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The calculation of ordinary least squares,
([Cambridge M.I.T.], 1967) -
Call option pricing when the exercise price is uncertain, and the valuation of index bonds
(Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Dept. of Economics, 1977) -
Can Institutions Be Reformed From Within? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with the Rajasthan Police
(Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-02-24)Institutions in developing countries, particularly those inherited from the colonial period, are often thought to be subject to strong inertia. This study presents the results of a unique randomized trial testing whether ... -
Can work-sharing work?
(Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999) -
Can't We All Be More Like Scandinavians? Asymmetric Growth and Institutions in an Interdepent World?
(Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-08-20)Because of their more limited inequality and more comprehensive social welfare systems, many perceive average welfare to be higher in Scandinavian societies than in the United States. Why then does the United States not ... -
Capital deepening and non-balanced economic growth
(Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2006) -
Capital gains, income, and saving
([Cambridge M.I.T.], 1967) -
Capital income taxes with heterogeneous discount rates
(Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2009) -
Capital Income Taxes with Heterogenous Discount Rates
(Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009-07-14)With heterogeneity in both skills and preferences for the future, the Atkinson-Stiglitz result that savings should not be taxed with optimal taxation of earnings does not hold. Empirical evidence shows that on average ... -
Capital structure as a control mechanism in corporations
(Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987) -
Capital taxation : quantitative exploration of the inverse Euler equation
(Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2005) -
Capital taxation : quantitative explorations of the Inverse Euler equation
(Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2009) -
Capital taxation in a dynamic general equilibrium setting
(Cambridge : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1977) -
Capitalist masters, bourgeois slaves
([Cambridge, M.I.T.], 1974) -
A Caricature (Model) of the World Economy
(Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010-11-23)This paper provides a stylized model of the workings of a global economy where one of its key driving factors is economic agents’ continuous struggle to find assets in which to park financial resources. This struggle ... -
Carry Trade and Systemic Risk: Why are FX Options so Cheap?
(Cambridge, MA: Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-12-05)In this paper we document first that, in contrast with their widely perceived excess returns, popular carry trade strategies yield low systemic-risk-adjusted returns. In particular, we show that carry trade returns are ... -
Cartels, competition and regulation in the property and liability insurance industry
(Cambridge, M.I.T, 1973) -
The causes and consequences of attending historically black colleges and universities
(Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 2007) -
The causes of slavery: a hypothesis
(Cambridge, M.I.T, 1969) -
Central issues in the negotiations on limiting greenhouse warming
(Cambridge, Mass. : Dept. of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991)