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Research Department Working Papers present statistical or technical research conducted by Boston Fed economists and are intended for publication in professional journals. The intended audience is scholars and informed specialists.

Latest Working Papers from the Research Department

No. 12-11 "Sovereign Default Risk and Uncertainty Premia" by Demian Pouzo and Ignacio Presno	Abstract Full Text
No. 12-10 "Fiscal Devaluations" by Emmanuel Farhi, Gita Gopinath, and Oleg Itskhoki	Abstract Full Text
No. 12-9 "Potential Effects of the Great Recession on the U.S. Labor Market" by William T. Dickens and Robert K. Triest	Abstract Full Text
No. 12-8 "Core Competencies, Matching, and the Structure of Foreign Direct Investment: An Update" by Federico J. Díez and Alan C. Spearot	Abstract Full Text
No. 12-7 "Measuring Household Spending and Payment Habits: The Role of 'Typical' and 'Specific' Time Frames in Survey Questions" by Marco Angrisani, Arie Kapteyn, and Scott Schuh	Abstract Full Text
No. 12-6 "Relative Pay and Labor Supply" by Anat Bracha and Uri Gneezy	Abstract Full Text
No. 12-5 "Selecting Public Goods Institutions: Who Likes to Punish and Reward?" by Michalis Drouvelis and Julian C. Jamison	Abstract Full Text
No. 12-4 "Investment in Customer Recognition and Information Exchange" by Oz Shy and Rune Stenbacka	Abstract Full Text
No. 12-3 "Valuable Cheap Talk and Equilibrium Selection" by Julian C. Jamison	Abstract Full Text
No. 12-2 "How Consumers Pay: Adoption and Use of Payments" by Scott Schuh and Joanna Stavins	Abstract Full Text
No. 12-1 "Are American Homeowners Locked into Their Houses? The Impact of Housing Market Conditions on State-to-State Migration" by Alicia Sasser Modestino and Julia Dennett	Abstract Full Text Video
No. 11-17 "Inflation Dynamics When Inflation is Near Zero" by Jeffrey C. Fuhrer, Giovanni P. Olivei, and Geoffrey M. B. Tootell	Abstract Full Text
No. 11-16 "The Great Recession and Bank Lending to Small Businesses" by Judit Montoriol-Garriga and J. Christina Wang	Abstract Full Text
No. 11-15 "Games with Synergistic Preferences" by Julian C. Jamison	Abstract Full Text
No. 11-14 "Managing Self-Confidence: Theory and Experimental Evidence" by Markus M. Möbius, Muriel Niederle, Paul Niehaus, and Tanya S. Rosenblat	Abstract Full Text
No. 11-13 "Core Competencies, Matching, and the Structure of Foreign Direct Investment" by Federico J. Díez and Alan C. Spearot	Abstract Full Text
No. 11-12 "Further Investigations into the Origin of Credit Score Cutoff Rules" by Ryan Bubb and Alex Kaufman	Abstract Full Text

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