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Does 21 save lives? Drinking ages and traffic fatalities
THE MAIN argument for the de facto national drinking age of 21 is that it saves lives. In a recent paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron and Yale Law School student Elina Tetelbaum cast doubt on that widely accepted claim. Overall, Miron...
Tags: economist, National Bureau of Economic Research, Transportation, Yale University
Research articles 2007-11-01
Global Market Perspective vs. QHR Technologies Inc.
M2 PRESSWIRE-11 July 2007-www.streetinvesting.com: Global Market Perspective vs. QHR Technologies Inc.C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11072007 Streetinvesting.com is the leading online financial newsletter community with thousands of investors from around the world. Our goal is to bring our theories and techniques to...
Tags: FINANCE, financial, investor, National Bureau of Economic Research
Research articles 2007-07-11
Intangible Capital and Economic Growth
Intangible Capital and Economic Growth; Carol Corrado, Charles Hulten and Daniel Sichel: National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 11948; Sept. 2006. This study provides evidence that investments in intangible knowledge capital, which includes R&D and human competency, are having a much greater impact on measures of U.S. economic...
Tags: FINANCE, intangibles, Investment, National Bureau of Economic Research
Research articles 2007-01-01
Age and Great Invention
NOTABLE PAPERS AND ARTICLES Age and Great Invention; Benjamin Jones; National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 11359, Dec. 2005.This study finds that over the past century the average age at which individuals produce notable inventions and ideas has increased steadily. The author considered data on Nobel Prize winners in...
Tags: Jones, Leadership, National Bureau of Economic Research, Strategy
Research articles 2006-05-01
Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-Level Data
Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-Level Data; Lee Branstetter, Raymond Fisman, and C. Fritz Foley; National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 11516, Sept. 2005.Affiliate-level data on U.S. multinational firms and aggregate patent data were used to test whether recent legal reforms...
Tags: affiliate, National Bureau of Economic Research, researcher, technology, U.S.
Research articles 2006-01-01
Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-Level Data
Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-Level Data; Lee Branstetter, Raymond Fisman, and C. Fritz Foley; National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 11516, Sept. 2005. Affiliate-level data on U.S. multinational firms and aggregate patent data were used to test whether recent...
Tags: affiliate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Research articles 2006-01-01
Global work force signals change: and the U.S. has every reason to worry, says Economic Research.(Front Line)(Brief Article)
America's share of science and engineering graduates compared to other countries is dropping rapidly. Don't be surprised if 50 years of U.S. scientific and engineering dominance slips away with that decline, warns a new study. Written by Richard Freeman at the National Bureau of...
Tags: America, National Bureau of Economic Research, U.S., worker
Research articles 2005-09-01
Go on, tax me right up to the beach.
Byline: Cherelle Murphy Aug 28, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A new study argues that workaholics must be deterred, because their behaviour is addictive. ...
Tags: Benefits, compensation, FINANCE, Government, National Bureau of Economic Research, researcher, Taxes
Research articles 2005-08-28
Beer, wine? You name it, we'll drink to it.(Brief Article)
Apr 03, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) There is evidence that global trade is affecting the drinking of alcohol across the globe. Researchers at the University of California have compiled a study on global drinking patterns for the US-based National...
Tags: beverage, National Bureau of Economic Research, University of California, wine
Research articles 2005-04-04
National Bureau of Economic Research
www.nber.org Every once in a while, we are called upon to research an area or industry with which we are unfamiliar. If you need to find out more about the economy and how it works, a good place to start is the National Bureau of Economic Research NBER. The...
Tags: FINANCE, Government, National Bureau of Economic Research
Research articles 2005-04-01
Arthur Burns
Arthur Burns Having occupied important positions in every Republican administration from the end of World War II to the mid-1980s, Arthur Burns (1904-1987) was one of the most influential economic statesmen of his times. Born in Stanislau, Austria, Arthur Burns soon immigrated with his Austro-Hungarian Jewish parents to New Jersey....
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Government, inflation, National Bureau of Economic Research, president, recession
Research articles 2005-01-01
Schumpeterian Profits in the American Economy: Theory and Measurement
Schumpeterian Profits in the American Economy: Theory and Measurement (Working Paper No. 10433); William Nordhaus; National Bureau of Economic Research, Oct. 2004. This paper examines the impact of new technology on profits, emphasizing three implications: 1) understanding the role of innovational profits in total profits; 2) identifying the impact...
Tags: FINANCE, innovation, Investment, Leadership, National Bureau of Economic Research, Strategy, theory
Research articles 2005-01-01
Have they nothing better to do?
The US's highly respected National Bureau of Economic Research is publishing in its latest working papers: Is Mexico A Lumpy Country? Outside of the very flat Yucatan, it probably is. Good to know that the US government's main economic thinktank is paying for itself by...
Tags: Mexico, National Bureau of Economic Research
Research articles 2004-11-15
The Philadelphia Inquirer Andrew Cassel Column.
By Andrew Cassel, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 20--For a second, I thought somebody had hacked the National Bureau of Economic Research Website. Or that the august economic thinkers had somehow gotten their wires crossed with Cosmopolitan magazine....
Tags: FINANCE, income, MARKETING, National Bureau of Economic Research, survey
Research articles 2004-06-20
It's official. The recession that started in March 2001 ended in November of the same year.(Economy: how supply managers see business)(Brief Article)
* It's official. The recession that started in March 2001 ended in November of the same year, according to the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research NBER. Note: That's the same month PURCHASING magazine's Business Activity Index reached its nadir of...
Tags: ISM, National Bureau of Economic Research, recession
Research articles 2003-08-14
Economics panel not ready to declare that U.S. recession has already ended
The Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research said on its Web site Jan. 13 that it was not vet ready to declare the U.S. recession over, based on poor employment reports from the final two months of 2002. The NBER panel is the generally accepted...
Tags: National Bureau of Economic Research, recession, U.S.
Research articles 2003-01-20
Arthur Burns
Arthur Burns Having occupied important positions in every Republican administration from the end of World War II to the mid-1980s, Arthur Burns (1904-1987) was one of the most influential economic statesmen of his times. Born in Stanislau, Austria, Arthur Burns soon immigrated with his Austro-Hungarian Jewish parents to New Jersey....
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Government, inflation, National Bureau of Economic Research, president, recession
Research articles 2003-01-01
Keeping a lower profile.
Sep 30, 2002 (The Economist - ABIX via COMTEX) The current level of volatility in economies is not as high as it has been in the past. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, recessions in the last 150 years in the United States...
Tags: conference, economist, National Bureau of Economic Research, recession
Research articles 2002-09-30
Chiefs test appeal in the Big Apple.
Sep 30, 2002 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) Many of Australia's business leaders are in New York, seeking investment capital. They will give their presentations at a Merrill Lynch-hosted conference, which features 23 Australian companies. Australian Treasurer Peter Costello will also be in...
Tags: Apple Inc., FINANCE, Investment, National Bureau of Economic Research, SECURITY, SSL/TLS
Research articles 2002-09-30
Corporate chiefs off to seek US funds.
Sep 30, 2002 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) Several of Australia's top companies will send representatives to the US on a capital seeking mission. Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello, will lead a delegation of executives from Foster's Group, Telstra, BHP Billiton and Woolworths for...
Tags: Australia, National Bureau of Economic Research, SECURITY, slump, SSL/TLS, Woolworths
Research articles 2002-09-30
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