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bonuses for
cheating to meet testing standards by
firing of
incentives of
male vs. female
proficiency of
television
Temple, Shirley
terrorism
deterrence of
fear of
money raising for
threats of
see also Ku Klux Klan; September 11 terrorist attacks
testing:
of adopted children
of black vs. white children
data of
family factors and
of girls vs. boys
high-stakes
multiple-choice
repeat
teacher cheating to meet high standards of
Texas, University of
Texas, University of, at Arlington
Southwestern Medical Center at
Thaler, Richard
Theory of Moral Sentiments, The (Smith)
Thomas, Clarence
Thurmond, Strom
Time
tipping point
tips, pooling of
Tokhtakhounov, Alimzhan
Tour de France
tragedy of the commons
Trilby (Levitt’s friend)
Tuskegee Institute
twin studies
Twitchell, James B.
“Understanding the Black-White Test Score Gap in the First Two Years of School” (Fryer)
“Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990’s: Four Factors That Explain the Decline and Seven That Do Not” (Levitt)
Undis, David
union busting
United Network for Organ Sharing
University Press of Florida
utility maximization
Venkatesh, Sudhir
Vienna
voting
Wade, Henry
Waksal, Sam
Walk, Hunter
Wall Street Journal
Wal-Mart
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Weakest Link, The
weapons of mass destruction
weather
weight loss
West Palm Beach airport
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Wikipedia
William Morris Agency
William Morrow/HarperCollins
Wilson, James Q.
Wilson, William Julius
Wilson, Woodrow
women’s rights
WorldCom
Worldly Philosophers, The (Heilbroner)
World Series
World Transplant Congress
World War II
Yahoo!
yakuza
Yale University
About the Authors
STEVEN D. LEVITT teaches economics at the University of Chicago; he recently received the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded every two years to the best American economist under forty.
STEPHEN J. DUBNER lives in New York City; he writes for the New York Times and The New Yorker and is the national bestselling author of Turbulent Souls and Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper.
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* Concerning the teenage girl named Temptress: judging from Chastity’s poor showing here, it is doubtful that Temptress would have gained much benefit from being called Chastity.
* See Chapter 6 in Notes Section.
* With a minimum of 100 occurrences.
* With a minimum of 100 occurrences
* With a minimum of 10 occurrences.
* With a minimum of 10 occurrences.
* Madison almost certainly came from the 1984 movie Splash, starring Daryl Hannah as a mermaid who comes ashore in New York City and takes her name from the street sign for Madison Avenue. For humans, the name soon progressed from exceedingly rare to a perennial top five choice.
* We immediately wondered if Hunter’s order would be counted as a bulk sale, and therefore underweighted on the New York Times best-seller list.
* Concerning the teenage girl named Temptress on p. 165: judging from Chastity’s poor showing here, it is doubtful that Temptress would have gained much benefit from being called Chastity.