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HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT AND COGNITIVE OUTCOMES
Resul Cesur
Inas Rashad
Working Paper 14524
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14524
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily r... | 16,666 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
AN INSTITUTIONAL THEORY OF MOMENTUM AND REVERSAL
Dimitri Vayanos
Paul Woolley
Working Paper 14523
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14523
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Nick Barberis, Jonathan Berk, Bruno Biais, Pierre Collin... | 60,333 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DYNAMIC MERGER REVIEW
Volker Nocke
Michael D. Whinston
Working Paper 14526
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14526
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Pat DeGraba, Glenn Ellison, Peter Eso, Joe Farrell, Ramon Fauli-Oller, Chiara F... | 36,048 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DO ENTERPRISE ZONES CREATE JOBS? EVIDENCE FROM CALIFORNIA'S
ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM
David Neumark
Jed Kolko
Working Paper 14530
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14530
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Marco Anderson, Eric Becke... | 30,032 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
IMPOSSIBLE FRONTIERS
Thomas J. Brennan
Andrew W. Lo
Working Paper 14525
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14525
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors only, and do not ... | 22,932 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
EMERGING MARKET CURRENCY EXCESS RETURNS
Stephen Gilmore
Fumio Hayashi
Working Paper 14528
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14528
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
Stephen Gilmore is an employee of Banque AIG. Fumio Hayashi works from ti... | 47,361 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
BUSINESS CYCLES IN THE EURO AREA
Domenico Giannone
Michele Lenza
Lucrezia Reichlin
Working Paper 14529
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14529
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We would like to thank the editors Alberto Alesina and Franc... | 15,517 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS, HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS, AND INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
Kalina Manova
Working Paper 14531
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14531
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
¸˛I thank Philippe Aghion, Pol Antras, Elhanan Helpman, and Marc... | 43,334 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
BRETTON WOODS AND THE GREAT INFLATION
Michael D. Bordo
Barry Eichengreen
Working Paper 14532
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14532
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
Paper presented at the NBER Conference on the Great Inflation Woodstoc... | 20,436 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DYNAMIC GLOBALIZATION AND ITS POTENTIALLY ALARMING PROSPECTS
FOR LOW-WAGE WORKERS
Hans Fehr
Sabine Jokisch
Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Working Paper 14527
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14527
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
Research suppo... | 29,375 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ASSESSING THE EMERGING GLOBAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE:
MEASURING THE TRILEMMA'S CONFIGURATIONS OVER TIME
Joshua Aizenman
Menzie D. Chinn
Hiro Ito
Working Paper 14533
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14533
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2... | 66,255 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
FINANCIAL CRASH, COMMODITY PRICES AND GLOBAL IMBALANCES
Ricardo J. Caballero
Emmanuel Farhi
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
Working Paper 14521
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14521
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Kathryn Domingue... | 35,857 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INFLATION DETERMINATION WITH TAYLOR RULES:
IS NEW KEYNESIAN ANALYSIS CRITICALLY FLAWED?
Bennett T. McCallum
Working Paper 14534
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14534
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
I am indebted to Miguel Casares, Ma... | 9,788 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HEIGHTS AND HUMAN WELFARE:
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW DIRECTIONS
Richard H. Steckel
Working Paper 14536
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14536
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The author thanks Joerg Baten, Scott Carson, Dora Costa, A... | 38,990 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ESTIMATING THE EFFECT OF STUDENT AID ON COLLEGE ENROLLMENT:
EVIDENCE FROM A GOVERNMENT GRANT POLICY REFORM
Helena Skyt Nielsen
Torben Sørensen
Christopher R. Taber
Working Paper 14535
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14535
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA... | 20,380 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
TOP WAGE INCOMES IN JAPAN, 1951-2005
Chiaki Moriguchi
Working Paper 14537
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14537
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
I thank Emmanuel Saez, Ryo Kambayshi, Thomas Lemieux, Giorgio Primiceri, and seminar part... | 37,136 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HAPPINESS ADAPTATION TO INCOME BEYOND "BASIC NEEDS"
Rafael Di Tella
Robert MacCulloch
Working Paper 14539
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14539
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank John Helliwell, as well as seminar participants ... | 19,852 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
FINANCIAL LITERACY, INFORMATION, AND DEMAND ELASTICITY:
SURVEY AND EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM MEXICO
Justine S. Hastings
Lydia Tejeda-Ashton
Working Paper 14538
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14538
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We... | 22,113 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE ESTIMATED EFFECTS OF THE EURO ON TRADE:
WHY ARE THEY BELOW HISTORICAL EFFECTS OF MONETARY UNIONS AMONG SMALLER COUNTRIES?
