NBER Reporter articles from September 1989

NBER Reporter archives from September 1989

International studies. (Program Report)
September 22, 1989... International Studies Since my last program report (NBER Reporter, Spring 1987), the focus of attention in international economics has remained on competitiveness and protection; macroeconomic policy coordination; debt and stabilization in...

Exchange rates.
September 22, 1989... Exchange Rates Takatoshi Ito Since the Plaza Agreement of September 1985, the exchange rates of the major industrial countries have changed dramatically. The dollar depreciated against the yen and the mark by more than 60 percent in...

The conflict between managers and shareholders.
September 22, 1989... The Conflict Between Managers and Shareholders Randall Morck, Andrei Shleifer, and Robert W. Vishny Economists since Adam Smith have been concerned that professional managers who own little equity in the companies they run have little...

Third quarter 1989. (economic outlook survey)
September 22, 1989... Third Quarter 1989 Victor Zarnowitz According to the September survey of 15 professional forecasters taken by the NBER and the American Statistical Association, real GNP is expected to grow by 2.7 percent this year and 1.7 percent in...

Information, capital markets, and investment. (conference)
September 22, 1989... Information, Capital Markets, and Investment The NBER held a conference on "Information, Capital Markets, and Investment" in Cambridge on May 5-6. Research Associate R. Glenn Hubbard of Columbia University organized the following program: ...

International Seminar on Macroeconomics. (conference)
September 22, 1989... International Seminar on Macroeconomics The twelfth annual International Seminar on Macroeconomics (ISOM) was held in Paris on June 19-20. ISOM is cosponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme,...

Studies of firms and industries. (conference)
September 22, 1989... Studies of Firms and Industries About 40 economists met in Cambridge on July 11-12 for an NBER conference on Studies of Firms and Industries. Research Associates Timothy F. Bresnahan, Stanford University; R. Glenn Hubbard, Columbia...

Topics in industrial organization. (conference)
September 22, 1989... Topics in Industrial Organization The NBER held a conference on "Topics in Industrial Organization" in Cambridge on July 31 and August 1. NBER researchers Paul L. Joskow and Nancy L. Rose, both of MIT, organized the following program: ...

European economic integration. (conference)
September 22, 1989... European Economic Integration Twenty-five economists from the United States and Europe met in Cambridge on August 3-4 for a conference on "European Economic Integration: Towards 1992" sponsored by the NBER and the Centre for Economic Policy...

U.S./Japan conference on aging. ("The Economics of Aging")
September 22, 1989... U.S./Japan Conference on Aging The National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research jointly sponsored a conference on "The Economics of Aging" in Tokyo on September 8 and 9. The program was: Laurence J....

Economic growth. (conference)
September 22, 1989... Economic Growth The NBER held a Conference on Economic Growth in Cambridge on October 6-7. Robert J. Barro, NBER and Harvard University, and Paul M. Romer, NBER and University of Chicago, organized the following program: Jess Benhabib...

Economic fluctuations research meeting. (Program in Economic Fluctuations)
September 22, 1989... Economic Fluctuations Research Meeting Over 100 economists attended a research meeting of the NBER's Program in Economic Fluctuations in Cambridge on July 13. The program, organized by Research Associates Andrei Shleifer of the University of...

Understanding the Gender Gap: an Economic History of American Women.
September 22, 1989... Understanding the Gender Gap Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women, by Claudia Goldin, is available from Oxford University Press for $29.95. Why do women earn less than men and have less opportunity for...