The following NBER Working Papers were released in electronic format this week. Abbreviations in parentheses refer to NBER Research Programs. (visit http://www.nber.org/programs for Program information.)
1. Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment by Julio J. Elias, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis #22632 (HE LE PE) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22632?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
2. Heterogeneous Impact Dynamics of a Rural Business Development Program in Nicaragua by Michael R. Carter, Emilia Tjernstroem, Patricia Toledo #22628 (DEV) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22628?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
3. Real Interest Rates, Imbalances and the Curse of Regional Safe Asset Providers at the Zero Lower Bound by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Helene Rey #22618 (AP EFG IFM) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22618?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
4. Debt Constraints and Employment by Patrick Kehoe, Elena Pastorino, Virgiliu Midrigan #22614 (AP EFG IFM LS ME) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22614?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
5. Using Big Data to Estimate Consumer Surplus: The Case of Uber by Peter Cohen, Robert Hahn, Jonathan Hall, Steven Levitt, Robert Metcalfe #22627 (IO LS PE) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22627?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
6. Technological Leadership (de)Concentration: Causes in ICTE by Yasin Ozcan, Shane Greenstein #22631 (IO PR)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22631?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
7. Agro-Ecosystem Productivity and the Dynamic Response to Shocks by Jean-Paul Chavas #22624 (PR) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22624?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
8. Heterogeneous Wealth Dynamics: On the Roles of Risk and Ability by Paulo Santos, Christopher B. Barrett #22626 (DEV) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22626?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
9. A Framework for Eliciting, Incorporating, and Disciplining Identification Beliefs in Linear Models by Francis DiTraglia, Camilo Garcia-Jimeno #22621 (DEV HC LS PE POL) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22621?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
10. Nominal Rigidities in Debt and Product Markets by Carlos Garriga, Finn E. Kydland, Roman Sustek #22613 (ME) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22613?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
11. Is The Mediterranean The New Rio Grande? US And EU Immigration Pressures In The Long Run by Gordon Hanson, Craig McIntosh #22622 (DEV ITI LS) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22622?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
12. Designing Online Marketplaces: Trust and Reputation Mechanisms by Michael Luca #22616 (IO LE LS PR)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22616?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
13. Student Coaching: How Far Can Technology Go? by Philip Oreopoulos, Uros Petronijevic #22630 (CH ED LS)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22630?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
14. The Importance of Unemployment Insurance as an Automatic Stabilizer by Marco Di Maggio, Amir Kermani #22625 (EFG LS PE) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22625?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
15. Mobile Collateral versus Immobile Collateral by Gary Gorton, Tyler Muir #22619 (AP CF DAE EFG ME)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22619?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
16. Thrivers and Divers: Using Non-Academic Measures to Predict College Success and Failure by Graham Beattie, Jean-William P. Laliberte, Philip Oreopoulos #22629 (CH ED LS) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22629?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
17. Real-Time Forecast Evaluation of DSGE Models with Stochastic Volatility by Francis X. Diebold, Frank Schorfheide, Minchul Shin #22615 (AP EFG IFM) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22615?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
18. Firm Age and Size and the Financial Management of Infrequent Shocks by Benjamin L. Collier, Andrew F. Haughwout, Howard C. Kunreuther, Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan, Michael A. Stewart #22612 (PE) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22612?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
19. The Perils of Top-down State Building: Evidence from Colombia’s False Positives by Daron Acemoglu, Leopoldo Fergusson, James A. Robinson, Dario Romero, Juan F. Vargas #22617 (POL) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22617?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
20. High-Skilled Immigration and the Rise of STEM Occupations in U.S. Employment by Gordon H. Hanson, Matthew J. Slaughter #22623 (ITI LS) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22623?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
21. Financial Risk Protection from Social Health Insurance by Kayleigh Barnes, Arnab Mukherji, Patrick Mullen, Neeraj Sood #22620 (DEV HC HE PE) http://papers.nber.org/papers/w22620?utm_campaign=ntw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntw
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