Brookings Papers On Economic Activity Fall 2017

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues. Contents: Where Have All the Workers Gone? An Inquiry into the Decline of the U.S. Labor Force Participation Rate Alan B. Krueger Investmentless Growth: An Empirical Investigation Germán Gutiérrez and Thomas Philippon The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Iceland: A Postmortem Analysis of the 2008 Financial Crisis Sigríður Benediktsdóttir, Gauti B. Eggertsson, and Eggert Þórarinsson The European Trust Crisis and the Rise of Populism Yann Algan, Sergei Guriev, Elias Papaioannou, and Evgenia Passari Sumposium on Business Tax Reform Options for Corporate Tax Reform in 2017 Martin Feldstein Demystifying the Destination-Based Cash-Flow Tax Alan J. Auerbach A Macroeconomic Perspective on Border Taxes Gita Gopinath Business Tax Burdens and Tax Reform James R. Hines Jr. Strengthening and Streamlining Bank Capital Regulation Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson, Jeremy C. Stein, and Adi Sunderam

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues.

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues. Contents: Is Automation Labor Share-Displacing? Productivity Growth, Employment, and the Labor Share David Autor and Anna Salomons Safety Net Investments in Children Hilary W. Hoynes and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach Jobs for the Heartland: Place-Based Polices in 21st-Century America Benjamin Austin, Edward Glaeser, and Lawrence Summers Macroeconomic Effects of the 2017 Tax Reform Robert J. Barro and Jason Furman Liquidity Crises in the Mortgage Market You Suk Kim, Steven M. Laufer, Karen Pence, Richard Stanton, and Nancy Wallace Mortgage Market Design: Lessons from the Great Recession Tomasz Piskorski and Amit Seru

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues. Contents: All Medicaid Expansions Are Not Created Equal: The Geography and Targeting of the Affordable Care Act Craig Garthwaite, John Graves, Tal Gross, Zeynal Karaca, Victoria Marone, and Matthew J. Notowidigdo Policies and Payoffs to Addressing America’s College Graduation Deficit Christopher Avery, Jessica Howell, Matea Pender, and Bruce Sacerdote The Optimal Inflation Target and the Natural Rate of Interest Philippe Andrade, Jordi Galí, Hervé Le Bihan, and Julien Matheron Inflation Dynamics: Dead, Dormant, or Determined Abroad? Kristen J. Forbes Macri’s Macro: The Elusive Road to Stability and Growth Federico Sturzenegger Progressive Wealth Taxation Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues.

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues. Contents: Editors' Summary Heeding Daedalus: Optimal Inflation and the Zero Lower Bound By John C. Williams The Age of Reason: Financial Decisions over the Life Cycle and Implications for Regulation By Sumit Agarwal, John C. Driscoll, and Xavier Gabaix Interpreting the Unconventional U.S. Monetary Policy of 2007-09 By Ricardo Reis By How Much Does GDP Rise If the Government Buys More Output? By Robert E. Hall When the North Last Headed South: Revisiting the 2930s By Carmen M. Reinhart and Vincent R. Reinhart

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues.