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INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE ON THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF WELL-BEING
John F. Helliwell
Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh
Anthony Harris
Haifang Huang
Working Paper 14720
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14720
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
This ... | 20,344 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
A NOTE ON LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT
Markus K. Brunnermeier
Motohiro Yogo
Working Paper 14727
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14727
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
For comments and discussions, we thank Patrick Cheridito, Nicolae Gârl... | 6,301 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGNS IN ECONOMICS
David S. Lee
Thomas Lemieux
Working Paper 14723
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14723
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We thank David Autor, David Card, John DiNardo, Guido Imbens, and Jus... | 57,110 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
OPTIMAL BANDWIDTH CHOICE FOR THE REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY
ESTIMATOR
Guido Imbens
Karthik Kalyanaraman
Working Paper 14726
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14726
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
Financial support for this research was g... | 19,394 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
IMPLEMENTING THE NEW FISCAL POLICY ACTIVISM
Alan J. Auerbach
Working Paper 14725
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14725
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
This paper was prepared for the American Economic Association meetings, San Franci... | 4,908 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
COMPARING IV WITH STRUCTURAL MODELS:
WHAT SIMPLE IV CAN AND CANNOT IDENTIFY
James J. Heckman
Sergio Urzua
Working Paper 14706
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14706
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We thank Donna Gilleskie, Daniel Schm... | 19,809 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MATERNAL SMOKING AND THE TIMING OF WIC ENROLLMENT
Cristina Yunzal-Butler
Theodore J. Joyce
Andrew D. Racine
Working Paper 14728
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14728
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
The research was supported by a gra... | 16,264 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH AND FISCAL POLICY IN ECONOMIES WITH
FINITELY LIVED AGENTS
Jess Benhabib
Alberto Bisin
Working Paper 14730
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14730
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We gratefully acknowledge Daro... | 22,980 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
BRETTON WOODS II STILL DEFINES THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM
Michael P. Dooley
David Folkerts-Landau
Peter M. Garber
Working Paper 14731
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14731
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
The views expressed he... | 9,705 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHAT CAUSED THE RECESSION OF 2008? HINTS FROM LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
Casey Mulligan
Working Paper 14729
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14729
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
I appreciate the comments of Gary Becker, Emir Kamenica, Kevin... | 8,935 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
A STICKY-INFORMATION GENERAL-EQUILIBRIUM MODEL FOR POLICY
ANALYSIS
Ricardo Reis
Working Paper 14732
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14732
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
I am grateful to Olivier Coibion, Anton Nakov, Klaus Schmidt-He... | 31,699 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE CONTRIBUTION OF HIGHWAYS TO GDP GROWTH
Barbara M. Fraumeni
Working Paper 14736
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14736
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
The research described in this paper was conducted under subcontract to Battelle... | 5,278 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION UNDER MODEL UNCERTAINTY
Pierpaolo Benigno
Salvatore Nisticò
Working Paper 14734
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14734
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We are grateful to conference and seminar partic... | 32,246 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
A NEW METRIC FOR BANKING INTEGRATION IN EUROPE
Reint Gropp
Anil Kashyap
Working Paper 14735
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14735
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
Corresponding author’s email address: reint.gropp@ebs.edu This paper ... | 17,909 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE CREDIT CRISIS:
CONJECTURES ABOUT CAUSES AND REMEDIES
Douglas W. Diamond
Raghuram Rajan
Working Paper 14739
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14739
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
Diamond and Rajan acknowledge support from the Cente... | 5,331 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DYNAMICS OF CONSUMER DEMAND FOR NEW DURABLE GOODS
Gautam Gowrisankaran
Marc Rysman
Working Paper 14737
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14737
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We thank Dan Ackerberg, Victor Aguirregabiria, Ana Aizcorbe,... | 30,472 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CHARACTERISTICS OF OBSERVED LIMIT ORDER DEMAND AND SUPPLY
SCHEDULES FOR INDIVIDUAL STOCKS
Jung-Wook Kim
Jason Lee
Randall Morck
Working Paper 14733
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14733
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We thank Hyeon ... | 19,352 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE SKILL COMPOSITION OF MIGRATION AND THE GENEROSITY OF THE
WELFARE STATE
Alon Cohen
Assaf Razin
Efraim Sadka
Working Paper 14738
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14738
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
The views expressed herein are t... | 9,694 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LARGE EMPLOYERS ARE MORE CYCLICALLY SENSITIVE
Giuseppe Moscarini
Fabien Postel-Vinay
Working Paper 14740
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14740
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We would like to thank Jesper Bagger, Carlos Corseuil, Jas... | 27,373 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DO TARGET CEOS SELL OUT THEIR SHAREHOLDERS TO KEEP THEIR JOB
IN A MERGER?
