NBER Working Papers Cited in the Press

This is a partial list of NBER Working Papers cited in the press within the last year. If you are aware of any omissions, please email us. Whenever possible, include the name of the publication, title of the article, name of the NBER authors, and NBER Working Paper number.

Authors

NBER Working Paper Title

Boston Globe


June 21, 2009	When friends make you poorer	14948	Giacomo DeGiorgi, Michele Pellizzari, Silvia Redaelli	Be as Careful of the Company You Keep as of the Books You Read: Peer Effects in Education and on the Labor Market

April 12, 2009	The lasting shock of a financial crisis	14813	Ulrike Malmendier, Stefan Nagel	Depression Babies: Do Macroeconomic Experiences Affect Risk-Taking?

April 12, 2009	The lasting shock of a financial crisis	14817	Sam Schulhofer-Wohl, Miguel Garrido	Do Newspapers Matter? Evidence from the Closure of The Cincinnati Post

March 30, 2009	The Immigrant win-win	14312	Jennifer Hunt, Marjolaine Gauthier-Loiselle	How Much Does Immigration Boost Innovation?

March 1, 2009	Hotter and Poorer	14132	Melissa Dell, Benjamin F. Jones, Benjamin A. Olken	Climate Change and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century

February 15, 2009	Uncommon Knowledge	14053	Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers	Happiness Inequality in the United States

June 30, 2008	Friendly foxholes, and why conservatives are happier people	14053	Dora L. Costa, Matthew E. Kahn	Health, Stress, and Social Networks: Evidence from Union Army Veterans

June 15, 2008	Bullying, choosing a double major, and a mystery in the bathtub	13309	Daniel J. Benjamin, James J. Choi, A. Joshua Strickland	Social Identity and Preferences
June 1, 2008	Surprising insights from the social sciences	13839	Radha Iyengar, Jonathan Monten	Is There an "Emboldenment" Effect? Evidence from the Insurgency in Iraq

June 1, 2008	Surprising insights from the social sciences	13945	Dalton Conley, Brian J. McCabe	Bribery or Just Desserts? Evidence on the Influence of Congressional Voting Patterns on PAC Contributions from Exogenous Variation in the Sex Mix of Legislator Offspring.

May 5, 2008	Surprising insights from the social sciences, Baby Smarts, the upside of binge drinking, and why you should cross your arms more often	12529	Pinka Chatterji, Jeffrey DeSimone	High School Alcohol Use and Young Adult Labor Market Outcomes
March 23, 2008	Uncommon Knowledge - Surprising insights from the social sciences	13264	Christina D. Romer and David H. Romer	The Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Changes: Estimates Based on a New Measure of Fiscal Shocks

Business Week

June 2, 2008

Antitrust: A Not-So-Rough Ride

12902

Dennis W. Carlton, Randal C. Picker

Antitrust and Regulation

Economist

June 5, 2009	The high price of dying in Africa	14998	Anne Case, Alicia Menendez	Requiescat in Pace? The Consequences of High Priced Funerals in South Africa
October 2, 2008	The resilient dollar; Why the greenback has so far withstood the panic in financial markets	13908	Kristin J. Forbes	Why Do Foreigners Invest in the United States?
October 2, 2008	The resilient dollar; Why the greenback has so far withstood the panic in financial markets	14154	Barry Eichengreen, Marc Flandreau	The Rise and Fall of the Dollar, or When Did the Dollar Replace Sterling as the Leading International Currency
September 25, 2008	Does Wall Street’s meltdown show financial globalisation itself is part of the problem?	14321	Carmen Reinhart and Vincent Reinhart	Capital Flow Bonanzas: An Encompassing View of the Past and Present
February 28, 2008	Hope from a pill	12906	Jens Ludwig, Dave E. Marcotte, Karen Norberg	Anti-depressants and Suicide

Financial Times

January 27, 2009

Markets live Long Room

14644

Thomas Philippon, Ariell Reshef

Wages and Human Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry: 1909-2006

Forbes

June 27, 2009

How to Raise a Rich Daughter

14959

Scott E. Carrell, Marianne E. Page, James E. West/td>

Sex and Science: How Professor Gender Perpetuates the Gender Gap

June 19, 2009

Does Location Affect Kids' Weight?

