| Studies in State and Local Public Finance (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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In fiscal year 1981-82, state and local government spending actually exceeded federal nondefense spending. However, past research in public finance has focused on federal spending and policies and paid little attention to the economic problems of state and local governments. Studies in State and Local Public Finance goes far in correcting this omission. Developed from a National B ... More |
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| Japanese Monetary Policy (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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How has the Bank of Japan (BOJ) helped shape Japan's economic growth during the past two decades? This book comprehensively explores the relations between financial market liberalization and BOJ policies and examines the ways in which these policies promoted economic growth in the 1980s. The authors argue that the structure of Japan's financial markets, particularly restrictions o ... More |
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| The Political Economy of American Trade Policy (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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Exploring the political and economic determinants of trade protection, this study provides a wealth of information on key American industries and documents the process of seeking and conferring protection.Eight analytical histories of the automobile, steel, semiconductor, lumber, wheat, and textile and apparel industries demonstrate that trade barriers rarely have unequivocal ben ... More |
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| Progress and Performance in Higher Education: A Report on Performance Monitoring of 'Standard' and 'Non-standard' Entrants to Undergraduate Courses (CNAA project report) |
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| A Study of English Romanticism (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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| Neutron Thermalization in Reactor Lattice Cells: An NPY-Project Report |
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| Sydney's environmental amenity, 1970-1975: A study of the system of waste management and pollution control (Botany Bay project reports) |
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| Issues in Pension Economics (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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In the past several decades, pension plans have become one of the most significant institutional influences on labor and financial markets in the U.S. In an effort to understand the economic effects of this growth, the National Bureau of Economic Research embarked on a major research project in 1980. Issues in Pension Economics, the third in a series of four projected volumes to ... More |
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| Special Project Report: Recommended Design Practices For Conceptual Nuclear Fusion Space Propulsion Systems (Aiaa Standards) |
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| Bananas, Breeding, and Biotechnology: Commodity Advances Through Banana Improvement Project Research, 1994-1998 (Environmentally Sustainable Development, ... Banana Improvement Project Report, No. 2) |
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| The Impacts of U.S.-Latin American Trade Corridors on the Southwestªs Economy and Transportation System: An Assessment of Impact Methodologies (Special Project Report Series.) |
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| The Civic Education of American Youth: From State Policies to School District Practices (Policy Research Project Reports) |
| Civic education plays an essential role in strengthening our democratic society, preparing informed citizens, and promoting their participation in the civic life of their communities. Lack of civic engagement and civic literacy among American youth is widespread, however. Although many state policymakers and educators speak to the importance of civic education in the schools, state policies and ... More |
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| Taxes and Capital Formation (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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Economists have long recognized the importance of capital accumulation for productivity and economic growth. The National Bureau of Economic Research is currently engaged in a study of the relationship between such accumulation and taxation policies, with particular focus on saving, risk-taking, and corporate investment in the United States and abroad. The papers presented in Taxe ... More |
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| Studies of Supply and Demand in Higher Education (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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In the United States today, there are some 3,400 separately governed colleges and universities, amounting to a higher education industry with expenditures that constitute 2.8% of the gross national product. Yet, the economic issues affecting this industry have been paid relatively little attention. In this collection of eight essays, experts in economics and education bring econ ... More |
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| Taxation in the Global Economy (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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The increasing globalization of economic activity is bringing an awareness of the international consequences of tax policy. The move toward the common European market in 1992 raises the important question of how inefficiencies in the various tax systemsâe"such as self-defeating tax competition among member nationsâe"will be addressed. As barriers to trade and investment tumble, cro ... More |
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| Discharged from hospital (The Study of nursing care project reports : Series 2 ; no. 6) |
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| Financial Aspects of the United States Pension System (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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This book provides valuable information and analysis to managers, policymakers, and investment counselors in the rapidly expanding field of pension funding. American workers, too, need answers and insights on how to invest their money and plan for their retirement. fifteen of America's leading financial analysts address such pressing questions as -What is the current financial sta ... More |
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| The Black Youth Employment Crisis (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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In recent years, the earnings of young blacks have risen substantially relative to those of young whites, but their rates of joblessness have also risen to crisis levels. The papers in this volume, drawing on the results of a groundbreaking survey conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, analyze the history, causes, and features of this crisis. The findings they repo ... More |
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| Misalignment of Exchange Rates: Effects on Trade and Industry (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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Economists writing on flexible exchange rates in the 1960s foresaw neither the magnitude nor the persistence of the changes in real exchange rates that have occurred in the last fifteen years. Unexpectedly large movements in relative prices have lead to sharp changes in exports and imports, disrupting normal trading relations and causing shifts in employment and output. Many of th ... More |
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| Public Policies and Household Saving (National Bureau of Economic Research Project Report) |
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The declining U.S. national saving rate has prompted economists and policymakers to ask, should the federal government encourage household saving, and if so, through which policies? In order to better understand saving programs, this volume provides a systematic and detailed description of saving policies in the G-7 industrialized nations: the United States, Canada, France, German ... More |
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