Leonce L. Bargeron
Frederik P. Schlingemann
René M. Stulz
Chad J. Zutter
Working Paper 14724
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14724
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2... | 22,761 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MODELING EARNINGS DYNAMICS
Joseph G. Altonji
Anthony Smith
Ivan Vidangos
Working Paper 14743
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14743
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We are grateful to Richard Blundell, Mary Daly, Rasmus Lentz, Costas M... | 55,450 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES AND EMPLOYMENT OF OLDER MANUFACTURING
WORKERS IN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA
Chulhee Lee
Working Paper 14746
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14746
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
I thank Dora Costa, Alexande... | 29,270 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES IN THE HEALTH OF BLACK UNION ARMY
SOLDIERS
Chulhee Lee
Working Paper 14745
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14745
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
I would like to thank Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman for th... | 19,058 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
EARNINGS INEQUALITY AND COORDINATION COSTS:
EVIDENCE FROM U.S. LAW FIRMS
Luis Garicano
Thomas Hubbard
Working Paper 14741
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14741
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
The research in this paper was conducted ... | 29,969 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE INTERNET AND LOCAL WAGES:
CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE?
Chris Forman
Avi Goldfarb
Shane Greenstein
Working Paper 14750
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14750
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We thank Mercedes Delgado and seminar parti... | 35,548 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
COMMODITY PRICE VOLATILITY AND WORLD MARKET INTEGRATION
SINCE 1700
David S. Jacks
Kevin H. O'Rourke
Jeffrey G. Williamson
Working Paper 14748
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14748
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We acknowledge with t... | 17,031 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHERE DOES REGULATION HURT? EVIDENCE FROM NEW BUSINESSES
ACROSS COUNTRIES
Silvia Ardagna
Annamaria Lusardi
Working Paper 14747
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14747
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We would like to thank Mary Burke, S... | 36,795 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
IS LOTTERY GAMBLING ADDICTIVE?
Jonathan Guryan
Melissa Schettini Kearney
Working Paper 14742
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14742
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
The authors thank Botond Koszegi, Michael Grossman, Kevin Murphy, Rich... | 16,995 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DID THE 2008 TAX REBATES STIMULATE SPENDING?
Matthew D. Shapiro
Joel B. Slemrod
Working Paper 14753
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14753
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We are grateful to Richard Curtin for advice in the design of t... | 5,641 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
RISK PREFERENCES IN THE PSID:
INDIVIDUAL IMPUTATIONS AND FAMILY COVARIATION
Miles S. Kimball
Claudia R. Sahm
Matthew D. Shapiro
Working Paper 14754
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14754
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
The views prese... | 10,305 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
TOWARDS A SYSTEM OF OPEN CITIES IN CHINA:
HOME PRICES, FDI FLOWS AND AIR QUALITY IN 35 MAJOR CITIES
Siqi Zheng
Matthew E. Kahn
Hongyu Liu
Working Paper 14751
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14751
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
This ... | 14,879 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INTERRACIAL WORKPLACE COOPERATION:
EVIDENCE FROM THE NBA
Joseph Price
Lars Lefgren
Henry Tappen
Working Paper 14749
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14749
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We would like to thank Jeff Desimone, Scott Han... | 7,626 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
A MARTINGALE REPRESENTATION FOR MATCHING ESTIMATORS
Alberto Abadie
Guido Imbens
Working Paper 14756
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14756
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We thank Rustam Ibragimov, Don Rubin, and seminar participants ... | 14,472 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE BROADBAND BONUS:
ACCOUNTING FOR BROADBAND INTERNET'S IMPACT ON U.S. GDP
Shane Greenstein
Ryan C. McDevitt
Working Paper 14758
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14758
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We thank David Burstein, Greg Cra... | 38,326 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ARE STOCKS REALLY LESS VOLATILE IN THE LONG RUN?
