Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Public Economics
The White House Plan
Depending on your perspective, President Bush’s proposal to reform pension insurance is either a life preserver for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., or an iron yoke that will pull the private pensi
Phil Davies
June 2005 - The Region
Taxation, Entrepreneurship, and Wealth
Mariacristina De Nardi, Marco Cagetti
July 2004 - Staff Report
Why Do Americans Work So Much More Than Europeans?
Edward C. Prescott
July 2004 - Quarterly Review
Dynamic Optimal Taxation with Private Information
Christopher Sleet, Stefania Albanesi
May 2004 - Discussion Paper
The Intergenerational State: Education and Pension
Michele Boldrin, Ana Montes
May 2004 - Staff Report
The ABCs of Early Childhood Development
Report from a conference on the economics of early childhood development.
Kathy Cobb
December 2003 - The Region
Why Do Americans Work So Much More Than Europeans?
Edward C. Prescott
November 2003 - Staff Report
Anti-Poverty Design: The Cash-Out Option
The poverty debate largely ignores the success of the Earned Income Tax Credit and, by extension, the insights it might hold for future policy design.
Ronald A. Wirtz
June 2003 - The Region
Buddy, can you spare an EITC?
Ronald A. Wirtz
June 2003 - The Region
The Time Consistency of Monetary and Fiscal Policies
Patrick J. Kehoe, Fernando Alvarez, Pablo Neumeyer
April 2003 - Staff Report
A Little-Talked-About Solution to the Long-Term Budget Problem
Guest Editorial: Preston Miller suggests that long-term federal budget problems, exacerbated by the needs of an aging population, might be alleviated by a new approach to funding benefits received by
Preston J. Miller
December 2002 - The Region
Cost v. Benefit: Clearing the Air?
This year's historic Supreme Court case pit industry against environmentalists, but the role of economics in regulatory policy was (and still is) on trial
Douglas Clement
December 2001 - The Region
Thoughts on the Fed’s Role in the Payments System
Edward J. Green, Richard M. Todd
December 2001 - Quarterly Review
Why Costs Should Count
Douglas Clement
December 2001 - The Region
Interview with Thomas Sowell
Hoover Institution economist and prolific author talks about the value of economic literacy in formulating better public policy, his writing style and a variety of other topics.
David Fettig
September 2001 - The Region
