International Economic Review

1969 - 2009

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Volume 50, issue 3, 2009

ACCOUNTING FOR CHANGES IN THE HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE pp. 677-726

Matthew S. Chambers, Carlos Garriga and Don E. Schlagenhauf

TECHNOLOGY SHOCKS AND ROBUST SIGN RESTRICTIONS IN A EURO AREA SVAR pp. 727-750

Gert Peersman and Roland Straub

PRIOR ELICITATION IN MULTIPLE CHANGE-POINT MODELS pp. 751-772

Gary Koop and Simon Potter

ON THE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF ELDERLY WIDOWS pp. 773-801

Carlos Bethencourt and José-Víctor Ríos-Rull

CONSUMER SEARCH, PRICE DISPERSION, AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIVE PRICE FLUCTUATIONS pp. 803-829

George Alessandria

WAGE SIGNALING: A DYNAMIC MODEL OF INTRAFIRM BARGAINING AND ASYMMETRIC LEARNING pp. 831-854

Limor Golan

MARKET SIZE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION pp. 855-881

Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine

SAVING DOLPHINS: BOYCOTTS, TRADE SANCTIONS, AND UNOBSERVABLE TECHNOLOGY pp. 883-902

Kaz Miyagiwa

CONSISTENT TRADE POLICY AGGREGATION pp. 903-927

James Anderson

ESTIMATING MULTICOUNTRY VAR MODELS pp. 929-959

Fabio Canova and Matteo Ciccarelli

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS pp. 961-989

Josh Ederington and Phillip McCalman

EXPECTATIONS AND CONTAGION IN SELF-FULFILLING CURRENCY ATTACKS pp. 991-1012

Todd Keister

Volume 50, issue 2, 2009

OPTIMAL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, WITH HUMAN CAPITAL DEPRECIATION, AND DURATION DEPENDENCE pp. 323-362

Nicola Pavoni

IMPROVING FORECAST ACCURACY BY COMBINING RECURSIVE AND ROLLING FORECASTS pp. 363-395

Todd E. Clark and Michael McCracken

TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS UNDER LEARNING BY IMITATION pp. 397-414

Morgan Kelly

THE CYCLICALITY OF SEPARATION AND JOB FINDING RATES pp. 415-430

Shigeru Fujita and Garey Ramey

BIDDING TO GIVE: AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON OF AUCTIONS FOR CHARITY pp. 431-457

Arthur J.H.C. Schram and Sander Onderstal

COMPETITIVE GROWTH IN A LIFE-CYCLE MODEL: EXISTENCE AND DYNAMICS pp. 459-484

Hippolyte d'Albis and Emmanuelle Augeraud-véron

AN EQUILIBRIUM SEARCH MODEL WHEN FIRMS OBSERVE WORKERS' EMPLOYMENT STATUS pp. 485-506

Carlos Carrillo-Tudela

POPULATION POLICY THROUGH TRADABLE PROCREATION ENTITLEMENTS pp. 507-542

David de la Croix and Axel Gosseries

NONLINEAR INCOME TAXATION AND MATCHING GRANTS IN A FEDERATION WITH DECENTRALIZED IN-KIND TRANSFERS pp. 543-575

Sören Blomquist and Luca Micheletto

SHAREHOLDERS' UNANIMITY WITH INCOMPLETE MARKETS pp. 577-606

Eva Carceles-Poveda and Daniele Coen-Pirani

AVOIDING THE INFLATION TAX pp. 607-625

Huberto M. Ennis

SIMULATED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION BASED ON FIRST-ORDER CONDITIONS pp. 627-675

Michael P. Keane

Volume 50, issue 1, 2009

JUMPING THE CURSE: EARLY CONTRACTING WITH PRIVATE INFORMATION IN UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS pp. 1-38

Sam-Ho Lee

WHY DO EUROPEANS WORK SO LITTLE? pp. 39-61

Conny Olovsson

OCCUPATIONAL SPECIFICITY OF HUMAN CAPITAL pp. 63-115

Gueorgui Kambourov and Iourii Manovskii

SHOULD YOU ALLOW YOUR EMPLOYEE TO BECOME YOUR COMPETITOR? ON NONCOMPETE AGREEMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS pp. 117-141

Matthias Kräkel and Dirk Sliwka

FIRM FRAGMENTATION AND URBAN PATTERNS pp. 143-186

Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Pierre-Daniel Sarte and Raymond Owens

