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Why Public Investment is really a free lunch. Lawrence Summers, October 7, 2014, Opinion. "The IMF finds that a dollar of spending increases output by nearly $3. The International…
Austerity in 2009-2013, Alberto Alesina, September 29, 2014, Paper, The deficit reduction policies (often referred to as fiscal “austerity”) followed by several OECD…
Changing Markets: The Future of U.S. Energy Security and Oil Export Policy. Lawrence Summers, September 9, 2014, Video. "As unconventional oil and natural gas production in the…
(Measured) Profit is Not Welfare: Evidence from an Experiment on Bundling Microcredit and Insurance. Richard Hornbeck, September 2014, Paper. "We analyze a randomized trial in…
The Subsidy Trap. Jeffrey Frankel, August 14, 2014. Opinion. "Few policies place good economics so directly at odds with good politics as subsidies for food and energy. The issue…
Positive and Normative Judgments Implicit in U.S. Tax Policy, and the Costs of Unequal Growth and Recessions. Matthew C. Weinzierl, October 20, 2014, Paper. "Calculating the…
American Inequality Goes Beyond Dollars and Cents, Lawrence Summers, June 8, 2014, Opinion. "With Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the Twenty-First Century rising to No. 1 on the…
Long-Term Unemployment and the Great Recession: The Role of Composition, Duration Dependence, and Non-Participation. Lawrence Katz, June 2014, Paper. "We explore the extent to…
Realigning Demand and Supply Side Incentives to Improve Primary Health Care Seeking in Rural China. Winnie Chi-Man Yip, May 8, 2014, Paper. "China's recent and ambitious health…
Are Corporate Taxes Driving Jobs Overseas? Kenneth Rogoff, May 7, 2014, Audio. "Corporate mergers and takeovers have reached their highest levels since 2007, driven in part by…