Publications

1686 publications found

• Public Policy Brief September 19, 1995

  Closing the R&D Gap

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  Both spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Thomas Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures […]

• Working Paper September 01, 1995

  The Stock Market and the Corporate Sector

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• Working Paper August 01, 1995

  Financial Derivatives

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• Working Paper July 01, 1995

  The Distributional Effects of Disinflationary Monetary Policy

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• Working Paper June 01, 1995

  The Productivity Effects of Human Resource Management Practices

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• Public Policy Brief May 09, 1995

  The Consolidated Assistance Program

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  In this brief, Oren M. Levin-Waldman examines the structure of existing welfare programs and concludes that the current array of benefits could be synchronized and consolidated to create a new system that would provide economic incentives to work. He suggests combining elements of the earned income tax credit (EITC) and current welfare programs into one […]

• Working Paper May 01, 1995

  Industrial Change and Social Mobility

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• Working Paper May 01, 1995

  Financial Innovation and Risk Management

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• Working Paper May 01, 1995

  The Deficiencies of the Unemployment Insurance System

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• Public Policy Brief April 08, 1995

  Assessing the Constitutional Route to Federal Budget Balance

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  Charles J. Whalen evaluates the political and economic arguments in favor of a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget and concludes that, although today’s federal budget process needs reform, the balanced budget amendment is not a solution. In fact, such an amendment would divert attention from what is really needed, namely, establishing priorities and making […]

• Public Policy Brief April 05, 1995

  Cooperate to Compete

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  Takao Kato outlines the types of human resource management practices (HRMPs) used in Japan and the effect of these employee participation programs on employee productivity and economic competitiveness. From these findings about the effects of HRMPs on Japanese productivity, Kato draws several conclusions for the direction that American policy might take in order to raise […]

• Working Paper April 01, 1995

  On Stock Market Returns and Monetary Policy

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• Working Paper April 01, 1995

  US Foreign Trade, the Budget Deficit, and Strategic Policy Problems

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• Working Paper February 01, 1995

  Closing the R&D Gap

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• Working Paper February 01, 1995

  Statistical Inference via Bootstrapping for Measures of Inequality

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• Public Policy Brief January 04, 1995

  The Economics of Aging

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  S. Jay Levy presents a preliminary study of the consumption patterns of retirees and nonretirees during the 1980s, paying particular attention to the distribution of the national consumer product. The consumer product increased in aggregate size during the period, but the retirees’ portion of it grew four times faster than the working households’ share. Indeed, […]

• Working Paper January 01, 1995

  Aggregate Demand and Micro Behavior

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• Working Paper January 01, 1995

  Monetary Policy, Stock Returns, and the Role of Credit in the Transmission of Monetary Policy

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• Working Paper January 01, 1995

  Federal Budget Balance—Tonic or Toxin?

• Public Policy Brief January 01, 1995

  Narrow Banking Reconsidered

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  The functional approach to reforming the financial system advocates the structural separation of the depository and lending functions of banks. As a result of such a separation, monetary and credit policy undergo a parallel separation, and government supervision and regulation of the banking industry are modified. The policy prescription developed within this approach is narrow […]

• Working Paper January 01, 1995

  Explaining Japan’s Saving Rate

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• Working Paper December 01, 1994

  The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Need to Synchronize Public Assistance Benefits

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• Working Paper December 01, 1994

  Can We Afford Grandma and Grandpa?

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• Working Paper December 01, 1994

  The Credibility of the Federal Reserve’s Monetary Targets

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