Jeffrey A. Frankel
Working Paper 14542
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14542
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 200... | 24,561 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LABOR SUPPLY RESPONSES TO MARGINAL SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS:
EVIDENCE FROM DISCONTINUITIES
Jeffrey B. Liebman
Erzo F.P. Luttmer
David G. Seif
Working Paper 14540
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14540
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
W... | 38,420 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ASSET PRICING TESTS WITH LONG RUN RISKS IN CONSUMPTION GROWTH
George M. Constantinides
Anisha Ghosh
Working Paper 14543
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14543
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Ravi Bansal, Alan Bester, John Cam... | 43,872 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MORE WOMEN MISSING, FEWER GIRLS DYING:
THE IMPACT OF ABORTION ON SEX RATIOS AT BIRTH AND EXCESS FEMALE MORTALITY IN TAIWAN
Ming-Jen Lin
Nancy Qian
Jin-Tan Liu
Working Paper 14541
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14541
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 021... | 28,685 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MANDATES AND THE AFFORDABILITY OF HEALTH CARE
Sherry A. Glied
Working Paper 14545
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14545
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
This research was funded by the Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured, Ro... | 10,815 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CAN STRUCTURAL SMALL OPEN ECONOMY MODELS ACCOUNT FOR THE
INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN DISTURBANCES?
Alejandro Justiniano
Bruce Preston
Working Paper 14547
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14547
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
First Draft: Sep... | 22,867 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MISPRICING OF S&P 500 INDEX OPTIONS
George M. Constantinides
Jens Carsten Jackwerth
Stylianos Perrakis
Working Paper 14544
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14544
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The views expressed herein are those of ... | 23,687 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHAT IS A COMPANY REALLY WORTH? INTANGIBLE CAPITAL AND THE
"MARKET TO BOOK VALUE" PUZZLE
Charles R. Hulten
Xiaohui Hao
Working Paper 14548
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14548
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The research reported in... | 18,357 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHY ARE SAVING RATES OF URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN CHINA RISING?
Marcos Chamon
Eswar Prasad
Working Paper 14546
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14546
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank China’s National Bureau of Statistics and, in par... | 28,926 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
BANKRUPTCY: PAST PUZZLES, RECENT REFORMS, AND THE MORTGAGE
CRISIS
Michelle J. White
Working Paper 14549
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14549
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
¸˛This is an expanded version of the talk that I gave as P... | 12,831 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF FISCAL POLICY SHOCKS?
Andrew Mountford
Harald Uhlig
Working Paper 14551
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14551
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
This research has been sponsored by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinsc... | 24,428 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ESTIMATING MARGINAL RETURNS TO MEDICAL CARE:
EVIDENCE FROM AT-RISK NEWBORNS
Douglas Almond
Joseph J. Doyle, Jr.
Amanda E. Kowalski
Heidi Williams
Working Paper 14522
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14522
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 20... | 37,760 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
TASK TRADE BETWEEN SIMILAR COUNTRIES
Gene M. Grossman
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
Working Paper 14554
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14554
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Aykut Ahlatç o lu and Shlomi Kramer for research assistan... | 28,202 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR POOR CHILDREN
Brian Jacob
Jens Ludwig
Working Paper 14550
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14550
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
A version of this paper was presented at the Institute of Research on ... | 24,564 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
AN EXPLORATION OF LOCAL R&D SPILLOVERS IN FRANCE
Jacques Mairesse
Benoit Mulkay
Working Paper 14552
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14552
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We have benefited from useful comments by participants to the ... | 17,259 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE SLOW DECLINE OF EAST GERMANY
Harald Uhlig
Working Paper 14553
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14553
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
This research was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the SFB 649 "Economic
... | 14,383 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DOES OPENNESS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL FLOWS RAISE PRODUCTIVITY
GROWTH?
