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Does school integration generate peer effects? : Evidence from Boston's Metco program

Angrist, Joshua D.; Lang, Kevin - 2004

-running desegregation program that sends mostly Black students out of the Boston public school district to attend schools in more affluent …

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Optimal Policy for Macro-Financial Stability

Benigno, Gianluca; Chen, Huigang; Otrok, Christopher; … - 2012

This paper studies whether policymakers should wait to intervene until a financial crisis strikes or rather act in a preemptive manner. This question is examined in a relatively simple dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model in which crises are endogenous events induced by the presence of...

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Staatliche Stabilitäts- und Strukturpolitik: Österreich als Modell für Deutschland?

Firsch, Helmut - In: ifo Schnelldienst 59 (2006) 03, pp. 19-27

Wirtschaftspolitik in beiden Ländern hervorhebt. Im Einzelnen befasst er sich mit dem Problem der hohen Arbeitslosigkeit und dem rasanten …

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Crisis response in Latin America: Is the rainy day at hand?

Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Montiel, Peter J. - 2009

This paper examines the countercyclical policy options available to Latin American countries in the face of the current global economic crisis, concluding that most of the major countries in the region appear to possess the fiscal space (as measured by credible fiscal sustainability and debt...

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Understanding deflation: Treating the disease, not the symptoms

Wray, L. Randall; Papadimitriou, Dimitri B. - 2003

Most recent discussions of deflation seem to overlook the main dangers posed by a deflationary economy and appear to offer superficial solutions. In this brief, the authors argue that, barring drastic changes in asset and output prices, deflation itself is not the main problem, but rather the...

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Nontraditional Monetary Policy Options : Is Commodity-Based Stabilization Policy Worth Another Look?

Burdekin, Richard C. K. - 2004

The very low interest rates and inflation rates of recent years has generated renewed interest in alternative policies that would not leave central banks trapped by the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates. Amongst this debate, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the possibility...

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The Clinton era and the U.S. business cycle : what did change?

Heilemann, Ullrich; Münch, Heinz Josef - 2005

The 1990s were the most prosperous decade in U.S. economic history. The paper analyses to which extent this period fits into preceding cyclical experience. This is done by classifying the period 1991-12 to 2000-12 with the help of a 4-phase classification scheme based on multivariate...

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ifo Konjunkturprognose 2003/2004: Erholung erst im nächsten Jahr

Nierhaus, Wolfgang; Hahn, Elke; Kuntze, Oscar-Erich; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 56 (2003) 13, pp. 13-38

Die Weltkonjunktur zeigt sich im Frühsommer 2003 leicht aufwärtsgerichtet. Zu einer durchgreifenden Erholung ist es bisher noch nicht gekommen. Belastend wirkten insbesondere die Irak-Krise, der zwischenzeitliche Höhenflug des Erdölpreises, der Ausbruch der Lungenkrankheit SARS sowie die...

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Report on the potential impacts of property tax abatement on rental housing construction in Boston

Alejandro, Patricia; Carter, Mary Ellen; DiPasquale, Denise - 2024

Boston's high housing costs reflect a historic failure to build enough units to satisfy demand. Interest rates and … construction, the City of Boston is considering various policy options. Our committee was asked by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to … recommend which policy, if any, the city should pursue; Boston officials are better positioned to assess whether the benefits of …

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How Important are Classroom Peer Effects? Evidence from Boston's Metco Program

Angrist, Joshua D.; Lang, Kevin - 2002

Metco, a long-running desegregation program that sends mostly black students out of the Boston public school district to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763248