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Working Paper No. 150Proposals for Changing the Functions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
December 01, 1995 The 50th anniversary of the signing of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank was celebrated at meetings in Washington, DC: at Bretton...more Publication -
Working Paper No. 149
Biennial Budgeting for the Federal Government
December 01, 1995 A two-year budget and appropriations cycle at the federal level has been endorsed by Republicans and Democrats during the past 20 years. The first congressional proposal for a federal biennial...more Publication -
Working Paper No. 153
Technology and the Demand for Skills
December 01, 1995 In this working paper Research Associate Edward N. Wolff documents changes during the period 1950–90 in aggregate skill levels of the workplace. Wolff investigates skill trends at the sectoral level,...more Publication -
Working Paper No. 152
Reforming Unemployment Insurance
December 01, 1995 In this working paper Resident Research Associate Oren M. Levin-Waldman builds on earlier work (see Working Paper No. 140) to argue that the unemployment insurance (UI) system is in need...more Publication -
Working Paper No. 151
The Working Poor and Welfare Recipiency
December 01, 1995 Many participants in the current welfare debate assume that welfare recipients are taking unfair advantage of government programs by avoiding work. However, a growing body of research indicates that this...more Publication -
Working Paper No. 148
Does an Independent Central Bank Violate Democracy?
November 01, 1995 The question of central bank independence is one of degree. A completely independent central bank is impossible as long as a country has provisions for altering central bank powers, even...more Publication -
Working Paper No. 147
Capital Gains Tax Cuts, Investment, and Growth
October 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Public Policy Brief No. 23A Critical Imbalance in US Trade
September 20, 1995 According to Wynne Godley, the significance of the deficit in the United States’ balance of payments has been underestimated in both public policy and academic discussions, despite the fact that...more Publication -
Public Policy Brief No. 22
Closing the R&D Gap
September 19, 1995 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,...more Publication -
Working Paper No. 146
The Stock Market and the Corporate Sector
September 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Working Paper No. 145
Financial Derivatives
August 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Working Paper No. 144
The Distributional Effects of Disinflationary Monetary Policy
July 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Working Paper No. 143
The Productivity Effects of Human Resource Management Practices
June 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Public Policy Brief No. 21
The Consolidated Assistance Program
May 09, 1995 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...more Publication -
Working Paper No. 142
Industrial Change and Social Mobility
May 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Working Paper No. 141
Financial Innovation and Risk Management
May 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Working Paper No. 140
The Deficiencies of the Unemployment Insurance System
May 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Public Policy Brief No. 20
Assessing the Constitutional Route to Federal Budget Balance
April 08, 1995 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...more Publication -
Public Policy Brief No. 19
Cooperate to Compete
April 05, 1995 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...more Publication -
Working Paper No. 139
On Stock Market Returns and Monetary Policy
April 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Working Paper No. 138
US Foreign Trade, the Budget Deficit, and Strategic Policy Problems
April 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Working Paper No. 137
Closing the R&D Gap
February 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Working Paper No. 136
Statistical Inference via Bootstrapping for Measures of Inequality
February 01, 1995 No further information available. Publication -
Public Policy Brief No. 18
The Economics of Aging
January 04, 1995 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...more Publication