Lubos Pastor
Robert F. Stambaugh
Working Paper 14757
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14757
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We are grateful for comments from John Campbell, Peter Christ... | 32,644 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
SUNK COSTS AND RISK-BASED BARRIERS TO ENTRY
Robert S. Pindyck
Working Paper 14755
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14755
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
My thanks to Dennis Carlton,Wouter Dessein, Joe Farrell, Michael Riordan, Manuel ... | 21,163 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
RATINGS SHOPPING AND ASSET COMPLEXITY:
A THEORY OF RATINGS INFLATION
Vasiliki Skreta
Laura Veldkamp
Working Paper 14761
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14761
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
This paper was prepared for the Carnegie-Ro... | 21,632 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CHOICE INCONSISTENCIES AMONG THE ELDERLY:
EVIDENCE FROM PLAN CHOICE IN THE MEDICARE PART D PROGRAM
Jason T. Abaluck
Jonathan Gruber
Working Paper 14759
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14759
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We are grat... | 33,025 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
PARTISAN CONTROL, MEDIA BIAS, AND VIEWER RESPONSES:
EVIDENCE FROM BERLUSCONI'S ITALY
Ruben Durante
Brian Knight
Working Paper 14762
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14762
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We thank Constanca Esteves, Andrew... | 17,797 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
AN ACTIVITY-GENERATING THEORY OF REGULATION
Joshua Schwartzstein
Andrei Shleifer
Working Paper 14752
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14752
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We thank Gary Becker, Georgy Egorov, Edward Glaeser, Oliver Ha... | 21,579 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
GROUPTHINK: COLLECTIVE DELUSIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS AND MARKETS
Roland Bénabou
Working Paper 14764
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14764
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
I am particularly grateful to Jean Tirole, as the paper builds on som... | 53,646 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
COMMODITY MARKET DISINTEGRATION IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD
William Hynes
David S. Jacks
Kevin H. O'Rourke
Working Paper 14767
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14767
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
Work on this paper commenced while O'Rourke ... | 16,248 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
OTTOMAN DE-INDUSTRIALIZATION 1800-1913:
ASSESSING THE SHOCK, ITS IMPACT AND THE RESPONSE
Sevket Pamuk
Jeffrey G. Williamson
Working Paper 14763
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14763
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We are grateful for th... | 21,262 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WINNING PLAY IN SPECTRUM AUCTIONS
Jeremy Bulow
Jonathan Levin
Paul Milgrom
Working Paper 14765
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14765
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
The authors advised SpectrumCo in FCC Auction 66. We thank John Hegeman... | 17,959 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HISTORY WITHOUT EVIDENCE:
LATIN AMERICAN INEQUALITY SINCE 1491
Jeffrey G. Williamson
Working Paper 14766
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14766
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
Paper to be presented to the conference on A Comparative Appr... | 15,976 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INNOVATION AND INSTITUTIONAL OWNERSHIP
Philippe Aghion
John Van Reenen
Luigi Zingales
Working Paper 14769
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14769
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We would like to thank Tim Besley, Patrick Bolton, Florian E... | 25,772 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
STOCK-MARKET CRASHES AND DEPRESSIONS
Robert J. Barro
José F. Ursúa
Working Paper 14760
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14760
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
This research is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. ... | 23,418 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
QUANTITATIVE MACROECONOMICS WITH HETEROGENEOUS HOUSEHOLDS
Jonathan Heathcote
Kjetil Storesletten
Giovanni L. Violante
Working Paper 14768
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14768
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
This paper was prepared for ... | 31,115 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
COMPETITION AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION:
TOGETHER OR ALONE IN LOBBYING FOR TRADE POLICY?
Matilde Bombardini
Francesco Trebbi
Working Paper 14771
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14771
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We benefitted greatly ... | 26,963 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE MYTH OF THE FRONTIER
Camilo García-Jimeno
James A. Robinson
Working Paper 14774
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14774
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
This paper was written for the conference "Understanding Long-Run Economic Growth:... | 23,853 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
REDUCED-CLASS DISTINCTIONS:
EFFORT, ABILITY, AND THE EDUCATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION
Philip Babcock
Julian R. Betts
Working Paper 14777
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14777
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
The authors would like to thank ... | 14,986 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
BEYOND INCENTIVES:
DO SCHOOLS USE ACCOUNTABILITY REWARDS PRODUCTIVELY?
