The central causes of the Savings and Loans debacle, according to this study, lay in the decision to substitute government regulation for the disciplines of the market.

This book recommends the creation of a new, alternative legal structure for collective investment, the "managed investment trust."

In this volume, the author describes the changes in wages during the 1980s that led to increased rewards in schooling in the labor market.

The current approach toward U.S. securities regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission should be revamped by implementing a regime of competitive federalism.

The recent slowdown in the rate of decline for semiconductor prices suggested by the PPI is puzzling in light of evidence that the performance of MPUs has continued to improve at a rapid pace. The authors argue that hedonic indexes provide a more accurate measure of price changes.

Despite the frequency of tax changes and their potential importance to investors, there has been relatively little modeling of anticipated tax changes.

Key economists for the government and for the Microsoft Corporation lay out their views on the key issues and then respond to the views presented by the opposing side.

Our data show that land prices were more volatile than house prices during the recent boom/bust cycle. In areas where land was inexpensive in 2000, the land share of property value jumped during the boom, and this rise in the landshare was a useful predictor of the subsequent crash in house...