Bulletin Issue 60 (Spring 1994) - Contents

In This Issue

· Highlights of this issue

Feature

· Towards an Integrated Europe

Conferences

The following conferences were discussed in this issue:

· Enterprises in Transition - Social Protection

· Eastern Europe's Trade

· Economic Policy 18

· CEPR Discussion Meetings in Stockholm

Discussion Meetings

The following discussion meetings were discussed in this issue:

· German Unification - Eastern Promise

· German Banking - Corporate Governance

· Financial Markets

· Unemployment Policy

· Unemployment Policy - Theories and Facts

· Eastern Europe - International Trade

· European Monetary Union - Back to Narrow Bands

CEPR Books

The following CEPR books are available to order:

· Economic Policy 18

Discussion Papers

The following Discussion Papers were discussed in this issue:

· West German Growth and Institutions, 1945-90 by Wendy Carlin

· The EC and World Protectionism: Dimensions of the Political Economy by L Alan Winters

· On the Role of Banks in Enterprise Restructuring: The Polish Example by Sweder van Wijnbergen

· On the Optimal Structure of Local Governments by Oded Hochman, David Pines and Jacques-François Thisse

· Taking Trade Policy Seriously: Export Subsidization as a Case Study in Policy Effectiveness by Dani Rodrik

· Economic Growth and the Swedish Model by Magnus Henrekson, Lars Jonung and Joakim Stymne

· International Capital Mobility in the 1990s by Maurice Obstfeld

· Labour Market Structure, Conservative Bankers and the Feasibility of Monetary Union by Paul Levine and Joseph Pearlman

· Interest Rates, Growth and External Debt: The Macroeconomic Impact of Mexico's Brady Deal by Stijn Claessens, Daniel Oks and Sweder van Wijnbergen

· Speaking Fluency, Writing Fluency and Earnings of Migrants by Christian Dustmann

· Return Intentions of Migrants: Theory and Evidence by Christian Dustmann

· Choosing the Width of Exchange Rate Bands - Credibility vs. Flexibility by Alex Cukierman, Miguel A Kiguel and Leonardo Leiderman

· The Politics of Free Trade Agreements by Gene M Grossman and Elhanan Helpman

· Industrial Location and Public Infrastructure by Philippe Martin and Carol Ann Rogers

· Trade Effects of Regional Aid by Philippe Martin and Carol Ann Rogers

· Structural Adjustment, Efficiency, and Economic Growth by Thorvaldur Gylfason

· Job Creation and Job Destruction in Britain: 1980-90 by David G Blanchflower and Simon Burgess

· Gender, Poverty and the Intra-household Distribution of Resources by Jeanette Findlay and Robert E Wright

· Regional Convergence in the European Community by Damien J Neven and Claudine Gouyette

· Is Europe an Optimum Currency Area? by Peter Bofinger

· Centralization, Renationalization, Redistribution. The Role of the Government in Changing the Ownership Structure in Hungary, 1989-93 by Éva Voszka

· Industrial Localization. An Empirical Test for Marshallian Localization Economies by Jürgen von Hagen and George W Hammond

· Relative Wage Effects of German Unions by Schmidt

· Central Bank Constitutions for Monetary Unions by Jürgen von Hagen and Ralph Süppel

· Indian Public Finance in the 1990s: Challenges and Prospects by Willem H Buiter and Jayendu Patel

· Unemployment and Increasing Returns to Human Capital by Gilles Saint-Paul

· Convergence Clubs and Diverging Economies by Dan Ben-David

· The Role of Rents to Human Capital in Economic Development by Gilles Saint-Paul

· Auctions vs. Negotiations by Jeremy Bulow and Paul Klemperer

· Macroeconomic Stabilization and Intervention Policy Under an Exchange Rate Band by Roel M W J Beetsma and Frederick van der Ploeg

· Competition, Market Niches, and Efficiency: A Structural Model of the European Airline Industry by Lars-Hendrik Röller and Robin C Sickles

· Small Firms and R&D Spillovers: Evidence from Italy by David B Audretsch and Marco Vivarelli

· Stage Two: Feasible Transitions to EMU by Michael J Artis

· Exchange Rate Volatility, Monetary Policy, and Capital Mobility: Empirical Evidence on the Holy Trinity by Andrew K Rose

· Converting Unemployment Benefits into Employment Subsidies by Dennis J Snower

· Home Country Effects of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Sweden by Magnus Blomström and Ari Kokko

· Characteristics of Economic Growth in the Netherlands During the Post-war Period by Bart van Ark, Jakob de Haan and Herman J de Jong

· Optimal Transportation Policy with Strategic Locational Choice by Jacques-François Thisse and David E Wildasin

· Budget Incidence of Immigration into Switzerland: A Cross-Section Analysis of the Public Transfer System by René Weber and Thomas Straubhaar

· Wage and Employment Effects of Immigration to Germany: An Analysis Based on Local Labour Markets by Jörn-Steffen Pischke and Johannes Velling

· Immigration and the Earnings of Young Native Workers by Rudolf Winter-Ebmer and Josef Zweimüller

· An Imperfectly Competitive Open Economy with Sequential Bargaining in the Labour Market by Huw David Dixon and Michele Santoni

· Strategic Bargaining and Competitive Bidding in a Dynamic Market Equilibrium by Melvyn G Coles and Abhinay Muthoo

· Understanding the Matching Function: The Role of Newspapers and Job Agencies by Melvyn G Coles

· The Simplest Test of Inflation Target Credibility by Lars E O Svensson

· Monetary Policy with Flexible Exchange Rates and Forward Interest Rates as Indicators by Lars E O Svensson

· On the Speed and Sequencing of Privatization and Restructuring by Gérard Roland

· The Role of Political Constraints in Transition Strategies by Gérard Roland