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Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Journal Prestige (SJR): 6.851  Citation Impact (citeScore): 2 Number of Followers: 69  Open Access journalISSN (Print) 0007-2303 - ISSN (Online) 1533-4465 Published by Brookings Institution  [1 journal]
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- Economic implications of the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction
Act
Authors: John Bistline; Neil R. Mehrotra, Catherine Wolfram
Abstract: The climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed by President Biden in August could dramatically transform the energy sector of the U.S. economy, but the costs and the extent of new investment are highly uncertain, suggests a paper discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on March 30, 2023. “The…
PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 01:00:55 +000
- The health wedge and labor market inequality
Authors: Amy Finkelstein; Casey McQuillan, Owen Zidar, Eric Zwick
Abstract: The uniquely American approach to providing health insurance through employers is a little-recognized but important driver of increasing labor market inequality, suggests a paper to be discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on March 31. The authors—Amy Finkelstein of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Casey McQuillan and Owen Zidar of Princeton…
PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 01:00:48 +000
- COVID credit policies around the world: Size, scope, costs, and
consequences
Authors: Gee Hee Hong; Deborah Lucas
Abstract: Large-scale interventions in credit markets were an important, but often under-appreciated, element of many countries' efforts to support their economies during the COVID-19 pandemic, suggests a paper to be discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on March 31. The authors—Gee Hee Hong of the International Monetary Fund and Deborah Lucas of…
PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 01:00:45 +000
- Where are the missing workers'
Authors: Katharine Abraham; Lea Rendell
Abstract: Long COVID, fear of catching COVID, and Americans’ shifting priorities for the balance between work and personal activities may explain more than half of the drop in U.S. labor force participation over the past three years, suggests a paper discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on March 30, 2023. According to…
PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 01:00:44 +000
- Emerging market challenges
Authors: Viral Acharya; Carlos Carvalho, Fernanda Nechio, Eswar Prasad
Abstract: Economists explored challenges and opportunities confronting three important emerging market economies—India, Brazil, and China—in papers prepared for a panel discussion at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on March 30. India at 75: Replete with Contradictions, Brimming with Opportunities, Saddled with Challenges Viral Acharya of New York University writes that India could potentially…
PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 01:00:13 +000
- Is the global economy deglobalizing' And if so, why' And what is
next'
Authors: Pinelopi K. Goldberg; Tristan Reed
Abstract: The globalization of the world economy continued even through the COVID pandemic, but recent changes in government policy and public sentiment could herald a new era of deglobalization, suggests a paper to be discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on March 31. The authors—Pinelopi K. Goldberg of Yale University and Tristan…
PubDate: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 01:00:00 +000
- Shrinking the Federal Reserve balance sheet
Authors: Dave Skidmore
Abstract: Economists Arvind Krishnamurthy, Sydney C. Ludvigson, and Jonathan H. Wright explored the lessons learned from the Federal Reserve’s use of large-scale securities purchases during a panel discussion at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on September 9. In March 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic roiled international financial markets, threatening the economy, the Federal…
PubDate: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:02:00 +000
- Measuring US fiscal capacity using discounted cash flow analysis
Authors: Zhengyang Jiang; Hanno Lustig, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Mindy Z. Xiaolan
Abstract: The U.S. government’s capacity to continue running large budget deficits could be threatened if interest rates remain even modestly higher than currently expected, suggests a paper to be discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on September 8. A hypothetical 1 percentage point upward shift in projected interest rates over the next three…
PubDate: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 01:01:40 +000
- Working from home around the world
Authors: Cevat Giray Aksoy; Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls, Pablo Zarate
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a large and lasting shift to working from home among educated workers around the world, finds a new survey to be presented at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on September 9. “No other episode in modern history involves such a pronounced and widespread shift in working arrangements in…
PubDate: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 01:01:28 +000
- Understanding US inflation during the COVID era
Authors: Laurence Ball; Daniel Leigh, Prachi Mishra
Abstract: The Federal Reserve likely will need to push unemployment far higher than its 4.1 percent projection if it is to succeed in bringing inflation down to its 2 percent target by the end of 2024, suggests a paper to be discussed at the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) conference on September 8. The paper,…
PubDate: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 01:01:20 +000
