Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Public Economics
The Hidden Economy of Nonprofits
We know surprisingly little about nonprofits. Does it matter? Do they?
Ronald A. Wirtz
September 2006 - The Region
Consumption Over the Life Cycle? How Different Is Housing?
Fang Yang
August 2006 - Working Paper
Modern Macroeconomics in Practice: How Theory is Shaping Policy
Patrick J. Kehoe, V. V. Chari
August 2006 - Staff Report
From Almshouses to Townhouses
The power of eminent domain isn't what it used to be
Arthur J. Rolnick, Phil Davies
June 2006 - The Region
The Cost of Kelo
Contrary to last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling, using eminent domain to foster economic development diminishes the public good.
Arthur J. Rolnick, Phil Davies
June 2006 - The Region
Copenhagen Consensus Panel of Experts
May 2006 - The Region
Giving Aid Effectively
University of Chicago economist and former Minneapolis Fed adviser Nancy Stokey on the goals and methods of the Copenhagen Consensus, in which 8 prominent economists used benefit/cost analysis to eval
Nancy L. Stokey
May 2006 - The Region
Message from the President
2005 Annual Report Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Gary H. Stern
May 2006 - The Region
Tax Smoothing with Redistribution
Iván Werning
December 2005 - Staff Report
Optimal Monetary Policy: What We Know and What We Don’t Know
Narayana Kocherlakota
October 2005 - Quarterly Review
Accounting for the Heterogeneity in Retirement Wealth
Fang Yang
September 2005 - Working Paper
Early Childhood Development on a Large Scale
Rob Grunewald and Art Rolnick's proposal for investment in early childhood education.
Arthur J. Rolnick, Rob Grunewald
June 2005 - The Region
Interview with James Heckman
Nobel prize-winning economist James Heckman on discrimination, job training and early childhood education.
Douglas Clement
June 2005 - The Region
Pensions in Peril
The federal agency that insures private pensions has a $23 billion deficit, raising the specter of a taxpayer bailout. Proposals abound,
but fixing the problem won't be easy.
Phil Davies
June 2005 - The Region
The Top 50—Revisited
Would public disclosure of pension underfunding be useful?
Ron J. Feldman, Daniel Rozycki
June 2005 - The Region
