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NBER Reporter archives from September 1998
Public economics.(economic effects of the Social Security system, taxation, public education, privatization, income and government service)
September 22, 1998... It has been three years since the last report on the NBER Program on Public Economics. During that brief period, substantial federal budget deficits have been replaced by surpluses. There has been a significant tax reform (the Taxpayer Relief...
Entrepreneurs, star scientists, and biotechnology.(entrepreneurship intentions of bioscientists and biotechnologists)
September 22, 1998... We are studying the interaction of scientific and technological progress - particularly when breakthroughs or discontinuities occur - through in-depth case studies and econometric analysis of the science underlying biotechnology, the resulting...
New products and price indexes.(relation between new products and consumer price indexes)
September 22, 1998... What is the value to consumers of new products? The number of new products introduced in any year is astounding. New varieties of consumer goods such as cereal brands are evident, as any shopping trip to a local supermarket or Wal-Mart...
The economics of crime and the criminal justice system.
September 22, 1998... My recent empirical research focuses on crime and the criminal justice system. Within this broad area, three primary themes emerge: identifying the causal link between criminal justice policies and crime rates; differentiating empirically...
Do we still need commercial banks?
September 22, 1998... According to many observers, the commercial bank - the institution that accepts deposits payable on demand and originates loans - has outlived its usefulness and is in a state of terminal decline. Commercial banks' share of total financial...
Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar.(seminar of the National Bureau of Economic Research)
September 22, 1998... The NBER's Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar took place in Denmark this year through a collaboration with the Economic Policy Research Unit of the Copenhagen Business School. The May 21-3 conference on "Taxes, Social Insurance Policies,...
Conference on Concentrated Ownership.(conference of the National Bureau of Economic Research)
September 22, 1998... The NBER held a Conference on Concentrated Ownership in Banff, Alberta, Canada on May 30-June 1. Randall K. Morck of the University of Alberta organized the conference, which featured the following presentations:
Paul A. Gompers and Joshua...
Frontiers in Health Policy Research.(conference of the National Bureau of Economic Research)
September 22, 1998... The NBER's second annual conference on "Frontiers in Health Policy Research" was held on June 11 in Bethesda, Maryland. Health Care Program Director Alan M. Garber, of NBER and Stanford University, chose the following papers for presentation:...
Medical Care Output and Productivity.(conference of the National Bureau of Economic Research)
September 22, 1998... The NBER's Conference on Research in Income and Wealth held a conference on "Medical Care Output and Productivity" in Bethesda, Maryland on June 12-13. Ernst R. Berndt, NBER and MIT, and David M. Cutler, NBER and Harvard University, organized...
Twenty-First Annual International Seminar on Macroeconomics.(seminar of the National Bureau of Economic Research)
September 22, 1998... The NBER held the 21st Annual International Seminar on Macroeconomics (ISOM) in Lisbon on June 14 and 15, with joint sponsorship of the Bank of Portugal. Kenneth S. Rogoff of the NBER and Princeton University and Charles Wyplosz of Geneva's...
1998 Franco-American Seminar.(seminar of the National Bureau of Economic Research)
September 22, 1998... Nearly 80 economists from eight countries met in Nice on June 22-3 for the NBER's Eleventh Annual Franco-American Seminar on "Information and Communications Technologies, Employment and Earnings." This year's seminar was co-sponsored by the...
Ninth Annual East Asian Seminar on Economics.(seminar of the National Bureau of Economic Research)
September 22, 1998... The NBER, in cooperation with the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Korea Development Institute (KDI), National University of Singapore, and the Tokyo Center for Economic Research, held...
Risk and Distribution Issues in Social Security Reform.(meeting held by the National Bureau of Economic Research)
September 22, 1998... During the NBER's 1998 Summer Institute, NBER President Martin S. Feldstein, also of Harvard University, organized a meeting on "Risk and Distribution Issues in Social Security Reform." The August 5 program was:
Jeffrey B. Liebman, NBER...
Meeting on Economic Fluctuations and Growth Research.(meeting of the National Bureau of Economic Research)
September 22, 1998... About 120 economists from all over the world - including Canada, Chile, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Spain, and the United Kingdom - met in Cambridge on July 18 for the summer research meeting of the NBER's Program on Economic Fluctuations and...