
Working Paper 7556
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7556
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
The views expressed herein a... | 15,598 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHY DO PEOPLE STILL LIVE IN EAST GERMANY?
Jennifer Hunt
Working Paper 7564
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7564
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
I am very grateful to Regina Riphahn, Ann Huff Stevens and Michael Burda for comments and... | 10,547 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
GLOBAL REAL ESTATE MARKETS -
CYCLES AND FUNDAMENTALS
Bradford Case
William N. Goetzmann
K. Geert Rouwenhorst
Working Paper 7566
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7566
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We thanklbbotson Associates and memb... | 9,205 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
COMPENSATION IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR
Christopher J. Ruhm
Carey Borkoski
Working Paper 7562
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7562
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We thank Richard Frank, H.E. Frech III, Dan Rosenbaum, Doug Staiger, and ... | 20,406 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN FINANCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
Luigi Guiso
Paola Sapienza
Luigi Zingales
Working Paper 7563
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7563
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We thank Sonia Falconieri, Owen Lamont, Giancarlo ... | 33,757 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
SOCIAL SECURITY AND INEQUALITY OVER THE LIFE CYCLE
Angus Deaton
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
Christina Paxson
Working Paper 7570
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7570
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
Prepared for NBER Conference on the Di... | 17,612 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE SHAPE OF TWENTIETH CENTURY
ECONOMIC HISTORY
J. Bradford DeLong
Working Paper 7569
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7569
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
I would like to thank the NSF for financial support during the writing of this... | 592 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
OUTSOURCING AT WILL: UNJUST DISMISSAL DOCTRINE
AND THE GROWTH OF TEMPORARY HELP EMPLOYMENT
David H. Autor
Working Paper 7557
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7557
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
The author is indebted to Daron Acemogl... | 27,012 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LONG RUN EFFECTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
PROPOSALS ON LIFETIME PROGRESSIVITY
Julia Lynn Coronado
Don Fullerton
Thomas Glass
Working Paper 7568
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7568
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
This paper was pres... | 612 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
KEIRETSU AND RELATIONSHIP-SPECIFIC INVESTMENT:
A BARRIER TO TRADE?
Barbara J. Spencer
Larry D. Qiu
Working Paper 7572
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7572
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
This paper has benefited from presentation at... | 28,114 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DAILY MOMENTUM AND CONTRARIAN BEHAVIOR
OF INDEX FUND INVESTORS
William N. Goetzmann
Massimo Massa
Working Paper 7567
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7567
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
We thank Fidelity for providing us with the dat... | 31,440 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
GUARANTEED INCOME: SSI AND TIlE WELL-BEING
OF TIlE ELDERLY POOR
Kathleen McGarry
Working Paper 7574
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7574
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
I am grateful to Martin Feldstein, Wei-Yin Hu, Jeffrey Liebman, Bru... | 19,332 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DO IMMIGRANT INFLOWS LEAD TO NATIVE OUTFLOWS?
David Card
John E. DiNardo
Working Paper 7578
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7578
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
Prepared for the January 2000 meetings of the American Economics Associatio... | 8,842 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
Charles F. Manski
Working Paper 7580
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7580
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
This research was supported in part by NSF grant SBR-9722846. The views expressed herein... | 16,862 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL
PUBLIC FINANCE
Michael Kremer
Paras Mehta
Working Paper 7575
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7575
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
We are grateful to Daron Acemoglu, Abhijit Banerjee, Ricardo Caballero, At... | 33,037 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
OBSTACLES TO OPTIMAL POLICY:
THE INTERPLAY OF POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN SHAPING
BANK SUPERVISION AND REGULATION REFORMS
Randall S. Kroszner
Philip E. Strahan
Working Paper 7582
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7582
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
M... | 23,462 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LABOR MARKETS IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
Sherwin Rosen
Allen Sanderson
Working Paper 7573
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7573
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2000
The views expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily th... | 15,880 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DOES GROWING INEQUALITY REDUCE TAX PROGRESSIVITY?
SHOULD IT?
Joel Slemrod
Jon Bakija
Working Paper 7576
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7576
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
Prepared for the American Enterprise Institute conference on "T... | 20,199 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
GERMANY’S ECONOMIC UNIFICATION
AN ASSESSMENT AFTER TEN YEARS
Hans-Werner Sinn
Working Paper 7586
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7586
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
The author gratefully acknowledges useful comments by Wolfgang Keller ... | 9,815 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MEDIUM-TERM DETERMINANTS OF CURRENT ACCOUNTS IN
INDUSTRIAL AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:
AN EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION
Menzie Chinn
Eswar S. Prasad
Working Paper 7581
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7581
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
We are gr... | 22,406 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ELECTED VERSUS APPOINTED REGULATORS:
THEORY AND EVIDENCE
Timothy Besley
Stephen Coate
Working Paper 7579
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7579
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
The authors are grateful to Yun Ho Chung, Tarcisio DaGraca and... | 54,048 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
POTENTIAL PITFALLS FOR THE PURCHASING-POWER-PARITY
PUZZLE? SAMPLING AND SPECIFICATION BIASES IN
MEAN-REVERSION TESTS OF THE LAW OF ONE PRICE
Alan M. Taylor
Working Paper 7577
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7577
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
Ma... | 21,996 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE VISIBLE HAND, THE INVISIBLE HAND
AND EFFICIENCY
Eitan Goldman
Gary Gorton
Working Paper 7587
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7587
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
We thank Franklin Allen, John Core, Phil Dybvig, Gerald Garvey, Armand... | 30,540 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
A DYNAMIC MODEL OF DIFFERENTIAL HUMAN
CAPITAL AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
H. Naci Mocan
Stephen C. Billups
Jody Overland
Working Paper 7584
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7584
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
The views expressed herein are th... | 15,639 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CHILD CARE AND THE WELFARE TO WORK TRANSITION
Robert J. Lemke
Ann Dryden Witte
Magaly Queralt
Robert Witt
Working Paper 7583
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7583
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
This study is a product of the Wellesley C... | 28,291 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HAVE INDIVIDUAL STOCKS BECOME MORE VOLATILE?
