Research " Monetary Policy , the Banking System, and Short -term Money Instrusments "

Monetary Policy , the Banking System, and Short -term Money Instrusments Measuring market concentration I define local housing markets as Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), Census Bureau approximations of local housing markets defined by observed commuting patterns.35 The SAT data that I use to measure student outcomes are taken from the early 1990s. Consequently, I use 1990 MSA definitions and draw demographic characteristics of each MSA from the 1990 Census.