Bulletin Issue 27 (June 1988) - Contents

This Issue In

· Highlights of this issue

Feature

· European Unemployment - The Insider-Outsider Explanation and its Policy Implications

Workshop

The following workshop was discussed in this issue:

· Exchange Rate Target Zones - Modelling Issues

Lunchtime Meetings

The following Lunchtime Meetings were discussed in this issue:

· Interwar Unemployment - Small is Beautiful

· Environmental Noise Pollution - Silence is Golden

· Italian Public Debt - Time for Action

· International Monetary reform - No Fixed View

Book

· High Public Debt - The Italian Experience

Discussion Papers

The following Discussion Papers were discussed in this issue:

· Duration of Marriage, Fertility and Female Employment Opportunities in England and Wales in 1911 by Nicholas F R Crafts

· External Debt, Capital Flight and Political Risk by Alberto Alesina and Guido Tabellini

· Intergenerational Transfers and Public Expenditure on the Elderly in Modern Britain by Paul Johnson and Jane Falkingham

· A Political Model of Credibility by Patrick Minford

· Traded Goods, Competitiveness and Aggregate Fluctuations in the United Kingdom by George S Alogoskoufis

· Liquidity-Constrained Households in an Italian Cross-Section by Tullio Jappelli and Marco Pagano

· Can International Policy Coordination Really Be Counterproductive? by Carlo Carraro and Francesco Giavazzi

· The Ghost of PAR? Public Expenditure Planning Beyond Plowden by Nicholas Bosanquet

· Some Thoughts on the Role of Fiscal Policy in Stabilization and Structural Adjustment in Developing Countries by Willem H Buiter

· Moral Hazard and Limited Liability in the Market for Loans: Credit Restriction Versus Credit Rationing by Anindya Banerjee and Tim Besley

· Wages and Unemployment Half a Century on by Patrick Minford

· The Economic Consequences of Population Ageing in Advanced Societies by Peter Scott and Paul Johnson

· Technical Progress, Global Imbalances and World Economic Recovery Without Inflation by David Vines

 

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