NBER Reporter articles from December 2003

NBER Reporter archives from December 2003

International Finance and Macroeconomics (IFM).(Program Report)
December 22, 2003... In 2003, the Program in International Finance and Macroeconomics celebrated its tenth anniversary as a separate program of the NBER. Research on emerging market countries represents a rapidly growing share of the agenda of the NBER's IFM...

Taxpayer behavior and government policy.(Research Summaries)
December 22, 2003... Taxpayers respond to government policies. These responses, in turn, can inform government policy design. The increasing fluidity of capital markets calls new attention to the impact and formulation of capital income taxation, in particular to...

Welfare reform, health insurance, and health.
December 22, 2003... In 1996, Congress passed and the President signed the Personal Responsibility, and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), or what has become known as welfare reform. To many, welfare reform has been an unqualified success; welfare rolls...

The economics of education.
December 22, 2003... In recent years, I have written a number of papers related to the economics of education. This research agenda has three distinct strands. One set of papers analyzes the impact of school choice on student outcomes. A second line of research...

The effect of advertising on tobacco and alcohol consumption.
December 22, 2003... Researchers study the effects of tobacco and alcohol advertising because the consumption of these substances is known to have potentially adverse health consequences. Tobacco use results in illness in proportion to its consumption, with about...

NBER profile: Richard B. Berner.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... Richard B. Berner, a Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist at Morgan Stanley, represents the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) on the NBER's Board of Directors. He is a Past President and a Fellow of NABE, as well as a...

NBER profile: Jessica P. Einhorn.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... Jessica P. Einhorn, Dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University, is NBER's newest Director-at Large. She holds a B.A. from Barnard College, an M.A. in international affairs from...

NBER profile: Robert Kaestner.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... Robert Kaestner, who has been affiliated with the NBER since 1990, is a Research Associate in the NBER's Programs on Health Economics and The Well-being of Children. He is also a professor in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs and...

NBER profile: Henry Saffer.(Kean University (Union, New Jersey))(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... Henry Saffer is a Research Associate in the NBER's Program on Health Economics and a professor of economics at Kean University (Union, New Jersey). He received his Ph.D. in economics from the City University of New York. From 1979 to 1985,...

2003 East Asian Seminar on Economics Focused on International Trade.(Conferences)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Fourteenth Annual East Asian Seminar on Economics (EASE), sponsored jointly with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKU), Korea Development Institute (KDI), Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER), Chung-Hua...

Tax policy and the economy.(Conferences)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Eighteenth Annual Conference on Tax Policy and the Economy, organized by James M Poterba of NBER and MIT, took place in Washington, DC on November 4. These papers were discussed: Susan Dynarski, NBER and Harvard University, "Tax...

Developing and sustaining financial markets, 1820-2000.(Conferences)
December 22, 2003... The most recent NBER/Universities Research Conference took place in Cambridge on December 5 and 6. Organizers Lance E. Davis, NBER and California Institute of Technology; Larry D. Neal, NBER and University of Illinois; and Eugene N. White, NBER...

Financing retirement in Japan.(Conferences)
December 22, 2003... The Sixteenth Annual TRIO Conference, so-named because it is jointly sponsored by the NBER, the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and the Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER), took place on December 8 and 9 in Tokyo. This year's...

NBER researcher shares Nobel Prize in Economics.(National Bureau of Economic Research )(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... NBER Research Associate Robert F. Engle of New York University's Stern School of Business will share the 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics with Clive W.J. Granger. Engle has been affiliated with the NBER since 1987 and is a member of the...

Entrepreneurship.(Bureau News)(National Bureau of Economic Research's program)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Working Group on Entrepreneurship met in Cambridge on October 10. Josh Lerner, NBER and Harvard Business School, organized this program: William M. Gentry, NBER and Williams College, and R. Glenn Hubbard, NBER and Columbia...

International finance and macroeconomics.(Bureau News)(National Bureau of Economic Research's program)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Program on International Finance and Macroeconomics met in Cambridge on October 10. Charles M. Engel, NBER and University of Wisconsin, and Linda Tesar, NBER and University of Michigan, organized this program: Paul R. Bergin,...

Economic fluctuations and growth.(Bureau News)(National Bureau of Economic Research's program)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Program on Economic Fluctuations and Growth held its fall research meeting on October 17 in Chicago. Mark Gertler, NBER and New York University, and Patrick Kehoe, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, organized this program: ...

