Showing 1 - 10 of 1,092
The paper opens with a description of the salient features of the Israeli economy. These consist of a large government … indexation of both wages and long term financial commitments. A descriptive model of the economy is then presented, which … includes the particular asset menu of the Israeli economy, and its properties examined. Finally,the rrodel is used in analyzing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012477909
This paper reviews six English-language books on the economy of Israel. Each book was written or edited by Israelis …, and each is from a different decade. The earliest book, Don Patinkin's The Israel Economy: The First Decade, was written … in the late 1950s, and the most recent volume, The Israeli Economy, 1985 - 1998: From Government Intervention to Market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467331
We review the evidence that artificial intelligence (AI) is having a large effect on the economy. Across a variety of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453031
Herbert Hoover. I develop a theory of labor market failure for the Depression based on Hoover's industrial labor program that provided industry with protection from unions in return for keeping nominal wages fixed. I find that the theory accounts for much of the depth of the Depression and for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463362
economy with an unusually large proportion of very old and very large firms with well-defined owners in control. 31 of the 50 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468052
economy that remained a region in a much larger national economy with one that evolved into an independent political unit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470310
more than longer time series or special `controlled experiments.' It suggests an historical definition of the economy … structure of the economy. This essay reviews American macroeconomic history to illustrate its potential uses and draw out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473969
This paper places current efforts at international economic policy coordination in historical perspective. It argues that successful cooperation is most likely in four sets of circumstances. First, when it centers on technical issues. Second, when cooperation is institutionalized - when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460992
Why was the Industrial Revolution successful at generating sustained growth? Some have argued that there was a fundamental change in the way that new technology was developed during this period, but evidence for this argument remains largely anecdotal. This paper provides direct quantitative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938720
evolution of contagion and interactions with the economy. A key parameter, the asymptomatic rate (the fraction of the infected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012482082