M. Ayhan Kose
Eswar S. Prasad
Marco E. Terrones
Working Paper 14558
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14558
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
A revised version of ... | 28,691 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
A RESOURCE BELIEF-CURSE? OIL AND INDIVIDUALISM
Rafael Di Tella
Juan Dubra
Robert MacCulloch
Working Paper 14556
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14556
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank our commentator, George Marios Angeletos, ... | 21,752 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
REBATE RULES IN THRESHOLD PUBLIC GOOD PROVISION
Michael A. Spencer
Stephen K. Swallow
Jason F. Shogren
John A. List
Working Paper 14559
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14559
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The views expressed herein ... | 16,342 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
GREAT FORTUNES OF THE GILDED AGE
Hugh Rockoff
Working Paper 14555
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14555
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
¸˛I thank my colleagues Michael Bordo, Carolyn Moehling, and Eugene White for comments on a
previ... | 16,710 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DID ECONOMICS CAUSE WORLD WAR II?
Robert J. Gordon
Working Paper 14560
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14560
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
This paper is a review article of Tooze (2006) and related literature on the same topic and ... | 9,550 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INFLATION TARGETING AND REAL EXCHANGE RATES IN EMERGING MARKETS
Joshua Aizenman
Michael Hutchison
Ilan Noy
Working Paper 14561
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14561
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Mahir Binici, Nan Geng, Gur... | 18,026 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS:
STYLIZED FACTS ABOUT THEIR DETERMINANTS AND GOVERNANCE
Joshua Aizenman
Reuven Glick
Working Paper 14562
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14562
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
A previous draft of this paper was ... | 27,253 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, DRUG QUALITY AND REGULATION:
EVIDENCE FROM US AND ITALY
Vincenzo Atella
Jay Bhattacharya
Lorenzo Carbonari
Working Paper 14567
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14567
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
Bhattachary... | 14,147 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE COST OF PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS
Sherry A. Glied
Ashwin Prabhu
Norman H. Edelman
Working Paper 14568
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14568
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Peter Muennig and participants at the NBER Frontiers ... | 14,217 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN USED DURABLE GOODS:
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF NAFTA
Lucas W. Davis
Matthew E. Kahn
Working Paper 14565
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14565
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We are grateful to David Auto... | 33,495 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE TIMING OF LABOR DEMAND
Ana Rute Cardoso
Daniel S. Hamermesh
José Varejão
Working Paper 14566
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14566
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Thomas Bauer, Raja Junankar, Luca Nunziata and participan... | 19,026 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE SUPPLY-SHOCK EXPLANATION OF THE GREAT STAGFLATION REVISITED
Alan S. Blinder
Jeremy B. Rudd
Working Paper 14563
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14563
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
Paper presented at the NBER conference on The Gr... | 36,623 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
SHORT RUN IMPACTS OF ACCOUNTABILITY ON SCHOOL QUALITY
Jonah E. Rockoff
Lesley J. Turner
Working Paper 14564
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14564
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
¸˛We would like to thank Jesse Margolis, Raji Chakrabar... | 28,591 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE EVOLUTION OF CORPORATE OWNERSHIP AFTER IPO:
THE IMPACT OF INVESTOR PROTECTION
C. Fritz Foley
Robin Greenwood
Working Paper 14557
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14557
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
A previous version of this pap... | 23,299 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ARE HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETS COMPETITIVE?
