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Do Hedge Funds Profit From Mutual-Fund Distress? Jeremy Stein, Samuel Hanson, February 2008, Paper. "This paper explores the question of whether hedge funds engage in front-…
Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus. Edward Glaeser, William Kerr, February 2008, Paper. "Like all politics, all entrepreneurship is local.…
New Development Economics - We Shall Experiment, but How Shall We Learn? Dani Rodrik, 2008, Book Chapter, "Development economics has long been split between the study of…
Exploring the Impact of Financial Incentives on Stereotype Threat: Evidence from a Pilot Study. Roland Fryer, 2008, Paper, "Motivated in part by large and persistent gender gaps…
Where Does It Go? Spending by the Financially Constrained. Shawn Cole, 2008, Book Chapter, "Despite widespread interest by academics, businesspeople, and policymakers, little…
Segregation, Rent Control, and Riots: The Economics of Religious Conflict in an Indian City. Erica Field, Rohini Pande, January 2008, Paper: “Religious conflict is an…
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-…
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…
Assessing pacification policy in Iraq: Evidence from Iraqi financial markets. Eric Chaney, 2008, Paper. "At the end of January, 2006 the Iraqi government issued roughly $2.7…
Transitions: Career and Family Life Cycles of the Educational Elite. Lawrence Katz, Claudia Goldin, 2008, Paper. "Among life’s most vital transitions are those …