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2008

Do Universities Generate Agglomeration Spillovers? Evidence from Endowment Value Shocks

Shawn Kantor
University of California, Merced
NBER
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow

Alexander Whalley
University of California, Merced
NBER


February 2010 | Issue# 96

2008

Staying on the Path to a Secure Retirement: Using the Asset-Salary Ratio as a Retirement Compass

P. Brett Hammond
Chief Investment Strategist
TIAA-CREF

David P. Richardson
Principal Research Fellow
TIAA-CREF Institute


December 2009 | Issue# 95

2008

Framing, Reference Points, and Preferences for Life Annuities
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NBER
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow

Jeffrey R. Kling
The Brookings Institution
NBER

Sendhil Mullainathan
Harvard University
NBER

Garth R. Wiens
Harvard University

Marian V. Wrobel
Harvard University
November 2008 | Issue# 94

The Role of Retirement Personality Type in Motivating Women to Plan for Retirement
Jean M. Lown
Professor of Family, Consumer, and Human Development
Utah State University
September 2008 | Issue# 93

Perceptions of Early Career Faculty: Managing the Transition from Graduate School to the Professorial Career
Jerry Berberet
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Carroll College
Founding Executive Director, Associated New American Colleges
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow
June 2008 | Issue# 92

Do Public Subsidies for Higher Education Affect Regional Economic Development?
Shawn Kantor    
University of California, Merced 
NBER
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow

Alex Whalley
University of California, Merced
May 2008 | Issue# 91

Pension Plan Characteristics and Framing Effects in Employee Savings Behavior
David Card
Department of Economics
University of California, Berkeley
and National Bureau of Economic Research

Michael R Ransom
Department of Economics
Brigham Young University
May 2008 | Issue# 90

The 5% Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit: Paying Something for Nothing?
Benny Goodman
TIAA-CREF
Seth Tanenbaum
TIAA-CREF
April 2008 | Issue# 89

Why Don't the People Insure Late Life Consumption? A Framing Explanation of the Under-Annuitization Puzzle
Jeffrey R. Brown
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NBER
TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow
Jeffrey R. Kling
The Brookings Institution and NBER
Sendhil Mullainathan
Harvard University and NBER
Marian V. Wrobel
Harvard University
April 2008 | Issue# 88

2007

The Reshaping of America's Academic Workforce
David W. Leslie, TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow,
The College of William and Mary
March 2007 | Issue# 87

2005

Faculty Recruitment and Retention: Concerns of Early and Mid-Career Faculty
Carroll-Ann Trotman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Betsy E. Brown, University of North Carolina
December 2005 | Issue# 86

Maximizing Long-term Wealth Accumulation: It's Not Just About "What" Investments To Make, But Also "Where" To Make Them
Robert M. Dammon, Carnegie Mellon University
James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chester S. Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University
Harold H. Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas
October 2005 | Issue# 85

Late Career Faculty Perceptions: Implications for Retirement Planning and Policymaking
Jerry Berberet, Associated New American Colleges
Carole J. Bland, University of Minnesota
Betsy E. Brown, University of North Carolina
Kelly R. Risbey, University of Minnesota
June 2005 | Issue# 84

College Savings Options and The Impact of Savings on Financial Aid
Jennifer Ma, TIAA-CREF Institute
March 2005 | Issue# 83

2004

Recruitment, Retention, and Retirement: Compensation and Employment Policies For Higher Education
Robert L. Clark, North Carolina State University
Madeleine d'Ambrosio, TIAA-CREF Institute
December 2004 | Issue# 82

The Outlook Of Retiree Health Benefits
Sylvester J. Schieber, Watson Wyatt Worldwide and TIAA-CREF Institute Fellow
September 2004 | Issue# 81

What Happened to TIAA-CREF Participant Premium and Asset Allocations From 2000 to 2004?
Jacob S. Rugh, TIAA-CREF Institute
June 2004 | Issue# 80

Highlights of the 2003 NACUBO Endowment Study Education
Mimi Lord, TIAA-CREF
March 2004 | Issue# 79

2003

Ignorance Is Not Bliss: The Importance Of Financial Education
Robert L. Clark, North Carolina State University
Madeleine d'Ambrosio, TIAA-CREF Institute
December 2003 | Issue# 78

Do We Have a Retirement Crisis in America?
Douglas Fore, TIAA-CREF Institute
September 2003 | Issue# 77

Understanding The Impact of Employer Matching on 401(k) Saving
Gary V. Engelhardt, Syracuse University
Anil Kumar, Syracuse University
June 2003 | Issue# 76

Capital Gains Taxes and Portfolio Rebalancing
Robert M. Dammon, Carnegie Mellon University
Chester S. Spatt, Carnegie Mellon University
Harold H. Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University
March 2003 | Issue# 75

2002

Recent Trends in the Selection of Retirement Income Streams Among TIAA-CREF Participants
John Ameriks, TIAA-CREF Institute
December 2002 | Issue# 74

Understanding and Using Inflation Bonds
P. Brett Hammond, TIAA-CREF
September 2002 | Issue# 73

The Adequacy of Life Insurance
Jagadeesh Gokhale, Ph.D.
Laurence J. Kotikoff, Boston University
April 2002 | Issue# 72