Leemore Dafny
Working Paper 14572
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14572
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
¸˛I am grateful for helpful suggestions by William Collins, David Cutler, James Dana, D... | 30,496 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
SEASON OF BIRTH AND LATER OUTCOMES:
OLD QUESTIONS, NEW ANSWERS
Kasey Buckles
Daniel M. Hungerman
Working Paper 14573
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14573
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
Thanks to Doug Almond, Josh Angrist, Amitabh C... | 23,036 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE CRISIS OF 2007-2008
Michael D. Bordo
Working Paper 14569
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14569
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
Remarks prepared for the Central Bank of Chile Twelfth Annual Conference ... | 8,139 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
FORECASTING STOCK MARKET RETURNS:
THE SUM OF THE PARTS IS MORE THAN THE WHOLE
Miguel A. Ferreira
Pedro Santa-Clara
Working Paper 14571
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14571
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Michael Brandt, Joh... | 21,234 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE EFFECTS OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE ON LABOR SUPPLY:
EVIDENCE FROM A VOUCHER LOTTERY
Brian A. Jacob
Jens Ludwig
Working Paper 14570
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14570
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
This paper is part of a larger se... | 40,691 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
EVIDENCE OF IMPROVED MONITORING AND INSOLVENCY RESOLUTION
AFTER FDICIA
Edward J. Kane
Rosalind Bennett
Robert Oshinsky
Working Paper 14576
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14576
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The views expressed here... | 23,032 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
SUPERSTAR EXTINCTION
Pierre Azoulay
Joshua S. Graff Zivin
Jialan Wang
Working Paper 14577
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14577
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
Part of the work was performed while the first author was an Alfred P. Sl... | 38,846 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE FIRST OF THE MONTH EFFECT:
CONSUMER BEHAVIOR AND STORE RESPONSES
Justine S. Hastings
Ebonya L. Washington
Working Paper 14578
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14578
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Joseph Altonji, Steven B... | 33,489 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHY AREN'T DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SAVING?
Loretti I. Dobrescu
Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Alberto F. Motta
Working Paper 14580
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14580
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The views expressed herein are those of the a... | 10,290 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE VALUE OF MAKING COMMITMENTS EXTERNALLY:
EVIDENCE FROM WTO ACCESSIONS
Man-Keung Tang
Shang-Jin Wei
Working Paper 14582
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14582
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
A shortened version of this paper is fort... | 28,323 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
EQUITY DEPLETION FROM GOVERNMENT-GUARANTEED DEBT
Robert E. Hall
Working Paper 14581
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14581
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
This research is part of the program on Economic Fluctuations and Growth of the... | 11,328 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
FISCAL POLICY, WEALTH EFFECTS, AND MARKUPS
Tommaso Monacelli
Roberto Perotti
Working Paper 14584
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14584
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Andreja Lenarcic for excellent research assistance. We al... | 25,005 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DELEGATED ASSET MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT MANDATES, AND CAPITAL
IMMOBILITY
Zhiguo He
Wei Xiong
Working Paper 14574
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14574
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
This paper is a substantially revised version of an... | 36,719 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INDIVIDUAL INVESTOR MUTUAL-FUND FLOWS
Zoran Ivkovich
Scott Weisbenner
Working Paper 14583
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14583
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank an anonymous discount broker for providing data on individual in... | 19,477 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE NBER-RENSSELAER SCIENTIFIC PAPERS DATABASE:
FORM, NATURE, AND FUNCTION
James D. Adams
J. Roger Clemmons
Working Paper 14575
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14575
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has... | 20,470 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE FLYPAPER EFFECT
Robert P. Inman
Working Paper 14579
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14579
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the
Natio... | 6,081 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
BANKING CRISES: AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MENACE
Carmen M. Reinhart
Kenneth S. Rogoff
Working Paper 14587
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14587
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The authors are grateful to Vincent Reinhart, Keyu Jin, Tarek ... | 45,494 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE INCIDENCE OF CIVIL WAR:
THEORY AND EVIDENCE
Timothy J. Besley
Torsten Persson
Working Paper 14585
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14585
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We are grateful to participants in seminars at the LSE, Edinb... | 21,002 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE USE OF FULL-LINE FORCING CONTRACTS IN THE VIDEO RENTAL INDUSTRY
Justin Ho
Katherine Ho
Julie Holland Mortimer
Working Paper 14588
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14588
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Lanier Benkard, Stev... | 35,126 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
RE-EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF MEDICAID EXPANSIONS FOR PREGNANT
WOMEN
Dhaval M. Dave
Sandra Decker
Robert Kaestner
Kosali I. Simon
Working Paper 14591
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14591
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The findings an... | 21,730 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WELL-BEING AND TRUST IN THE WORKPLACE
John F. Helliwell
Haifang Huang
Working Paper 14589
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14589
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
This paper is part of the 'Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being' ... | 15,935 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHAT CAN SURVEY FORECASTS TELL US ABOUT INFORMATIONAL RIGIDITIES?
