Economic Policy category: 3057 books
Aftermath
The Unintended Consequences of Public Policies
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Government policies created for one set of purposes almost always generate additional results that were not part of the original plan. Very often these unintended consequences are seriously adverse, and in some cases are so severe as to render the policy a failure. In Aftermath, noted economist...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
A central bank needs authority and a sphere of independent action. But a central bank cannot become an unelected czar with sweeping, unaccountable discretionary power. How can we balance the central bank's authority and independence with needed accountability and constraints? Drawn from a 2015 Hoover...
by Aerdt Houben
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1997
Fixing the Future
How Canada's Usually Fractious Governments Worked Together to Rescue the Canada Pension Plan
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
In 1993, most Canadians believed that big government deficits were permanent and that the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) was in such deep trouble that younger Canadians would never collect a retirement pension. They believed too that Canada's politicians were incapable of dealing with either problem. Yet...
The Federal Reserve
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
The Federal Reserve System--the central bank of the United States, better known as The Fed--has never been more controversial. Criticism has reached such levels that Congressman Ron Paul, contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, published End the Fed, with blurbs from musician...
by Garry Mr. Schinasi
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1994
by R. Mr. Johnston, Balázs Mr. Horváth, Luca Mr. Errico
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2003
This paper examines the regulatory and supervisory implications stemming from the dominance of large and complex financial institutions, drawing on the recent Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) mission work on Sweden. The analysis highlights the importance of consolidated supervision, of a...
by Omotunde Mr. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1998
Privatisation in the European Union
Public Enterprises and Integration
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Judith Clifton, Francisco Comín and Daniel Díaz Fuentes in Privatisation in the European Union reject the two dominant explanations provided in literature, which include a simple 'Americanisation' of policy and a 'varied' privatisation experience without a common driving force. Using a systematic...
Rethinking the Welfare State
Government by Voucher
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Rethinking the Welfare State offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of social welfare policy in an international context, with a particular emphasis on the US and Canada.
The authors investigate the claim that a decentralized delivery of government supported goods and services enables...
by Peter Mr. Heller
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2002
Global Cooperation Among G20 Countries
Responding to the Crisis and Restoring Growth
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
At the outbreak of the global financial crisis, 2008, the G20 was widely acknowledged as helping prevent an even more serious decline in the global economy. It helped to calm the panic in financial markets and articulate a set of possible policy options to restore global stability and growth. However,...
Behavioral Economics for Cost-Benefit Analysis
Benefit Validity When Sovereign Consumers Seem to Make Mistakes
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
How should policy analysts assess 'benefit validity' when behavioral anomalies appear relevant? David L. Weimer provides thoughtful answers through practical guidelines. Behavioral economists have identified a number of situations in which people appear not to behave according to the neoclassical...
by David Mr. Nellor
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1999