Marigee Bacolod
John DiNardo
Mireille Jacobson
Working Paper 14775
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14775
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
The views expressed herein a... | 25,201 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
VALUE-ADDED TO WHAT? HOW A CEILING IN THE TESTING INSTRUMENT
INFLUENCES VALUE-ADDED ESTIMATION
Cory Koedel
Julian Betts
Working Paper 14778
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14778
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
The authors thank Andrew ... | 19,653 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MARGINS OF MULTINATIONAL LABOR SUBSTITUTION
Marc-Andreas Muendler
Sascha O. Becker
Working Paper 14776
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14776
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
This working paper is a substantively revised version of the pr... | 40,274 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ON THE PARADOX OF PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS IN THE GLOBALIZED ECONOMY:
INTERNATIONAL RESERVES AND THE CRISIS A REASSESSMENT
Joshua Aizenman
Working Paper 14779
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14779
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
Any view... | 9,270 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DID VIETNAM VETERANS GET SICKER IN THE 1990S? THE COMPLICATED
EFFECTS OF MILITARY SERVICE ON SELF-REPORTED HEALTH
Joshua D. Angrist
Stacey H. Chen
Brigham R. Frandsen
Working Paper 14781
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14781
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge,... | 24,514 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
OPTIMAL ENDOWMENT DESTRUCTION UNDER CAMPBELL-COCHRANE
HABIT FORMATION
Lars Ljungqvist
Harald Uhlig
Working Paper 14772
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14772
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We thank Fernando Alvarez and John Cochrane for... | 11,582 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE ORIGINS OF MISTRUST IN AFRICA
Nathan Nunn
Leonard Wantchekon
Working Paper 14783
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14783
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We thank seminar participants at Boston University, Columbia ... | 32,889 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AND FIRM PERFORMANCE:
EMERGING-MARKET ACQUISITIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Anusha Chari
Wenjie Chen
Kathryn M.E. Dominguez
Working Paper 14786
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14786
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We thank... | 23,336 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MIGRATION AND THE WELFARE STATE:
DYNAMIC POLITICAL-ECONOMY THEORY
Assaf Razin
Efraim Sadka
Benjarong Suwankiri
Working Paper 14784
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14784
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
The views expressed herein are thos... | 21,857 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
VANISHING THIRD WORLD EMIGRANTS?
Timothy J. Hatton
Jeffrey G. Williamson
Working Paper 14785
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14785
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessar... | 16,293 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LABOR REGULATIONS, UNIONS, AND SOCIAL PROTECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:
MARKET DISTORTIONS OR EFFICIENT INSTITUTIONS?
Richard B. Freeman
Working Paper 14789
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14789
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
The vie... | 32,069 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
RESET PRICE INFLATION AND THE IMPACT OF MONETARY POLICY SHOCKS
Mark Bils
Peter J. Klenow
Benjamin A. Malin
Working Paper 14787
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14787
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
This research was conducted with restri... | 25,572 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE LONG-RUN RISKS MODEL AND AGGREGATE ASSET PRICES:
AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT
Jason Beeler
John Y. Campbell
Working Paper 14788
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14788
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We are grateful to Ravi Bansal, Dana Ki... | 28,926 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CHANGES IN U.S. HOSPITALIZATION AND MORTALITY RATES FOLLOWING
SMOKING BANS
Kanaka D. Shetty
Thomas DeLeire
Chapin White
Jayanta Bhattacharya
Working Paper 14790
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14790
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We th... | 17,502 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DO FINANCIAL INCENTIVES HELP LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS ATTRACT
AND KEEP ACADEMICALLY TALENTED TEACHERS? EVIDENCE FROM CALIFORNIA
Jennifer L. Steele
Richard J. Murnane
John B. Willett
Working Paper 14780
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14780
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Aven... | 18,020 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
VALUATION EFFECTS AND THE DYNAMICS OF NET EXTERNAL ASSETS
Michael B. Devereux
Alan Sutherland
Working Paper 14794
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14794
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We thank participants in the April 2008 IMF-ESRC-WEF... | 33,638 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
A NOTE ON REGIME SWITCHING, MONETARY POLICY, AND MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIA
Jess Benhabib
Working Paper 14770
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14770
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
I would like to thank Florin Bilbiie, Troy Davig, Roger Farmer... | 8,155 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INTERNATIONALIZATION OF U.S. DOCTORATE EDUCATION
John Bound
Sarah Turner
Patrick Walsh
Working Paper 14792
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14792
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We would like to thank Richard Freeman, Daniel Goroff, Bill... | 27,339 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE EFFECT OF PROPERTY TAXES ON LOCATION DECISIONS:
