Boston College Working Papers in Economics

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283: Macroeconomic Policy Implications of Oil in Colombia

Robert Murphy

282: Alleviating Traffic Congestion: Alternatives to Road Pricing

Richard Arnott

281: Time-Varying Risk Premia in the Foreign Currency Futures Basis

John Barkoulas and Christopher Baum

280: The Economics of Residential Real Estate Brokerage

Richard Arnott

279: Capital Structure and Product Market Strategy

Chong-En Bai and Shan Li

278: Macroeconomic Policy and Methodological Misdirection in the National Income and Product Accounts

Martin Fleming, John Jordan and Kathleen Lang

277: Specific Human Capital Investment and Turnover Under Uncertainty

Chong-En Bai and Yijiang Wang

276: Specific Human Capital Investment and Wage Profiles

Chong-En Bai

275: An Alternative Strategy for Estimation of a Nonlinear Model of the Term Structure of Interest Rates

Christopher Baum and Olin Liu

274: A Model of Hyperinflation

Christopher Canavan

273: Effective Protection Redux

James Anderson

272: Measuring the Welfare Impact of Fiscal Policy

James Anderson

271: Comparing Alternative Models of the Term Structure of Interest Rates

Basma Bekdache and Christopher Baum

269: Strategic Lobbying and Antidumping

James Anderson

268: Credit Where Credit is Due? How Much, For Whom, and What Difference Does it Make? A Review of the Macro and Micro Evidence on the Real Effects of Financial Reform

Fabio Schiantarelli, Izak Atiyas, Gerard Caprio, John Harris and Andrew Weiss

267: Trends and Cycle Variations in the Cross-Sectional Distribution of Debt for U.K. Companies: Some Stylized Facts

Fabio Schiantarelli, Mustafa Caglayan, Paul Beaudry and Michael Devereux

266: Financial Liberalization and the Efficiency of Investment Allocation

Fabio Schiantarelli, Andrew Weiss, Fidel Jaramillo and Miranda Siregar

265: The Relationship Of Taxation To Corporate Dividends

Harold Petersen and James A Repetti

264: Towards Pro-Work Policies And Programs For Older Americans

Joseph Quinn, Scott A Bass and Richard Burkhauser

263: Measurement Error in U.S. National Income and Product Accounts: Its Nature and Impact on Forecasts

John Jordan, Kathleen Lang and Martin Fleming

262: The Long-Run Relationship Between Saving And Investment: Stylized Fact Or Fiction?

John Barkoulas, Alpay Filiztekin and Robert Murphy

261: Strategic Lobbying

James Anderson

260: Is Early Retirement an Economic Threat?

Joseph Quinn

259: Public And Private Savings And Investments

Jane Marrinan and Eric van Wincoop

258: Measuring Trade Restrictiveness In A Simple CGE Model

James Anderson

257: Retirement And The Labor Force Behavior Of The Elderly

Joseph Quinn

256: The Economics Of Traffic Congestion

Richard Arnott and Kenneth Small

255: Changing Policy Signals: How To Increase Work Effort At Older Age

Joseph Quinn and Richard Burkhauser

254: Price Equilibrium, Efficiency, And Decentralizability In Insurance Markets With Moral Hazard

Richard Arnott and Joseph Stiglitz

253: Poverty And Income Security Among Older Persons

Joseph Quinn

252: The Trade Restrictiveness Of The Multi-Fibre Arrangement

James Anderson and J. Peter Neary

251: Capitalism And Wealth Creation

Joseph Quinn

250: An Alternative Nonlinear General Equilibrium Model of the Term Structure of Interest Rates

Olin Liu and Christopher Baum

249: The Future Of Retirement

Joseph Quinn

248: A Simple Structural Model of Parking

Richard Arnott

247: Precautionary Savings- A Panel Study

Mark Kazarosian

246: Bank Real Estate And The New England Capital Crunch

Joe Peek and Eric Rosengren

245: Motives For Private Transfers Over The Life Cycle: Analytical Framework And Evidence For Peru

Donald Cox and Emmanuel Jimenez

244: Intergenerational Transfers And Demonstration Effect

Donald Cox and Oded Stark

243: The Capital Crunch: Neither A Borrower Nor A Lender Be

Joe Peek and Eric Rosengren

242: Two Notes: I. Taxi Driving Should Be Subsidized; II. A Fall In Construction Costs Could Raise Housing Rents

Richard Arnott and Alex Anas

241: Option Value, Gallot's Inequality, And The Measurement Of Biological Diversity

Stephen Polasky and Andrew R. Solow

240: Technological Progress In A Model Of The Housing Land Cycle

Richard Arnott and Alex Anas

239: Interest Rate Parity And The Exchange Risk Premium: Evidence From Panel Data

E. Scott Mayfield and Robert Murphy

238: Information And Usage Of Free-Access Congestible Facilities

Richard Arnott, André de Palma and Charles Lindsey

237: Wage Contracts And Specific Human Capital Investment Under Uncertainty

Chong-En Bai and Yi-jiang Wang

236: Private Transfers And The Effectiveness Of Public Income Redistribution In The Philippines

Donald Cox and Emmanuel Jiminez

235: The Conservation Of Biological Diversity: An Economic Framework

Stephen Polasky and Andrew R. Solow

234: A Study For Motivation For Private Transfers In Cote D'Ivoire

Donald Cox and Emmanuel Jimenez

233: The Road To Retirement In The U.S.: The Importance Of Part Time Work In The Process Of Labor Force Withdrawal

Joseph Quinn