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The Personal Discount Rate: Evidence from Military Downsizing Programs

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Who Should Buy Long-Term Bonds?

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The Effects of Investing Social Security Funds in the Stock Market When Fixed Costs Prevent Some Households from Holding Stocks

Andrew B. Abel

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Habit Persistence, Asset Returns, and the Business Cycle

Michele Boldrin, Lawrence J. Christiano and Jonas D. M. Fisher

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Monetary Policy and Multiple Equilibria

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What Hides Behind an Unemployment Rate: Comparing Portuguese and U.S. Labor Markets

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Local Discouragement and Global Collapse: A Theory of Coordination Avalanches

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The Provision of Public Goods under Alternative Electoral Incentives

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Proofs and Prototypes for Sale: The Licensing of University Inventions

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American Economic Review

Vol. 91 No. 1 March 2001

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Front Matter (pp. i-vi)

Information Technology and the U.S. Economy

Dale W. Jorgenson

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The Personal Discount Rate: Evidence from Military Downsizing Programs

John T. Warner and Saul Pleeter

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Dividends and Expropriation

Mara Faccio, Larry H. P. Lang and Leslie Young

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Shlomo Benartzi and Richard H. Thaler

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Who Should Buy Long-Term Bonds?

John Y. Campbell and LuisM. Viceira

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The Effects of Investing Social Security Funds in the Stock Market When Fixed Costs Prevent Some Households from Holding Stocks

Andrew B. Abel

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Habit Persistence, Asset Returns, and the Business Cycle

Michele Boldrin, Lawrence J. Christiano and Jonas D. M. Fisher

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Monetary Policy and Multiple Equilibria

Jess Benhabib, Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé and Martín Uribe

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What Hides Behind an Unemployment Rate: Comparing Portuguese and U.S. Labor Markets

Olivier Blanchard and Pedro Portugal

(pp. 187-207)

Local Discouragement and Global Collapse: A Theory of Coordination Avalanches

Thomas D. Jeitschko and Curtis R. Taylor

(pp. 208-224)

The Provision of Public Goods under Alternative Electoral Incentives

Alessandro Lizzeri and Nicola Persico

(pp. 225-239)

Proofs and Prototypes for Sale: The Licensing of University Inventions

Richard Jensen and Marie Thursby

(pp. 240-259)

Gamma Discounting

Martin L. Weitzman

(pp. 260-271)

Race, Roosevelt, and Wartime Production: Fair Employment in World War II Labor Markets

William J. Collins

(pp. 272-286)

Tallest in the World: Native Americans of the Great Plains in the Nineteenth Century

Richard H. Steckel and Joseph M. Prince

(pp. 287-294)

The Market Evaluation of Criminality: Evidence from the Auction of British Convict Labor in America, 1767-1775

Farley Grubb

(pp. 295-304)

Household Debt and the Tax Reform Act of 1986

Dean M. Maki

(pp. 305-319)

State-Owned and Privately Owned Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Profitability, Leverage, and Labor Intensity

Kathryn L. DeWenter and Paul H. Malatesta

(pp. 320-334)

Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness

Rafael Di Tella, Robert J. MacCulloch and Andrew J. Oswald

(pp. 335-341)

Firm-Specific Human Capital as a Shared Investment: Comment

Edwin Leuven and Hessel Oosterbeek

(pp. 342-347)

Firm-Specific Human Capital as a Shared Investment: Reply

Masanori Hashimoto

(pp. 348-349)

American Economic Review

Vol. 91 No. 1 March 2001

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Front Matter (pp. i-vi)

Information Technology and the U.S. Economy Dale W. Jorgenson (pp. 1-32)

The Personal Discount Rate: Evidence from Military Downsizing Programs John T. Warner and Saul Pleeter (pp. 33-53)

Dividends and Expropriation Mara Faccio, Larry H. P. Lang and Leslie Young (pp. 54-78)

Naive Diversification Strategies in Defined Contribution Saving Plans Shlomo Benartzi and Richard H. Thaler (pp. 79-98)

Who Should Buy Long-Term Bonds? John Y. Campbell and LuisM. Viceira (pp. 99-127)

The Effects of Investing Social Security Funds in the Stock Market When Fixed Costs Prevent Some Households from Holding Stocks Andrew B. Abel (pp. 128-148)

Habit Persistence, Asset Returns, and the Business Cycle Michele Boldrin, Lawrence J. Christiano and Jonas D. M. Fisher (pp. 149-166)

Monetary Policy and Multiple Equilibria Jess Benhabib, Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé and Martín Uribe (pp. 167-186)

