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November
2000
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2000
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2000
June
2000
April
2000
March
2000
February
2000
January
2000
For further information, copies of the journal or
of individual articles or any information on economic research in
the UK, contact: RES Media Consultant for Economics -
Romesh Vaitilingam on 0117-983-9770 or mobile 07768-661095
(email: romesh@compuserve.com)
To follow up particular research stories,
contact Romesh Vaitilingam, or the relevant author(s).
| NOVEMBER
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The Prince and the Pauper?:Comparing
Chief Executive Pay in the UK and the US |
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| Generational Accounting in the
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Can We Afford Planned Public Spending? |
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Problems in Assessing the Long-term
Consequences of Current Fiscal Policy |
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The issue also features reports on:
- The Future of Personnel Economics' by Professor Edward Lazear
of Stanford University, which explores how the subject can be
used to analyse key issues in human resource management - work-life
incentives; employee pay structures; career progression within
firms; and executive compensation, including options.
- The Pensions Green Paper: A Generational Accounting Perspective'
by Phil Agulnik, Roberto Cardarelli and James Sefton, which shows
how the policy proposals in the UK government's 1998 Green Paper
on pensions may affect the long-term sustainability of the UK's
public finances.
| OCTOBER
2000: |
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Democracy and Happiness |
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How Hungry is the Selfish Gene? |
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What Determines the Success or Failure
of World Bank Reform Programmes? |
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The Hidden Economy: Underground Workers
are Big Underground Consumers |
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Unreliable Supply Hinders Growth
in Developing Countries |
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The Economics of Tenancy Rent Control |
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| JULY
2000: |
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Corporate Downsizing: Do the Costs
to Society Outweigh the Benefits? |
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The Long-run Returns to Public Infrastructure
Investment in OECD |
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Countries Volatility in the Foreign
Exchange Markets: The Impact of New Information |
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What Explains the Widespread Success
of 'Microlending' Schemes? |
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Rural Road-building in the Developing
World: Who Gains? |
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| JUNE 2000: |
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Has Mismeasurement Denied UK Regions
Access to European Union Funds? |
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Japanese Multinationals are the Root
Cause of the Country's Economic Crisis |
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Graduate Employability: Measuring
Performance in UK Higher Education |
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Where is the Next Generation of UK
Economists? The Number of British Students Starting a PhD at
the UK's Top Universities is Falling to Dangerously Low Levels |
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Is Economics a Dismal Science for
Women? Only 15% of UK Academic Economists are Women and Only
4% of Economics Professors |
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And What About Ethnic Minorities?
The Average Black and Asian Economist in the UK Earns 13% Less
than the Average White Economist |
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| APRIL
2000: |
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Has Free Trade Always Been Good for
Economic Growth? |
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Should We Worry that the United States
has the Largest Trade Deficit in History? |
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Should Central Bankers Care More
About Employment and Less About Inflation? |
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Are Big Firms or Small Firms the
Main Drivers of Innovation |
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Customer Loyalty: Lessons from a
Fish Market |
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| MARCH 2000: |
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Arguments For and Against Government
Involvement in the Provision of Social Services |
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Does Cheaper Schooling Mean Less
Child Labour? |
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Wage Rigidity and the Bank of England's
Inflation Target |
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Lobbying by Ethnic Groups and Aid
Allocation |
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| FEBRUARY
2000: |
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Does it Matter What Kind of Pension
Scheme You Have |
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The Returns to Higher Education in
Britain |
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The Looming Crisis in Public Pension
Provision for Many OECD |
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Germany: A Public Pension System
Under Seige |
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| JANUARY
2000: |
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Predicting UK Stock Market Returns:
Can Market Timing Work? |
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Rising Wage Inequality and Low Paid
Individuals' Search for Better Paying Jobs |
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The Effects of Immigration on Wages
and Unemployment in the Host Country |
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Bargaining with the IMF: The Impact
of Impending Disaster on Lending Packages |
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What Caused the Great Chinese Famine
of 1959-61? |
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| The Origins and Management of
Financial Crises: |
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Asset Price Bubbles and the Inevitable
Financial Market Crises That Follow |
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Explaining Financial Crises in Emerging
Markets - And Why They Will Return... |
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"Bailing-in" the Private
Sector: The Case for Restricting Creditor's Rights in a Crisis |
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From Suez to Tequila: The Evolving
Role of the IMF as Crisis Manager |
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The Impact of Devalutation on Mexico's
Financial Sector Crisis |
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