These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Hoyt Bleakley (University of Chicago)

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM
Session: Health and Economic Outcomes: Linkages across the Life Cycle (AEA)
Presiding: Hoyt Bleakley (University of Chicago)

'On the Street Where You Live': Effects of a Child's Neighborhood on Later Life Outcomes
Joseph Ferrie (Northwestern University)
Karen Rolf (University of Nebraska)
Werner Troesken (University of Pittsburgh)

U.S. Above-Ground Nuclear Tests of the 1950s and Subsequent Health and Socioeconomic Outcomes in North Carolina
Douglas Almond (Columbia University)
Michael Greenstone (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and Socioeconomic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall
Dean Yang (University of Michigan)
Sharon Maccini (University of Michigan)

Malaria in the Americas: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure
Hoyt Bleakley (University of Chicago)

Sunday, January 6, 10:15 AM

Sunday, January 6, 10:15 AM
Session: Micro-evidence on Costs and Benefits of Financial Integration (AEA)
Presiding: Galina Hale (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)

The Mishmash on Mismatch? The Role of Corporate Balance-Sheets in Emerging-Market Crises.
Hoyt Bleakley (University of Chicago)
Kevin Cowan (Banco Central de Chile)

Capital Account Liberalization: Theory, Evidence, and Speculation
Peter Henry (Stanford University Graduate School of Business)

The Effect of Foreign Entry on Banking Sector Stability and Efficiency: Evidence from South Korea
Heiner Schulz (University of Pennsilvania)

When Shall a Country Have its Own Bond Market?: Evidence from debt listing decisions before and after the launch of the EMU
Galina Hale (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Mark Spiegel (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)


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