## 2016

[**Housing, Housing Policy, and Housing Finance: Time for a Re-Assessmen**t](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/Housing%20Housing%20Policy%20and%20Housing%20Finance%20Time%20for%20a%20ReAssessment.pdf), Lawrence J. White, Working Paper EC-16-01, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

**[The Credit Rating Agencies: An Analysis through the Lenses of Industrial Organization, Finance, and Regulation](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/The%20Credit%20Rating%20Agencies,%20An%20Analysis%20through%20the%20Lenses%20of%20Industrial%20Organization,%20Finance,%20and%20Regulation.pdf)**, Lawrence J. White, Working Paper EC-16-02, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

**[A Theory of Rational Attitude Polarization,](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/A%20Theory%20of%20Rational%20Attitude%20Polarization.pdf)** Juan Dubra, Working Paper EC-16-03, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

**[Understanding Uncertainty Shocks and the Role of the Black Swan](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/Understanding%20Uncertainty%20Shocks%20and%20the%20Role%20of%20Black%20Swans.pdf)**, Laura Veldkamp and Anna Orlik, Working Paper EC-16-04, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

**[Patent Citations - An Analysis of Quality Differences and Citing Practices in Hybrid Corn](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/Patent%20Citations%20an%20Analysis%20of%20Quality%20Differences%20and%20Citing%20Practices%20in%20Hybrid%20Corn.pdf)**, Petra Moser, Joerg Ohmstedt, and Paul M. Rhode, Working Paper EC-16-05, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

**[Patents and Innovation in Economic History](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/PATENTS%20AND%20INNOVATION%20IN%20ECONOMIC%20HISTORY.pdf)**, Petra Moser, Working Paper EC-16-06, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

**[Pareto weights as wedges in two-country models](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/Pareto%20weights%20as%20wedges%20in%20two-country%20models.pdf)**, David Backus, Chase Coleman, Axelle Ferriere, and Spencer Lyon, Working Paper EC-16-07, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

[**Term structures of asset prices and returns**](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/Term%20structures%20of%20asset%20prices%20and%20returns.pdf), David Backus, Nina Boyarchenko, and Mikhail Chernov, Working Paper EC-16-08, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

[**Taking Orders and Taking Notes: Dealer Information Sharing in Financial Markets**](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/Taking%20Orders%20and%20Taking%20Notes%20-%20Dealer%20Information%20Sharing%20in%20Financial%20Markets.pdf). Nina Boyarchenko, David O. Lucca, and Laura Veldkamp, Working Paper EC-16-09, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

**[Credit Institutions, Ownership and Bank Lending in Transition Countries](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/Credit%20Institutions,%20Ownership%20and%20Bank%20Lending%20in%20Transition%20Countries.pdf)**, Rainer Haselmann, Paul Wachtel, and Jonas Sobott, Working Paper EC-16-10, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

[**Falling under the control of a different type of owner : risk-taking implications for Banks**](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/Falling%20under%20the%20control%20of%20a%20different%20type%20of%20owner%20risk-taking%20implications%20for%20Banks.pdf), Thierno Amadou Barry, Amine Tarazi, and Paul Wachtel, Working Paper EC-16-11, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

[**Reporting heterogeneity effects in modelling self reports of health**](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/Reporting%20heterogeneity%20effects%20in%20modelling%20self%20reports.pdf), William Greene, Mark N. Harris, Bruce Hollingsworth, Rachel Knott, and Nigel Rice, Working Paper EC-16-12, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

**[Frictional Investment and the Sources of Misallocation](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/Frictional%20Investment%20and%20the%20Sources%20of%20Misallocation.pdf)**, Joel M. David and Venky Venkateswaran, Working Paper EC-16-13, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

[**Screening and Adverse Selection in Frictional Markets**](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/Screening%20and%20Adverse%20Section%20in%20Frictional%20Markets.pdf), Benjamin Lester, Ali Shourideh, Venky Venkateswaran, and Ariel Zetlin-Jones, Working Paper EC-16-14, Stern School of Business, N.Y.U. ---

**[Reforming the Selection of Rating Agencies in Securitization Markets: A Modest Proposal](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/economics/docs/workingpapers/2016/ReformingtheSelectionofRatingAgenciesinSecuritizationMarkets_LawrenceWhite.pdf)**, Howard Esaki and Lawrence White, Working Paper EC-16-15, Stern School of Business,NYU