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2002 Working Paper Series

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Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University
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02-W01 Exploring the Racial Gap in Infant Mortality Rates, 1920-1970,
William J. Collins and Melissa A. Thomasson, February 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W02 Independence Before Conservatism: Tranparency, Politics, and Central Bank Design, Andrew Hughes Hallett and Diana N. Weymark, March 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W03 Environmental Labelling and Consumers' Choice - An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of the Nordic Swan, Thomas Bue Bjorner, Lars Garn Hansen, and Clifford S. Russell, March 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W04 Repeated Games with Asynchronous Moves,
Quan Wen, April 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W05 Explaining United States International Trade, 1870-1910,
William K. Hutchinson, April 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W06R Arrovian Social Choice Theory on Economic Domains,
Michel Le Breton and John A. Weymark, April 2002, revised September 2003. [abstract] [article]

02-W07 Core Inflation and Inflation Targeting in a Developing Economy,
Luis A. Rivas, May 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W08 Government Leadership and Central Bank Design,
Andrew Hughes Hallett and Diana N. Weymark, May 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W09R Speaking Up: A Model of Judicial Dissent and Discretionary Review,
Andrew F. Daughety and Jennifer F. Reinganum, May 2002, revised June 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W10 A Proposal for a Selection Criterion in a Class of Dynamic Rational Expectations Models with Multiple Equilibria, Robert A. Driskill, May 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W11 Earnings Dynamics and Inequality in Venezuela: 1995-1997, Samuel Freije and Andre Portela Souza, May 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W12 Birth Order, Child Labor and School Attendance in Brazil,
Patrick M. Emerson and Andre Portela Souza, May 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W13 Bargaining over Sons and Daughters: Child Labor, School Attendance and Intra-Household Gender Bias in Brazil, Patrick M. Emerson and Andre Portela Souza, May 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W14 Is There a Child Labor Trap? Inter-Generational Persistence of Child labor in Brazil, Patrick M. Emerson and Andre Portela Souza, May 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W15 Wage Inequality in Brazil: Market Forces, Macroeconomic Instability and Labor Market Institutions (1981-1997), Andre Portela Souza, May 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W16R Efficient Strategy-Proof Exchange and Minimum Consumption Guarantees,
Shigehiro Serizawa and John A. Weymark, June 2002, revised August 2002. [abstract] [article]

02-W17 Does Ease of Communication Increase Trade? Commonality of Language and Bilateral Trade, William K. Hutchinson, June 2002. [abstract] [article]