Olivier Coibion
Yuriy Gorodnichenko
Working Paper 14586
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14586
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We are grateful to Alex Cukierman, Pierre... | 26,382 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
BRAIN DRAIN OR BRAIN BANK? THE IMPACT OF SKILLED EMIGRATION
ON POOR-COUNTRY INNOVATION
Ajay Agrawal
Devesh Kapur
John McHale
Working Paper 14592
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14592
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Alex Oett... | 16,599 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
PREDICTABILITY AND 'GOOD DEALS' IN CURRENCY MARKETS
Richard M. Levich
Valerio Poti
Working Paper 14597
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14597
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The authors wish to thank Chris Neely (Federal Reserve Bank ... | 27,164 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
EMPATHY AND EMULATION:
LIFE SATISFACTION AND THE URBAN GEOGRAPHY OF COMPARISON GROUPS
Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh
John F. Helliwell
Working Paper 14593
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14593
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We are ... | 26,529 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LEARNING THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
Francisco J. Buera
Alexander Monge-Naranjo
Giorgio E. Primiceri
Working Paper 14595
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14595
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We would like to thank Daron Acemoglu, Graziella... | 25,671 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MEDIA COVERAGE OF POLITICAL SCANDALS
Riccardo Puglisi
James M. Snyder, Jr.
Working Paper 14598
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14598
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank John Lovett and Mike Naber for their valuable research assi... | 22,253 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE IMPACT OF FAMILY INCOME ON CHILD ACHIEVEMENT:
EVIDENCE FROM THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT
Gordon Dahl
Lance Lochner
Working Paper 14599
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14599
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Mark Bils, Dan ... | 29,794 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
OPTING OUT OF THE GREAT INFLATION:
GERMAN MONETARY POLICY AFTER THE BREAK DOWN OF BRETTON WOODS
Andreas Beyer
Vitor Gaspar
Christina Gerberding
Otmar Issing
Working Paper 14596
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14596
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
... | 35,987 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INNOVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY IN SMES:
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR ITALY
Bronwyn H. Hall
Francesca Lotti
Jacques Mairesse
Working Paper 14594
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14594
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We would like to thank the M... | 20,376 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
"CURRENCY MANIPULATION" AND WORLD TRADE
Robert W. Staiger
Alan O. Sykes
Working Paper 14600
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14600
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We have benefited from the helpful and detailed comments of Kyle Bagwel... | 33,267 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
TRADING FRICTIONS AND HOUSE PRICE DYNAMICS
Andrew Caplin
John Leahy
Working Paper 14605
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14605
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We would like to thank Humberto Ennis, Jonathan Heathcote, Haifang Huang, R... | 12,471 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION AND TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS:
EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOM ASSIGNMENT EXPERIMENT
Steven Cantrell
Jon Fullerton
Thomas J. Kane
Douglas O. Staiger
Working Paper 14608
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14608
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, M... | 25,538 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INSTITUTIONS VS. POLICIES:
A TALE OF TWO ISLANDS
Peter Blair Henry
Conrad Miller
Working Paper 14604
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14604
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
Henry gratefully acknowledges financial support from the John ... | 6,557 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ENDOGENOUS PRESIDENTIALISM
James A. Robinson
Ragnar Torvik
Working Paper 14603
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14603
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
This is a much revised version with a new and simpler model compared to our working ... | 27,185 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CAN HEARTS AND MINDS BE BOUGHT? THE ECONOMICS OF COUNTERINSURGENCY
IN IRAQ
Eli Berman
Jacob N. Shapiro
Joseph H. Felter
Working Paper 14606
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14606
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We acknowledge the comm... | 33,222 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
COMPARING OPEN AND SEALED BID AUCTIONS:
EVIDENCE FROM TIMBER AUCTIONS
Susan Athey
Jonathan Levin
Enrique Seira
Working Paper 14590
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14590
