Economic Policy

(ISSN 0266-4658) is a new journal launched jointly by CEPR and two French partners, the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme. It is published by Cambridge University Press. The articles in Economic Policy will be specially commissioned from leading economists in Britain, other European countries and elsewhere. Each article will provide an up-to-date, non- technical survey of current research on a specific policy question.

CEPR has received grants from Citibank and the Esmee Fairbairn Charitable Trust in the United Kingdom, and the Alfred P Sloan Foundation in the United States to assist in launching Economic Policy as an independent, non-partisan European forum for the analysis of topical issues in economic policy.

The papers for each issue of the journal will be discussed by the Economic Policy Panel, and a summary of the Panel's comments will follow each commissioned paper. Further appointments to the Panel have been made, in addition to those announced in Bulletin No. 7. They are Gerhard Fels of the Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft, Koln; and Hans-Werner Sinn of the University of Mannheim. The papers commissioned for the first issue will be discussed at the Panel meeting in Paris on 20-21 June. The issue features: Willem Buiter on public debt and deficits; David Cohen on the solvency of debtor countries; Paul Geroski and Alexis Jacquemin on industrial policy and European competitiveness; and Sweder Van Wijnbergen on macroeconomic policies and the developing countries. The second Panel meeting will be held in London on 11-12 November.

The first volume of Economic Policy will consist of three issues in October 1985, April and October 1986. Each volume thereafter will consist of two issues. Subscriptions are available at the institutional rate of #16.00/$30.00/Ffr 240, and at an individual rate of #9.00/$15.00/Ffr 120 per volume. The special three-issue Volume 1 will be available at these rates for a limited period. Individual subscribers must order direct from Cambridge University Press. All orders can be placed using the form on the enclosed Economic Policy leaflet, which also gives details on methods of payment. Further information can be obtained from The Subscriptions Manager, Cambridge University Press, the Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU, England or 32 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022, USA.