Public economics.(Bureau News)(National Bureau of Economic Research's program)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Program on Public Economics met in Cambridge on October 30-31. Program Director James M. Poterba of MIT organized this agenda: Maria Cancian, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Arik Levinson, NBER and Georgetown University,...

Macroeconomics and Individual Decisionmaking.(National Bureau of Economic Research's program)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Working Group on Macroeconomics and Individual Decisionmaking met in Cambridge on November 1. George A. Akerlof, University of California, Berkeley, and Robert J. Shiller, NBER and Yale University, organized this program: James...

Labor Studies.(National Bureau of Economic Research's program)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Program on Labor Studies met in Cambridge on November 7. Program Director Richard B. Freeman and Research Associate Lawrence F. Katz, both of Harvard University, organized the meeting. The following papers were discussed: Sewin...

Monetary Economics.(National Bureau of Economic Research's program)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Program on Monetary Economics met in Cambridge on November 7. Program Co-Directors Christina D. Romer and David H. Romer, both of University of California, Berkeley, organized this agenda: James J. Choi, Harvard University; David...

Higher Education.(National Bureau of Economic Research's program)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Working Group on Higher Education met in Cambridge on November 13. Director Charles T. Clotfelter of Duke University organized the meeting. The following papers were discussed: Christopher M. Cornwell, Kyung Hee Lee, and David B....

Asset Pricing.(National Bureau of Economic Research's program)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Program on Asset Pricing met in Cambridge on November 14. Program Director John H. Cochrane, University of Chicago, and Tobias J. Moskowitz, NBER and Northwestern University, organized this program: Lubos Pastor and Pietro...

Corporate Finance.(National Bureau of Economic Research's program)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Program on Corporate Finance met in Cambridge on November 14. Organizers Florencio Lopez de Silanes, NBER and Yale University, and Rafael La Porta, NBER and Harvard University, chose these papers to discuss: Patrick Bolton, NBER...

Education Program.(National Bureau of Economic Research)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Program on Education met in Cambridge on November 14. Program Director Caroline M. Hoxby of Harvard University organized the meeting. These papers were discussed: Michael Kremer, NBER and Harvard University, Edward Miguel, NBER...

Behavioral Finance.(National Bureau of Economic Research)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Working Group on Behavioral Finance met in Cambridge on November 15. Group Directors Robert J. Shiller, NBER and Yale University, and Richard H. Thaler, NBER and University of Chicago, organized this program: John Y. Campbell...

Productivity Program Meeting.(National Bureau of Economic Research)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Program on Productivity and Technological Change met in Cambridge on December 5. Aviv Nevo, NBER and University of California, Berkeley, organized this program: Johannes Van Biesebroeck, NBER and University of Toronto,...

International Trade and Investment.(National Bureau of Economic Research's program)
December 22, 2003... The NBER's Program on International Trade and Investment met at the Bureau's California office on December 5. ITI Program Director Robert C. Feenstra, also of University of California, Davis, organized this program: James Anderson, NBER...

NBER website has over 10,000 working papers.(National Bureau of Economic Research)(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... The NBER has now published over 10,000 titles in its Working Paper Series. Virtually all of these papers are available at www.nber.org/papers. The papers are free to residents of third world countries, who generate about one third of our 4,000...

Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 4.(Bureau Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 22, 2003... Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 4, edited by Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, will be available from The MIT Press in January. This annual NBER series provides a forum for research on the interactions among public policy,...

Challenges to Globalization: Analyzing the Economics.(Bureau Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 22, 2003... Challenges to Globalization: Analyzing the Economies, edited by Robert E. Baldwin and L. Alan Winters, will be available soon from the University of Chicago Press. This volume includes the papers and discussions from a recent International...

Governance, Regulation, and Privatization in the Asia-Pacific Region.(Bureau Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 22, 2003... Governance, Regulation, and Privatization in the Asia-Pacific Region, edited by Takatoshi Ito and Anne O. Krueger, will be available soon from the University of Chicago Press. It is the twelfth conference volume resulting from the NBER's East...

Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Micro-Estimation.(Bureau Books)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 22, 2003... Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Micro-Estimation, edited by Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise, will be available soon from the University of Chicago Press. This NBER Conference Report is the second volume presenting...

NBER Working Papers on-line.(Current Working Papers)(National Bureau of Economic Research)
December 22, 2003... A complete list of all NBER Working Papers with searchable abstracts, and the full texts of Working Papers (issued since November 1994) are available at http://www.nber.org/wwp.html to anyone located at a university or other organization that...