What Hides Behind an Unemployment Rate: Comparing Portuguese and U.S. Labor Markets Olivier Blanchard and Pedro Portugal (pp. 187-207)

Local Discouragement and Global Collapse: A Theory of Coordination Avalanches Thomas D. Jeitschko and Curtis R. Taylor (pp. 208-224)

The Provision of Public Goods under Alternative Electoral Incentives Alessandro Lizzeri and Nicola Persico (pp. 225-239)

Proofs and Prototypes for Sale: The Licensing of University Inventions Richard Jensen and Marie Thursby (pp. 240-259)

Gamma Discounting Martin L. Weitzman (pp. 260-271)

Race, Roosevelt, and Wartime Production: Fair Employment in World War II Labor Markets William J. Collins (pp. 272-286)

Tallest in the World: Native Americans of the Great Plains in the Nineteenth Century Richard H. Steckel and Joseph M. Prince (pp. 287-294)

The Market Evaluation of Criminality: Evidence from the Auction of British Convict Labor in America, 1767-1775 Farley Grubb (pp. 295-304)

Household Debt and the Tax Reform Act of 1986 Dean M. Maki (pp. 305-319)

State-Owned and Privately Owned Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Profitability, Leverage, and Labor Intensity Kathryn L. DeWenter and Paul H. Malatesta (pp. 320-334)

Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness Rafael Di Tella, Robert J. MacCulloch and Andrew J. Oswald (pp. 335-341)

Firm-Specific Human Capital as a Shared Investment: Comment Edwin Leuven and Hessel Oosterbeek (pp. 342-347)

Firm-Specific Human Capital as a Shared Investment: Reply Masanori Hashimoto (pp. 348-349)

Information Technology and the U.S. Economy

Dale W. Jorgenson

(pp. 1-32)

The Personal Discount Rate: Evidence from Military Downsizing Programs

John T. Warner and Saul Pleeter

(pp. 33-53)

Dividends and Expropriation

Mara Faccio, Larry H. P. Lang and Leslie Young

(pp. 54-78)

Naive Diversification Strategies in Defined Contribution Saving Plans

Shlomo Benartzi and Richard H. Thaler

(pp. 79-98)

Who Should Buy Long-Term Bonds?

John Y. Campbell and LuisM. Viceira

(pp. 99-127)

The Effects of Investing Social Security Funds in the Stock Market When Fixed Costs Prevent Some Households from Holding Stocks

Andrew B. Abel

(pp. 128-148)

Habit Persistence, Asset Returns, and the Business Cycle

Michele Boldrin, Lawrence J. Christiano and Jonas D. M. Fisher

(pp. 149-166)

Monetary Policy and Multiple Equilibria

Jess Benhabib, Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé and Martín Uribe

(pp. 167-186)

What Hides Behind an Unemployment Rate: Comparing Portuguese and U.S. Labor Markets

Olivier Blanchard and Pedro Portugal

(pp. 187-207)

Local Discouragement and Global Collapse: A Theory of Coordination Avalanches

Thomas D. Jeitschko and Curtis R. Taylor

(pp. 208-224)

The Provision of Public Goods under Alternative Electoral Incentives

Alessandro Lizzeri and Nicola Persico

(pp. 225-239)

Proofs and Prototypes for Sale: The Licensing of University Inventions

Richard Jensen and Marie Thursby

(pp. 240-259)

Gamma Discounting

Martin L. Weitzman

(pp. 260-271)

Race, Roosevelt, and Wartime Production: Fair Employment in World War II Labor Markets

William J. Collins

(pp. 272-286)

Tallest in the World: Native Americans of the Great Plains in the Nineteenth Century

Richard H. Steckel and Joseph M. Prince

(pp. 287-294)

The Market Evaluation of Criminality: Evidence from the Auction of British Convict Labor in America, 1767-1775

Farley Grubb

(pp. 295-304)

Household Debt and the Tax Reform Act of 1986

Dean M. Maki

(pp. 305-319)

State-Owned and Privately Owned Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Profitability, Leverage, and Labor Intensity

Kathryn L. DeWenter and Paul H. Malatesta

(pp. 320-334)

Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness

Rafael Di Tella, Robert J. MacCulloch and Andrew J. Oswald

(pp. 335-341)

Firm-Specific Human Capital as a Shared Investment: Comment

Edwin Leuven and Hessel Oosterbeek

(pp. 342-347)

Firm-Specific Human Capital as a Shared Investment: Reply

Masanori Hashimoto

(pp. 348-349)