Archive of NBER Digest -- 2000
The following summaries of NBER Working Papers have appeared in previous issues of the NBER Digest. |
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The New Economy in Historic Perspective
Does the Tax Code Influence CEO Compensation?
Hope Program Increases College Attendance, but also Widens Racial Gap
Explaining the Mysteries of International Trade
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Indemnity vs. HMO Plans: Why the Cost Difference?
College Financial Aid and Antitrust Action
Product Prices Link Business Cycles among Major Industrialized Countries
Foreign Direct Investment Changes Ownership, not Location
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Dramatic Rise in Teenage Smoking
Recent CPI Revisions
Federal Spending Brings No Extra Care
Open Equity Markets Raise Growth
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Mothers and Others: Who invests in Children's Health?
Tax Policy Does Not Explain Option Growth
Tunneling Directs Profits to Controlling Shareholders
Do Controls On Capital Inflows Work?
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Choice, Chance, and Wealth Dispersion at Retirement
Changing Patterns of Income and Happiness
Liability Law Changes Raise Medical Productivity
Sentencing for Homicides in the U.S.
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Marijuana Prices and Use
Taxes Discourage Mutual Fund Investors
High Income Taxpayers are More Responsive to Marginal Tax Rates
An Investment-Based Social Security System Can Benefit Low-Income Groups
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Individual Stocks Have Become More Volatile
Foreign-Born Teaching Assistants Impair Undergraduate Performance
International Differences in Investor Protection
The History of the U.S. as a Monetary Union
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Social Security Does Not Redistribute Income
Would Collective Action Clauses Raise Borrowing Costs?
The Effects of Repealing Prevailing Wage Laws
Schooling Spending Differences are not the Source of Income Inequality
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Aid to College Students Raises Attendance and Completion
Temporary Workers Raise Manufacturing Productivity Measure
On the Spread and Impact of Antidumping
Investor Protection Raises Company Share Values
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Employee Drug Testing is Effective
Many Households Are Underinsured
Crises Increased by Excessive Short-Term Debt
Hospital Competition Improves Quality and Lowers Cost
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Incentives Increase Work by Single Mothers
Social Security Reform Can Make Things Worse
Asian Crisis Hurt Banks Less than was Thought
Medicare Spending for the Very Old Outpaces All Other