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The $700 Billion Question. Jeremy Stein, September 23, 2008, Op-Ed. "Henry Paulson, the Treasury secretary, has opened the government checkbook and is poised to spend $700…
In search of the chains that hold Brazil back, Ricardo Hausmann, September 2008, Paper, This paper performs a Growth Diagnostic for Brazil. It shows that many aspects of…
WHY IS FISCAL POLICY OFTEN PROCYCLICAL? Alberto Alesina, Filipe R. Campante, September 2008, Paper. "Fiscal policy is procyclical in many developing countries. We…
Can Exchange Rates Forecast Commodity Prices? Kenneth Rogoff, June 29, 2008, Paper. "We show that "commodity currency" exchange rates have remarkably robust power in…
The growing current account surpluses in East Asia: the effect of dark matter assets. Ricardo Hausmann, June 12, 2008, Paper. "In a series of papers we have developed the notion…
Stabilizing State and Local Budgets: A Proposal for Tax-base Insurance. Akash Deep, Robert Lawrence, June 1, 2008, Paper. "When the federal government suffers a temporary economic…
Productivity Growth and Countercyclical Budgetary Policy: What Do We Learn from OECD Panel Data? Philippe Aghion, June 2008, Paper. "A common view among macroeconomists is…
A Gap-Filling Theory of Corporate Debt Maturity Choice. Jeremy Stein, Robin Greenwood, Samuel Hanson, June 2008, Paper. "We argue that time-series variation in the maturity…
Taxation, Efficiency, and Economic Growth. Dale Jorgenson, Mun Ho, May 9, 2008, Book Chapter. "In this paper we model U.S. labor supply and demand over the next 25 years.…
Smart Taxes: An Open Invitation to Join the Pigou Club. N. Gregory Mankiw, March 8, 2008, Paper. "Many economists favor higher taxes on energy-related products such as…