Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Monday, 1 November 2010

THE LATEST WORKING PAPERS
                   National Bureau of Economic Research
                       Week of November 1, 2010
                                                                     
The following NBER Working Papers that match your selections
were released in electronic format this week. Abbreviations 
in parentheses refer to NBER Research Programs.  (visit 
http://www.nber.org/programs.html for Program information.)

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1.  Counter-Suicide-Terrorism: Evidence from House Demolitions
by Efraim Benmelech, Claude Berrebi, Esteban Klor #16493 (LE LS POL)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16493

2.  Productivity Growth and the Regional Dynamics of Antebellum Southern Development
by Alan L. Olmstead, Paul W. Rhode #16494 (DAE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16494

3.  Inflation and the Fiscal Limit
by Troy Davig, Eric M. Leeper, Todd B. Walker #16495 (EFG)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16495

4.  The Benefits of Breastfeeding Across the Early Years of Childhood
by Clive R. Belfield, Inas Rashad Kelly #16496 (HE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16496

5.  Snow and Leverage
by Xavier Giroud, Holger M. Mueller, Alex Stomper, Arne Westerkamp #16497 (CF)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16497

6.  Dynamic Labor Demand in China: Public and Private Objectives
by Russell Cooper, Guan Gong, Ping Yan #16498 (EFG)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16498

7.  Measuring the Effects of Segregation in the Presence of Social Spillovers: A Nonparametric Approach
by Bryan S. Graham, Guido W. Imbens, Geert Ridder #16499 (CH ED LS TWP)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16499

8.  Financial Knowledge and Financial Literacy at the Household Level
by Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier, Nahid Tabatabai #16500 (AG LS PE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16500

9.  The Growth in Social Security Benefits Among the Retirement Age Population from Increases in the Cap on Covered Earnings
by Alan L. Gustman, Thomas Steinmeier, Nahid Tabatabai #16501 (AG LS PE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16501

10.  Don't Spread Yourself Too Thin: The Impact of Task Juggling on Workers' Speed of Job Completion
by Decio Coviello, Andrea Ichino, Nicola Persico #16502 (LE LS)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16502

11.  Policy Effects in Hyperbolic vs. Exponential Models of Consumption and Retirement
by Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier #16503 (AG LS PE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16503

12.  The State of the Safety Net in the Post-Welfare Reform Era
by Marianne Bitler, Hilary W. Hoynes #16504 (CH LS PE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16504

13.  What the Government Purchases Multiplier Actually Multiplied in the 2009 Stimulus Package
by John F. Cogan, John B. Taylor #16505 (EFG IFM ME)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16505

14.  Effects of Product Availability: Experimental Evidence
by Christopher T. Conlon, Julie Holland Mortimer #16506 (IO)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16506

15.  Supply Responses to Digital Distribution: Recorded Music and Live Performances
by Julie Holland Mortimer, Chris Nosko, Alan Sorensen #16507 (IO)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16507

16.  Identifying Sibling Influence on Teenage Substance Use
by Joseph G. Altonji, Sarah Cattan, Iain Ware #16508 (CH HE LS)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16508

17.  The Redistributive Effects of Political Reservation for Minorities: Evidence from India
by Aimee Chin, Nishith Prakash #16509 ( PE POL)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16509

18.  Monetary Science, Fiscal Alchemy
by Eric M. Leeper #16510 (EFG)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16510

19.  Empirical Models of Consumer Behavior
by Aviv Nevo #16511 (IO LS PR)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W16511