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January 2009 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Domestic Debt Helps to Explain External Defaults
  
• Changes in Social Security Have Affected Retirement
  
• Benefits of New Pharmaceuticals Significantly Exceed their Costs
  
• Welfare Reform Has Led to More Work but Less Education
  
• Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
  
• Taller Folks Earn More
  

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December 2008 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Climate Change and Economic Growth over The Last Half Century
  
• The Causes of Rising Income Inequality
  
• Gasoline Prices Affect Fuel Economy
  
• Understanding Fertility within Developed Nations
  
• Happiness Is More Evenly Distributed Among Americans
  
• Gold Standard Does Not Always Bring Credibility
  

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November 2008 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Public Pensions are Underfunded
  
• The Unequal Geographic Burden of Federal Taxation
  
• Having Good Teeth Can Pay Off
  
• Capital Inflows and Reserve Accumulation
  
• Latin American Industrialization after 1870
  

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October 2008 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Housing Busts May Lower Household Mobility
  
• Total Compensation Reflects Growth in Productivity
  
• The Federal Student Aid Process is Not Efficient
  
• Hours Spent in Homemaking Have Changed Little This Century
  
• How Costly is Diversity?
  
• Reforming Social Security With Progressive Personal Accounts
  

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September 2008 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• The Link Between Foreclosures and House Prices
  
• Understanding Bank Runs
  
• Derivatives Markets for Home Prices
  
• Unemployment Insurance Provides Needed Liquidity
  
• What Drives Retail Price Movements?
  

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August 2008 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Medicare Part D Saves Money for Many Participants
  
• Why do Foreigners Invest in the United States?
  
• Gender Differences: The Role of Institutions
  
• Macroeconomic Crises Since 1870
  
• A Black Swan In The Money Market
  
• Mentoring Reduces Turnover Among Teachers in New York City
  

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June/July 2008 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• School Ties and Mutual Fund Success
  
• The Increasing Prevalence of Obesity
  
• Tax Effects on Foreign Portfolio Investment
  
• A Theory of Military Dictatorships
  
• Exchange Rates Can Forecast Commodity Prices
  
• Capital Account Liberalization, Real Wages, and Productivity
  

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April/May 2008 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Origins of the Current Mortgage Problems
  
• Is a Listing on the NYSE Less Attractive?
  
• The Impact of Childhood Lead Exposure on Adult Crime
  
• Do Professional Currency Managers Beat the Benchmark?
  

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February/March 2008 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Do Assassinations Change History?
  
• 401(k) Plans, Lifetime Earnings, and Wealth at Retirement
  
• Tax Increases Reduce GDP
  
• Does Globalization Weaken Monetary Policy?
  
• Stocks Rise Around Earnings Announcements
  

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January 2008 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• When Taxpayers Ignore Less Visible Taxes
  
• The Rise and Fall of the College Graduate Wage Premium
  
• Higher U.S. Investment Yields Won't Allow Continued Large U.S. Current Account Deficit
  
• Parents Respond to School Performance Fact Sheets
  

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December 2007 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Is the U.S. Population Behaving Healthier?
  
• Cable Television Raises Women’s Status in India
  
• Why Supbprime Auto Loans Default
  
• Exchange Controls And International Trade
  

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November 2007 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Anti-Depressants Reduce Suicide
  
• Why is the Developed World Obese?
  
• The Changing Nature of Marriage and Divorce
  
• Hidden Taxes Are Easier to Raise
  
• Higher Health Spending Saves Lives
  
• Did Bankruptcy Reform Increase Financial Distress?
  

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September/October 2007 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Who Benefits from Inflation Targeting?
  
• Current Account Surpluses And The Correction Of Global Imbalances
  
• Ranking Affects the Financial Resources of Public Colleges
  
• Europe's Lagging Service Sector
  
• Measuring Happiness and Satisfaction
  

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August 2007 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Public Insurance Expansions Crowd Out Private Health Insurance
  
• Teacher Credentials Don't Matter for Student Achievement
  
• Treasury Debt and Corporate Bond Rates
  
• Distributional Effects of Globalization in Developing Countries
  
• Who Blows the Whistle on Corporate Fraud?
  

