Smart Development Banks
The conventional paradigm about development banks is that these institutions exist to target well-identified market failures.
Research
Development Strategies Available to North Korea and Their Political Risks
There are only a limited number of strategies that North Korea could use to achieve sustained rapid economic development and all require access to world markets for Korean exports plus substantial inv
Reasons for Using Mixed Methods in the Evaluation of Complex Projects
Labor Market Shocks and the Demand for Trade Protection: Evidence from Online Surveys
We study preferences for government action in response to layoffs resulting from different types of labor-market shocks.
Development Incentives That Make Sense
The lesson from New York City's experience with Amazon: There are smarter ways to attract businesses than just dangling tax breaks.
Economics After Neoliberalism
Contemporary economics is finally breaking free from its market fetishism, offering plenty of tools we can use to make society more inclusive.
Privacy of Digital Government Services
Foundations of Migration Economics
This book presents a series of research articles written over the past four decades by leading economists George J. Borjas and Barry R. Chiswick.
Measuring China’s Economic Reform Progress
China’s post 1978 economic reforms have frequently been described with Deng Xiaoping’s phrase about “crossing the river while feeling the stones one by one”.
Firm Growth and Corruption: Empirical Evidence From Vietnam
This article tests whether firm growth reduces corruption, using data from over 10,000 Vietnamese firms.
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