We estimate the macroeconomic benefits and international spillovers of an increase in competition using a general-equilibrium simulation model with nominal rigidities and monopolistic competition in product and labor markets. We draw three conclusions after calibrating the model to the euro area...

This paper examines how the scale and composition of public debt can affect economies that implement a combination of “passive” monetary policy and “active” fiscal policy. This policy configuration is argued to be of both historical and contemporary interest in the cases of the U.S. and...

Remarks at the Japan Society, New York City.

Remarks at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

Remarks at Queens Chamber of Commerce and Queens Economic Development Corporation, Flushing, New York City.

Remarks at Queens College, Flushing, New York.

Remarks at the Economic Club of New York, New York City.

Remarks before the Morris County Chamber of Commerce, Florham Park, New Jersey.