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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. Hansen
No. 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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