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Working Papers present statistical or technical research
conducted by Boston Fed economists and are intended
for publication in professional journals. The intended
audience is scholars and informed specialists.
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No. 09-6
“The Optimal Level of Deposit Insurance Coverage”
by Michael Manz |
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No. 09-5
“Geographic Variations in a Model of Physician Treatment Choice with Social Interactions”
by Mary A. Burke, Gary M. Fournier, and Kislaya Prasad |
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No. 09-4
“Empirical Estimates of Changing Inflation Dynamics”
by Jeff Fuhrer, Giovanni Olivei, and Geoffrey M. B. Tootell |
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No. 09-3
“Has Overweight Become the New Normal?
Evidence of a Generational Shift in Body Weight
Norms”
by Mary A.
Burke, Frank Heiland, and Carl
Nadler |
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No. 09-2
“Another
Hidden Cost of Incentives: The Detrimental Effect
on Norm Enforcement”
by Andreas Fuster and Stephan Meier |
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No. 09-1
“Why
Are (Some) Consumers (Finally) Writing Fewer Checks?
The Role of Payment Characteristics”
by Scott Schuh
and Joanna Stavins
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No. 08-8
“Race, Obesity, and the Puzzle of Gender Specificity”
by Mary A.
Burke and Frank Heiland |
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No. 08-7
“The Responsiveness of Married Women's Labor
Force Participation to Income and Wages: Recent
Changes and Possible Explanations”
by Katharine
Bradbury and Jane Katz |
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No. 08-6
“The Impact of Immigration on Occupational
Wages: Evidence from Britain”
by Stephen Nickell and Jumana Saleheen |
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No. 08-5
“Classroom
Peer Effects and Student Achievement”
by Mary
A. Burke and Tim R. Sass |
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No. 08-4
“The
Value of Risk: Measuring the Service Output of U.S.
Commercial Banks”
by Susanto Basu, Robert Inklaar, and J.
Christina Wang |
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No. 08-3
“Blood
Donations and Incentives: Evidence from a Field
Experiment”
by Lorenz
Goette and Alois Stutzer |
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No. 08-2
“Credit Card Debt and Payment Use”
by Charles Sprenger and Joanna
Stavins |
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No. 08-1
“Designing State Aid Formulas: The
Case of a New Formula for Distributing Municipal
Aid in Massachusetts”
by Bo Zhao
and Katharine
Bradbury
A subsequent version of this paper is available
in the spring 2009 issue of the Journal of
Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 28,
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