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The full contents of past issues of the NBER Reporter can be accessed by selecting each date and issue number below. The Research Summaries and Program Reports that appeared in each issue are also noted below.

2020 number 2

The Economics of Digitization , Shane Greenstein
Research Summaries:
Behavioral Biases of Analysts and Investors, David Hirshleifer
Patient Care under Uncertainty in Normal and COVID-19 Times, Charles F. Manski
Economic Effects of Repealing the US Possessions Corporation Tax Credit, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato
Medical Spending and Savings of Aging Households, Mariacristina De Nardi
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2020 number 1

Program Report:
Public Economics , Raj Chetty and Amy Finkelstein
Research Summaries:
Rare Events and Financial Markets, Jessica Wachter
The Impact of Land Institutions and Misallocation on Agricultural Productivity, Diego Restuccia
Firm-Level Risks, Lifetime Earnings Uncertainty, and Household Savings, Luigi Pistaferri
The Benefits of Rehabilitative Incarceration, Gordon B. Dahl and Magne Mogstad
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2019 Number 4

Program Report:
Health Care, Jonathan Gruber
Research Summaries:
The Economics and Politics of Market Concentration, Thomas Philippon
Interbank Network Risk, Regulation, and Financial Crises, Matthew S. Jaremski
Economics and Behavioral Health, Johanna Catherine Maclean
Household Expectations: From Neuroscience to Household Finance and Macroeconomics, Camelia M. Kuhnen
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2019 Number 3

The 2019 Martin Feldstein Lecture
Economic Analysis for Evidence-Based Health Policy:
Progress and Pitfalls, Katherine Baicker
Research Summaries:
Beliefs, Tail Risk, and Secular Stagnation, Laura Veldkamp
Quantitative Approaches to Violence, Small Wars, and Insurgencies, Francesco Trebbi
Synthesizing Micro and Macro Evidence on the US Economy, John Haltiwanger
Long-Term Unemployment and the Great Recession, Kory Kroft, Fabian Lange, and Matthew J. Notowidigdo
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2019 Number 2

Program Report
Economic Fluctuations and Growth, Mark Gertler and Pete Klenow
Research Summaries:
Changes in the Character of the Labor Market over the Business Cycle, Lisa B. Kahn
Population Aging, Retirement Income Security, and Asset Markets in China, Hanming Fang
The Sustainable Investing Proposition, Harrison Hong
The Economics of Fair Trade, Nathan Nunn
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2019 Number 1

Program Report
Economics of Education, Caroline Hoxby
Research Summaries:
The Labor Market for Financial Misconduct, Gregor Matvos and Amit Seru
The Return of Survey Expectations , Andrei Shleifer
What Inventions Are We Missing? Heidi Williams
Do Government Grants to Charities Crowd Private Donations Out or In? James Andreoni
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2018 Number 4

Working Group Report
Household Finance, Brigitte C. Madrian and Stephen P. Zeldes
Research Summaries:
The Role of Financial Factors in Economic Fluctuations, Simon Gilchrist
Price and Quality of Prescription Drugs ,Ginger Zhe Jin
Public Sector Personnel Management in Developing Countries, Karthik Muralidharan
The Rate of Return on Everything , Alan M. Taylor
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2018 Number 3

The 2018 Martin Feldstein Lecture
The Two Faces of Liquidity, Raghuram Rajan
Research Summaries:
Environment, Energy,
and Unintended Consequences, Matthew J. Kotchen
Taxation and Innovation , Ufuk Akcigit and Stefanie Stantcheva
The Economics of Drug Development
Pricing and Innovation in a Changing Market, Craig Garthwaite
Mortgage Lending and Housing Markets , Fernando Ferreira
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2018 Number 2

Program Report:
Asset Pricing Program, Monika Piazzesi
Research Summaries:
Implicit Taxes on Work at Older Ages, Allison Shertzer and Gopi Shah Goda, John B. Shoven, and Sita N. Slavov
The Shrinking Universe of Public Firms: Facts, Causes, and Consequences , René M. Stulz
The Competitive Saving Motive in China:
Implications for Savings, the Current Account, and Housing Prices, Shang-Jin Wei
Firm Learning and Market Equilibrium, Ariel Pakes
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2018 Number 1

Program Report:
Development Economics, Duncan Thomas
Research Summaries:
The Origins of Urban Segregation in the United States, Allison Shertzer and Randall P. Walsh
The Potential of Digital Currency and Blockchains, David Yermack
Measuring the Motives for Charitable Giving, Jonathan Meer and Harvey S. Rosen
Consumption and Income Inequality since the 1960s, Bruce D. Meyer
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2017 Number 4

Program Report:
Industrial Organization, Liran Einav and Jonathan Levin
Research Summaries:
The Value of Soft Skills in the Labor Market , David J. Deming
International Linkages and the Business Cycle: Lessons from Micro for Macro, Andrei A. Levchenko
New Evidence on the Impacts of Birth Order , Sandra E. Black
Trends in Factor Shares: Facts and Implications, Loukas Karabarbounis and Brent Neiman
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2017 Number 3

The 2017 Martin Feldstein Lecture
Uncertainty and Large Swings in Activity, Mervyn King
Research Summaries:
Old Idea, New Insights:The Ricardian Revival in International Trade, Arnaud Costinot and Dave Donaldson
Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change, William Nordhaus
Resource Barriers to Postsecondary Educational Attainment, Michael Lovenheim
Economic Development and Gender Equality: Exceptions to the Rule, Seema Jayachandran
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2017 Number 2

Program Report:
The Development of the American Economy Program, Leah Boustan, William Collins, and Claudia Goldin
Research Summaries:
Evaluating Energy Efficiency Policies, Hunt Allcott
Developments in the Asset Management Industry, Itzhak Ben-David
Price Dispersion and Bargain Hunting in the Macroeconomy, Greg Kaplan
The Dynamics of Air Pollution Impacts, Matthew J. Neidell
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2017 Number 1

Program Report:
Corporate Finance, Malcolm Baker
Research Summaries:
Behavioral Barriers to Education, Philip Oreopoulos
Enterprise and Incentives for Innovation, B. Zorina Khan
The Impact of Contracting Out on Medicare and Medicaid, Mark Duggan
Macroeconomic Policy in a Liquidity Trap, Gauti B. Eggertsson
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2016 Number 4

Program Report:
Children, Janet Currie and Anna Aizer
Research Summaries:
Quantifying Agglomeration and Dispersion Forces, Stephen J. Redding
Income Risk over the Life Cycle and the Business Cycle: New Insights from Large Datasets, Fatih Guvenen
What Can Housing Markets Teach Us about Economics?, Johannes Stroebel
Teachers, Schools, and Student Performance, Brian A. Jacob
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2016 Number 3

The Dramatic Economics of the U.S. Market for Higher Education
The 2016 Martin Feldstein Lecture, Caroline M. Hoxby
Research Summaries:
Business Cycle Impacts on Health Behaviors, Dhaval Dave
China's Trade Policies, John Whalley
Multinational Firms, Value Chains, and Vertical Integration, Laura Alfaro
Regional Evidence on Business Cycle Fluctuations
and Countercyclical Policy, Erik Hurst
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2016 Number 2

Program Report:
Environment and Energy Economics, Don Fullerton and Catherine Wolfram
Research Summaries:
How Economic Shocks Affect Spending, Matthew D. Shapiro
How Firms Respond to Changes in Taxation, Alexander Ljungqvist
The Design of Trade Agreements, Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger
Gender Gaps in Developed Economies, Claudia Olivetti
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2016 Number 1

Program Report:
International Trade and Investment, Robert C. Feenstra
Research Summaries:
Early Impacts of the Affordable Care Act, Kosali Simon
The Structure of the International Monetary System, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
Scientific Teamwork, Joshua Gans and Fiona Murray
Productivity and Misallocation, Chang-Tai Hsieh and Pete Klenow
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2015 Number 4

Measuring the Economy of the 21st Century, Charles R. Hulten
Research Summaries:
Fiscal Policy in Emerging Markets: Procyclicality and Graduation, Carlos A. Vegh
Energy and Environmental Technology, David Popp
Recessions and Retirement: How Stock Market and Labor Market Fluctuations Affect Older Workers,
Courtney Coile and Phillip B. Levine
Menu Choices in Defined Contribution Pension Plans, Clemens Sialm
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2015 Number 3

How Tight Is the Labor Market?
The 2015 Martin Feldstein Lecture, Alan B. Krueger
Research Summaries:
The Effects of Austerity: Recent Research, Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi
Corporate Liquidity Management, Murillo Campello
Student Borrowing: Debt, Default, and Repayment, Lance Lochner
Determinants of Creativity and Innovation–Evidence from Economic History, Petra Moser
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2015 Number 2

Program Report:
International Finance and Macroeconomics, Jeffrey A. Frankel
Research Summaries:
Political Institutions and Comparative Development, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
The Economics of Happiness, John F. Helliwell
Understanding the Effects of Early Investments in Children, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
How Powerful Are Fiscal Multipliers in Recessions?, Alan Auerbach and Yuriy Gorodnichenko
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2015 Number 1

Program Report:
Health Economics, Michael Grossman
Research Summaries:
Slower U.S. Growth in the Long- and Medium-Run, Robert J. Gordon
New Perspectives on the First Wave of Globalization, Christopher M. Meissner
Pricing and Marketing Household Financial Services in Developing Countries, Dean Karlan and Jonathan Zinman
Assessing the Effects of Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Emi Nakamura and Jón Steinsson
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2014 Number 4

Program Report:
Law and Economics, Christine Jolls
Research Summaries:
How Oil-Price Shocks Affect Producers and Consumers, Ryan Kellogg
Demographics, Job Polarization, and Macroeconomic Analysis of Labor Markets, Nir Jaimovich and Henry E. Siu
Privatizing Social Security: Lessons from Mexico, Justine Hastings
Real Exchange Rates and the Balassa-Samuelson Effect Revisited, Michael B. Devereux
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2014 Number 3

Financial Sector Reform: How Far Are We?  
The 2014 Martin Feldstein Lecture, Stanley Fischer
Research Summaries:
Risk and Information in the Municipal Bond Market, Andrew Ang
The Impact of New Deal Spending and Lending During the Great Depression, Price V. Fishback
Education Inputs and Human Capital Production, C. Kirabo Jackson
The Consequences of U.S. Fuel Performance Standards, Christopher R. Knittel
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2014 Number 2

Program Report:
The Economics in Aging, David Wise
Research Summaries:
Labor Market Adjustment to International Trade, David Autor and Gordon Hanson
Economic Consequences of Gender Identity, Marianne Bertrand
Taxes and International Mobility of Talent, Emmanuel Saez
The Financialization of Commodity Markets, Wei Xiong
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2014 Number 1

Program Report:
The NBER Monetary Economics Program,
Christina D. Romer and David H. Romer
Research Summaries:
Pricing Energy Efficiently, Lucas Davis
School Assignment and School Effectiveness, Parag Pathak
Bank Leverage and Credit Supply, Hyun Song Shin
Exploring Asset Pricing Anomalies, Lu Zhang
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2013 Number 4

Economic Possibilities for Our Children
The 2013 Martin Feldstein Lecture, Lawrence H. Summers
Research Summaries:
The Economics of Obesity, John Cawley
Public Sector Retirement Plans, Robert Clark
High-Skilled Immigration, Domestic Innovation, and Global Exchanges, William Kerr
The Chinese Economic Experience, 1978 to Today, Nancy Qian
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2013 Number 3

Program Report:
Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program,
Nicholas Bloom and Josh Lerner
Research Summaries:
Banking Crises and the Federal Reserve as a Lender of Last Resort during the Great Depression?, Gary Richardson
The Economics of Variations in Health and Health Care, Jonathan Skinner
International Mobility of Research Scientists, Paula Stephan
Inflation-Indexed Bonds, Luis M. Viceira
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2013 Number 2

Program Report:
Political Economy, Alberto Alesina
Research Summaries:
What Determines International Wages and Prices?, Mario Crucini
Subsidies for Health Products, Pascaline Dupas
Ideology in the News Media, Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro
Life and Growth, Charles I. Jones
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2013 Number 1

Program Report:
Labor Studies, David Card
Research Summaries:
Understanding Financial Crises: Theory and Evidence from the Crisis of 2007-8, Viral Acharya
Immigrant Selection and Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration, Leah Boustan
Saving in Developing Countries, Eswar S. Prasad
The Effect of Climate Change and Biofuel Mandates on Agricultural Output and Food Prices, Wolfram Schlenker
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2012 Number 4

Program Report:
Industrial Organization , Nancy L. Rose
Research Summaries:
Cross-Border Capital Flows, Fluctuations and Growth, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan
Kidney Exchange, Alvin E. Roth
The Sources and Consequences of Productivity Differences, Chad Syverson
Historical Perspectives on Bank Supervision, Asset Bubbles, and Market Microstructure, Eugene N. White
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2012 Number 3

Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance in the U.S.: Perceptions, Facts, and Challenges
The 2012 Martin Feldstein Lecture, Steven N. Kaplan
Research Summaries:
The Production of Scientific Ideas, Pierre Azoulay and Joshua Graff Zivin
Understanding the Profitability of Currency-Trading Strategies, Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum, and Sergio Rebelo
Work-Family Balance, Christopher J. Ruhm
Race, Income, and Political Efficacy, Ebonya Washington
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2012 Number 2

Program Report:
Health Care, Jonathan Gruber
Research Summaries:
International Prices and Exchange Rates, Gita Gopinath
Time Use, Daniel S. Hamermesh
Risk and the Consumption, Saving, and Portfolio Choices of American Households, Jonathan A. Parker
Raising Capital amid Uncertainty about Financial Market Conditions, Michael S. Weisbach
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2012 Number 1

Program Report:
The Changing Focus of Public Economics Research, 1980-2010 ,
Raj Chetty and Amy Finkelstein
Research Summaries:
Private Health Insurance Markets, Leemore Dafny
The Transfer of Knowledge across Countries, Wolfgang Keller
Inflation Forecasting, James H. Stock and Mark W. Watson
Wealth After Retirement, Steven Venti
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2011 Number 4

Program Report:
Development of the American Economy, Claudia Goldin
Research Summaries:
A Summary of Recent Corporate Tax Research, John R. Graham
Offshoring, International Trade, and American Workers, Ann Harrison and Margaret McMillan
Fund Flows and Performance in the Venture Capital Industry, Antoinette Schoar
Is Environmental Quality Worth the Cost?, V. Kerry Smith
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2011 Number 3

Sovereign Debt in the Second Great Contraction: Is This Time Different?
The 2011 Martin Feldstein Lecture, Kenneth S. Rogoff
Research Summaries:
Selection and Asymmetric Information in Insurance Markets, Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein
Finance and Macroeconomics: The Role of Household Leverage, Atif R. Mian and Amir Sufi
Economic Shocks, Weather, and Civil War, Edward Miguel
The Labor Market Effects of Immigrants, Giovanni Peri
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2011 Number 2

Program Report:
International Trade and Investment, Robert C. Feenstra
Research Summaries:
Oil Price Shocks, James D. Hamilton
Fiscal Stress and Inflation, Eric M. Leeper
Evaluating the Impact of Social Security, Kevin Milligan
Trust and Finance, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales
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2011 Number 1

Program Report:
Economics of Education, Caroline Hoxby
Research Summaries:
Urban Growth and Climate Change, Matthew E. Kahn
Reducing the Risks of Catastrophes, Howard Kunreuther
Trade Agreements as Incomplete Contracts, Giovanni Maggi
The Impact of Employee Pension Promises on State and Local Public Finance, Joshua Rauh
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2010 Number 4

Program Report:
Environment and Energy Economics, Don Fullerton
Research Summaries:
Collegiate Attainment: Understanding Degree Completion, John Bound and Sarah Turner
The Economic Institutions of Water, Gary Libecap
A "New" Paradigm in Corporate Finance: The Role of Managers and Managerial Biases, Ulrike Malmendier
Empirical Analysis of Corruption , Benjamin A. Olken
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2010 Number 3

Remarks by Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
The 2010 Martin Feldstein Lecture, Roger W. Ferguson
Research Summaries:
Improving the Life Chances of Disadvantaged Children, Jens Ludwig
The Determinants of Individual Saving and Investment Outcomes, Brigitte C. Madrian
Trends in Time Use in Twentieth Century America, Valerie A. Ramey
A Decade of Change for the U.S. Auto Industry: The Internet, Promotions, and Rising Gasoline Prices, Florian Zettelmeyer
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2010 Number 2

Program Report:
Asset Pricing, Monika Piazzesi
Research Summaries:
International Trade and Organizations, Pol Antras
Bubbles, Liquidity, and the Macroeconomy , Markus K. Brunnermeier
Labor Market Flows, Business Dynamics, and Unemployment, Steven J. Davis
The Great Society, Food and Nutrition Programs, and Family Well Being, Hilary Hoynes
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2010 Number 1

Program Report:
Economic Fluctuations and Growth, Robert E. Hall
Research Summaries:
The Credit Rating Crisis, Efraim Benmelech
Measuring Returns to Healthcare , Joseph Doyle
New Dynamic Public Finance, Mikhail Golosov and Aleh Tsyvinski
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2009 Number 4

Program Report:
Corporate Finance, Raghuram G. Rajan
Research Summaries:
The Effects of Medicaid Expansions and Welfare Reform on Fertility and the Health of Women and Children, Robert Kaestner
Insider Econometrics: Modeling Management Practices and Productivity , Kathryn L. Shaw
Home Production, Consumption, and Labor Supply, Mark Aguiar and Erik Hurst
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2009 Number 3

Empirically Evaluating Economic Policy in Real Time
The 2009 Martin Feldstein Lecture, John B. Taylor
Research Summaries:
Search Technologies and Retail Competition, Glenn Ellison
Measuring Tariff Evasion and Smuggling, Raymond Fisman
How Labor Institutions Influence Firms and Labor Markets, Morris M. Kleiner
Dynamic Measures of Inflation, Ricardo Reis
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2009 Number 2

Program Report:
International Finance and Macroeconomics, Jeffrey A. Frankel
Research Summaries:
Causes and Consequences of Early Life Health, Anne Case and Christina Paxson
The Supply Side of Housing Markets, Joseph Gyourko
The Importance of Financial Literacy, Annamaria Lusardi
Taxes and Market Work: A Cross-Country Comparison , Richard Rogerson
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2009 Number 1

Program Report:
Health Economics, Michael Grossman
Research Summaries:
Electricity Pricing that Reflects Its Real-Time Cost, Severin Borenstein
Re-evaluating Learning, Esther Duflo
Teen and Non-Marital Childbearing, Melissa S. Kearney
Organizations in the Aggregate Economy , Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
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2008 Number 4

Program Report:
Program on Children, Jonathan Gruber
Research Summaries:
Bossonomics? The Economics Of Management And Productivity, Nick Bloom and John Van Reenen
Banking Crises, Charles W. Calomiris
Using Field Experiments in the Economics of Charity, John A. List
Prices, Productivity, and Innovation, David E. Weinstein and Christian Broda
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2008 Number 3

Stepping Down as NBER President, Martin Feldstein
Research Summaries:
Who Pays for Obesity? , Jay Bhattacharya
Capital Flows, Taxation, and Institutional Variation, Mihir A. Desai
Labor Markets and Business Cycles , Robert Shimer
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2008 Number 2

Program Report:
Law and Economics, Christine Jolls
Research Summaries:
Happiness Economics, David G. Blanchflower
Understanding Social Networks, Dora L. Costa
Conferences  

2008 Number 1

NBER Selects James M. Poterba as Next President
Research Summary:
The Declining American High School Graduation Rate: Evidence, Sources, And Consequences, James J. Heckman and Paul A. LaFontaine
Conferences   Books  

2007 Number 4

Program Report:
The Economics of Aging, David A. Wise
Research Summary:
Banks, Banking, and Crises , Gary Gorton
Conferences   Meetings  

2007 Number 3

Program Report:
Political Economy, Alberto Alesina
Research Summaries:
The Market for Scientists and Engineers, Richard B. Freeman
The Structure of Social Security and Medicare, John B. Shoven
Conferences   Meetings   News  

2007 Number 2

Program Report:
Monetary Economics, Christina D. Romer and David H. Romer,
Research Summary:
Households, Institutions, and Financial Markets, John Y. Campbell
Conferences   Meetings   News  

2007 Number 1

Program Report:
Labor Studies, Richard B. Freeman
Research Summaries:
The Economics of Student Aid, Susan M. Dynarski
The Market For Private Long-Term Care Insurance, Amy Finkelstein

Winter 2006/2007

Program Report:
Productivity, Ernst R. Berndt
Research Summaries:
Exchange Rate Regimes, Globalization, Financial Crises, and Monetary Policy, Michael D. Bordo
The Microeconomic Evidence on Contagion, Capital Controls, and Capital Flows, Kristin J. Forbes
Tax Policy Towards Energy and the Environment , Gilbert E. Metcalf
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Fall 2006

Program Report:
Economics of Education, Caroline Hoxby
Research Summaries:
Realized Return Volatility, Asset Pricing, and Risk Management, Torben G. Andersen and Tim Bollerslev
Firms in International Trade, Andrew B. Bernard
Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Patricia M. Danzon
Exchange-Rate Models, Charles Engel
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Summer 2006

Program Report:
Industrial Organization, Nancy L. Rose
Research Summaries:
Europe, Alberto Alesina
Consumer Demand for Health Insurance, Thomas C. Buchmueller
International Organization of Production and Distribution, Elhanan Helpman
Historical Aspects of U.S. Trade Policy, Douglas A. Irwin
Conferences   News  

Spring 2006

Program Report:
Health Care, Alan M. Garber
Research Summaries:
Consumption and Saving: Theory and Evidence, Christopher D. Carroll
Child Health and Human Capital, Janet Currie
Estate Taxation, Wojciech Kopczuk
Rules for Monetary Policy, Michael Woodford

Winter 2005/2006

Program Report:
Public Economics, James Poterba
The Contribution of Science and Technology to Production, James Adams
Foreign Direct Investment Behavior of Multinational Corporations, Bruce A. Blonigen
Race and Twentieth-Century American Economic History, William J. Collins
Globalization and New Comparative Economic History, Alan M. Taylor

Fall 2005

Program Report:
Development of the American Economy, Claudia Goldin
Research Summaries:
Impatience and Savings, David Laibson
Bank Regulation and Supervision, Ross Levine
Corporate Governance and Financial Globalization, Rene M. Stulz

Summer 2005

The Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, Charles R. Hulten
(Hulten Chairs the Executive Committee of CRIW)
Research Summaries:
How Private Health Insurance Pools Risk, Mark Pauly
Some Perspective on Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies, Carmen M. Reinhart
Prospects for Social Security Reform in the United States, Kent Smetters
Behavioral Finance, Jeremy C. Stein

Spring 2005

Program Report:
International Trade and Investment, Robert C. Feenstra
Research Summaries:
Mental Health and Public Policy, Sara Markowitz
Social Returns to Human Capital, Enrico Moretti
Political and Economic Forces Sustaining Social Security, Casey B. Mulligan
Policy Evaluation in Macroeconomics, Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe and Martin Uribe

Winter 2004/2005

Program Report:
Asset Pricing, John H. Cochrane
Research Summaries:
Infant and Child Health, Ted Joyce
Short Sale Constraints and Overpricing, Owen A. Lamont
Historical Perspectives on Racial Economic Differences: A Summary of Recent Research, Robert A. Margo
Marijuana Use and Policy: What We Know and Have Yet To Learn, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula

Fall 2004

Program Report:
Corporate Finance, Raghuram G. Rajan
Research Summaries:
Labor Market Intermediation: What It Is, Why It Is Growing, and Where It Is Going, David Autor
New Perspectives on International Debt and Exchange Rates, Kenneth S. Rogoff
Macroeconomic Determinants of International Trade, Andrew K. Rose
Capital Gains Taxes and Equity Prices, Douglas A. Shackelford

Summer 2004

Program Report:
Children, Jonathan Gruber
Explaining European Unemployment, Olivier J. Blanchard
The Challenge of Turning Managers into Owners, Brian J. Hall

