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Working Papers
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2008 Working Papers
External Shocks, Structural Change, and Economic Growth in Mexico, 1979–2006
Robert Blecker
American University
No. 2008-04
January 2008
Cofactor Infections and HIV Epidemics in Developing Countries: Implications for Treatment
Larry Sawers, Eileen Stillwaggon, and Tom Hertz
American University; Gettysburg College
No. 2008-03
January 2008
Effect of Microfinance on Vulnerability, Poverty and Risk in Low Income Households
Ranjula Bali Swain and Maria Floro
No. 2008-02
February 2008
Let a Thousand Models Bloom: Forging Alliances with Western Universities and the Making of the New Higher Educational System in the Gulf
John Willoughby
No. 2008-01
March 2008
2007 Working Papers
Socially Responsible
Investment and Pro-Social Change
Martha Starr
No. 2007-23
November 2007
The Macro/Social
Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility: Informational Abundance
and Collective Action
Martha Starr
No. 2007-22
November 2007
Disagreement, Regional
Representation, and Federal Reserve Transcript Publication
Ellen Meade
No. 2007-21
November 2007
Central Bank Independence
and Transparency: Evolution and Effectiveness
Ellen Meade
No. 2007-20
November 2007
Heteroskedasticity-Robust Elasticities in Logarithmic
and Two-Part Models
Tom Hertz
No. 2007-19
August 2007
School Construction and Intergenerational Mobility in Indonesia
Tom Hertz
No. 2007-18
August 2007
Changes in the Volatility of Household Income
in the United States: A Regional Analysis
Tom Hertz
No. 2007-17
July 2007
A Group-Specific Measure of Intergenerational Persistence
Tom Hertz
No. 2007-16
July 2007
The Effect of Non-Farm Income on Investment
in Bulgarian Family Farming
Tom Hertz
No. 2007-15
June 2007
Intergenerational Mobility in Bulgaria
Tom Hertz, Mieke Meurs, Sibel Selcuk
No. 2007-14
May 2007
Cross-Country Differences and Trends in Intergenerational Socioeconomic Mobility
Tom Hertz, Tamara Jayasundera, Patrizio Piraino, Sibel Selcuk,
Nicole Smith, and Alina Verashchagina
No. 2007-13
March 2007
Household Shocks, Vulnerability and Household Finances
Hazel Malapit and Maria Floro
No. 2007-12
August 2007
Gender and Time Dimensions of Informal Workers’ Well-being:
Evidence from Thailand
Anant Pichetpongsa and Maria Floro
No. 2007-11
July 2007
Is there a Link between Quality of Employment and Indebtedness? The Case of Urban Low-income Households in Ecuador.
Maria Floro and John Messier
No. 2007-10
July 2007
Determinants of the Physical Demand for Gold: Evidence from Panel Data
Martha Starr and Ky Tran
No. 2007-09
July 2007
Price Impacts of Small Firm Entry in US Manufacturing
Robert M. Feinberg
No. 2007-08
July 2007
Merger Impacts on Investor Expectations: An Event Study for Australia
Brian Diepold, Robert M. Feinberg, David K. Round and Jeremy Tustin
No. 2007-07
July 2007
The Biggest Losers (and Winners) from
U.S. Trade Liberalization
Kara Reyonlds
No. 2007-06
July 2007
Why Are So Many WTO Disputes Abandoned?
Kara Reyonlds
No. 2007-05
June 2007
Valuing Substitute Families:
Financial Support for Foster
and Adoptive Families
Mary Eschelbach Hansen and Paul Jacobs
No. 2007-04
May 2007
Using Private Contracts
to Create Adoptions from Foster Care
Mary Eschelbach Hansen
No. 2007-03
April 2007
The Fallacy of Composition and Contractionary Devaluations: The Output Impact of Real Exchange Rate Shocks in Developing Countries that Export Manufactures
Robert A. Blecker and Arslan Razmi
No. 2007-02
January 2007
Transracial Adoption of Black Children: An Economic Analysis
Mary Eschelbach Hansen and Daniel Pollack
No. 2007-01
January 2007
2006 Working Papers
Testing for Structural Breaks and other forms of Non-stationarity: a Misspecification Perspective
Maria S. Heracleous, Andreas Koutris and Aris Spanos
No. 2006-17
December 2006
Legal Rules and Bankruptcy Rates: Historical Evidence from the States
Mary Eschelbach Hansen and Bradley A. HansenNo. 2006-16
December 2006
The Value of Adoption
Mary Eschelbach Hansen
No. 2006-15
December 2006
Tradeoffs in Formulating a Consistent National Policy on Adoption
Mary Eschelbach Hansen and Daniel Pollack
No. 2006-14
November 2006
The Distribution of a Federal Entitlement: The Case of Adoption Assistance
Mary Eschelbach Hansen
No. 2006-13
November 2006
From Agreement to Application: A Cross Country Analysis of Injury Determinants under the WTO Antidumping Agreement
Kara M. Reynolds
No. 2006-12
September 2006
Price Competition and the Fallacy of Composition in Developing Country Exports of Manufactures: Estimates of Short-Run Growth Effects
Statistical Appendix
Robert A. Blecker and Arslan Razmi
Please See No. 2007-02 for Updated Working Paper
August 2006
Why Do the Poor Leave the Safety Net in Mexico? A Study Of the Effects of Conditionality On Dropouts
Carola Álvarez, Florencia Devoto and Paul Winters
No. 2006-10
May 2006
Macroeconomic Dimensions of
Social Economics: Saving, the Stock Market, and Pension Systems
Martha A. Starr
No. 2006-09
May 2006
Bank Runs in Emerging-Market
Economies: Evidence from Turkey’s Special Finance Houses
Martha A. Starr and Rasim Yilmaz
No. 2006-08
May 2006
The Economic Consequences
of Dollar Appreciation for US Manufacturing Investment: A Time-Series
Analysis
Statistical Appendix
Robert A. Blecker
No. 2006-07
Revised, August 2006
Developing Country Exports
of Manufactures: Moving Up the Ladder to Escape the Fallacy of
Composition?