EVIDENCE FROM THE MARKET FOR VACATION HOMES
Erik B. Johnson
Randall Walsh
Working Paper 14793
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14793
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
The views expressed ... | 12,196 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, PRIVATE KNOWLEDGE:
THE INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL OF ENTREPRENEURS
Albert Link
Christopher Ruhm
Working Paper 14797
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14797
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
The views expressed herein are those o... | 14,228 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
GENERATING EVIDENCE TO GUIDE MERGER ENFORCEMENT
Orley C. Ashenfelter
Daniel Hosken
Matthew Weinberg
Working Paper 14798
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14798
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We would like to thank Chris Taylor for his co... | 12,139 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE REAL SWING VOTER'S CURSE
James A. Robinson
Ragnar Torvik
Working Paper 14799
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14799
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We are grateful to Rob Davies and Alex Debs for their comments and suggestions. The v... | 5,772 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION OF OLDER MALES IN KOREA:
1955-2005
Chulhee Lee
Working Paper 14800
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14800
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
This article extends and improves on the previous paper of the author (Le... | 24,350 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CIVIL WAR
Christopher Blattman
Edward Miguel
Working Paper 14801
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14801
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We thank Ana Arjona, Karen Ballentine, Bob Bates, David Card, Ernesto Dal Bó, Bill Easterly, Karen
Fe... | 49,615 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
PROFIT SHIFTING AND TRADE AGREEMENTS IN IMPERFECTLY COMPETITIVE
MARKETS
Kyle Bagwell
Robert W. Staiger
Working Paper 14803
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14803
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We thank Henrik Horn, Giovanni Maggi and Xe... | 42,016 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
NEW KEYNESIAN VERSUS OLD KEYNESIAN GOVERNMENT SPENDING MULTIPLIERS
John F. Cogan
Tobias Cwik
John B. Taylor
Volker Wieland
Working Paper 14782
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14782
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
¸˛Helpful comments by G... | 8,360 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE WEALTH OF CITIES:
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AND SPATIAL EQUILIBRIUM IN THE UNITED STATES
Edward L. Glaeser
Joshua D. Gottlieb
Working Paper 14806
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14806
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
Thanks to Roger Go... | 37,546 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
ALTERNATIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES TO INCREASE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY:
MANDATING HIGHER WAGES, SUBSIDIZING EMPLOYMENT, AND INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY
David Neumark
Working Paper 14807
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14807
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA ... | 36,068 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DEBT LITERACY, FINANCIAL EXPERIENCES, AND OVERINDEBTEDNESS
Annamaria Lusardi
Peter Tufano
Working Paper 14808
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14808
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We would like to thank TNS Global and, in particular, Ge... | 35,819 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHEN DOES LABOR SCARCITY ENCOURAGE INNOVATION?
Daron Acemoglu
Working Paper 14809
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14809
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
I thank Philippe Aghion, Dan Cao, Joshua Gans, Andres Irmen, Samuel Pienknagura, and... | 24,132 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
EXPLORING DIFFERENCES IN EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN HOUSEHOLD AND
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Katharine G. Abraham
John C. Haltiwanger
Kristin Sandusky
James Spletzer
Working Paper 14805
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14805
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2... | 27,765 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
MAXING OUT: STOCKS AS LOTTERIES AND THE CROSS-SECTION OF EXPECTED
RETURNS
Turan G. Bali
Nusret Cakici
Robert F. Whitelaw
Working Paper 14804
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14804
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We would like to thank Ya... | 27,712 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
INCOME AND HEALTH SPENDING:
EVIDENCE FROM OIL PRICE SHOCKS
Daron Acemoglu
Amy Finkelstein
Matthew J. Notowidigdo
Working Paper 14744
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14744
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
February 2009
We are grateful to Amitabh Cha... | 49,462 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
COPING WITH CHRONIC DISEASE? CHRONIC DISEASE AND DISABILITY
IN ELDERLY AMERICAN POPULATION 1982-1999
Gabriel Aranovich
Jay Bhattacharya
Alan M. Garber
Thomas E. MaCurdy
Working Paper 14811
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14811
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridg... | 16,645 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LEARNING ABOUT ACADEMIC ABILITY AND THE COLLEGE DROP-OUT
DECISION
Todd R. Stinebrickner
Ralph Stinebrickner
Working Paper 14810
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14810
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We appreciate comments from seminar p... | 28,739 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DEPRESSION BABIES:
DO MACROECONOMIC EXPERIENCES AFFECT RISK-TAKING?
