National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. NBER research is conducted by more than 500 university professors around the country, the leading scholars in their fields. Each NBER Working Paper is listed under one or more programs, by issue date. The most recent papers are listed first.

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RePEc together with IDEAS (Internet Documents in Economics Access Service), is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in more than 80 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in economics. The heart of the project is a decentralized database of working papers, books, book chapters, journal articles and software components. Any institution is welcome to join in contributing its research materials. There are currently more than 1.9 million items.

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