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Working Papers

IGM working papers

The Initiative on Global Markets (IGM) working paper series is intended to show the research on financial markets, international business, and public policy that is produced by Chicago Booth faculty. These papers are outputs of faculty research that has been funded by the IGM.

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37 House Prices, Home Equity-Based Borrowing, and the U.S. Household Leverage Crisis Atif Mian and Amir Sufi
36 Mishmash on Mismatch?
Balance-Sheet Effects and Emerging-Markets Crises
Hoyt Bleakley
35 Maturity Mismatch and Financial Crises: Evidence from Emerging Market Corporations Hoyt Bleakley
34 Global Accounting Convergence and the Potential Adoption of IFRS by the United States: An Analysis of Economic and Policy Factors Christian Leuz
33 The Crisis of Fair Value Accounting: Making Sense of the Recent Debate Christian Leuz
32 The Housing Crisis and Bankruptcy Reform: The Prepackaged Chapter 13 Approach Luigi Zingales
31 Competition and Political Organization: Together or Alone in Lobbying for Trade Policy? Francesco Trebbi
30 Innovation and Institutional Ownership Luigi Zingales
29 What Do High-Interest Borrowers Do With Their Tax Rebate? Marianne Bertrand and Adair Morse
28 Disclosure and the Cost of Capital: Evidence from Firms' Response to the Enron Shock Christian Leuz
27 The Future of Securities Regulation Luigi Zingales
26 The Failure of Models That Predict Failure: Distance, Incentives and Defaults Amit Seru
25 The Political Economy of the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis Atif Mian, Amir Sufi, and Francesco Trebbi
24 Media versus Special Interests Luigi Zingales 
23 The Price of Political Opposition: Evidence from Venezuela's Maisanta Chang-Tai Hsieh
22 The Intergenerational Transfer of Public Pension Promises Robert Novy-Marx and Joshua D. Rauh
21 Landed Interests and Financial Underdevelopment in the United States Raghuram Rajan
20 Long Term Persistence Luigi Zingales
19 Votes or Money? Theory and Evidence from the US Congress Francesco Trebbi
18 Measuring and Modeling Execution Cost and Risk Jeffrey Russell
17 Tipping and Concentration in Markets with Indirect Network Jean-Pierre Dubé, Günter Hitsch, and Pradeep Chintagunta
16 Competition and Truth in the Market for News Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro
15 The Consequences of Mortgage Credit Expansion: Evidence from the 2007 Mortgage Default Crisis Atif Mian and Amir Sufi
14 Procrastination and Impatience Luigi Zingales
13 Social Capital as Good Culture Luigi Zingales
12 Mandatory IFRS Reporting Around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences

Christian Leuz

11 Understanding Trust Luigi Zingales
10 What Drives Media Slant? Evidence from U.S. Daily Newspapers Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro
9 Measuring the Dynamics of Young and Small Businesses: Integrating the Employer and Nonemployer Universes Steven J. Davis
8

Was the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Really This Costly?

Christian Leuz
7

Investment Spikes: New Facts and a General Equilibrium Exploration

Anil K Kashyap
6 Market Forces and News Media in Muslim Countries Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro
5

Adopting a Label: Heterogeneity in the Economic Consequences of IFRS Adoptions

Christian Leuz
4 The Contradiction in China’s Gradualist Banking Reforms Anil K Kashyap
3 Who Blows the Whistle on Corporate Fraud? Luigi Zingales
2 Cost of Capital Effects and Changes in Growth Expectations around U.S. Cross-Listings Christian Leuz
1 Is the U.S. Capital Market Losing Its Competitive Edge? Luigi Zingales