This study offers a historical review of the monetary policy reform of October 6, 1979, and discusses the influences …) meetings during 1979. We then present and discuss in detail the reasons for the FOMC’s adoption of the reform and the … the reform were consistent with monetarism, new, neo, or old-fashioned Keynesianism, nominal income targeting, and …

different models of growth associated with different stages of reform. The speed with which individual countries progress …

Productivity growth in the United States was considerably faster during 2000-03 than in the boom years of 1995 …-2000. This ebullient productivity performance raises numerous questions about its interpretation and its implications for the … justified on the basis of data through the end of 1999 in their claim that part of the post-1995 productivity growth revival …

we use data on market sector productivity, R&D and non-R&D intangible assets, and public sector R&D spending. We look for … civil or defence R&D. Our findings tentatively suggest that for maximum market sector productivity impact government …

An extensive literature on the convergence of productivity between countries examines whether productivity is pulled … use the wide dispersion of productivity across firms to explore convergence to the national frontier. Given this within …

How do economic policies and institutions affect job reallocation processes and their consequences for productivity … little relationship to relative productivity across firms and sectors. Since liberalization began, the pace, heterogeneity …, and productivity effects of job flows have increased substantially. The increases occurred more quickly in rapidly …

This Paper examines the relationship between foreign ownership and productivity, paying particular attention to two … productivity than foreign multinationals, but the difference is less stark in the service sector than in the production sector, and …