14989

Robert Sandy, Gilbert Liu, John Ottensmann, Rusty Tchernis, Jeffrey Wilson, O.T. Ford

Studying the Child Obesity Epidemic With Natural Experiments

News Services

January 24, 2009

Wall Street's culture of entitlement hard to shake

14644

Associated Press - Thomas Philippon, Ariell Reshef

Wages and Human Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry: 1909-2006

February 11, 2008

In the Middle Ages you couldn't be a baker unless you were admitted to the guild. In Louisiana you can't sell flowers.

11510

Forbes.com - Morris M. Kleiner, Richard M. Todd

Mortgage Broker Regulations That Matter: Analyzing Earnings, Employment, and Outcomes for Consumers

March 24, 2008

Negative U.S. media linked to increased insurgent attacks

13839

United Press International - Radha Iyengar and Jonathan Monten

Is There an "Emboldenment" Effect? Evidence from the Insurgency in Iraq

August 26, 2008

Troubled students drag down peers

14246

UPI.com - Scott E. Carrell, Mark L. Hoekstra

Externalities in the Classroom: How Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Affect Everyone's Kids

The New York Times

June 4, 2009, 2009

Tax Break for Profits Went Awry

15023

Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley, Kristin J. Forbes

Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act

March 26, 2009, 2009

Study Links Student Obesity and Proximity of Schools to Fast Foods

14721

Janet Currie, Stefano DellaVigna, Enrico Moretti, Vikram Pathania

The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity

January 22, 2009

Wall Street Paychecks May Wither

14644

Thomas Philippon, Ariell Reshef

Wages and Human Capital in the U.S. Financial Industry: 1909-2006

November 20, 2008

TV Ads Contribute to Childhood Obesity, Economists Say

11879

Shin-Yi Chou, Inas Rashad, Michael Grossman

Fast-Food Restaurant Advertising on Television and Its Influence on Childhood Obesity

November 5, 2008

In Modeling Risk, the Human Factor Was Left Out

11200

Nicholas Chan, Mila Getmansky, Shane M. Haas, Andrew W. Lo

Systemic Risk and Hedge Funds

September 23, 2008

Too Little Information, Then Too Much

14358

Gary B. Gorton

The Panic of 2007

July 29, 2008	Calculating Economics of an Eye for an Eye	14131	Naci H. Mocan	Vengeance
June 23, 2008	Better-Qualified Teachers	14021	Donald Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, Susanna Loeb, Jonah Rockoff, James Wyckoff	The Narrowing Gap in New York City Teacher Qualifications and its Implications for Student Achievement in High-Poverty Schools

The Wall Street Journal

March 11, 2009	Interracial Cooperation in NBA Offers Economic Lesson	14749	Joseph Price, Lars Lefgren, Henry Tappen	Interracial Workplace Cooperation: Evidence from the NBA
March 4, 2009	What are the Odds of a Depression?	14760	Robert J. Barro, José F. Ursúa	Stock-Market Crashes and Depressions
February 3, 2009	What Other Financial Crises Tell Us	14587	Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff	Banking Crises: An Equal Opportunity Menace
September 5, 2008	Foreclosure Effect on Home Prices May be Small	14294	Charles W. Calomiris, Stanley D. Longhofer, William Miles	The Foreclosure-House Price Nexus: Lessons from the 2007-2008 Housing Turmoil
June 24, 2008	Watch out for Sovereign Debt Risk	13946	Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff	The Forgotten History of Domestic Debt
February 27, 2008	Daylight Saving Wastes Energy, Study Says	13678	Matthew Kotchen and Michael Moore	Conservation: From Voluntary Restraint to a Voluntary Price Premium

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