FIRM HETEROGENEITY AND THE LABOR MARKET EFFECTS OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION pp. 187-216

Hartmut Egger and Udo Kreickemeier

THE EFFECTS OF FISCAL SHOCKS ON EMPLOYMENT AND THE REAL WAGE pp. 217-244

Evi Paraskevi Pappa

NEGATIVE INTRA-GROUP EXTERNALITIES IN TWO-SIDED MARKETS pp. 245-272

Paul Belleflamme and Eric Toulemonde

DECENTRALIZING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY pp. 273-290

Caterina Calsamiglia

THE SAVING RATE IN JAPAN: WHY IT HAS FALLEN AND WHY IT WILL REMAIN LOW pp. 291-321

R. Anton Braun, Daisuke Ikeda and Douglas H. Joines

Volume 49, issue 4, 2008

A TEST BETWEEN STOCK-FLOW MATCHING AND THE RANDOM MATCHING FUNCTION APPROACH pp. 1113-1141

Melvyn Glyn Coles and Barbara Petrongolo

IS ECONOMIC GROWTH GOOD FOR THE POOR? TRACKING LOW INCOMES USING GENERAL MEANS pp. 1143-1172

James E. Foster and Miguel Székely

THE EFFECT OF MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT AND CHILD CARE ON CHILDREN'S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT pp. 1173-1209

Raquel Bernal

CAREER CONCERNS, MATCHING, AND OPTIMAL DISCLOSURE POLICY pp. 1211-1250

Arijit Mukherjee

KNOWLEDGE CREATION AS A SQUARE DANCE ON THE HILBERT CUBE pp. 1251-1295

Marcus Berliant and Masahisa Fujita

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AND THE LACK OF PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION pp. 1297-1330

Juan Carlos Hatchondo

INFORMATION SHARING IN UNION-FIRM RELATIONSHIPS pp. 1331-1363

Anthony Creane and Carl Davidson

NATIONAL TREATMENT AT THE WTO: THE ROLES OF PRODUCT AND COUNTRY HETEROGENEITY pp. 1365-1394

Kamal Saggi and Nese Sara

EDUCATIONAL VOUCHERS AND CREAM SKIMMING pp. 1395-1435

Dennis Epple and Richard Evans Romano

PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS AND FALLING TRADE COSTS: BOON OR BANE? pp. 1437-1462

Svetlana A. Demidova

A GENERALIZED GIBRAT'S LAW pp. 1463-1468

Juan Cordoba

IS IT IS OR IS IT AIN'T MY OBLIGATION? REGIONAL DEBT IN A FISCAL FEDERATION pp. 1469-1504

Russell Cooper, Hubert Kempf and Dan Peled

SOCIALLY IMPROVING TAX REFORMS pp. 1505-1537

Jean-Yves Duclos, Paul Makdissi and Quentin Wodon

Volume 49, issue 3, 2008

IMPERFECT MONITORING AND THE DISCOUNTING OF INSIDE MONEY pp. 737-754

David C. Mills

QUANTIFYING THE LAFFER CURVE ON THE CONTINUED ACTIVITY TAX IN A DYNASTIC FRAMEWORK pp. 755-797

Jean-Olivier Hairault, Francois Langot and Thepthida Sopraseuth

LOOKING AT THE "POPULATION PROBLEM" THROUGH THE PRISM OF HETEROGENEITY: WELFARE AND POLICY ANALYSES pp. 799-835

C. Simon Fan and Oded Stark

LABOR MOBILITY OF IMMIGRANTS: TRAINING, EXPERIENCE, LANGUAGE, AND OPPORTUNITIES pp. 837-872

Sarit Cohen-Goldner and Zvi Eckstein

THE ECONOMIC RETURNS TO AN MBA pp. 873-899

Peter Arcidiacono, Jane Cooley and Andrew Hussey

IMPLEMENTATION CYCLES, INVESTMENT, AND GROWTH pp. 901-942

Patrick Francois and Huw Lloyd-Ellis

A THEORY OF WAGES AND LABOR DEMAND WITH INTRA-FIRM BARGAINING AND MATCHING FRICTIONS pp. 943-972

Pierre Cahuc, Francois Marque and Etienne Wasmer

DIVIDED WE STAND, UNITED WE FALL: THE HUME-NORTH-JONES MECHANISM FOR THE RISE OF EUROPE pp. 973-997

Cem Karayalcin

PILL, PATCH, OR SHOT? SUBJECTIVE EXPECTATIONS AND BIRTH CONTROL CHOICE pp. 999-1042

Adeline Delavande

INSTITUTIONAL TRAPS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH pp. 1043-1066

