Economic Policy 55

by De Menil, Georges; Portes, Richard; Sinn, Hans-Werner; Bertola, Giuseppe; Martin, Philippe; Van Ours, Jan

• ISBN13: 9781405173964
• ISBN10: 1405173963
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-15
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Top economists provide a concise and accessible evaluation of major developments in trade and trade policy. Economic Policy has earned a reputation around the world as the one publication that always identifies current and emerging policy topics early Papers are specially commissioned from first-class economists and experts in the policy field The editors are all based at top European economic institutions and each paper is discussed by a panel of distinguished economists This unique approach guarantees incisive debate and alternative interpretations of the evidence

Author Biography

The Managing Editors of Economic Policy:

Giuseppe Bertola is Professore Ordinario di Economica Politica, Facolta di Scienze Politiche, Universita di Torino.

Philippe Martin is Professor at the Universite Paris-1 Pantheon Sorbonne and CERASENPC and a Research Fellow at CEPR.

Paul Seabright is Professor of Economics at Universite des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, a Director of Research at the Institut d'Economie Industrielle and a Research Fellow at CEPR.

The Senior Editors of Economic Policy:

Georges de Menil works at the Delta Ens, France.

Richard Portes lectures in the Department of Economics, London Business School.

Hans-Werner Sinn is based at the Centre for Economic Studies, University of Munich.

Table of Contents

EditorsÆ Introduction

The 35-hour workweek in France: Straightjacket or welfare improvement?

Investigating capitalism aversion

Competition in off-patient drug markets: Issues, regulation and evidence

Predictability of aid: Do fickle donors undermine aid effectiveness?

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