Arslan Razmi and Robert A. Blecker
No. 2006-06
April 2006
Macroeconomic and Structural
Constraints on Export-Led Growth in Mexico
Robert A. Blecker
No. 2006-05
March 2006
Friendly Fire? The Impact
of US Antidumping Enforcement on US Exporters
Robert M. Feinberg and Kara M. Reynolds
No. 2006-04
April 2006
Dumping on U.S. Farmers: Are
There Biases in Global Antidumping Regulations?
Kara M. Reynolds
No. 2006-03
January 2006
Anticipated versus Realized
Benefits: Can Event Studies be Used to Predict the Impact of New
Regulations
Kara M. Reynolds
No. 2006-02
January 2006
Demographic Externalities
from Poverty Programs in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence
from Latin America
Guy Stecklov, Paul Winters, Jessica Todd and Ferdinando Regalia
No. 2006-1
January 2006
2005 Working Papers
Using Subsidies to Promote
the Adoption of Children from Foster Care
Mary Eschelbach Hansen
No. 2005-15
December 2005
The Role of Path Dependence
in the Development of U.S. Bankruptcy Law, 1880-1938
Bradley A. Hansen and Mary Eschelbach Hansen
No. 2005-14
December 2005
Price Competition and the Fallacy of Composition in Developing Country Exports of Manufactures: Estimates of Short-Run Growth Effects
Robert A. Blecker and Arslan Razmi
No. 2005-13
Please see No. 2006-11 for updated working paper
November 2005
Don’t Put the Cart before
the Horse: Teaching the Economic Approach to Empirical Research
Bradley A. Hansen and Mary Eschelbach Hansen
No. 2005-12
October 2005
New Evidence on Race Discrimination
under “Separate but Equal”
Bradley A. Hansen and Mary Eschelbach Hansen
No. 2005-11
September 2005
The Economics of Adoption
of Children from Foster Care
Mary Eschelbach Hansen and Bradley A. Hansen
No. 2005-10
September, 2005
The Economic Consequences of Dollar Appreciation
for U.S. Manufacturing Investment: A Time-Series Analysis
Robert A. Blecker
No. 2005-09
August 2005
Please see No. 2006-07 for updated working paper
Moving Up the Ladder to Escape the Adding Up Constraint?
New Evidence on the Fallacy of Composition
Arslan Razmi and Robert A. Blecker
No. 2005-08
February 2005
Please see No. 2006-06 for updated working paper
Patterns and Determinants
of Entry in Rural County Banking Markets
Robert M. Feinberg
No. 2005-07
August 2005
Market Reform and Infrastructure
Development in Transition Economies
Robert M. Feinberg and Mieke Meurs
No. 2005-06
June 2005
The Erosion of Tariff Preferences:
The Impact of U.S. Tariff Reductions on Developing Countries
Kara M. Reynolds
No. 2005-05
July 2005
The Effect of Minimum Wages
on the Employment and Earnings of South Africa’s Domestic
Service Workers
Tom Hertz
No. 2005-04
August, 2005
Sustainable Floriculture in
Ecuador
Larry Sawers
No. 2005-03
March 2005
Ambivalent Anxieties of the
South Asian-Gulf Arab Labor Exchange
John Willoughby
No. 2005-02
March 2005
Tariff Liberalization and
Increased Administrative Protection: Is There a Quid Pro Quo?
