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Happiness on Tap: Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco
(Cambride, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011-04-01)We study the demand for household water connections in urban Morocco, and the effect of such connections on household welfare. In the northern city of Tangiers, among homeowners without a private connection to the city’s ... -
Health insurance availability and the retirement decision
(Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993) -
Hedging sudden stops & precautionary contractions
(Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2005) -
Hedging sudden stops & precautionary recessions : a quantitative framework
(Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2003) -
Hedonic cost functions for the trucking industry
(Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Dept. of Economics, 1977) -
Heterogeneity, stratification and growth
(Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992) -
Hierarchies and bureaucracies
(Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985) -
High Dimensional Sparse Econometric Models: An Introduction
(Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology., 2011-06-26)In this chapter we discuss conceptually high dimensional sparse econometric models as well as estimation of these models using ℓ1-penalization and post-ℓ1-penalization methods. Focusing on linear and nonparametric regression ... -
History, Expectations, and Leadership in the Evolution of Social Norms
(Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-05-12)We study the evolution of a social norm of “cooperation” in a dynamic environment. Each agent lives for two periods and interacts with agents from the previous and next generations via a coordination game. Social norms ... -
History, Expectations, and Leadership in the Evolution of Social Norms
(Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011-11-05)We study the evolution of the social norm of “cooperation” in a dynamic environment. Each agent lives for two periods and interacts with agents from the previous and next generations via a coordination game. Social norms ... -
History, institutions and economic performance : the legacy of colonial land tenure systems in India
(Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2002) -
Holdups and efficiency with search frictions
(Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998) -
Horizontal mergers and antitrust policy
(Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987) -
Horizontal mergers, entry, and efficient defences
(Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2001) -
Household behavior and the tax reform act of 1986
(Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986) -
Housing Market Spillovers: Evidence from the End of Rent Control in Cambridge Massachusetts
(Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-05-24)Understanding potential spillovers from the attributes and actions of neighborhood residents onto the value of surrounding properties and neighborhoods is central to both the theory of urban economics and the development ... -
How burdensome are capital gains taxes?
(Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986) -
How effective is potential competition?
(Cambridge, Mass. : Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985) -
How large are the social returns to education? : evidence from compulsory schooling laws
(Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1999) -
How much does sorting increase inequality?
(Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996)