Publications

This paper assesses the US government's implicit commitment to a “too big to fail” (TBTF) policy for major banks following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. It uses data from the Fede...chevron_right

This publication explores the cost effectiveness of US think tanks in terms of media and website citations per budget dollar. It notes that in 2008 the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) r...chevron_right

This paper assesses the US housing market two years since the housing bubble began to deflate in 2007. The authors find that while most of the nation's metropolitan housing bubbles have deflated, ther...chevron_right

According to this report, contrary to popular perceptions, the US has a much smaller small business sector (as a share of total employment) than other countries at a comparable level of economic devel...chevron_right

This paper highlights some of the main implications of the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO)'s new economic projections. According to the author, they show the economy remaining well below its pote...chevron_right

This brief looks at US assistance to other countries through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), in cases where the US has cut the funding following political developments such as coups d’etat...chevron_right

This paper calculates savings from renting compared with owning a house purchased in 2006 or 2007 in 16 major metropolitan areas of the US. The authors calculates the savings both before and after tax...chevron_right

This paper explains why in Costa Rica stand-by arrangements have allowed the application of expansionary fiscal stimulus to only partially offset their benefit with tight monetary policy. According to...chevron_right

This paper discusses proposals to address the US foreclosure crisis. It argues that there is a simple solution to this problem: Congress and the Obama administration can give families facing foreclosu...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the trends in activity at the US Federal Reserve’s special lending facilities in order to provide a better understanding of their operation and significance within financial market...chevron_right

This paper provides a brief overview of some of major macroeconomic and social indicators, and policy changes, in Ecuador in 2009, focusing mainly on the period since the Correa administration took of...chevron_right

This brief examines a potential relationship between paid sick days and unemployment. It shows that the experience of 22 countries with the highest level of social and economic development (as measure...chevron_right

This report examines the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and its effects. It argues that the US$787 billion included in the ARRA will not have as much of an immediate impact on the ...chevron_right

This issue brief examines voting shares of members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), including voting shares prior to changes agreed in 2006, the voting shares after the 2006 changes were impl...chevron_right

This report shows that in the current economic crisis, the US unemployment rate ranks 4th to last among the major OECD countries. The information is set against earlier perceptions of the US being see...chevron_right