Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

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Editors' Summary pp. ix-xxvi: The Editors
Policy and Performance Links between LDC Debtors and Industrial Nations pp. 303-368: Rüdiger Dornbusch
Floating Exchange Rates: Experience and Prospects pp. 369-464: Maurice Obstfeld
The Time Series Consumption Function Revisited pp. 465-521: Alan Blinder and Angus Deaton
External Debt and Macroeconomic Performance in Latin America and East Asia pp. 523-573: Jeffrey D. Sachs
Shifting Norms in Wage Determination pp. 575-608: Daniel J. B. Mitchell
Innovation and Productivity in U.S. Industry pp. 609-639: Martin Neil Baily and Alok K. Chakrabarti

Editors' Summary pp. ix-xxviii: The Editors
Taxes and the Investment Recovery pp. 1-45: Barry Bosworth
Manufacturing Wage Dispersion: An End Game Interpretation pp. 47-116: Colin Lawrence and Robert Lawrence
The Dollar and the Policy Mix: 1985 pp. 117-197: Jeffrey D. Sachs
The Dazzling Dollar pp. 199-217: Jeffrey Frankel
U.S. International Capital Flows and the Dollar pp. 219-236: Peter Isard and Lois Stekler
The Decline and Fall of the Dollar: Some Policy Issues pp. 237-244: Stephen N. Marris
Three Discussion Papers from the Symposium on Exchange Rates pp. 245-259: Richard N. Cooper
Comments and Discussion (Symposium on the Exchange Rate) pp. 260-262: Participants Bpea
Understanding Inflation in the 1980s pp. 263-302: Robert J. Gordon

Editors' Summary pp. vii-xxiii: The Editors
Perspectives on High World Real Interest Rates pp. 273-334: Olivier Blanchard and Lawrence Summers
Latin American Debt: I Don't Think We Are in Kansas Anymore pp. 335-403: Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Bank Regulation and the Effectiveness of Open Market Operations pp. 405-455: John H. Kareken
Stock Prices and Social Dynamics pp. 457-510: Robert Shiller
Exchange Rates and the Prices of Nonfood, Nonfuel Products pp. 511-536: Wing Woo
Unemployment and Potential Output in the 1980s pp. 537-568: Robert J. Gordon

Editors' Summary pp. vii-xxii: The Editors
Macroeconomic Policy Coordination among the Industrial Economies pp. 1-76: Gilles Oudiz and Jeffrey Sachs
The U.S. Response to Foreign Industrial Targeting pp. 77-132: Paul Krugman
Productivity and Profits in the 1980s: Are They Really Improving? pp. 133-182: Peter Clark
Wage Concessions and Long-Term Union Wage Flexibility pp. 183-222: Robert J. Flanagan
Do Long-Term Interest Rates Overreact to Short-Term Interest Rates? pp. 223-248: N. Gregory Mankiw and Lawrence Summers
Changes in the Financial System: Implication for Monetary Policy pp. 249-272: Thomas D. Simpson

William John Fellner, 1905-1983 pp. vi-vii: James Tobin
Editors' Summary pp. ix-xxvi: The Editors
Changing the Rules: Economic Consequences of the Thatcher Regime pp. 305-380: Willem Buiter and Marcus Miller
Heart and Minds: A Social Model of U.S. Productivity Growth pp. 381-450: Thomas E. Weisskopf, Samuel Bowles and David M. Gordon
Corporate Taxation in the United States pp. 451-514: Alan Auerbach
Some Aspects of the 1982-83 Brazilian Payments Crisis pp. 515-552: Carlos F. Diaz-Alejandro
Why Have Short-Term Interest Rates Been So High? pp. 553-586: Richard Clarida and Benjamin M. Friedman
What Have We Learned about Disinflation pp. 587-602: George Perry
Tentative Lessons from the Recent Disinflationary Effort pp. 603-610: Phillip Cagan and William Fellner

Editors' Summary pp. vii-xxiv: The Editors
Floating Exchange Rates after Ten years pp. 1-86: Jeffrey R. Shafer and Bonnie E. Loopesko
U.S. Labor Markets: Imbalance, Wage Growth, and Productivity in the 1970s pp. 87-128: James Medoff
Is Trade Deindustrializing America? A Medium-Term Perspective pp. 129-172: Robert Lawrence
Forward Rates and Future Policy: Interpreting the Term Structure of Interest Rates pp. 173-224: Robert Shiller, John Campbell and Kermit Schoenholtz
Why Is Insured Unemployment So Low? pp. 225-254: Gary Burtless
Real Wages and Unemployment in the OECD Countries pp. 255-304: Jeffrey D. Sachs

Editors' Summary pp. vii-xix: The Editors
Capital Formation and Economic Policy pp. 273-326: Barry Bosworth
An Econometric Examination of the New Federalism pp. 327-370: Edward Gramlich
A Note on Deregulation of Natural Gas Prices pp. 371-394: Richard N. Cooper
Financial Crises: Recent Experience in U.S. and International Markets pp. 395-422: Andrew S. Carron
The Productivity Growth Slowdown by Industry pp. 423-459: Martin Neil Baily
Interest Rates, Inflation, and Corporate Financial Policy pp. 461-491: Roger Gordon

Editors' Summary pp. vii-xxi: The Editors
The Gold Standard: Historical Facts and Future pp. 1-56: Richard N. Cooper
The Swedish Investment Funds System as a Stabilization Rule pp. 57-106: John Taylor
Policy Analysis with Econometric Models pp. 107-164: Christopher Sims
Recent Union Contract Concessions pp. 165-204: Daniel J. B. Mitchell
The Output Cost of Disinflation in Traditional and Vector Autoregressive Models pp. 205-244: Robert Gordon and Stephen R. King
Recent Monetary Developments and Controversies pp. 245-271: David E. Lindsey