Mark Gradstein

CHOOSY SEARCH AND THE MISMATCH OF TALENTS pp. 1067-1089

Bruno Decreuse

LOST IN STATE SPACE: ARE PREFERENCES STABLE? pp. 1091-1112

Steffen Andersen, Glenn W. Harrison, Morten I. Lau and E. Elisabet Rutström

Volume 49, issue 2, 2008

INFLATION AND THE DISPERSION OF REAL WAGES pp. 377-399

Alok Kumar

CREDIT CONSTRAINTS IN THE MARKET FOR CONSUMER DURABLES: EVIDENCE FROM MICRO DATA ON CAR LOANS pp. 401-436

Orazio Attanasio, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Ekaterini Kyriazidou

ON FINANCE AS A THEORY OF TFP, CROSS-INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY DIFFERENCES, AND ECONOMIC RENTS pp. 437-473

Andres Erosa and Ana Hidalgo-Cabrillana

THE ROLE OF RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE IN THE EMPLOYMENT BEHAVIOR OF OLDER MEN pp. 475-514

David Blau and Donna B. Gilleskie

A STACKELBERG MODEL OF CHILD SUPPORT AND WELFARE pp. 515-546

Jennifer Roff

TRADEMARK SALES, ENTRY, AND THE VALUE OF REPUTATION pp. 547-576

Howard P. Marvel and Lixin Ye

BAILOUTS IN FEDERATIONS: IS A HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINT ALWAYS BEST? pp. 577-593

Martin Besfamille and Ben Lockwood

ADAPTIVE EXPECTATIONS AND STOCK MARKET CRASHES pp. 595-619

David M. Frankel

A BARGAINING THEORY OF INEFFICIENT REDISTRIBUTION POLICIES pp. 621-657

Allan Drazen and Nuno M. Limão

CORPORATE BANKRUPTCY REORGANIZATIONS: ESTIMATES FROM A BARGAINING MODEL pp. 659-681

Hülya K. K. Eraslan

ASPIRATION LEVEL, PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE, AND EXPECTED UTILITY pp. 683-700

Enrico Diecidue and Jeroen van de Ven

VALUING LOST HOME PRODUCTION OF DUAL EARNER COUPLES pp. 701-736

Christopher House, John Laitner and Dmitriy L. Stolyarov

Volume 49, issue 1, 2008

FIRING COSTS AND BUSINESS CYCLE FLUCTUATIONS pp. 1-39

Marcelo Luis Veracierto

RISING OCCUPATIONAL AND INDUSTRY MOBILITY IN THE UNITED STATES: 1968-97 pp. 41-79

Gueorgui Kambourov and Iourii Manovskii

THE U.S. WESTWARD EXPANSION pp. 81-110

Guillaume Vandenbroucke

SEARCH DIRECTION AND WAGE DISPERSION pp. 111-134

Marja-Liisa Halko, Klaus Kultti and and Juha Virrankoski

WHY HAVE AGGREGATE SKILLED HOURS BECOME SO CYCLICAL SINCE THE MID-1980s? pp. 135-185

Rui Luís de Castro and Daniele Coen-Pirani

ANTICIPATED UTILITY AND RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AS APPROXIMATIONS OF BAYESIAN DECISION MAKING pp. 185-221

Timothy Cogley and Thomas Sargent

UNMASKING THE POLLUTION HAVEN EFFECT pp. 223-254

Arik Levinson and M. Scott Taylor

PUBLIC GOOD PROVISION AND THE COMPARATIVE STATICS OF OPTIMAL NONLINEAR INCOME TAXATION pp. 255-290

Craig Brett and John Allan Weymark

OPTIMAL FISCAL POLICY IN THE DESIGN OF SOCIAL SECURITY REFORMS pp. 291-318

Juan Carlos Conesa and Carlos Garriga

ATTRACTING SKEPTICAL BUYERS: NEGOTIATING FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS pp. 319-348

James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao

SOCIAL ACCOUNTING AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR pp. 349-375

Thomas Aronsson