Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

1970 - 2024

From Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution
Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Haowen Chen ().

Access Statistics for this journal.
Is something missing from the series or not right? See the RePEc data check for the archive and series.

Where Have All the Workers Gone? An Inquiry into the Decline of the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate pp. 1-87: Alan Krueger
Investmentless Growth: An Empirical Investigation pp. 89-190: German Gutierrez and Thomas Philippon
The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Iceland: A Postmortem Analysis of the 2008 Financial Crisis pp. 191-308: Sigríður Benediktsdóttir, Gauti Eggertsson and Eggert Þórarinsson
The European Trust Crisis and the Rise of Populism pp. 309-400: Yann Algan, Sergei Guriev, Elias Papaioannou and Evgenia Passari
Options for Corporate Tax Reform in 2017 pp. 401-408: Martin Feldstein
Demystifying the Destination-Based Cash-Flow Tax pp. 409-432: Alan Auerbach
A Macroeconomic Perspective on Border Taxes pp. 433-447: Gita Gopinath
Business Tax Burdens and Tax Reform pp. 449-471: James R. Hines, Jr.
General Discussion: Symposium on Business Tax Reform pp. 472-477: Participants Bpea
Strengthening and Streamlining Bank Capital Regulation pp. 479-565: Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson, Jeremy C. Stein and Adi Sunderam

The Disappointing Recovery of Output after 2009 pp. 1-81: John Fernald, Robert E. Hall, James H. Stock and Mark Watson
The Rise and Fall of U.S. Low-Skilled Immigration pp. 83-168: Gordon Hanson, Chen Liu and Craig McIntosh
Is Europe an Optimal Political Area? pp. 169-234: Alberto Alesina, Guido Tabellini and Francesco Trebbi
Safety, Liquidity, and the Natural Rate of Interest pp. 235-316: Marco Del Negro, Domenico Giannone, Marc Giannoni and Andrea Tambalotti
Monetary Policy in a Low Interest Rate World pp. 317-396: Michael Kiley and John Roberts
Mortality and Morbidity in the 21st Century pp. 397-476: Anne Case and Angus Deaton

Rules versus Discretion: A Reconsideration pp. 1-55: Narayana Kocherlakota
Understanding Bank Risk through Market Measures pp. 57-127: Natasha Sarin and Lawrence H. Summers
The Long Shadow of China’s Fiscal Expansion pp. 129-181: Chong-En Bai, Chang-Tai Hsieh and Zheng (Michael) Song
Macroeconomic Effects of Disruptions in Global Food Commodity Markets: Evidence for the United States pp. 183-286: Jasmien De Winne and Gert Peersman
Lower Oil Prices and the U.S. Economy: Is This Time Different? pp. 287-357: Christiane Baumeister and Lutz Kilian
The Initial Economic Impact of Brexit: An Update to Early December 2016 pp. 359-366: Maurice Obstfeld
Brexit's Long-Run Effects on the U.K. Economy pp. 367-383: John van Reenen
General Discussion: Symposium on Brexit and the Global Economy pp. 394-402: Participants Bpea

Credit Policy as Fiscal Policy pp. 1-57: Deborah Lucas
Learning from Potentially Biased Statistics pp. 59-108: Alberto Cavallo, Guillermo Cruces and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
Does the United States Have a Productivity Slowdown or a Measurement Problem? pp. 109-182: David Byrne, John Fernald and Marshall B. Reinsdorf
Understanding Declining Fluidity in the U.S. Labor Market pp. 183-259: Raven Molloy, Christopher L. Smith, Riccardo Trezzi and Abigail Wozniak
Measuring Income and Wealth at the Top Using Administrative and Survey Data pp. 261-331: Jesse Bricker, Alice Henriques, Jacob Krimmel and John Sabelhaus
Income Inequality, Social Mobility, and the Decision to Drop Out of High School pp. 333-396: Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip Levine

A Crisis in Student Loans? How Changes in the Characteristics of Borrowers and in the Institutions They Attended Contributed to Rising Loan Defaults pp. 1-89: W. Looney and Constantine Yannelis
“Dynamic Scoring”: Why and How to Include Macroeconomic Effects in Budget Estimates for Legislative Proposals pp. 91-149: Douglas Elmendorf
Inflation Targeting Does Not Anchor Inflation Expectations: Evidence from Firms in New Zealand pp. 151-225: Saten Kumar, Hassan Afrouzi, Olivier Coibion and Yuriy Gorodnichenko
Weather-Adjusting Economic Data pp. 227-278: Michael Boldin and Jonathan Wright
Greek Debt Sustainability and Official Crisis Lending pp. 279-305: Julian Schumacher and Beatrice Weder di Mauro
The Pitfalls of External Dependence: Greece, 1829–2015 pp. 307-328: Carmen Reinhart and Christoph Trebesch
Greek Budget Realities: No Easy Option pp. 329-347: Christopher L. House and Linda L. Tesar
Is the Greek Crisis One of Supply and Demand? pp. 349-373: Yannis Ioannides and Christopher Pissarides
General Discussion: Symposium on the Greek Debt Crisis pp. 374-383: Participants Bpea
Overcoming the Lost Decades? Abenomics after Three Years pp. 385-431: Joshua K. Hausman and Johannes Wieland
Looking for a Success in the Euro Crisis Adjustment Programs: The Case of Portugal pp. 433-458: Ricardo Reis

Deciphering the Fall and Rise in the Net Capital Share: Accumulation or Scarcity? pp. 1-69: Matthew Rognlie
Welfare and Distributional Implications of Shale Gas pp. 71-139: Catherine Hausman and Ryan Kellogg
Risk Management for Monetary Policy Near the Zero Lower Bound pp. 141-219: Charles Evans, Jonas Fisher, Francois Gourio and Spencer Krane
Economic Analysis and Statistical Disclosure Limitation pp. 221-293: John Abowd and Ian M. Schmutte
Grasp the Large, Let Go of the Small: The Transformation of the State Sector in China pp. 295-366: Chang-Tai Hsieh and Zheng (Michael) Song
Support for Redistribution in an Age of Rising Inequality: New Stylized Facts and Some Tentative Explanations pp. 367-433: Vivekinan Ashok, Ilyana Kuziemko and Ebonya Washington

Why the Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending Cannot Tell Us Much About the Efficiency or Quality of Our Health Care System pp. 1-72: Louise Sheiner
Efficient Credit Policies in a Housing Debt Crisis pp. 73-136: Janice Eberly and Arvind Krishnamurthy
Seesaws and Social Security Benefits Indexing pp. 137-196: Matthew Weinzierl
Labor Force Participation: Recent Developments and Future Prospects pp. 197-275: Stephanie Aaronson, Tomaz Cajner, Bruce Fallick, Felix Galbis-Reig, Christopher Smith and William Wascher
The Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act, State by State pp. 277-355: Amanda Kowalski

Abenomics: Preliminary Analysis and Outlook pp. 1-76: Joshua K. Hausman and Johannes Wieland
The Wealthy Hand-to-Mouth pp. 77-153: Greg Kaplan, Giovanni L. Violante and Justin Weidner
Effects of Unconventional Monetary Policy on Financial Institutions pp. 155-227: Gabriel Chodorow-Reich
Are the Long-Term Unemployed on the Margins of the Labor Market? pp. 229-299: Alan Krueger, Judd Cramer and David Cho
Debt and Incomplete Financial Markets: A Case for Nominal GDP Targeting pp. 301-373: Kevin D. Sheedy
The Political Economy of Discretionary Spending: Evidence from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act pp. 375-441: Chris Boone, Arindrajit Dube and Ethan Kaplan