The NBER Digest: April 2009 Issue

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Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research

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The following articles appear in this issue:

* The Internet, Wages, and Consumer Welfare
* Regulation of Pollution Sources
* Did the 2008 Tax Rebates Stimulate Spending?
* Do Private Equity Firms "Create Value"?
* Understanding Crude Oil Prices
* Which CEO Characteristics and Abilities Matter?
* The Prevalence and Effects of Occupational Licensing
* Currency Crises and Sudden Stops
* Domestic Debt Helps to Explain External Defaults
* Benefits of New Pharmaceuticals Significantly Exceed their Costs
* Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
* Climate Change and Economic Growth over The Last Half Century
* Gasoline Prices Affect Fuel Economy
* Happiness Is More Evenly Distributed Among Americans
* Public Pensions are Underfunded
* Having Good Teeth Can Pay Off
* Latin American Industrialization after 1870

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