understanding investment behavior of firms; develops the implications of this theory for industry dynamics and for government policy … theory of options in financial markets, which permits a much richer dynamic framework than was possible with the traditional …

, either directly or indirectly, by government policy. Exchange rates are also central to the global economy, for they … profoundly influence all international economic activity. Despite the critical role of exchange rate policy, there are few … currency policy preferences on the part of industries seeking to influence politicians, Jeffry Frieden shows how each industry …

, either directly or indirectly, by government policy. Exchange rates are also central to the global economy, for they … profoundly influence all international economic activity. Despite the critical role of exchange rate policy, there are few … currency policy preferences on the part of industries seeking to influence politicians, Jeffry Frieden shows how each industry …

this study, we investigate whether the character of economic policy plays a role, by looking at the effect of changes in … economic freedom (i.e., lower government expenditures, lower and more general taxes and more modest regulation) on tolerance in …

This note contextualizes the ongoing U.S. policy shift toward greater ‘regulation’ of large corporations. Cory Doctorow …

; the impact of economic reform on British productivity growth; productivity and policy reform in Australia; the measurement … of government productivity; and a review of a recent volume on productivity issues in Canada. …

disseminated, and how this process varies between countries. The National Origins of Policy Ideas provides the first comparative … analysis of how “knowledge regimes”—communities of policy research organizations like think tanks, political party foundations … differences in how policy ideas are produced. Some countries do so in contentious, politically partisan ways, while others are …

disseminated, and how this process varies between countries. The National Origins of Policy Ideas provides the first comparative … analysis of how “knowledge regimes”—communities of policy research organizations like think tanks, political party foundations … differences in how policy ideas are produced. Some countries do so in contentious, politically partisan ways, while others are …

trends in Canada and OECD countries. The two papers in the second section examine the impact productivity has on government … productivity. In the fifth and final section two papers examine the relationship between social policy, inequality and productivity … different chapters, including a discussion of the implications for public policy. …