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June 2012 Issue

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Explaining the Rise of Unemployment
Liquidity Constraints and Consumer Bankruptcy
Valuing the Vote
Does Linking Worker Pay to Firm Performance Help the Best Firms Do Even Better?
Time as a Trade Barrier
The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Productivity of American Mathematicians
May 2012 Issue
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Providing Retiree Health Insurance Encourages Early Retirement
Changing Inequality in College Entry and Completion
New Estimates of the Housing Wealth Effect
The Labor Market in China, 1989-2009
Measuring the Effects of the 1991 Federal Alcohol Tax Increase
Airports, Air Pollution, and Health
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Recessions and the Cost of Job Loss
For-Profit Postsecondary Schools
Fiduciary Duties and Equity-Debt-holder Conflicts
Family Proximity, Childcare, and Women's Labor Force Attachment
CEO Preferences and Acquisitions
Saving Rates in Developing Asia
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Leverage, Business Cycles, and Crises
What Makes a Charter School Effective?
White Collar Jobs and the Rise of Service Offshoring
The Effect of Religious and Ethnic Diversity on Charitable Giving
Optimal Expectations and Limited Medical Testing
Economic Conditions Have an Effect on CEOs
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The Impact of the Real Estate Market on Fertility
Corporate Acquisitions, Diversification, and the Firm's Lifecycle
What Do Boards Really Do?
Culture and Norms Affect Immigrant Women's Work
Payout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment
Copyright Protection and the Quality of Recorded Music Since Napster
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Private Equity and Employment
Exercise, Physical Activity, and Exertion over the Business Cycle
Who Makes Financial Decisions within Private Companies?
Race and Ethnicity in the College Classroom
Comparing the Investment Behavior of Public and Private Firms
The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics