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Chosen ReadingsAaron Chan A. Krueger and J. Maleckova. 2003. Education, Poverty and Terrorism: Is There a Causal Connection? Journal of Economic Perspectives 17(4):119-44. Ryan Deng G. Crawford and M. Shum. 2007. Monopoly Quality Degradation and Regulation in Cable Television. The Journal of Law and Economics 50(1). Edward Dougherty J. Huang, C. Sialm, and H. Zhang. 2009. Risk Shifting and Mutual Fund Performance. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 14903. Saul Grimaldo D. Ariely. 2000. Controlling the Information Flow: Effects on Consumers' Decision Making and Preferences. The Journal of Consumer Research 27(2):233-248. Lucy Huang A. Montgomery. 1997. Creating Micro-Marketing Pricing Strategies Using Supermarket Scanner Data. Marketing Science 16(4):315-337. Kelly Leong S. Levitt. 1996. The Effect of Prison Population Size on Crime Rates: Evidence from Prison Overcrowding Litigation. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 111(2):319-51. Brian Luo J. Andreoni and R. Petrie. 2008. Beauty, Gender and Stereotypes: Evidence from Laboratory Experiments. Journal of Economic Psychology 29:73-93. Ariel Marek A. Gaviria and S. Raphael. 2001. School-Based Peer Effects and Juvenile Behavior. The Review of Economics and Statistics 83(2):257-68. Elliot Marks M. Fosgerau. 2005. Speed and Income. Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 39(2):225-40. Stephen Seo M. Shapiro and J. Slemrod. 2005. Did the 2008 Tax Rebates Stimulate Spending? NBER WP No. 14753. Ahmad-Reza Sharifi C. Liu and D. Yermack. 2007. Where are the Shareholders' Mansions? CEO's Home Purchases, Stock Sales, and Subsequent Company Performance. Working Paper (October 17 draft). Joel Trost J. Donohue and S. Levitt. 2001. The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 116(2):379-420. Chester Wong G. Charness and M. Jackson. 2007. Group Play in Games and the Role of Consent in Network Formation. Journal of Economic Theory 136:417-445. Mat Wrona J. Svensson. 2003. Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much? Evidence from a Cross Section of Firms. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 118(1):207-230.
Required ReadingsApril 7 James J. Heckman and Jeffrey A. Smith. 1995. Assessing the Case for Social Experiments. The Journal of Economic Perspectives 9(2):85-110. April 14 Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster and Michael Kremer. 2006. Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit. National Bureau of Economic Research Technical Working Paper 333. Wilbert van der Klaauw. 2002. Estimating the Effect of Financial Aid Offers on College Enrollment: A Regression-Discontinuity Approach". International Economic Review 9(2):85-110. April 21 J. Gruber. 1994. The Incidence of Mandated Maternity Benefits. American Economic Review 84(3):622-41. | |