For almost thirty years, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) has provided academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research of current economic issues.
Contents include:
Articles
Macroeconomic Performance and the Disadvantaged, David M. Cutler and Lawrence F. Katz
Why Has the Natural Rate of Unemployment Increased over Time?, Chinhui Juhn, Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel
House Price Dynamics: The Role of Tax Policy and Demography Reports, James M. Poterba
The Credit Crunch, Ben S. Bernanke and Cara S. Lown The 1991 State and Local Fiscal Crisis Symposium on the Soviet Economy after Communism, Edward M. Gramlich
Economic Reform in the US and the Role of Aid, Stanley Fischer
Economic Reforms in the Sovereign States of the Former Soviet Union, William W. Hogan
Do Borders Matter? Soviet Economic Reform after the Coup, William D. Nordhaus, Merton J. Peck, and Thomas J. Richardson
Reversing the Soviet Economic Collapse, Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny
About the Author: William C. Brainard is professor of economics at Yale University. George L. Perry is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution.