Spring 2004

Program Report:
Health Economics, Michael Grossman
Research Summaries:
Life Annuities and Uncertain Lifetimes, Jeffrey R. Brown
Housing Supply, Edward L. Glaeser
Taxes, Competition, and the Information Economy, Austan Goolsbee
Taxation and Household Portfolio Behavior, James M. Poterba

Winter 2003/2004

Program Report:
International Finance and Macroeconomics, Jeffrey A. Frankel
Research Summaries:
Taxpayer Behavior and Government Policy, Alan J. Auerbach
Welfare Reform, Health Insurance and Health, Robert Kaestner
The Economics of Education, Steven D. Levitt
The Effect of Advertising on Tobacco and Alcohol Consumption, Henry Saffer

Fall 2003

Program Report:
Economic Fluctuations and Growth, Robert E. Hall
Research Summaries:
Capital Account Opening, International Reserves, and Development: Evidence and Some Policy Controversies, Joshua Aizenman
The Two Life Cycles of Human Creativity, David W. Galenson
Capital Income Taxes, Roger H. Gordon
Conferences   News   Books  

Summer 2003

Program Report:
The Economics of Aging, David A.Wise
Research Summaries:
Randomized Trials and Quasi-Experiments in Education Research, Joshua D. Angrist
The New Economics of Smoking, Jonathan Gruber
Inflation Dynamics: Combining Measurement with Theory, Jordi Gali and Mark Gertler
Venture Capitalists As Economic Principals, Per Stromberg and Steven N. Kaplan
Conferences   News   Books  

Spring 2003

Program Report:
Monetary Economics, N. Gregory Mankiw
Research Summaries:
Explaining Exchange Rate Behavior, Menzie D. Chinn
Health, Income, and Inequality, Angus Deaton
Patents, Jean O. Lanjouw
Conferences   News   Books  

Winter 2002/2003

Program Report:
Economics of Education, Caroline M. Hoxby
Research Summaries:
Technology and Inequality, Daron Acemoglu
New Drugs: Health and Economic Impacts, Frank R. Lichtenberg
Patent Policy Reform and Its Implications, Josh Lerner
Liquidity Traps, Policy Rules for Inflation Targeting, and Eurosystem Monetary-Policy Strategy, Lars E.O. Svensson
Conferences   News   Books  

Fall 2002

Program Report:
Labor Studies, Richard B. Freeman
Research Summaries:
Raising Incomes by Mandating Higher Wages, David Neumark
Monetary Policy, Christina D. Romer
The New Comparative Economics, Andrei Shleifer
Conferences   News   Books  

Summer 2002

Program Report:
Development of the American Economy, Claudia Goldin
Performance Evaluation in Financial Economics, Andrew Metrick
Tax Systems, Joel Slemrod

Spring 2002

Program Report:
Productivity, Ernst R. Berndt
Research Summaries:
Monetary Policy Analysis, Bennett T. McCallum
Saving and Spending Retirement Wealth, Olivia S. Mitchell
The Market for Child Care, H. Naci Mocan
FDI Flows: A Critical Look, Assaf Razin

Winter 2001/2002

Program Report:
Public Economics, James M. Poterba
Integrating Multinational Firms into International Economics, James R. Markusen
Monetary Policy, Frederic S. Mishkin
Twin Crises, Aaron Tornell

Fall 2001

The Business Cycle Peak of March 2001 , Business Cycle Dating Committee, National Bureau of Economic Research
What Might School Accountability Do?, David N. Figlio
Alcohol and Violence, Sara J. Markowitz
Taxes, Welfare, and Work by Single Mothers, Bruce D. Meyer
Medical Care and Economywide Price Indexes, Joseph P. Newhouse

Summer 2001

Program Report:
Industrial Organization, Nancy L. Rose
The Gender Pay Gap, Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn
Market-Based Environmental-Policy Instruments, Gilbert E. Metcalf

Spring 2001

Program Report:
Health Care, Alan M. Garber
Economic Growth and Financial Liberalization, Geert Bekaert and Campbell R. Harvey
The Globalization of Production, Gordon H. Hanson
Efficiency and Equity in Education, Eric A. Hanushek

