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Human Capital in History The American Record

Boustan Leah Platt, Frydman Carola, Margo Robert A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226163895, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2014
432 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 halftones, 61 line drawings, 49 tables

America's expansion to one of the richest nations in the world was partly due to a steady increase in labor productivity, which in turn depends upon the invention and deployment of new technologies and on investments in both human and physical capita...

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Measuring Economic Sustainability and Progress

Jorgenson Dale W., Landefeld J. Steven, Schreyer Paul

ISBN: HB: 9780226121338, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2014
808 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 80 line drawings, 121 tables

Since the Great Depression, researchers and statisticians have recognized the need for more extensive methods for measuring economic growth and sustainability. The recent recession renewed commitments to closing long-standing gaps in economic measure...

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Economics of Food Price Volatility

Chavas Jean-Paul, Hummels David, Wright Brian D.

ISBN: HB: 9780226128924, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, September 2014
440 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 53 line drawings, 55 tables

There has been an increase in food price instability in recent years, with varied consequences for farmers, market participants, and consumers. Before policy makers can design schemes to reduce food price uncertainty or ameliorate its effects, they m...

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Economic Regulation and Its Reform What Have We Learned?

Rose Nancy L.

ISBN: HB: 9780226138022, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2014
704 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 71 line drawings, 30 tables

The past thirty years have witnessed a transformation of government economic intervention in broad segments of industry throughout the world. Many industries historically subject to economic price and entry controls have been largely deregulated, inc...

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Risk Topography Systemic Risk and Macro Modeling

Brunnermeier Markus, Krishnamurthy Arvind

ISBN: HB: 9780226077734, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2014
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 28 line drawings, 14 tables

The recent financial crisis and the difficulty of using mainstream macroeconomic models to accurately monitor and assess systemic risk have stimulated new analyses of how we measure economic activity and the development of more sophisticated models i...

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Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective

White Eugene N., Snowden Kenneth, Fishback Price

ISBN: HB: 9780226073842, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, July 2014
496 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 65 line drawings, 50 tables

The central role of the housing market in the recent recession raised a series of questions about similar episodes throughout economic history. Were the underlying causes of housing and mortgage crises the same in earlier episodes? Has the onset and...

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Discoveries in the Economics of Aging

Wise David A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226146096, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2014
528 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 78 figures, 128 tables

The oldest members of the Baby-Boomer generation are now crossing the threshold of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare with extensive and significant implications for these programs' overall spending and fiscal sustainability. Yet the aging...

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Innovation Policy and the Economy 2013 Volume 14

Lerner Josh, Stern Scott

ISBN: HB: 9780226158426, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2014
278 pp., 23x15 cm

Appreciation of the importance of innovation to the economy has increased over the past decade. There is an active debate regarding the implications of technological change for economic policy and the appropriate policies and programs regarding resea...

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Globalization in an Age of Crisis Multilateral Economic Cooperation in the Twenty-First Century

Feenstra Robert C., Taylor Alan M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226030753, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, December 2013
464 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 halftones, 60 line drawings, 12 tables

Along with its painful economic costs, the financial crisis of 2008 raised concerns over the future of international policy making. As in recessions past, new policy initiatives emerged, approaches that placed greater importance on protecting nationa...

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Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 27

Brown Jeffrey R.

ISBN: HB: 9780226097794, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2013
160 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Taxation policy was a central part of the policy debates over the "fiscal cliff". Given the importance of fiscal issues, it is vital for rigorous empirical research to inform the policy dialogue. In keeping with the NBER's tradition of carrying out r...

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