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Policy Papers

economics Policy Papers are concerned with the economic analysis of current policy issues. The analysis is rigorous, from a theoretical and empirical perspective, but the articles are written in nontechnical language appropriate for a broad spectrum of economic decision makers and participants economic policy discussion. The rigorous analysis is contained in the appendix of each article.

Arjan Lejour, Andrea Mervar, Gerard Verweij: The Economic Effects of Croatia's Accession to the EU
Klas Fregert and Lars Jonung: Inflation Targeting Is a Success, So Far: 100 Years of Evidence from Swedish Wage Contracts

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George A. Akerlof
Gary S. Becker
Jagdish N. Bhagwati
Willem H. Buiter
Lawrence Christiano
Alan Deardorff
Avinash Dixit
Robert Feenstra
Richard B. Freeman
James J. Heckman
Edward Leamer
Assar Lindbeck
Eric Maskin
Robert Mundell
Maurice Obstfeld
Amartya Sen
A. Michael Spence
Guido Tabellini
Jeffrey G. Williamson