The Influence of Pensions on Behavior: How Much Do We Really Know?
Alan L. Gustman, Dartmouth College
Thomas L. Steinmeier, Texas Tech University
April 2002 | Issue# 71

Saving for College with 529 Plans and Other Options: An Update
Jennifer Ma, TIAA-CREF Institute
Douglas Fore, TIAA-CREF Institute
January 2002 | Issue# 70

2001

Faculty Retirement Policies after the End of Mandatory Retirement
Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Cornell University
Michael J. Rizzo, Cornell University
October 2001 | Issue# 69

Has Pay for Performance Gone Awry? Views from a Corporate Governance Forum
Stuart Gillian, TIAA-CREF Institute
July 2001 | Issue# 68

Saving for College: A Comparison of Section 529 Plans with Other Options
Jennifer Ma, TIAA-CREF Institute
Douglas Fore, TIAA-CREF Institute
March 2001 | Issue# 67

2000

Saving for Retirement: The Importance of Planning
Annamaria Lusardi, Dartmouth College
December 2000 | Issue# 66

Trends in TIAA-CREF Participant Premium and Asset Allocations: 1986 - 2000
John Ameriks, TIAA-CREF Institute
November 2000 | Issue# 65

The Morningstar Mutual Fund Star Ratings: What Investors Should Know
Matthew Morey, Pace University
July 2000 | Issue# 64

Financing Long-Term Care: Needs, Attitudes, Current Insurance Products, and Policy Innovations
Mark J. Warshawsky, TIAA-CREF Institute
Lee Granza, TIAA-CREF
Anna Madamba, TIAA-CREF
March 2000 | Issue# 63

1999

Coming of Age in Academia: A Study of Retired Faculty in the United Kingdom and the United States
Suzanne S. Taylor, University of Rhode Island
December 1999 | Issue# 62

Women and Retirement
Vickie Bajtelsmit, Colorado State University and Alexandra Bernasek, Colorado State University
October 1999 | Issue# 61

The Retirement Patterns and Annuitization Decisions of a Cohort of TIAA-CREF Participants
John Ameriks, TIAA-CREF Institute
October 1999 | Issue# 60

Household Asset Portfolios and the Reform of the Housing Finance Market
Andrew Caplin, New York University, Sewin Chan, Rutgers University, Charles Freeman, Chase Manhattan Mortgage Company and Joseph Tracy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
February 1999 | Issue# 59

1998

To Retire or Not? Examining Life after the End of Mandatory Retirement in Higher Education
Robert L. Clark, North Carolina State University and P. Brett Hammond, TIAA-CREF
December 1998 | Issue# 58

Investing for a Distant Goal: Optimal Asset Allocation and Attitudes toward Risk
Jim Musumeci, Southern Illinois University
September 1998 | Issue# 56

Distributions from Retirement Plans: Minimum Requirements, Current Options, and Future Directions
Mark J. Warshawsky, TIAA-CREF Institute
September 1998 | Issue# 57

Higher Education: Enrollment Trends and Staffing Needs
Carol Frances, Kaludis Consulting Group
March 1998 | Issue# 55

Chronological List and Abstracts for Research Dialogue, Numbers 43-53, March 1995 - December 1997
January 1998 | Issue# 54

1997

Income Security for the Third Age: Concepts and Sources
Yung-Ping Chen, University of Massachusetts
December 1997 | Issue# 53

A Nonrandom Walk Down Wall Street: Recent Advances in Financial Technology
Andrew W. Lo, Harris & Harris Group Professor, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
September 1997 | Issue# 52

Premium Allocations and Accumulations in TIAA-CREF -- Trends in Participant Choices among Asset Classes and Investment Accounts
John Ameriks, Francis P. King, and Mark J. Warshawsky, Corporate Research, with the assistance of Shaya Stern, Actuarial Technical, TIAA-CREF
July 1997 | Issue# 51

Faculty Pension Choices in a Public Institution: Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans
Robert L. Clark, Professor, College of Management; Loretta Harper, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources; and M. Melinda Pitts, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Economics, all of North Carolina State University
March 1997 | Issue# 50

1996

Pension and Health Benefits for Workers in Higher Education
Mark J. Warshawsky, Manager of Pension and Economic Research, and John Ameriks, Research Associate, TIAA-CREF
December 1996 | Issue# 49

Trends in the Selection of TIAA-CREF Life-Annuity Income Options,1978-1994
Francis P. King, Senior Research Officer, TIAA-CREF
July 1996 | Issue# 48

Real Bonds and Inflation Protection for Retirement
P. Brett Hammond, Director of Strategic Research, TIAA-CREF
March 1996 | Issue# 47

1995

The TIAA Graded Payment Method and the CPI
By Francis P. King, Senior Research Officer, TIAA-CREF
December 1995 | Issue# 46

Longevity's Gift: A Second Middle Age
By Lydia Bront, Carnegie Corporation of New York
December 1995 | Issue# 45

Planning for Retirement — The Age of Individual Responsibility
Francis P. King, Senior Research Officer, TIAA-CREF
July 1995 | Issue# 44

The Retirement Security of the Baby Boom Generation
John B. Shoven, Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics, and Dean, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
March 1995 | Issue# 43