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Phil Haile, Jerry Hausm... | 29,739 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CONVEYING QUALITY AND VALUE IN EMERGING INDUSTRIES:
STAR SCIENTISTS AND THE ROLE OF LEARNING IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Matthew J. Higgins
Paula E. Stephan
Jerry G. Thursby
Working Paper 14602
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14602
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA ... | 19,887 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INFORMED TRADING, LIQUIDITY PROVISION, AND STOCK SELECTION BY
MUTUAL FUNDS
Zhi Da
Pengjie Gao
Ravi Jagannathan
Working Paper 14609
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14609
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Robert Battalio, Jonath... | 37,723 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
RISK BEARING, IMPLICIT FINANCIAL SERVICES AND SPECIALIZATION IN
THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY
J. Christina Wang
Susanto Basu
Working Paper 14614
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14614
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The authors thank John Fe... | 17,215 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
AN ANATOMY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE:
EVIDENCE FROM FRENCH FIRMS
Jonathan Eaton
Samuel Kortum
Francis Kramarz
Working Paper 14610
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14610
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Costas Arkolakis, Christoph... | 34,522 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE VALUE OF RISK:
MEASURING THE SERVICE OUTPUT OF U.S. COMMERCIAL BANKS
Susanto Basu
Robert Inklaar
J. Christina Wang
Working Paper 14615
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14615
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We would like to thank B... | 23,491 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DECIPHERING THE LIQUIDITY AND CREDIT CRUNCH 2007-08
Markus K. Brunnermeier
Working Paper 14612
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14612
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
My views were shaped by conversations with Viral Acharya, Tobias Adr... | 16,619 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
A THEORY OF FIRM SCOPE
Oliver Hart
Bengt Holmstrom
Working Paper 14613
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14613
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
This is an extensively revised version of two earlier papers that circulated as “A Theory of... | 18,618 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HOSPITALS AS HOTELS:
THE ROLE OF PATIENT AMENITIES IN HOSPITAL DEMAND
Dana Goldman
John A. Romley
Working Paper 14619
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14619
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
The financial support of the Bing Center for ... | 15,402 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ESTIMATING TEACHER IMPACTS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:
AN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION
Thomas J. Kane
Douglas O. Staiger
Working Paper 14607
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14607
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
This analysis was supported by ... | 19,598 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
EX ANTE EFFICIENCY IN SCHOOL CHOICE MECHANISMS:
AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION
Clayton Featherstone
Muriel Niederle
Working Paper 14618
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14618
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
Support from NSF is grateful... | 21,022 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
A GENERAL-EQUILIBRIUM ASSET-PRICING APPROACH TO THE MEASUREMENT
OF NOMINAL AND REAL BANK OUTPUT
J. Christina Wang
Susanto Basu
John G. Fernald
Working Paper 14616
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14616
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
... | 36,873 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INFORMATION-CONSTRAINED STATE-DEPENDENT PRICING
Michael Woodford
Working Paper 14620
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14620
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
I would like to thank Marco Bonomo, Ariel Burstein, Ricardo Caballero, Eduardo... | 31,986 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MONETARY POLICY, TREND INFLATION AND THE GREAT MODERATION:
AN ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATION
Olivier Coibion
Yuriy Gorodnichenko
Working Paper 14621
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14621
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We are grateful to... | 55,748 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
FORECAST EVALUATION OF SMALL NESTED MODEL SETS
Kirstin Hubrich
Kenneth D. West
Working Paper 14601
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14601
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We thank Roberto Duncan, Eleonora Granziera and Maria Zucca for ... | 18,927 |
NBER | 2,008 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
UNEMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS IN THE OECD
Michael Elsby
Bart Hobijn
Aysegul Sahin
Working Paper 14617
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14617
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
December 2008
We would like to thank Shigeru Fujita, Wilbert van der Klaauw, Emi Na... | 22,423 |
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