AN EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION OF IDIOSYNCRATIC RISK
John Y. Campbell
Martin Lettau
Burton G. Malkiel
Yexiao Xu
Working Paper 7590
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7590
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 20... | 86,071 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
RETIREMENT OUTCOMES IN THE HEALTH AND
RETIREMENT STUDY
Alan L. Gustman
Thomas L. Steinmeier
Working Paper 7588
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7588
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
We would like to acknowledge support from the National I... | 20,704 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
Roland Bénabou
Jean Tirole
Working Paper 7585
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7585
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
We are grateful for helpful comments and discussions to Isabelle Brocas, Robert L... | 25,545 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
TESTING PARENTAL ALTRUISM:
IMPLICATIONS OF A DYNAMIC MODEL
Kathleen McGarry
Working Paper 7593
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7593
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
Jam grateful to Michael Hurd, Janet Curie, We-Yin Hu, and Jean-Laurent R... | 14,382 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHY A FUNDED PENSION SYSTEM IS USEFUL
AND WHY IT IS NOT USEFUL
Hans-Werner Sinn
Working Paper 7592
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7592
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
This paper was presented in a plenary session of the 55" IIPF Congre... | 14,231 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
EDUCATION FOR GROWTH: WHY AND FOR WHOM?
Alan B. Krueger
Mikael Lindahl
Working Paper 7591
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7591
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
We thank Angus Deaton, Richard Freeman, Zvi Grili.ches, Gene Grossman, Larry ... | 27,485 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
PUBLIC POLICY AND EXTENDED FAMILIES:
EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Marianne Bertrand
Douglas Miller
Sendhil Mullainathan
Working Paper 7594
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7594
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
We are extremely grateflil to ... | 20,828 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DO AFTER-TAX RETURNS AFFECT MUTUAL FUND INFLOWS?
Daniel Bergstresser
James Poterba
Working Paper 7595
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7595
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
We are grateful to Svetla Tzenova for outstanding research assist... | 27,749 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HOW EFFECTIVE IS REDISTRIBUTION UNDER THE
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT FORMULA?
Alan L. Gustman
Thomas L. Steinmeier
Working Paper 7597
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7597
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
This paper is funded by a grant from... | 20,137 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ASSET PRICING AT THE MILLENNIUM
John Y. Campbell
Working Paper 7589
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7589
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
This paper is a survey of asset pricing presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the American Financ... | 161,644 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE FIRST YEAR OF THE EUROSYSTEM:
INFLATION TARGETING OR NOT?
Lars E.O. Svensson
Working Paper 7598
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7598
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
The views expressed herein are those of the author and not necessar... | 5,043 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE TAXATION OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Brian J. Hall
Jeffrey B. Liebman
Working Paper 7596
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7596
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
This paper was prepared for theNBER's Tax Policy and the Economy. We thank J... | 22,279 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CORNUCOPIA: THE PACE OF ECONOMIC
GROWTH IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
J. Bradford DeLong
Working Paper 7602
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7602
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
I would like to thank the NSF for financial support during the w... | 16,565 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND BIRTH CONTROL USE
OF AMERICAN TEENAGERS
Phillip B. Levine
Working Paper 7601
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7601
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
This paper was prepared for the NBER conference, “An Economic Anal... | 33,191 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DO CEOs SET THEIR OWN PAY?
THE ONES WITHOUT PRINCIPALS DO
Marianne Bertrand
Sendhil Mullainathan
Working Paper 7604
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7604
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
An earlier version of this paper was circulated und... | 25,951 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LONG-TERM DECLINES IN DISABILITY AMONG OLDER MEN:
MEDICAL CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND OCCUPATIONAL CHANGE
Dora L. Costa
Working Paper 7605
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7605
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
I have benefitted from the comm... | 29,926 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
USING THE EITC TO HELP POOR FAMILIES:
NEW EVIDENCE AND A COMPARISON WITH THE MINIMUM WAGE
David Neumark
William Wascher
Working Paper 7599
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7599
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
The views expressed herein a... | 16,078 |
NBER | 2,000 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LOCAL REVENUE HILLS:
A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM SPECIFICATION W1TH
EVIDENCE FROM POUR U.S. CiTIES
Andrew Haughwout
Robert Inman
Steven Craig
Thomas Luce
Working Paper 7603
http://www.nber.org/papers/w7603
NATIONAL BUREAU OP ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2000
... | 31,866 |
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