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October 2015 Issue Full issue available as PDF
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Appearances and Realities in the Chinese Economy
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Trends and Cycles in the Macroeconomy of China
Official Statistics Understate Chinese Unemployment Rate
The Power of Nudges in Exercise Commitment Contracts
Organizational Barriers to Adoption of New Technology
Hospitals as Insurers of Last Resort
September 2015 Issue Full issue available as PDF
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The Distributional Impact of Alternative Energy Incentives
Fracking, Tight Labor Markets, and High School Dropouts
Cheap Talk, Round Numbers, and Signaling Behavior
Upcoding: Evidence from Medicare on Risk Adjustment
Ethnic Complementarities in Academic Collaborations
Why Are There So Few Public Companies in the U.S.?
August 2015 Issue Full issue available as PDF
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Lingering Employment Effects of the Great Recession
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Great Recession Job Losses Severe, Enduring
Job Networks Before, During, and After the Great Recession
Tax-Efficient Mutual Funds Do Better Before Taxes, Too
The Mortality Cost of Political Connections in China
The U.S. Foreclosure Crisis Was Not Just a Subprime Event
July 2015 Issue Full issue available as PDF
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Welfare Implications of Falling Natural Gas Prices
Demystifying the Chinese Housing Boom
Thinking, Fast and Slow: Efforts to Reduce Youthful Crime in Chicago
'Consumer-Directed' Health Plans Appear to Lower Spending
How Fast Are Semiconductor Prices Falling?
Are Larger Cities Losing Their Edge?
June 2015 Issue Full issue available as PDF
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Taxation and the Mobility of Inventors and Scientists
China's State Sector: Transformed, but Not So Privatized
Using the Shale Revolution to Infer Carbon Abatement Costs
Individual Discount Rates and Energy-Efficient Purchasing
The Welfare Effects of Coordinated High School Assignments
The Origins of Latin American Inequality
May 2015 Issue Full issue available as PDF
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Childhood Medicaid Coverage Improves Adult Earning and Health
NIH Funding Spurs Private Patenting
Employment Cyclicality and Firm Quality, 1998-2011
Residential Segregation in the U.S. Rose Dramatically, 1880-1940
Rising Macroeconomic Volatility Is Associated with Increases in Foreign Assets
Momentum Trading, Return Chasing, and Predictable Crashes
April 2015 Issue Full issue available as PDF
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Who Benefits from Federal Tax Credits for Higher Education?
Exploring How Climate Change Affects Conflict and Productivity
Secular Stagnation: The Long View
Effects of a Summer Youth Employment Program in NYC
The Glass Ceiling and the Paper Floor: Gender Differences Among Top Earners, 1981-2012
Measuring Consumer Valuation of Limited Provider Networks
March 2015 Issue Full issue available as PDF
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Asiaphoria Meets Regression to the Mean
The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market
An Evaluation of Agent-Intermediated Microloans in India
Mortgage Rates, Household Balance Sheets, and the Real Economy
The Impact of Tariff Changes: U.S. Sugar Duties, 1890-1930
The Real Effects of Capital Controls: Evidence from Brazil
February 2015 Issue Full issue available as PDF
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Measuring the Effects of Consumer Bankruptcy Protection
How Higher Ed and Immigration Policies Affect the Level of Foreign IT Workers
Explaining the Clean-up of U.S. Manufacturing, 1990 to 2008
Investment Banks as Corporate Monitors in the Early 20th Century
The Timing of Pension Payouts and Social Security Claiming
The Impact on School Performance of No Child Left Behind Program Sanctions
January 2015 Issue Full issue available as PDF
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How Generic Drugs, Patents, and Price Controls Affect Markets
Borrowers Forgo Billions through Failure to Refinance Mortgages
The Link between High Employment and Labor Market Fluidity
The Value of Brownfield Remediation
Who Benefits from Education for the Gifted?
CEOs Often Time News Releases to Boost Value of Stock Grants