Robert M. Feinberg and Kara M. Olson
No. 2005-01
February 2005
2004 Working Papers
Asset Depletion among the
Poor: Does Gender Matter? The Case of Urban Households in Thailand
Maria S. Floro and Rania Antonopoulos | No. 200411-07 | November 2004
Does Gender have any Effect
on Aggregate Saving? An empirical analysis
Maria S. Floro | No. 200411-06 | November 2004
Nontraditional or New Traditional
Exports: Ecuador’s Flower Boom
Larry Sawers | No. 200411-05 | November 2004
Econometric Problems in
Analyzing the Mule in Southern Agriculture
Larry Sawers | No. 200411-04 | November 2004
The Spread of Antidumping
Regimes and the Role of Retaliation in Filings
Robert M. Feinberg and Kara M. Olson | No. 200411-03 | November 2004
Do Multimarket Banks Set
Uniform Loan Rates Across Markets?
Robert M. Feinberg | No. 200411-02 |
November 2004
Does Money Matter in the
CIS? Effects of Monetary Policy on Output and Prices
Martha A. Starr |
No. 200410-02|
October 2004
The Decline in Common Lands
in Bulgaria in the Early 20th Century
Vesseline Hekimova, Anna Karakovska, Mieke Meurs and Rossitsa
Stoyanova. | No. 200410-01 | October 2004
Patent Rights and Innovation:
Evidence from National and Firm Level Data
Brent B. Allred and Walter G. Park| No. 200409-03 | September 2004
Monetary Policy in Post-Conflict
Countries: Restoring Credibility
Martha A. Starr | No. 200409-02 | September 2004
The Returns from Rent-Seeking:
Campaign Contributions, Firm Subsidies and the Byrd Amendment
Kara M. Olson and Benjamin H. Liebman | No. 200409-01 | September 2004
Subsidizing Rent-Seeking:
Antidumping Protection and the Byrd Amendment
Kara M. Olson | No. 200407-01 | July 2004
The Demise of State Run
Child Care in Bulgaria: Causes and Implications
Mieke Meurs and Lisa Giddings | No. 200406-01
Technology, Capital Spending,
and Capacity Utilization
Cynthia Bansak, Norman Morin and Martha Starr | No. 200405-01 | May 2004
One World, One Currency:
Exploring the Issues
Martha A. Starr | No. 200404-02 | April 2004
Free Riders Among the Rent-Seekers:
A Model of Firm Participation in Antidumping Petition
Kara M. Olson | No. 200404-01 | April 2004
A Quiet Revolution in the
Making? The Replacement of Expatriate Labor through the Feminization
of the Labor Force in GCC Countries
John Willoughby | No. 2004-18 | November 2004
U.S. Antidumping Enforcement
and Macroeconomic Indicators: What Do Petitioners Expect, and
Are They Correct?
Robert M. Feinberg | No. 2004-17 | November 2004
Do Multimarket Banks Set Uniform
Loan Rates Across Markets?
Robert M. Feinberg | No. 2004-16 | November 2004
The Spread of Antidumping
Regimes and the Role of Retaliation in Filings
Robert M. Feinberg and Kara M. Olson | No. 2004-15 | November 2004
Econometric Problems in Analyzing
the Mule in Southern Agriculture
Larry Sawers | No. 2004-14 | November 2004
Nontraditional or New Traditional
Exports: Ecuador’s Flower Boom
Larry Sawers | No. 2004-13 | November 2004
Does Gender have any Effect
on Aggregate Saving? An Empirical Analysis
Maria S. Floro | No. 2004-12 | November 2004
Asset Depletion among the
Poor: Does Gender Matter? The Case of Urban Households in Thailand
Maria S. Floro and Rania Antonopoulos | No. 2004-11 | November, 2004
The Decline in Common Lands
in Bulgaria in the Early 20th Century
Vesseline Hekimova, Anna Karakovska, Mieke Meurs and Rossitsa
Stoyanova | No. 2004-10 | October 2004
Does Money Matter in the CIS?
Effects of Monetary Policy on Output and Prices
Martha A. Starr | No. 2004-09 | October 2004
The Returns from Rent-Seeking: Campaign Contributions, Firm Subsidies and the Byrd Amendment
Kara M. Olson and Benjamin H. Liebman | No. 2004-08 | September 2004
Monetary Policy in Post-Conflict
Countries: Restoring Credibility
Martha A. Starr | No. 2004-07 | September 2004
Patent Rights and Innovation: Evidence from National and Firm Level Data
Brent B. Allred and Walter G. Park | No. 2004-06 | September 2004
Subsidizing Rent-Seeking: Antidumping Protection and the Byrd Amendment
Kara M. Olson | No. 2004-05 | July 2004
The Demise of State Run Child Care in Bulgaria: Causes and Implications
Mieke Meurs and Lisa Giddings | No. 2004-04
Technology, Capital Spending, and Capacity Utilization
Cynthia Bansak, Norman Morin and Martha Starr | No. 2004-03 | May 2004
Free Riders Among the Rent-Seekers: A Model of Firm Participation in Antidumping Petition
Kara M. Olson | No. 2004-02 | April 2004
One World, One Currency: Exploring the Issues
Martha A. Starr | No. 2004-01 | April 2004
2002 Working Paper
Institutions and Incentives for R&D: Implications for L.A.C. Economies
Walter G. Park | No. 200208-01 | August 2002
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