This research report from the Milken Institute ranks U.S. metropolitan areas that are recording the top economic performance and creating the most jobs in the nation. The index is an outcomes-based measure as opposed to one that incorporates explicit measures of business costs, cost-of-living...

An importexceeds a "normal" level. This paper identifies various internal and external factors that can contribute to the emergence of agricultural import surges in developing countries and discusses their relevance. External factors play a rather minor role. Internal policies, whether carried...

A unique data set on home use of computers and the Internet is used to investigate the tradeoffsbetween physically commuting to a work site and telecommuting from home via computers. Thestudy further investigates whether individuals who work from home receive greatercompensation relative to...