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Economic Policy Papers are based on policy-oriented research produced by Minneapolis Fed staff and consultants. The papers are an occasional series for a general audience. The views expressed here are those of the authors, not necessarily those of others in the Federal Reserve System.

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Economic Policy Paper
Improving the Analysis of Trade Policy
Timothy J. Kehoe | Consultant, University of Minnesota, and National Bureau of Economic Research Pau S. Pujolàs | McMaster University Jack Rossbach | Georgetown University Qatar
January 23, 2018
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Economic Policy Paper
On the Importance of Easing Consumer Credit Frictions
Patrick J. Kehoe | Monetary Advisor Virgiliu Midrigan | New York University Elena Pastorino | Visiting Scholar
December 5, 2017
Article
Economic Policy Paper
Who Defaults on Their Mortgage, and Why? Policy Implications for Reducing Mortgage Default
Lee E. Ohanian | Consultant
September 13, 2017
Article
Economic Policy Paper
Reforming the European Monetary Union
V. V. Chari | Consultant Alessandro Dovis | University of Pennsylvania Patrick J. Kehoe | Monetary Advisor
May 8, 2017
Article
Economic Policy Paper
Container Imports and the Advantage of Size
Thomas J. Holmes | Consultant Ethan Singer | Compass Lexecon
March 20, 2017
Article
Economic Policy Paper
The Great Recession: A Macroeconomic Earthquake
Lawrence J. Christiano
February 7, 2017
Article
Economic Policy Paper
Insuring Against Adverse Outcomes at Birth
Christopher Phelan | Consultant
December 1, 2016
Article
Economic Policy Paper
Innovation and Growth with Frictions
Randall Wright
November 1, 2016
Article
Economic Policy Paper
Real Interest Rates over the Long Run
Kei-Mu Yi | Consultant Jing Zhang | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
September 19, 2016
Article
Economic Policy Paper
China’s Foreign Investment
Ellen R. McGrattan | Consultant
July 26, 2016
Article
Economic Policy Paper
Self-fulfilling Prophecies in Sovereign Debt Markets
Juan Pablo Nicolini | Senior Research Economist and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
June 28, 2016
Article
Economic Policy Paper
Foreclosure Delay and the U.S. Labor Market
Kyle Herkenhoff | Consultant Lee E. Ohanian | Consultant
May 3, 2016
Article