National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
175 produkter
Corruption and Reform
Lessons from America's Economic History
Av Edward L. Glaeser, Claudia Goldin
Häftad, 2008
531 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Despite recent corporate scandals, the United States is among the world's least corrupt nations. But in the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of today's most corrupt developing nations as municipal governments and robber barons alike found new ways to …
Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis
Av Alberto Alesina, Francesco Giavazzi
Inbunden, 2013
2088 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The recent recession has brought fiscal policy back to the forefront, with economists and policy makers struggling to reach a consensus on issues like tax rates and government spending. At the heart of the debate are fiscal multipliers, whose size and sensitivity determine the power of such …
Housing and the Financial Crisis
Av Edward L. Glaeser, Todd Sinai
Inbunden, 2013
1130 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Conventional wisdom held that housing prices couldn't fall. But the spectacular boom and bust of the housing market during the first decade of the twenty-first century and millions of foreclosed homeowners have made it clear that housing is no different from any other asset in its ability to climb …
Health Care Issues in the United States and Japan
Av David A. Wise, Naohiro Yashiro
Inbunden, 2006
838 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Recent data show wide disparity between Japan and the United States in the effectiveness of their health care systems. Japan spends close to the lowest percentage of its gross domestic product on health care among OECD countries, the United States spends the highest, yet life expectancies in Japan …
Globalization in Historical Perspective
Av Michael D. Bordo, Alan M. Taylor m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
662 kr
Lägg i varukorg
As awareness of globalization grows, so too does our need to understand it historically. This volume is one of the few to consider globalization in the context of the history of international trade. Its eleven papers explore a synthesized variety of topics, including how the process of …
Issues in US-EC Trade Relations
Av Robert E. Baldwin, Carl B. Hamilton m. fl.
Inbunden, 1988
1840 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A viable system of international trade requires the active support of both the United States and the European Community, the world's largest trading partners and, consequently, the primary forces shaping the post-World War II international trading regime. In recent years, however, a series of …
Challenges to Globalization
Analyzing the Economics
Av Robert E. Baldwin, L. Alan Winters
Häftad, 2007
428 kr
Lägg i varukorg
"Challenges to Globalization" evaluates the arguments of proglobalists and anti-globalists regarding issues such as globalization's relationship to democracy, its impact on the environment and on labor markets and wage levels, and the associated expansion of trade and its effects on prices. The …
Shared Capitalism at Work
Employee Ownership, Profit and Gain Sharing, and Broad-Based Stock Options
Av Douglas L. Kruse, Richard B. Freeman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1174 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The historical relationship between capital and labor has changed radically in the past few decades. One particularly noteworthy development is the rise of shared capitalism, a system in which workers have become partial owners of their firms and thus, in effect, both employees and stockholders. …
Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan
Av Magnus Blomstrom, Jennifer Corbett m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1325 kr
Lägg i varukorg
As Japan's decade-long economic stagnation continues, there has been much analysis of the immediate macroeconomic problems that confront the Japanese economy. This book looks past the short-run challenges to the future of Japan and highlights the intermediate and longer-term issues that country …
Great Inflation
The Rebirth of Modern Central Banking
Av Michael D. Bordo, Athanasios Orphanides
Inbunden, 2013
1236 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Controlling inflation is among the most important objectives of economic policy. By maintaining price stability, policy makers are able to reduce uncertainty, improve price-monitoring mechanisms, and facilitate more efficient planning and allocation of resources. This volume focuses on …
Risk Topography
Systemic Risk and Macro Modeling
Av Markus Brunnermeier, Arvind Krishnamurthy
Inbunden, 2014
1051 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The recent financial crisis and the difficulty of using mainstream macroeconomic models to accurately monitor systemic risk have stimulated new analyses of how we measure economic activity and the development of more sophisticated models in which the financial sector plays a greater role. Markus …
Asset Prices and Monetary Policy
Inbunden, 2008
1051 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Economic growth, low inflation, and financial stability are among the most important goals of policy makers, and central banks such as the Federal Reserve are key institutions for achieving these goals. In "Asset Prices and Monetary Policy", leading scholars and practitioners probe the interaction …
Risks of Financial Institutions
Inbunden, 2007
1272 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Until about twenty years ago, the consensus view on the cause of financial-system distress was fairly simple: a run on one bank could easily turn to a panic involving runs on all banks, destroying some and disrupting the financial system. Since then, however, a series of events—such as …
G7 Current Account Imbalances
Sustainability and Adjustment
Inbunden, 2007
2525 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The current account deficit of the United States is more than six percent of its gross domestic product—an all-time high. And the rest of the world, including other G7 countries such as Japan and Germany, must collectively run current account surpluses to finance this deficit. How long can such …
American Universities in a Global Market
Häftad, 2012
788 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In higher education, the United States is the preeminent global leader, dominating the list of the world's top research universities. But there are signs that America's position of global leadership will face challenges in the future, as it has in other realms of international competition. …
Economics of Food Price Volatility
Av Jean-Paul Chavas, David Hummels m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1245 kr
Lägg i varukorg
There has been an increase in food price instability in recent years, with varied consequences for farmers, market participants, and consumers. Before policy makers can design schemes to reduce food price uncertainty or ameliorate its effects, they must first understand the factors that have …
Health at Older Ages
The Causes and Consequences of Declining Disability Among the Elderly
Av David M. Cutler, David A. Wise
Inbunden, 2009
1767 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Americans are living longer - and staying healthier longer - than ever before. Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health-care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off than they were twenty years ago. In "Health at Older Ages", a distinguished team of economists …
Economic Regulation and Its Reform
What Have We Learned?
