National Bureau of Economic Research

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in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

R & D and the productivity slowdown by Zvi Griliches( )

1 edition published in 1980 in English and held by 23 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The question I shall address in this pa-per is: Can the slowdown in productivity growth be explained, wholly or in part, by the recent slowdown in the growth of real R & D expenditures? But first we have to review the following questions: I) What is to be explained? Which productivity and what slowdown? 2) What is the mechanism by which R & D could have contributed to this slowdown? 3) What did happen to R & D in the relevant period? Besides traversing this somewhat familiar ground and reviewing some of the recent literature on this topic, I shall also report on some estimates of my own. The direct answer to the opening question is "probably not." But how we get there needs documenting and may prove instructive on its own merits

Works councils : consultation, representation, and cooperation in industrial relations by Joel Rogers( Book )

2 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 20 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Se estudia la historia, estructura y funciones de los comités de empresa en Holanda, Alemania, Francia, España, Suecia, Italia, Polonia, Canadá y Estados Unidos; fijándose de modo especial en las relaciones entre comités de empresa, sindicatos y convenios colectivos, comités de empresa y gestión, y función e interés de los gobiernos en los comités de empresa

The Technology factor in international trade by Universities-National bureau committee for economic research( Book )

2 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Philanthropy and public policy by Conference on Philanthropy( Book )

5 editions published in 1962 in English and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The economics of crime : lessons for and from Latin America by Ernesto Schargrodsky( Book )

9 editions published between 2009 and 2012 in English and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world, and in several countries they have steadily risen over the past two decades, making crime the primary concern of many citizens. Despite this situation, there has been a lack of systematic effort to study crime in the region or the effectiveness of policies designed to tackle it. This book contributes to the current debate on causes and solutions by applying lessons learned from recent developments in the economics of crime." "The Economics of crime addresses a variety of topics, including the impact of mandatory arrest laws, education in prisons, and the relationship between poverty and crime. the book also presents research from outside Latin America, illustrating the broad range of approaches that have been fruitful in studying crime in developed nations. The Economics of Crime will be vital for researchers, policy makers, and students of both crime and of Latin American economic policy."--Del editor

Topics in empirical international economics : a festschrift in honor of Robert E. Lipsey by Magnus Blomstrom( Book )

11 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The next section features articles on international trade, including such significant issues as deterring child labour exploitation in developing countries, exchange rate regimes, and mapping US comparative advantage across various factors. The book concludes with research on multinational corporations and includes a discussion of the long-debated issue of whether growth of production abroad substitutes for or is complementary to production growth at home. The papers in the volume are dedicated to Robert E. Lipsey, who, for more than a half century at the NBER contributed significantly to the broad field of empirical international economics

Alternatives for growth : the engineering and economics of natural resources development by Charles Carter Newman Symposium on Natural Resources Engineering( Book )

5 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The economics of school choice by Caroline M Hoxby( Book )

9 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 15 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declared school voucher programs constitutional, the many unanswered questions concerning the potential effects of school choice will become especially pressing. Contributors to this volume draw on state-of-the-art economic methods to answer some of these questions, investigating the ways in which school choice affects a wide range of issues.Combining the results of empirical research with analyses of the basic economic forces underlying local education markets, The Economics of School Choice presents evidence concerning the impact of school choice on studen

The political economy of U.S. export subsidies for wheat by Bruce L Gardner( )

3 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

During 1985-93 the U.S. Government provided $4.9 billion in subsidies to targeted foreign buyers of U.S. wheat under its Export Enhancement Program (EEP). The subsidies averaged $31 per metric ton, or about 25 percent of the U.S. price. The EEP generates a small gain to U.S. farmers, compared to its costs. Lacking a clear economic justification, the debate on the EEP indicates the following were the key factors in its political success: farmers and agribusiness have been unified in support of the program, and have excellent political channels through which to express their views; domestic users of wheat have not opposed the program; and the program received an initial boost because of its use of large government-owned wheat stocks, allowing it to be treated as budget neutral in Congress. An economic argument that carried political weight was that the EEP, by increasing the costs of the European Community's wheat export subsidies, would encourage them to negotiate joint U.S./EC subsidy reductions. In fact, the EC in 1993 did agree to multilateral subsidy reductions in the GATT, as well as reforming their own policies unilaterally. But it remains questionable whether this outcome justifies the EEP