Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1998Brookings Institution Press, 1998 M07 1 - 381 páginas 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 " The East Asian Financial Crisis: Diagnosis, Remedies, Prospects" by Steven Radelet and Jeffrey D. Sachs " Self-Control and Saving for Retirement" by David I. Laibson, Andrea Repetto, and Jeremy Tobacman " The Political Economy of Fiscal Adjustments" by Alberto Alesina, Roberto Perotti, and Jos Tavares Reports " The Wealth Dynamics of American Families, 1984-94" by Erik Hurst, Ming Ching Luoh, and Frank P. Stafford " Hours Reductions as Work-Sharing" by Jennifer Hunt |
Contenido
Evidence and Insights from East Asia | 1 |
Comments and Discussion | 115 |
Japans Slump and the Return of the Liquidity Trap | 137 |
Comments and Discussion | 188 |
Geography Demography and Economic Growth in Africa | 207 |
Comments and Discussion | 274 |
Supply Shocks and the TimeVarying NAIRU | 297 |
Comment and Discussion | 334 |
Japans Financial Problems | 347 |
Comment and Discussion | 376 |
Términos y frases comunes
active saving actual Africa African American aggregate analysis Asia assets authors average behavior billion borrowing cabinet capital flows coefficient of relative consumption costs crises decline deficit deflator depreciation developing discount economy effects equation estimated expected exponential exports factors financial markets fiscal adjustments fiscal policy foreign funds GDP deflator growth households hyperbolic consumers hyperbolic discounting important income increase Indonesia inflation inflows institutions investment investors Japan Japanese Korea Krugman labor lending liquidity trap loans macroeconomic Malaysia measure ment monetary base monetary policy NAIRU negative nominal interest rate output paper percent of GDP percentage points period political problems ratio real exchange rate real interest rate reduce regression relative risk aversion risk aversion Sachs sample saving rate sector short-term debt stability standard suggests supply shocks Thailand transparency TV-NAIRU unemployment rate variables wage wealth