NBER Reporter articles from June 2008

NBER Reporter archives from June 2008

Law and economics.(Program Report)
June 22, 2008... The NBER's Law and Economics Program studies the effects and causes of legal rules, with a special focus on the foundational legal subjects--property law, criminal law, contract law, and tort law--and on the operation of the legal process. In...

Happiness economics.(Research Summaries)(Viewpoint essay)
June 22, 2008... Despite Thomas Carlyle's claim, when he was arguing that slavery was morally superior to the market, economics is no longer the dismal science. (1) A growing body of literature in the economics of happiness and mental well-being has emerged. It...

Understanding social networks.
June 22, 2008... Heroes and Cowards: The Social Face of War When are men willing to sacrifice for the common good? What are the benefits to men of friendship ? How do communities deal with betrayal? And what are the costs and benefits of being in a diverse...

NBER profile: David G. Blanchflower.
June 22, 2008... David G. Blanchflower is a Research Associate in the NBER's Program on Labor Studies and the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Stirling and a member of the Monetary...

Twenty-third Annual Conference on Macroeconomics.(Conferences)(National Bureau of Economic Research)(Conference news)
June 22, 2008... The NBER's twenty-third Annual Conference on Macroeconomics, organized by NBER Research Associates Daron Acemoglu of MIT, Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University, and Michael Woodford of Columbia University, took place in Cambridge on April 4 and...

Demography and the Economy.(Conferences)
June 22, 2008... NBER Research Associate John B. Shoven of Stanford University organized a conference on "Demography and the Economy" that took place in California on April 11 and 12. These papers were discussed: Sam H. Preston and Caroline R. Sten,...

Innovation Policy and the Economy.(Conferences)
June 22, 2008... The NBER's ninth annual Conference on Innovation Policy and the Economy took place in Washington on April 15. The conference was organized by NBER Research Associates Adam B. Jaffe of Brandeis University, Joshua Lerner of Harvard University,...

Risk of Financial Institutions.(Conferences)
June 22, 2008... The NBER held a conference on "Risks of Financial Institutions" at the University of Chicago's Gleacher Center on April 24, Conference organizers Mark Carey, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and Rene M. Stulz, NBER and Ohio State University,...

Climate Change: Past and Present.(Conferences)
June 22, 2008... An NBER/Universities Research Conference on "Climate Change: Past and Present" organized by Gary D. Libecap, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER, and Richard H. Steckel, Ohio State University and NBER, took place in Cambridge on...

2007-8 awards and honors.(NBER News)
June 22, 2008... A number of NBER researchers received honors, prizes, awards, and professional kudos during 2007 and early 2008. In alphabetical order, those so honored (excluding honors by the individual's own university) are: Alberto Abadie was awarded...

Science of Science Day.(Program and Working Group Meetings)(National Bureau of Economic Research)(Conference news)
June 22, 2008... The NBER's Program on Productivity held a "Science of Science Day" when it met on March 14. Program Director Ernst R. Berndt and NBER Research Associate Pierre Azoulay, both of MIT, organized the meeting. These papers were discussed: ...

Asset Pricing Program Meeting.(Program and Working Group Meetings)(National Bureau of Economic Research)(Conference news)
June 22, 2008... The NBER'S Asset Pricing Program met in Chicago on April 25. Hanno Lustig, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER, and Monika Piazzesi, University of Chicago, organized the meeting. These papers were discussed: Zhi Da and Pengjie...

Corporate Finance.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
June 22, 2008... NBER's Program on Corporate Finance met in Chicago on April 25. Atif Mian, NBER and University of Chicago, and Manju Puri, NBER and Duke University, organized this agenda: Raghuram G. Rajan, University of Chicago and NBER, and Rodney...

International Trade and Organizations.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
June 22, 2008... NBER's Working Group on International Trade and Organizations met in Cambridge on April 26. Pol Antras, NBER and Harvard University, organized the meeting and chose these papers for discussion: Arnaud Costinot, University of California, San...

Education program meets.(Program and Working Group Meetings)(National Bureau of Economic Research)(Conference news)
June 22, 2008... NBER's Program on Education, directed by Caroline M. Hoxby of Stanford University, met in Cambridge on May 1. These papers were discusssed: John P. Papay and John B. Wilier, Harvard University, and Richard J. Murnane, Harvard University...

Program meeting on children.(Program and Working Group Meetings)(National Bureau of Economic Research)(Conference news)
June 22, 2008... The NBER's Program on Children met in Cambridge on May 2. These papers were discussed: Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER, and Pedro Dal Bo, Brown University, "Love, Hate, and Murder: Commitment Devices in Violent Relationships"(NBER...

Higher education.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
June 22, 2008... The NBER's Working Group on Higher Education met in Cambridge on May 2. Charles T. Clotfelter of NBER and Duke University organized the meeting. These papers were discussed: Kalena E. Cortes, Syracuse University, and Isaac McFarlin, Jr.,...

Behavioral finance.(Program and Working Group Meetings)(National Bureau of Economic Research)(Conference news)
June 22, 2008... The NBER's Working Group on Behavioral Finance met at Yale University on May 3. NBER Research Associates Nicholas Barberis and Robert J. Shiller, both of Yale, organized the meeting. These papers were discussed: Nicholas Barberis, and Wei...

Health care.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
June 22, 2008... The NBER'S Program on Health Care met in Cambridge on May 8. Kate Bundorf, NBER and Stanford University, and Mark Pauly, NBER and University of Pennsylvania, organized the meeting. These papers were discussed: Mark Duggan, University of...

Insurance workshop.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
June 22, 2008... The NBER's Working Group on Insurance, directed by Kenneth A. Froot of the Harvard Business School and Howard C. Kunreuther of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, met in Cambridge on May 8. These topics were discussed: John...

Market Microstructure.(Program and Working Group Meetings)(National Bureau of Economic Research)(Conference news)
June 22, 2008... The NBER's Working Group on Market Microstructure met in Cambridge on May 9. Working Group Director Bruce Lehmann of University of California, San Diego; Eugene Kandel, of Hebrew University, Jerusalem; and Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, of University...

International Financial Issues in the Pacific Rim: Global Imbalances, Financial Liberalization, and Exchange Rate Policy.(Bureau Books)
June 22, 2008... International Financial Issues in the Pacific Rim: Global Imbalances, Financial Liberalization, and Exchange Rate Policy, which is Volume 17 in NBER's East Asia Seminar on Economics series, is now available from the University of Chicago Press....

Two volumes from NBER's International Seminar on Macroeconomics available this summer.(Bureau Books)(National Bureau of Economic Research)
June 22, 2008... The NBER's International Seminar on Macroeconomics (ISoM) has met annually in Europe for the past thirty years. The proceedings of the 2006 conference are now available, and the 2007 proceedings will appear later this summer. This series of...

Tax Policy and the Economy.(Bureau Books)
June 22, 2008... Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 22, is now available from the University of Chicago Press Journals Division for $60.00 (clothbound). This annual series presents current academic research findings on taxation and government spending that have...