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July 2007 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• What Drives the Political Slant of Daily Newspapers?
  
• The Effect of Congressional Majorities on Financial Variables
  
• The Declining Gain from International Portfolio Diversification
  
• The Return to Capital in China
  

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June 2007 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• TV Appearance and Electoral Success
  
• The Impact of Terrorism on the Office Real Estate Market
  
• Teacher Incentives and Student Performance
  
• Drug Co-Payments Increase Hospital Outpatient Spending
  
• Welfare Recipients Respond to Complex Incentives
  
• Has Globalization Changed Inflation?
  

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May 2007 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• No Child Left Behind Rules Raise Student Performance
  
• Effects of Immigration on African-American Employment and Incarceration
  
• Cigarette Regulations Reduce Cases of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
  
• Simplification Raises Saving Rates
  
• Higher Tax Rates Reduce Working Hours In OECD Countries
  

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April 2007 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Retirement Saving Versus Mortgage Paydowns
  
• What Makes Foreign Firms Attractive to U.S. Investors?
  
• Tax Incentives Raised Business Investment
  
• Changing Business Volatility
  

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March 2007 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Why Do House Prices Rise Faster in Some Cities?
  
• The Effects of Education on Health
  
• Globalization And Poverty
  
• Cost Effects of Integrating Diagnosis and Treatment
  

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February 2007 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• The Impact of the Euro and Prospects for the Dollar
  
• Where Did All the Leisure Go?
  
• Would Higher Salaries Keep Teachers in High-Poverty Schools?
  
• New Evidence on Gender Differences in Promotions and Pay
  
• Spreading the Gains from Immigration
  
• Why Some Diplomats Park Illegally
  

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January 2007 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Why Do Women Outnumber Men in College?
  
• Does Child Abuse Cause Crime?
  
• Global Diversification Through Multinational Shares
  
• Police Pay and Performance
  

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December 2006 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Are Elite Universities Losing Their Competitive Edge?
  
• Abortion and Selection
  
• The Impact of Foreign Students on the Earnings of Doctorates
  
• Intensive Care Reduces Disability after Cardiovascular Disease
  

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November 2006 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• International Capital Flows Alter U.S. Interest Rates
  
• Black-White Test Scores: Neighborhoods, Not Schools, Matter Most
  
• New Laboratory Procedures Increase Life Expectancy
  
• The Career Effects Of Graduating In A Recession
  
• Will Super-High Chinese Growth Continue?
  

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October 2006 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Media Bias and Voting
  
• Electoral Outcomes and Financial Markets
  
• The Evolution of Top Incomes
  
• A Healthy Economy Can Break Your Heart
  
• The Allies, Spain, And Oil In World War II
  
• Generous Benefits Raise Long-Term Unemployment
  

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September 2006 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Improved Neighborhoods Don't Raise Academic Achievement
  
• Teacher-Student Matching Increases Teacher Effectiveness
  
• Incentives to R&D Directors Improve Corporate R&D Performance
  
• No Decline in Long-Term Employment
  
• Intangible Capital and Economic Growth
  
• The Value of Stock Options to Non-Executive Employees
  

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August 2006 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Inflation Dynamics and the Distribution of Income
  
• TV, Fast Foods, and Childhood Obesity
  
• A Field Experiment in the Consumer Credit Market
  
• The Earned Income Tax Credit Raises Employment
  
• Macroeconomic Derivatives
  

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July 2006 Issue     Full issue available as PDF

• Do Mutual Fund Investors Care About Fees?
  
• Why High Earners Work Longer Hours
  
• Comparing Government Healthcare Costs in Ten OECD Countries
  
• The Law and Economics of Self-Dealing