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Economic Policy 56 October 2008

Copyright © 2008 CEPR, CES, MSH

Economic Policy 56 October 2008

Editor(s): Georges De Ménil, Richard Portes, Hans-Werner Sinn

Published Online: 21 APR 2009

Print ISBN: 9781405173971

Online ISBN: 9781444307238

DOI: 10.1002/9781444307238

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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

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages 1–4)

    2. Editors' Introduction (pages 595–600)

    3. Labour Market Institutions and Income Inequality (pages 603–650)

      Daniele Checchi and Cecilia García-Peñalosa

    4. From Individual Attitudes towards Migrants to Migration Policy Outcomes: Theory and Evidence (pages 653–714)

      Giovanni Facchini and Anna Maria Mayda

    5. Social Spending and Automatic Stabilizers in the OECD (pages 717–757)

      Julia Darby and Jacques Melitz

    6. Declining Discount Rates: Economic Justifications and Implications for Long-Run Policy (pages 759–795)

      Christian Gollier, Phoebe Koundouri and Theologos Pantelidis

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