Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

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Editors' Summary pp. vii-xxiii: The Editors
Perspectives on High World Real Interest Rates pp. 273-334: Olivier Blanchard and Lawrence H. 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 J. 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 H. 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 J. Shiller, John Campbell and Kermit L. 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 A. 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

Editors' Summary pp. vii-xxii: The Editors
The Thatcher Experiment: The First Two Years pp. 315-380: Willem Buiter and Marcus Miller
Relative Shocks, Relative Price Variability, and Inflation pp. 381-442: Stanley Fischer
Retail Inventory Behavior and Business Fluctuations pp. 443-520: Alan Blinder
Some Macro Foundations for Micro Theory pp. 521-592: Charles L. Schultze
The Debt of Developing Countries: Another Look pp. 593-608: Robert Solomon
Measuring Unemployment pp. 609-620: Lawrence H. Summers

Editors' Summary pp. vii-xxi: The Editors
Productivity and the Services of Capital and Labor pp. 1-66: Martin Neil Baily
Taxation and Corporate Investment: A q-Theory Approach pp. 67-140: Lawrence H. Summers
Innovations and Monetary Control pp. 141-200: Donald D. Hester
The Current Account and macroeconomic Adjustment in the 1970s pp. 201-282: Jeffrey D. Sachs
Unraveling the Real-Payment Twist pp. 283-298: Michael Lovell
Price Expectations of Business Firms pp. 299-314: Frank de Leeuw and Michael J. McKelvey