Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

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Editors' Summary pp. ix-xxix: The Editors
Macroeconomic Performance and the Disadvantaged pp. 1-74: David Cutler and Lawrence Katz
Why Has the Natural Rate of Unemployment Increased over Time? pp. 75-142: Chinhui Juhn, Kevin Murphy and Robert Topel
House Price Dynamics: The Role of Tax Policy pp. 143-204: James Poterba
The Credit Crunch pp. 205-248: Ben Bernanke and Cara S. Lown
The 1991 State and Local Fiscal Crisis pp. 249-288: Edward Gramlich
Economic Reform in the USS and the Role of Aid pp. 289-302: Stanley Fischer
Economic Reforms in the Sovereign States of the Former Soviet Union pp. 303-320: William W. Hogan
Do Borders Matter? Soviet economic Reform after the Coup pp. 321-340: William Nordhaus, Merton J. Peck and Thomas J. Richardson
Reversing the Soviet Economic Collapse pp. 341-367: Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny

Summary of Papers pp. ix-xxxv: Martin Neil Baily
Patent Expiration, Entry, and Competition in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry pp. 1-66: Richard E. Caves, Michael D. Whinston and Mark A. Hurwitz
Brand Loyalty and the Decline of American Automobile Firms pp. 67-114: Fred Mannering and Clifford Winston
Wage Dispersion between and within U.S. Manufacturing Plants, 1963-86 pp. 115-200: Steven Davis and John Haltiwanger
Directions and Trends in Industrial Organization: A Review Essay on the Handbook of Industrial Organization pp. 241-280: Alvin K. Klevorick
Merger Analysis, Industrial Organization Theory, and Merger Guidelines pp. 281-332: Robert Willig

Editors' Summary pp. ix-xxvii: The Editors
East Germany in from the Cold: The Economic Aftermath of Currency Union pp. 1-106: George Akerlof, Andrew Rose, Janet Yellen and Helga Hessenius
Convergence across States and Regions pp. 107-182: Robert Barro and Xavier Sala-i-Martin
The Decline in Saving: Evidence from Household Surveys pp. 183-256: Barry Bosworth, Gary Burtless and John Sabelhaus
Financial Structure: An International Persepective pp. 257-310: Allen B. Frankel and John D. Montgomery
Efficient or Exclusionist: The Import Behavior of Japanese Corporate Groups pp. 311-341: Robert Lawrence

Editors' Summary pp. ix-xxx: The Editors
Extreme Inflation: Dynamics and Stabilization pp. 1-84: Rüdiger Dornbusch, Federico Sturzenegger and Holger Wolf
The Cyclical Behovior of the Gross Flows of U.S. Workers pp. 85-156: Olivier Blanchard and Peter Diamond
The Stock Market and Investment: Is the Market a Sideshow? pp. 157-216: Randall Morck, Andrei Shleifer and Robert Vishny
European Monetary Reform: Progress and Prospects pp. 217-292: Alberto Giovannini
Privitization in Eastern Europe: The Case of Poland pp. 293-342: David Lipton and Jeffrey Sachs
U.S. Current Account Adjustment: An Appraisal pp. 343-392: Robert Lawrence

Summary of Papers pp. ix-xxxviii: Martin Neil Baily
Hostile Takeovers in the 1980s: The Return to Corporate Specialization pp. 1-84: Sanjai Bhagat, Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny
The Impact of Corporate Restructuring on Industrial Research and Development pp. 85-135: Bronwyn Hall
R&D Cooperation and Competition pp. 137-203: Michael Katz and Janusz A. Ordover
Vertical Integration and Market Foreclosure pp. 205-286: Oliver Hart and Jean Tirole
The Concentration-Margins Relationship Reconsidered pp. 287-335: Michael Salinger
Capital, Labor, and Productivity pp. 337-367: Paul Romer
The Productivity of Capital in a Period of Slower Growth pp. 369-420: Martin Neil Baily and Charles L. Schultze

Editors' Summary pp. ix-xxxi: The Editors
An Aging Society: Opportunity or Challenge? pp. 1-74: David Cutler, James Poterba, Louise M. Sheiner and Lawrence Summers
Creating a Market Economy in Eastern Europe: The Case of Poland pp. 75-148: David Lipton and Jeffrey D. Sachs
New Evidence on the Monetary Transmission Mechanism pp. 149-214: Christina Romer and David Romer
Inflation and Uncertainty at Long and Short Horizons pp. 215-254: Laurence Ball and Stephen Cecchetti
U.S. Corporate Leverage: Developments in 1987 and 1988 pp. 255-286: Ben Bernanke, John Campbell and Toni Whited
Soviet Economic Reform: The Longest Road pp. 287-318: William Nordhaus

Joseph A. Pechman, 1918-1989 pp. viii-ix: George Perry
Editors' Summary pp. xi-xxxv: The Editors
Alternative Approaches to the Political Business Cycle pp. 1-68: William Nordhaus
Output Persistence, Economic Structure, and the Choice of Stabilization Policy pp. 69-136: Steven Durlauf
Economic Implications of Extraordinary Movements in Stock Prices pp. 137-190: Benjamin M. Friedman and David Laibson
Wage Pressures and Labor Shortages: The 1960s and 1980s pp. 191-231: Daniel J. B. Mitchell
Norm Shifts in Union Wages: Will 1989 Be a Replay of 1969? pp. 233-276: Michael L. Wachter and William H. Carter
Industrial Organization and the Gains from Europe 1992 pp. 277-300: Merton J. Peck
Financial Markets and 1992 pp. 301-324: Vittorio Grilli
Europe without Borders pp. 325-340: Richard N. Cooper
Europe 1992: Macroeconomics Implications pp. 341-381: Rüdiger Dornbusch

Summary of Papers pp. ix-xlix: Martin Neil Baily
The Economic Theory of Regulation after a Decade of Deregulation pp. 1-59: Sam Peltzman
Enhancing the Performance of the Deregulated Air Transportation System pp. 61-123: Steven A. Morrison and Clifford Winston
Regulatory Failure, Regulatory Reform, and Structural Change in the Electrical Power Industry pp. 125-208: Paul Joskow
Industry Rents: Evidence and Implications pp. 209-290: Lawrence Katz and Lawrence Summers
Patents: Recent Trends and Puzzles pp. 291-330: Zvi Griliches
Patent Renewal Data pp. 331-410: Ariel Pakes and Margaret Simpson

Editors' Summary pp. ix-xxvi: The Editors
The Beveridge Curve pp. 1-76: Olivier Blanchard and Peter Diamond
Institutional Change and the Efficacy of Monetary Policy pp. 77-124: Barry Bosworth
International Stock Price Movements: Links and Messages pp. 125-180: George von Furstenberg and Bang Jeon
Assessing the Federal Reserve's Measures of Capacity and Utilization pp. 181-242: Matthew Shapiro
Cleaning Up the Depository Institutions Mess pp. 243-296: R. Dan Brumbaugh, JR., Andrew S. Carron and Robert Litan
Exchange Rate Pass-through in the 1980s: The Case of U.S. Imports of Manufactures pp. 297-337: Peter Hooper and Catherine Mann