THE LATEST WORKING PAPERS (NBER)
THE LATEST WORKING PAPERS
National Bureau of Economic Research
Week of February 11, 2008
The following NBER Working Papers that match your selections
were released in electronic format this week. Abbreviations
in parentheses refer to NBER Research Programs. (visit
http://www.nber.org/programs.html for Program information.)
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1. The Effect of Tax Preferences on Health Spending
by John F. Cogan, R. Glenn Hubbard, Daniel P. Kessler #13767 (HC)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13767
2. Cross-Border Returns Differentials
by Stephanie E. Curcuru, Tomas Dvorak, Francis E. Warnock #13768 (IFM AP)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13768
3. The Dynamics of City Formation
by J. Vernon Henderson, Anthony Venables #13769 (EFG PE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13769
4. The Continental Dollar: What Happened to It after 1779?
by Farley Grubb #13770 (DAE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13770
5. What Accounts for the Rising Sophistication of China’s Exports?
by Zhi Wang, Shang-Jin Wei #13771 (ITI)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13771
6. Search and Rest Unemployment
by Fernando Alvarez, Robert Shimer #13772 (EFG LS)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13772
7. Neighborhood Violence and Urban Youth
by Anna Aizer #13773 (CH HE LS)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13773
8. Profiting from Government Stakes in a Command Economy: Evidence from Chinese Asset Sales
by Charles Calomiris, Raymond Fisman, Yongxiang Wang #13774 (CF POL)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13774
9. The Changing Effect of HMO Market Structure: An Analysis of Penetration, Concentration, and Ownership Between 1994-2005
by Yu-Chu Shen, Vivian Wu, Glenn Melnick #13775 (HC)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13775
10. Can pay regulation kill? Panel data evidence on the effect of labor markets on hospital performance
by Emma Hall, Carol Propper, John Van Reenen #13776 (LS HC)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13776
11. Marginal Jobs, Heterogeneous Firms, & Unemployment Flows
by Michael W. L. Elsby, Ryan Michaels #13777 (EFG LS ME)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13777
12. Electricity Pricing to U.S. Manufacturing Plants, 1963-2000
by Steven J. Davis, Cheryl Grim, John Haltiwanger, Mary Streitwieser #13778 (EEE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13778
13. Inflating the Beast: Political Incentives Under Uncertainty
by Ricardo J. Caballero, Pierre Yared #13779 (EFG IFM POL)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13779
14. Earnings Functions and Rates of Return
by James J. Heckman, Lance J. Lochner, Petra E. Todd #13780 (LS)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13780
15. Assessing Urban Crime And Its Control: An Overview
by Philip J. Cook #13781 (LE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13781
16. Evidence of Differences in the Effectiveness of Safety-Net Management in European Union Countries
by Santiago Carbo-Valverde, Edward J. Kane, Francisco Rodriguez-Fernandez #13782 (IFM)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13782
17. The Diffusion of Wal-Mart and Economies of Density
by Thomas J. Holmes #13783 (PR IO)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13783
18. I’d rather be Hanged for a Sheep than a Lamb: The Unintended Consequences of ‘Three-Strikes’ Laws
by Radha Iyengar #13784 (LS)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13784
19. 50,000 People a Day: The Use of Federally Funded Services for Intimate Partner Violence
by Radha Iyengar, Lindsay Sabik, Cindy Southworth, Sarah Tucker, Cynthia Fraser #13785 (HE LS)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13785
20. Do Hedge Funds Profit From Mutual-Fund Distress?
by Joseph Chen, Samuel Hanson, Harrison Hong, Jeremy C. Stein #13786 (CF PR AP)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13786
21. A Maximum Likelihood Method for the Incidental Parameter Problem
by Marcelo Moreira #13787 (TWP)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W13787
