New NBER Research27 March 2015 Regional Redistribution Through the U.S. Mortgage MarketErik Hurst, Benjamin J. Keys, Amit Seru, and Joseph S. Vavra find that despite large differences across locations in the risk of mortgage default, there is virtually no spatial variation in the rates charged on mortgages extended by government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). In contrast, interest rates in the private market do vary as a function of location-related risk factors. These findings suggest substantial region-related redistribution through GSEs.
( ...more... ) 26 March 2015 Grasp the Large, Let Go of the Small: The Transformation of the State Sector in ChinaStarting in the late 1990s, China dramatically transformed state-owned firms, closing or privatizing smaller firms while corporatizing larger firms and merging them into state-controlled industrial groups. The state also created many new large firms. Chang-Tai Hsieh and Zheng (Michael) Song find the reformation of the state sector was responsible for 20 percent of China’s aggregate total factor productivity growth from 1998 to 2007.
( ...more... ) 25 March 2015 Did the 2003 Dividend Tax Cut Increase Investment?Danny Yagan studies the effect of the 2003 dividend tax cut on firm behavior and finds no evidence of a change in corporate investment or employee compensation. This policy change was one of the largest reforms ever to a U.S. capital income tax rate.
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