Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
The
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity publishes research on current issues in macroeconomics, broadly defined.
BPEA emphasizes innovative analysis that has an empirical orientation, takes real-world institutions seriously, and is relevant to economic policy. Papers are presented and discussed at conferences held twice each year, and the papers and discussant remarks from each conference are published in the journal several months later. Research findings are described in a clear and accessible style to maximize their impact on economic understanding and economic policymaking.
Forthcoming
BPEA papers include
“The Age of Reason: Financial Decisions over the Life-Cycle with Implications for Regulation” by Sumit Agarwal, John Driscoll, Xavier Gabaix, and David Laibson,
“By How Much Does GDP Rise If the Government Buys More Output?” by Robert Hall,
“When the North Headed South: The World in Crisis” by Carmen Reinhart and Vincent Reinhart,
“An Interpretation of the Unconventional U.S. Monetary-Policy Response to the 2007-09 Crisis” by Ricardo Reis, and
“Heeding Daedalus: Optimal Inflation and the Zero Lower Bound” by John Williams.
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The conferences and the journals are based upon the work partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0752779. The papers and discussant remarks reflect the views of the authors and not necessarily the views of the funding organizations or the staff members, officers, or trustees of the Brookings Institution.