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All Publications and Papers for
James A. Schmitz, Jr.
Senior Economist
What Ever Happened to the Puerto Rican Sugar Manufacturing Industry?
December 2012 - Staff Report 477
New and Larger Costs of Monopoly and Tariffs
September 2012 - The Region
Additional Files [pdf]
New and Larger Costs of Monopoly and Tariffs
September 2012 - Economic Policy Papers
Additional Files [pdf]
New and Larger Costs of Monopoly and Tariffs
July 2012 - Staff Report 468
Competition and Productivity: A Review of Evidence
February 2010 - Staff Report 439
Published In: Annual Review of Economics
(Vol. 2, September 2010, pp. 619-642)
The Economic Performance of Cartels: Evidence from the New Deal U.S. Sugar Manufacturing Cartel, 1934–74
November 2009 - Staff Report 437
Transportation and Development: Insights from the U.S., 1840–1860
May 2009 - Staff Report 425
Monopoly and the Incentive to Innovate When Adoption Involves Switchover Disruptions
Revised October 2008 - Staff Report 402
Does Regulation Reduce Productivity? Evidence From Regulation of the U.S. Beet-Sugar Manufacturing Industry During the Sugar Acts, 1934-74
April 2007 - Staff Report 389
Latin America in the Rearview Mirror
September 2006 - Quarterly Review
Published In: Journal of Monetary Economics
(Vol. 52, No. 1, January 2005, pp. 69-107)
What Determines Productivity? Lessons From the Dramatic Recovery of the U.S. and Canadian Iron Ore Industries Following Their Early 1980s Crisis
Revised February 2005 - Staff Report 286
Published In: Journal of Political Economy
(Vol. 113, No. 3, June 2005, pp. 582-625)
Latin America in the Rearview Mirror
November 2004 - Staff Report 351
Published In: Quarterly Review
(Vol. 30, No. 1, September 2006, pp. 2-27)
Published In: Journal of Monetary Economics
(Vol. 52, No. 1, January 2005, pp. 69-107)
Privatization’s Impact on Private Productivity: The Case of Brazilian Iron Ore
June 2004 - Staff Report 337
Published In: Review of Economic Dynamics
(Vol. 11, No. 4, October 2008, pp. 745-760)
Competitive Pressure and Labor Productivity: World Iron Ore Markets in the 1980s
Spring 2003 - Quarterly Review
Published In: American Economic Review
(Vol. 92, No. 4, September 2002, pp. 1222-1235)
Competition at Work: Railroads vs. Monopoly in the U.S. Shipping Industry
Spring 2001 - Quarterly Review
Threats to Industry Survival and Labor Productivity: World Iron-Ore Markets in the 1980's
Revised June 2000 - Staff Report 263
Maintenance and Repair: Too Big to Ignore
Fall 1999 - Quarterly Review
Explaining Cross-Country Income Differences
Revised August 1998 - Staff Report 250
Published In: Handbook of Macroeconomics
(Vol. 1, Part 1, 1999, pp. 669-737)
Additional Files
A Gain From Trade: More Research, Less Obstruction
March 1998 - Staff Report 245
Government Production of Investment Goods and Aggregate Labor Productivity
October 1997 - Staff Report 240
How U.S. policy can promote higher economic growth
July 1997 - fedgazette
Breaking Down the Barriers to Technological Progress
January 1996 - Annual Reports
The Role Played by Public Enterprises: How Much Does It Differ Across Countries?
Spring 1996 - Quarterly Review
Resistance to New Technology and Trade Between Areas
Winter 1995 - Quarterly Review
On the Turnover of Business Firms and Business Managers
March 1995 - Working Paper 545
Published In: Journal of Political Economy
(Vol. 103, Issue 5, October 1995, pp. 1005-1038)
Published In: Innovation, evolution of industry and economic growth
(Vol. 2, 2000, pp. 29-62)
Resistance to Technology and Trade Between Areas
October 1994 - Staff Report 184
Early Progress on the "Problem of Economic Development"
Spring 1993 - Quarterly Review
