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The economy of Puerto Rico: restoring growth / Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, Miguel A. Soto-Class editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Juan, Puerto Rico: Center for the New Economy; Washington. D.C. : The Brookings Institution Press, 2006.Description: 607 p.: ill. forms.; 23cmISBN:
  • 0815715536 (pbk)
  • 9780815715535( pbk)
  • 0815715544 (hbk)
  • 9780815715542 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.1/.2
LOC classification:
  • HC 154.5 E19 2006
Contents:
Introduction and sunmary / Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth and Miguel A. Soto-Class--- Economic Growth / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins: Comments by William J, Baumol and José J. Villamil--- Labor supply and public transfers / Gary Burtless and Orlando Sotomayor: Comments by Eileen V. Segarra Alméstica and Katherine Terrell--- Why don't more Puerto Rican men work? The rich uncle (Sam) hypothesis / María E. Enchautegui and Richard B. Freeman : Comment by Belinda I. Reyes--- Education and economic development / Helen F. Ladd and Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz: Comments by Alan B. Krueger and Carlos E. Santiago--- The climate for bussines development and employment growth / Steven J. Davis and Luis A. Rivera-Batiz: Comments by Marines Aponte and David B. Audretsch--- Assesing Puerto Rico's fiscal policies / James Alm: Comments by Ronald Fisher, William Lockwood Benet, and Fuar Andic--- Financing economic development / Rita Maldonado-Bear and Ingo Walter: Comments by Arturo Estrella and James A. Hanson--- Trade performance and industrial policy / Robert Z. Lawrence and Juan Lara: Comments by James L. Dietz and Daniel Lederman--- Restoring Growth: The policy options / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins.
Summary: Economists from U.S. and Puerto Rican institutions address a range of major policy issues affecting the island's economic development. To frame the current situation, the contributors begin by assessing Puerto Rico's past experience with various growth policies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction and sunmary / Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth and Miguel A. Soto-Class--- Economic Growth / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins: Comments by William J, Baumol and José J. Villamil--- Labor supply and public transfers / Gary Burtless and Orlando Sotomayor: Comments by Eileen V. Segarra Alméstica and Katherine Terrell--- Why don't more Puerto Rican men work? The rich uncle (Sam) hypothesis / María E. Enchautegui and Richard B. Freeman : Comment by Belinda I. Reyes--- Education and economic development / Helen F. Ladd and Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz: Comments by Alan B. Krueger and Carlos E. Santiago--- The climate for bussines development and employment growth / Steven J. Davis and Luis A. Rivera-Batiz: Comments by Marines Aponte and David B. Audretsch--- Assesing Puerto Rico's fiscal policies / James Alm: Comments by Ronald Fisher, William Lockwood Benet, and Fuar Andic--- Financing economic development / Rita Maldonado-Bear and Ingo Walter: Comments by Arturo Estrella and James A. Hanson--- Trade performance and industrial policy / Robert Z. Lawrence and Juan Lara: Comments by James L. Dietz and Daniel Lederman--- Restoring Growth: The policy options / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins.

Economists from U.S. and Puerto Rican institutions address a range of major policy issues affecting the island's economic development. To frame the current situation, the contributors begin by assessing Puerto Rico's past experience with various growth policies.

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