Brookings papers on economic activity : Spring 2009

"Tentative contents include The Age of Reason: Financial Decisions over the Life Cycle and Implications for Regulation Sumit Agarwal (Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago), Xavier Gabaix (New York University), and David Laibson (Harvard University) Heeding Daedalus: Optimal Inflation and the Zero Lower Bound John C. Williams (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco) By How Much Does GDP Rise If the Government Buys More Output? Robert E. Hall (Stanford University) Interpreting the Unconventional U.S. Monetary Policy of 2007-09 Ricardo Reis (Columbia University) When the North Heads South: The World in Crisis Carmen M. Reinhart (University of Maryland), and Vincent Reinhart (American Enterprise Institute)."@en
"The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, long one of Brookings's signature publications, has new leadership. The two incoming editors have both made outstanding contributions to economic research and the communication of economic ideas to a broad audience. They will ensure that BPEA continues to be a central meeting place for leading scholars analyzing important economic problems. The new editorial team will retain BPEA's focus on empirical research of current issues in macroeconomics and economic policy, emphasizing real-world events and institutions. The journal will uphold its tradition of."@en