Inbunden, 2014
1037 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The past thirty years have witnessed a transformation of government economic intervention in segments of industry throughout the world. Many industries historically subject to economic price and entry controls have been largely deregulated, including natural gas, airlines, and commercial banking. …
Macroeconomics of Populism in Latin America
Av Rudiger Dornbusch, Sebastian Edwards
Häftad, 1992
414 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Again and again, Latin America has seen the populist scenario played to an unfortunate end. Upon gaining power, populist governments attempt to revive the economy through massive spending. After an initial recovery, inflation reemerges and the government responds with wage an price controls. …
Human Capital in History
The American Record
Av Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1051 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Human Capital in History brings together contributions from leading researchers in economic history, labor economics, the economics of education, and related fields. Building on Claudia Goldin's landmark research on the labor history of the United States, the contributors consider the roles of …
Capital Flows and the Emerging Economies
Theory, Evidence, and Controversies
Inbunden, 2000
1767 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The 1990s witnessed several acute currency crises among developing nations that invariably spread to nearby at-risk countries. These episodes - in Mexico, Thailand, South Korea, Russia and Brazil - were all exacerbated by speculative foreign investments and high-volume movements in capital in and …
Preventing Currency Crises in Emerging Markets
Av Sebastian Edwards, Jeffrey A. Frankel
Inbunden, 2002
1404 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Economists and policymakers are still trying to understand the lessons of recent financial crises in emerging markets. In this volume, academics, public officials and economists explore the causes of and effective policy responses to international currency crises. Topics covered include exchange …
How the Financial Crisis and Great Recession Affected Higher Education
Av Jeffrey R. Brown, Caroline M. Hoxby
Inbunden, 2015
991 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The recent financial crisis had a profound effect on both public and private universities, which faced shrinking endowments, declining charitable contributions, and reductions in government support. Universities responded to these stresses in different ways. This volume presents new evidence on the …
Capitalizing China
Av Joseph P. H. Fan, Randall Morck
Inbunden, 2012
1990 kr
Lägg i varukorg
China's economic boom over the last two decades has taken many analysts by surprise, given the ongoing role of central government planning. Its current growth trajectory suggests that the size of its economy could soon surpass that of the United States and some argue that continued growth and the …
Impact of International Trade on Wages
Inbunden, 2000
943 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Since the early 1980s, the US economy has experienced a growing wage differential: high-skilled workers have claimed an increasing share of available income, while low-skilled workers have seen an absolute decline in real wages. How and why this disparity has arisen is a matter of ongoing debate …
China's Growing Role in World Trade
Av Robert C. Feenstra, Shang-Jin Wei
Inbunden, 2010
1218 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in world trade to being one of the world's largest exporters, a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate outputs, and other goods, and both a recipient and source of foreign investment. Not surprisingly, China's …
China's Growing Role in World Trade
Av Robert C. Feenstra, Shang-Jin Wei
Häftad, 2012
936 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In less than three decades, China has grown from playing a negligible role in international trade to being one of the world's largest exporters, a substantial importer of raw materials, intermediate outputs, and other goods, and both a recipient and source of foreign investment. Not surprisingly, …
American Economic Policy in the 1980s
Häftad, 1995
514 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The American economy in the 1980s was characterized by a lowering of personal taxes and inflation, spiraling government debt, decreased spending on domestic programmes, and the sharpest post-World War II recession, followed by nearly eight years of strong economic growth. In this study, …
International Capital Flows
Häftad, 1999
440 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Recent changes in technology, along with the opening up of many regions previously closed to investment, have led to explosive growth in the international movement of capital. Flows from foreign direct investment and debt and equity financing can bring countries substantial gains by augmenting …
Distributional Aspects of Social Security and Social Security Reform
Av Martin Feldstein, Jeffrey B. Liebman
Inbunden, 2002
814 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Social security is the largest and perhaps the most popular program run by the federal government. Given the projected increase in both individual life expectancy and sheer number of retirees, however, the current system faces an eventual overload. Alternative proposals have emerged, ranging from …
