We decompose labor productivity growth from 1987 to 2005 by examining six partial factors (both supply and demand): changes in value-added coefficients, labor inputs, shares of sectoral demands that are fulfilled domestically, input mix, and the intra-sectoral shares and intersectoral mix of...

In this paper we examine the link between additions to highway infrastructure and development of a market area. We do so by first relating highway travel speeds to added highway-mileage and then relating travel speed to the size of the market area. This approach bypasses issues in the public...

type="main" xml:lang="es" <title type="main">Resumen</title> <p>Este artículo analiza el impacto del sistema de ferrocarril ligero Hudson-Bergen (HBLR por sus siglas en inglés) sobre los precios de inmuebles residenciales. A diferencia de estudios similares que utilizan un modelo hedónico con datos transversales, aquí se...</p>

China has relied on energy to stimulate its booming economy. As a result, its share of world energy consumption rose to 17.3% in 2009 from 7.9% in 1978. Somewhat surprisingly, through 2000 its rate of energy consumption was about half its rate of economic growth. This trend changed after 2001 as...

Students and close colleagues offer a collection of papers in memory of Nobel Laureate Wassily Leontief. The first part focuses upon Leontief as a person and scholar as well as his personal contributions to economics, while the second part presents the latest theoretical and empirical research...