Winter 2001

Program Report:
International Trade and Investment, Robert C. Feenstra
Interpreting Changes in Mental Health Expenditures: Minding Our Ps and Qs, Ernst R. Berndt, Susan H. Busch, and Richard G. Frank
International Trade and National Factor Markets, Donald R. Davis
Foreign Direct Investment and the Operations of Multinational Firms, Robert E. Lipsey

Fall 2000

Program Report:
Asset Pricing, John H. Cochrane
Strategic Asset Allocation: Portfolio Choice for Long-Term Investors, John Y. Campbell
Capital Flows and Crises in Emerging Markets, Michael P. Dooley
Computers and the Internet, Shane M. Greenstein
Globalization and Macroeconomics, Maurice Obstfeld

Summer 2000

Program Report:
Children, Jonathan Gruber
Stock Markets, Behavior, and the Limits of History, William N. Goetzmann
Special Interest Groups and Economic Policy, Gene M. Grossman and Elhanan Helpman
Research on Pensions and Social Security, Alan L. Gustman and Thomas L. Steinmeier
Technology and the Stock Market, Boyan Jovanovic

Spring 2000

Program Report:
Corporate Finance, Raghuram G. Rajan
Economic Impacts of Environmental Policies, Lawrence H. Goulder
International Taxation, James R. Hines Jr.
Local Corruption and the Global Economy, Shang-Jin Wei

Winter 1999/2000

Program Report:
International Finance and Macroeconomics, Jeffrey A. Frankel
Emerging Equity Markets and Market Integration, Geert Bekaert
Forecasting and Empirical Methods in Finance and Macroeconomics, Francis X. Diebold
The Effects of Liability Rules on Medical Practice, Daniel P. Kessler
International Economic Organizations, Developing Country Reforms, and Trade, Anne O. Krueger

Fall 1999

Program Report:
The Economic Fluctuations and Growth, Robert E. Hall
Monetary Policy Regimes, the Gold Standard, and the Great Depression, Michael D. Bordo
Immigration, George J. Borjas
Financial Crises in Emerging Markets, Andres Velasco

Summer 1999

Program Report:
The Economics of Aging, David A. Wise
Technological Change and the Labor Market, Ann P. Bartel and Nachum Sicherman
Technology and the Global Economy, Jonathan Eaton
Risk Management and Insurance, Kenneth A. Froot

Spring 1999

Program Report:
Monetary Economics, N. Gregory Mankiw
Understanding Aggregate Fluctuations: The Importance of Building from Microeconomic Evidence, John C. Haltiwanger
East Asian Mysteries: Past and Present, Dani Rodrik
Economic Analysis of Law, Steven Shavell
The Economics of GATT, Robert W. Staiger

Winter 1998/9

Inflation Targeting, Ben S. Bernanke
The Empirics of Currency and Banking Crises, Barry Eichengreen and Andrew K. Rose
Exchange Rates and Prices, Charles M. Engel
Historical Perspectives on U.S. Trade Policy, Douglas A. Irwin
Equity Flows, Banks, and Asia, Rene M. Stulz

Fall 1998

Program Report:
Public Economics, James M. Poterba
Entrepreneurs, Star Scientists, and Biotechnology, Lynne G. Zucker and Michael R. Darby
New Products and Price Indexes, Jerry A. Hausman
Do We Still Need Commercial Banks?, Raghuram G. Rajan
The Economics of Crime and the Criminal Justice System, Steven D. Levitt

Summer 1998

Program Report:
Corporate Finance, Robert W. Vishny
The Future of Investment in Emerging Markets, Campbell R. Harvey
Patents, Patent Citations, and the Dynamics of Technological Change, Adam B. Jaffe
The Economics of Mass Migrations, Jeffrey G. Williamson

Spring 1998

Program Report:
Development of the American Economy, Claudia Goldin
The Economics of School Reform, Caroline M. Hoxby
Developments in Pensions, Olivia S. Mitchell
International Capital Flows: Sustainability, Sudden Reversals, and Market Failures, Assaf Razin
Institutions for Managing Risks to Living Standards, Robert J. Shiller

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