World Economic Outlook Update – New setbacks, further policy action needed published by IMF indicated by Alvaro Manoel. “In the past three months, the global recovery, which was not strong to start with, has shown signs of further weakness….
Great Recession and fiscal squeeze at U.S. subnational government level by Jiri Jonas, published by IMF, indicated by Alvaro Manoel. “The paper discusses the fiscal impact of the Great Recession of 2007-08 on state and local governments in the…
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Is Europe as Unequal as the U.S.? (Canuto)
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Is Europe as unequal as the U.S.? by Otaviano Canuto. “Europe is the land of generous social programs with not as much inequality as in the U.S., right? It is fair to say that low interpersonal inequality in general…
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Book Emerging Markets (Nóbrega & Trennepohl)
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Infrastructure in Emerging markets: Theory and practice by Marcos Nóbrega and Terence Trennepohl. “Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Project Finance models need to be examined, such as specific and often incomplete contracts, the distribution of risk between public and private…
Heterodox and mainstream macroeconomics: a great divide by Simon Wren-Lewis published by blog Mainly Macro (07/2012) indicated by Otaviano Canuto. “One of the notable things I find about the mainstream/heterodox divide is how strong it is. I think it’s…
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a global effort to make governments better. “We all want more transparent, effective and accountable governments – with institutions that empower citizens and are responsive to their aspirations. The OGP formally launched on…
Modest U.S. recovery, but Europe a key risk published by IMF. “The U.S. economy continues to recover at a tepid pace, while concerns about the euro area debt crisis and uncertainty over domestic fiscal plans are creating a challenging…
In the special 10th Anniversary Virtual Issue host a sample of some of the most impactful research published by JEEA as: Why is Fiscal Policy Often Procyclical? by Alberto Alesina. Felipe R. Campante and Guido Tabellini. Understanding the Effects…
10th Anniversary Virtual Issue by The Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA) indicated by Roberto Macedo. “The JEEA was established in 2003, with the goal to promete an ambitious journal that could establish itself as one of the…
The (other) deleveraging: What economists need to know about the modern money creation process by Manmohan Singh and Peter Stella published by VOXEU. “The world of credit creation has shifted over recent years. This column argues this shift is…