Archive of NBER Digest -- 2001
The following summaries of NBER Working Papers have appeared in previous issues of the NBER Digest. |
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California's Failed Electric Power Industry Reforms
Corporate Governance and Shareholder Returns
U.S. Monetary Policy During the 1990s
Lessons from the Uninsured Self-Employed
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Terrorism Reduces Basque GDP
The Effects of Welfare and Tax Reform
College Drinking and Drug Use
Religion Shapes Financial Rules and Growth
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Benefits of Newer Prescription Drugs Exceed their Costs
Technology and Productivity Growth
Financial Liberalization Spurs Growth
Growth and Recovery in East Asia
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How the Fed Responds to Stock Market Moves
Does Globalization Make the World More Unequal?
Lessons from the U.S./Canada Free Trade Agreement
Do Lending Booms Lead to Financial Crises?
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Favorable Long-Term Effects of Head Start
Yes Virginia, There is a New Economy
Redistribution, Inequality, and Happiness
How Corruption Causes Currency Crises
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How Technology Spreads
Effects of Welfare Time Limits
School Style Can Raise Achievement
The Geographic Distribution of Housing-Related Tax Benefits
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Why Tropical Countries are Underdeveloped
Child Care Regulations Yield Mixed Results
Productivity Growth And The New Economy
Foreign Direct Investors in Three Financial Crises
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Sex, Drugs, and Catholic Schools
Stock Options For Undiversified Executives
How High are VC Returns?
Capital Mobility in Emerging Market Countries
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High Income Taxes Inhibit the Growth of Small Firms
Tax Rules Raise Firm Health Benefits
Peer Effects in the Classroom
More Working Hours Raise Future Earnings
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Estate Taxes Appear to Increase Avoidance and to Reduce Wealth Accumulation
What Drives R and D Productivity?
The Tax Code Affects the International Location of Assets Held in U.S. Financial Services Firms
Building Schools Can Increase Wages in Emerging Market Countries
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Internet Access Increases Stock Trading
Fewer Guns Mean Fewer Gun Homicides
Is Making Divorce Easier Bad for Children?
How Fast Has China Grown?