THE LATEST WORKING PAPERS
                   National Bureau of Economic Research
                       Week of January 11, 2010
                                                                    
The following NBER Working Papers that match your selections
were released in electronic format this week. Abbreviations
in parentheses refer to NBER Research Programs.  (visit
http://www.nber.org/programs.html for Program information.)

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1.  Falling Behind the Curve:  A Positive Analysis of Stop-Start Monetary Policies and the Great Inflation
by Andrew Levin, John B. Taylor #15630 (EFG ME)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15630

2.  The Degree of Judicial Enforcement and Credit Markets: Evidence from Japanese Household Panel Data
by Charles Yuji Horioka, Shizuka Sekita #15631 (ME)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15631

3.  Private Equity and Industry Performance
by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sorensen, Per Stroemberg #15632 (CF PR)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15632

4.  The Impact of Comparative Effectiveness Research on Health and Health Care Spending
by Anirban Basu, Tomas J. Philipson #15633 (HC HE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15633

5.  Danger on the Exchange: How Counterparty Risk Was Managed on the Paris Bourse in the Nineteenth Century
by Angelo Riva, Eugene N. White #15634 (DAE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15634

6.  Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions
by Julio J. Rotemberg #15635 (IO)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15635

7.  The "Other" Imbalance and the Financial Crisis
by Ricardo J. Caballero #15636 (EFG IFM ME)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15636

8.  Causes and Consequences of Early Life Health
by Anne Case, Christina Paxson #15637 (AG CH PE)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15637

9.  Employee Spinoffs and Other Entrants: Stylized Facts from Brazil
by Oana Hirakawa, Marc-Andreas Muendler, James E. Rauch #15638 (PR)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15638

10.  The Long Reach of Childhood Health and Circumstance: Evidence from the Whitehall II Study
by Anne Case, Christina Paxson #15640 (AG CH HC POL)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15640

11.  Identification in Differentiated Products Markets Using Market Level Data
by Steven T. Berry, Philip A. Haile #15641 (IO)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15641

12.  Virtual Borders: Online Nominal Rigidities and International Market Segmentation
by Jean Boivin, Robert Clark, Nicolas Vincent #15642 (EFG IFM ME)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15642

13.  Elected Versus Appointed Policymakers: Evidence from City Treasurers
by Alexander Whalley #15643 (PE POL)
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W15643