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1.

Corporate Ownership Around the World

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 31 Jul 1998
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Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business, SKEMA Business School and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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2.

Fractionalization

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 20 Jul 2002
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Harvard University - Department of Economics, New York University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, World Bank and UCLA Anderson School of Management

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3.

Bad Beta, Good Beta

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 23 Oct 2002
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Harvard University - Department of Economics and Arrowstreet Capital, LP

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4.

Investor Protection and Corporate Valuation

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Dec 1999
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Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business, SKEMA Business School, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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5.

Work and Leisure in the U.S. And Europe: Why so Different?

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 19 Apr 2005
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Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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6.

Tunnelling

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Jan 2000
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business, SKEMA Business School and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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7.

Consumption-Based Asset Pricing

Number of pages: 116 Posted: 29 Oct 2002
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Harvard University - Department of Economics
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8.

The New Comparative Economics

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Dec 2004
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Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics, SKEMA Business School, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

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9.

Behavioral Finance in Corporate Governance - Independent Directors and Non-Executive Chairs

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Jul 2004
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University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis

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10.

Style Investing

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Jan 2001
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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale School of Management and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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11.

Financial Contracting

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 May 2001
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Harvard University - Department of Economics

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The Information Content of Stock Markets: Why Do Emerging Markets Have Synchronous Stock Price Movements?

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 58, No. 1-2, 2000, William Davidson Institute Working Paper No. 44, Harvard Institute of Economics Research Paper No. 1879
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 17 Nov 1999 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2013
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University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis, City University of Hong Kong and National University of Singapore - Business School

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13.

Technology, Information Production, and Market Efficiency

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Oct 2001
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Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Gildor Trading Inc. and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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14.

Who Owns the Media?

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1919; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2620
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Apr 2001
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London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), World Bank - International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank, South AsiaWorld Bank - Policy Unit and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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15.

In Search of Distress Risk

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2081
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Jul 2005
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Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of California, Davis and Duquesne Capital Management LLC

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16.

Why Doesn't the Us Have a European-Style Welfare State?

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Nov 2001
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Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics
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17.

Outsourcing in a Global Economy

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Oct 2002
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Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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18.

Government Ownership of Banks

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 09 Aug 2000
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Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business, SKEMA Business School and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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19.

Different Approaches to Bankruptcy

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Oct 2000
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Harvard University - Department of Economics

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20.

Myths and Realities of American Political Geography

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2100, KSG Working Paper No. RWP06-007
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Jan 2006
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Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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21.

Equity Volatility and Corporate Bond Yields

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Feb 2002
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Harvard University - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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22.

Incomplete Markets and Volatility

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Sep 1998
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SKEMA Business School
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23.

Comovement

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Apr 2002
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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Yale School of Management, Harvard University - Department of Economics and NYU Stern School of Business

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24.

A Letter to Ben Bernanke

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2110
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
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Harvard University - Department of Economics
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25.

Norms and the Theory of the Firm

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 May 2001
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Harvard University - Department of Economics

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26.

Media Bias

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Nov 2002
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University of Chicago and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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27.

Coase V. The Coasians

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 28 Dec 1999
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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28.

The Economic Approach to Social Capital

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Mar 2001
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Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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29.

Do Fiscal Rules Matter?

Harvard Economics Department Working Paper
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 27 May 2011 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2015
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Sapienza University of Rome - Department of Earth Sciences and Forecasting Research Center, Prevention and Control of Geological Risks, Bocconi University - Department of Economics and University of California, Riverside (UCR)

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30.

Investor Protection and Equity Markets

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Oct 2000
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Harvard University - Department of Economics and Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance

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31.

Sprawl and Urban Growth

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 13 May 2003
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Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Southern California

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32.

Information Technology and the U.S. Economy

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 25 Jan 2001
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Harvard University - Department of Economics
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33.

Does Rent Control Reduce Segregation?

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Jan 2003
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Harvard University - Department of Economics
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34.

The Economic Approach to Cities

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2149, KSG Working Paper No. RWP08-003
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Jan 2008
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Harvard University - Department of Economics
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35.

Portfolio Diversification and Value at Risk Under Thick-Tailedness

Yale ICF Working Paper No. 05-10, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2086
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 May 2005
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Harvard University - Department of Economics
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36.

Who Should Buy Long-Term Bonds?

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1895
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 01 Dec 1998
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Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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37.

The Economics of Location-Based Tax Incentives

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 Nov 2001
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Harvard University - Department of Economics
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38.

Why Have Housing Prices Gone Up?

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Feb 2005
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Harvard University - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Real Estate Department and U.S. Federal Reserve - Division of Research and Statistics

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Stock Market Mean Reversion and the Optimal Equity Allocation of a Long-Lived Investor

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1899
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Aug 2000
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Harvard University - Department of Economics, London Business School, London Business School, INSEAD - Finance and Harvard Business School - Finance Unit

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40.

Psychology and the Market

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Dec 2003
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Harvard University - Department of Economics

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41.

Growth or Glamour? Fundamentals and Systematic Risk in Stock Returns

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2082
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 22 Mar 2006
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Harvard University - Department of Economics, London School of Economics and Arrowstreet Capital, LP

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42.

Export Versus FDI

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Mar 2003
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Harvard University - Department of Economics, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)Harvard University - Department of Economics and Pennsylvania State University - College of the Liberal Arts - Department of Economic

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43.

Japanese Corporate Governance and Macroeconomic Problems

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1893, Sauder School of Business Working Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Jul 2000
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University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business and University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis
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44.

Education and Religion

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 14 Mar 2001
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Harvard University - Department of Economics and Dartmouth College - Department of Economics

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45.

Rank-1/2: A Simple Way to Improve the OLS Estimation of Tail Exponents

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2106
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 07 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2009
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Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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46.

Legal Origins

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Apr 2001
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Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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47.

The Rise of the Regulatory State

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Nov 2001
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Harvard University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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48.

Does Function Follow Organizational Form? Evidence from the Lending Practices of Large and Small Banks

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 Dec 2001
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University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics

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49.

Entrepreneurship and the City

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2140
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2007
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Harvard University - Department of Economics

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The Governance of Not-for-Profit Firms

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 May 2002
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Harvard University - Department of Economics

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