Recently added articles from Business Economics:
From the editor.(United States economic conditions)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008; Crow, Robert Thomas ... July 2008 will not go down in history as an "era of good feeling." As this is written, the impact of inflation of food and energy prices seems to be making itself felt in core inflation; the unemployment rate, while not terribly high by historical standards, is too high to be comfortable; ...
The Fed's new communication strategy: is it stealth inflation targeting? Or is it simply enhanced transparency?
Jul 01, 2008; Woodford, Michael ... Along with the minutes of the October 30-31, 2007, meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee released a summary of its members' forecasts of key economic variables, a practice that is to be continued. Does this change in communication policy imply that the Fed is embarking on an ...
Subprime credit: the evolution of a market: the subprime lending crisis is simply the latest variation of a traditional cycle.
Jul 01, 2008; Silvia, John ... About once every decade or so economists get to witness the evolution of a credit market. In the 1970s there were mutual funds, in the 1990s there were high yield bonds, and today we have subprime lending. How do we establish a framework for a market that allows itself to undergo a quiet ...
Shifting trends in semiconductor prices and the pace of technological progress: is there a link? How close?
Jul 01, 2008; Aizcorbe, Ana ... This paper examines three questions motivated by previous research on semiconductors and productivity growth: Why-did semiconductor prices fall so rapidly in the second half of the 1990s? Why has the rate of price decline slowed since 2001? And to what extent are these price swings ...
Economic implications of Mexico's sudden demographic transition: the next 20 years offer particular risks and opportunities.
Jul 01, 2008; Sedano, Fernando ... Mexico is in the midst of an unprecedented demographic transition that is changing the size and age structure of its population. The most salient demographic change--and clearly the precursor of most other demographic changes--is the abrupt decline in the country's fertility rate from 6.5 ...
Porter's model of generic competitive strategies: an insightful and convenient approach to firms' analysis.
Jul 01, 2008; Ormanidhi, Orges ... A firm's competitive behavior is an important topic for practitioners, theorists, and policy makers. Among the explanations of firms' behavior is Michael Porter's model. We have presented this model along with some alternative approaches: Structure-Conduct-Performance, the New Industrial ...
Pharmaceutical economics.(ECONOMICS AT WORK)
Jul 01, 2008; Chressanthis, George ... Much has been written in various issues of Business Economics over the years about the healthcare industry. Yet, and rather surprisingly, a lack of insight exists into the role economists play in shaping the direction and outcome of business research and policy decisions of a very ...
Detailed industry, product, geographic data from the 2007 Economic Census become available in 2009.(FOCUS ON STATISTICS)(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; Parker, Robert P. ... In the first quarter of 2009, the U.S. Bureau of the Census(Census Bureau) will begin the release of data from the 2007 Economic Census (EC). This census, which is now conducted every five years, will provide detailed data on establishments primarily engaged in the nonfarm industries. For ...
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; Mennis, Edmund A. ... By Muhammad Yunus, 2007. Public Affairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Pp. 261, $26.00 hardcover. This review is based on eight compact discs, narrated by Patrick Lawlor, $29.95. This book tells the story of Dr. Muhammad Yunus and how his pioneering work in making small ...
Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2008; Goodman, John C. ... By Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein,. 2008. Yale University Press, Pp. 304, $26.00, hardcover. As of January of this year, U.S. employers can automatically enroll their employees in 401(k) plans with diversified portfolios--without fear of lawsuits and without certain ...