14.33: Suggested readings for assignment due 9/12/06 (Tue)                            Fall 2006

 

Note: If the links are not accessible, try going to the following URLs first:

For Journal of Political Economy: http://libraries.mit.edu/get/econlit

For all other journals: http://libraries.mit.edu/get/jstor

 

Angrist, Joshua and Lavy, Victor. "Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Scholastic Achievement." Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 1999, 114(2), pp. 533-575.

Barro, Robert J. "Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries." Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 1991, 106(2), pp. 407-443.

Chevalier, Judith A. "Capital Structure and Product-Market Competition: Empirical Evidence from the Supermarket Industry." American Economic Review, June 1995, 85(3), pp. 415-435.
 
Chay, Kenneth Y. and Greenstone, Michael. “Does Air Quality Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market.” Journal of Political Economy, April 2005, 113(2), pp. 376-424.

Duflo, Esther. "Schooling and Labor Market Consequences of School Construction in Indonesia: Evidence from an Unusual Policy Experiment." American Economic Review, September 2001, 91(4), pp. 795-813.

 

Ellison, Sara F. and Mullin, Wallace P."Economics and Politics:  The Case of Sugar Tariff Reform." Journal of Law and Economics, October 1995,  38(2), pp. 335-366.

Joskow, Paul L. "Contract Duration and Relationship-Specific Investments: Empirical Evidence from Coal markets." American Economic Review, March 1987, 77(1), pp. 168-185.

Levitt, Steven D. "The Effect of Prison Population Size on Crime Rates: Evidence from Prison Overcrowding Litigation." Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 1996, 111(2), pp.319-351.
 
Paxson, Christina H.  “Using weather variability to estimate the response of savings to transitory income in Thailand.” American Economic Review, March 1992, 82(1), pp. 15–33.