Ulrike Malmendier
Stefan Nagel
Working Paper 14813
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14813
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We thank John Ameriks, Brad Barber, Randy Cohen... | 25,842 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
SELF-ENFORCING TRADE AGREEMENTS AND PRIVATE INFORMATION
Kyle Bagwell
Working Paper 14812
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14812
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
The helpful comments of Chad Bown, Yeon-Koo Che, Taiji Furusawa, Gene Grossma... | 47,392 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CENTRAL BANK TRANSPARENCY:
CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND UPDATES
Nergiz Dincer
Barry Eichengreen
Working Paper 14791
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14791
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
State Planning Organization, Ankara, and University of... | 28,761 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
CONFIDENCE RISK AND ASSET PRICES
Ravi Bansal
Ivan Shaliastovich
Working Paper 14815
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14815
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily refle... | 27,886 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
LEARNING AND ASSET-PRICE JUMPS
Ravi Bansal
Ivan Shaliastovich
Working Paper 14814
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14814
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We would like to thank Hengjie Ai, Tim Bollerslev, Mikhail Chernov, Riccardo Colacit... | 23,923 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
DO NEWSPAPERS MATTER? SHORT-RUN AND LONG-RUN EVIDENCE FROM
THE CLOSURE OF THE CINCINNATI POST
Sam Schulhofer-Wohl
Miguel Garrido
Working Paper 14817
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14817
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
A previous versio... | 18,524 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
TIME OF TROUBLES:
THE YEN AND JAPAN'S ECONOMY, 1985-2008
Maurice Obstfeld
Working Paper 14816
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14816
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
Prepared for the ESRI/Chicago GSB/Columbia Business School Conference on... | 33,874 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
HYSTERESIS IN UNEMPLOYMENT:
OLD AND NEW EVIDENCE
Laurence M. Ball
Working Paper 14818
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14818
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
This paper was prepared for "A Phillips Curve Retrospective" sponsored by the Fe... | 11,006 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
OF MICE AND ACADEMICS:
EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF OPENNESS ON INNOVATION
Fiona Murray
Philippe Aghion
Mathias Dewatripont
Julian Kolev
Scott Stern
Working Paper 14819
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14819
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
Th... | 27,803 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
WHAT SEGMENTS EQUITY MARKETS?
Geert Bekaert
Campbell R. Harvey
Christian Lundblad
Stephan Siegel
Working Paper 14802
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14802
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
This paper has benefited from discussions with an... | 34,778 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
THE COST OF LOW FERTILITY IN EUROPE
David E. Bloom
David Canning
Günther Fink
Jocelyn E. Finlay
Working Paper 14820
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14820
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
This paper was prepared for the International Conf... | 11,344 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
NEEDLE SHARING AND HIV TRANSMISSION:
A MODEL WITH MARKETS AND PURPOSIVE BEHAVIOR
Ajay Mahal
Brendan O'Flaherty
David E. Bloom
Working Paper 14823
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14823
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
Earlier versions of ... | 40,914 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
NEW-KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS:
AN AS-AD VIEW
Pierpaolo Benigno
Working Paper 14824
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14824
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
I am grateful to Bernd Kempa and Mike Woodford for helpful discussions and comments and t... | 26,132 |
NBER | 2,009 | NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES
FIVE DECADES OF CONSUMPTION AND INCOME POVERTY
Bruce D. Meyer
James X. Sullivan
Working Paper 14827
http://www.nber.org/papers/w14827
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
March 2009
We would like to thank the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Earhart ... | 68,105 |
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