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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.







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The Baltimore Sun

December 21, 2009 Expensive gas increases price of efficient used cars 15590 Meghan R. Busse, Christopher R. Knittel, Florian Zettelmeyer Pain at the Pump: The Differential Effect of Gasoline Prices on New and Used Automobile Markets

Boston Globe

January 31, 2010 Sometimes high is sexy, sometimes low 15648 Bryan Bollinger, Phillip Leslie, Alan Sorensen Calorie Posting in Chain Restaurants
December 23, 2009 The psychological effects of recession 15321 Paola Giuliano, Antonio Spilimbergo Growing Up in a Recession: Beliefs and the Macroeconomy
November 2, 2009 The real story of the recession? 15404 Ravi Jagannathan, Mudit Kapoor, Ernst Schaumburg Why Are We in a Recession? The Financial Crisis Is the Symptom Not the Disease!
September 27, 2009 Stats that teams ignore 15347 Kenneth Kovash, Steven D. Levitt Professionals Do Not Play Minimax: Evidence from Major League Baseball and the National Football League
September 13, 2009 Worse than Fired 13626 Daniel Sullivan, Till von Wachter Mortality, Mass-Layoffs, and Career Outcomes: An Analysis using Administrative Data
August 30, 2009 Uncommon Knowledge 15238 Glenn Ellison, Ashley Swanson The Gender Gap in Secondary School Mathematics at High Achievement Levels: Evidence from the American Mathematics Competitions
August 30, 2009 The problem with prestige 15112 W. Bentley MacLeod, Miguel Urquiola Anti-Lemons: School Reputation and Educational Quality
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

Chicago Tribune

December 23, 2009 Recession scarring a generation 15321 Paola Giuliano, Antonio Spilimbergo Growing Up in a Recession: Beliefs and the Macroeconomy

CNN Money

January 7, 2010 Handsome government handout for homebuilders 15177 John R. Graham, Hyunseob Kim The Effects of the Length of the Tax-Loss Carryback Period on Tax Receipts and Corporate Marginal Tax Rates

Economist

December 30, 2009 New-year irresolution 15131 Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer, Jonathan Robinson Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya
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

September 11, 2009 Boost Retirement Savings For the Long Haul 15317 Ning Tang, Olivia S. Mitchell, Gary R. Mottola, Stephen Utkus The Efficiency of Sponsor and Participant Portfolio Choices in 401(k) Plans
June 27, 2009 How to Raise a Rich Daughter 14959 Scott E. Carrell, Marianne E. Page, James E. West 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

February 2, 2010 Can You Trust Census Data? 15703 J. Trent Alexander, Michael Davern, Betsey Stevenson Inaccurate age and sex data in the Census PUMS files: Evidence and Implications
January 28, 2010 In the Packaging of Loans, a Bust With Precedent 15650 William N. Goetzmann, Frank Newman Securitization in the 1920's
December 23, 2009 Are Colleges Really More Selective? 15446 Caroline M. Hoxby The Changing Selectivity of American Colleges
July 31, 2009 Why Own When You Can Lease? 15159 Manuel Adelino, Kristopher Gerardi, Paul S. Willen Why Don't Lenders Renegotiate More Home Mortgages? Redefaults, Self-Cures and Securitization
July 22, 2009 Getting Fat? Maybe It's Your Health Insurance 15163 Jay Bhattacharya, Kate Bundorf, Noemi Pace, Neeraj Sood Does Health Insurance Make You Fat?
June 4, 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 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

Time

December 16, 2009 Tax Reform Means Working Moms Do Less Housework 15583 Alexander M. Gelber, Joshua W. Mitchell Taxes and Time Allocation: Evidence from Single Women

U.S. News & World Report

November 30, 2009 Triggering a Victory on Health Bill 15434 Leemore Dafny, Mark Duggan, Subramaniam Ramanarayanan Paying a Premium on Your Premium? Consolidation in the U.S. Health Insurance Industry
August 21, 2009 What if Healthier People Cost Us More Money? 15231 Pierre-Carl Michaud, Dana Goldman, Darius Lakdawalla, Yuhui Zheng, Adam Gailey Understanding the Economic Consequences of Shifting Trends in Population Health

The Wall Street Journal

February 6, 2010 Census Bureau Obscured Personal Data—Too Well, Some Say 15703 J. Trent Alexander, Michael Davern, Betsey Stevenson Inaccurate age and sex data in the Census PUMS files: Evidence and Implications
February 5, 2010 Census Bureau’s Balancing Act 15703 J. Trent Alexander, Michael Davern, Betsey Stevenson Inaccurate age and sex data in the Census PUMS files: Evidence and Implications
February 2, 2010 Globalization: Make Love Not War 15694 Daron Acemoglu, Pierre Yared Political Limits to Globalization
January 26, 2010 Helmets Save Lives, but Discourage Biking 15658 Christopher S. Carpenter, Mark F. Stehr Intended and Unintended Effects of Youth Bicycle Helmet Laws
December 30, 2009 Weighing the Value of an Elite-College Degree 7322 Stacy Berg Dale, Alan B. Krueger Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables
December 16, 2009 Weighing the Value of That College Diploma 7322 Stacy Berg Dale, Alan B. Krueger Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables
December 10, 2009 Paper Probes Fed Nightmare — Inflating Away U.S. Debt 15562 Joshua Aizenman, Nancy Marion Using Inflation to Erode the U.S. Public Debt
August 17, 2009 Spending More Outside Classroom May Pay Dividends in Graduation Rates 15216 Douglas A. Webber, Ronald G. Ehrenberg Do Expenditures Other Than Instructional Expenditures Affect Graduation and Persistence Rates in American Higher Education
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

Washington Post

February 5, 2010 Review ordered at Census to ensure accuracy of data 15703 J. Trent Alexander, Michael Davern, Betsey Stevenson Inaccurate age and sex data in the Census PUMS files: Evidence and Implications
November 5, 2009 Public option: less than advertised 15434 Leemore Dafny, Mark Duggan, Subramaniam Ramanarayanan Paying a Premium on Your Premium? Consolidation in the U.S. Health Insurance Industry
September 20, 2009 Lucky Break : How a recession can change our work ethic 15321 Paola Giuliano, Antonio Spilimbergo Growing Up in a Recession: Beliefs and the Macroeconomy
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