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_bE19 2006
245 0 4 _aThe economy of Puerto Rico:
_brestoring growth /
_cSusan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, Miguel A. Soto-Class editors.
260 _aSan Juan, Puerto Rico:
_bCenter for the New Economy;
_aWashington. D.C. :
_bThe Brookings Institution Press,
_c2006.
300 _a607 p.:
_bill. forms.;
_c23cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 0 _aIntroduction 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.
520 8 _aEconomists 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.
651 4 _aPuerto Rico
_xEconomic policy.
651 4 _aPuerto Rico
_xEconomic conditions
_y1952-.
700 1 _aCollins, Susan Margaret
700 1 _aBosworth, Barry ,1942
700 1 _aSoto-Class, Miguel A.
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