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In search of the chains that hold Brazil back, Ricardo Hausmann, September 2008, Paper, This paper performs a Growth Diagnostic for Brazil. It shows that many aspects of…
Growth Diagnostic: Peru, Ricardo Hausmann, September 2008, Paper, This paper presents a growth diagnostic exercise for Peru. It notes that although Peru has recently…
Can Policy Interact with Culture? Minimum Wage and the Quality of Labor Relations. Philippe Aghion, September 2008, Paper. "Can public policy interfere with culture, such as…
Inequality and Corruption: Evidence from US States, James E. Alt, August 25, 2008, Paper. "High-quality data on state-level inequality and incomes, panel data on corruption…
The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development. Edward Glaeser, August 2008, Paper. "Carbon dioxide emissions may create significant social harm…
Final Recommendations of the International Panel on ASGISA, Ricardo Hausmann, May 2008, Paper, As part of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative (ASGI-SA), the National…
Credit Constraints and the Cyclicality of R&D Investment: Evidence from France. Philippe Aghion, April 28, 2008, Paper. "We use a French firm-level data set containing 13…
The Promise of Prediction Markets. Cass Sunstein, January 1, 2008, Paper. "Prediction markets are markets for contracts that yield payments based on the outcome of an uncertain…
Repayment Frequency and Default in Micro-Finance: Evidence from India, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, January 2008, Paper. "In stark contrast to bank debt contracts, most micro-…
Sticky Borders. Gita Gopinath and Roberto Rigobon, 2008, Paper. "The stickiness and currency of pricing of traded goods play a central role in international macroeconomics;…