14.33: Suggested
readings for assignment due
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.