Publications
Weatherhead Center Working Paper Series
- The World Economy in 2033
- by Cooper, Richard N.
- The record of long-term forecasting, particularly by economists, is not a glorious one. In a celebrated article, the great English economist John Maynard Keynes, writing in 1930 about “the economic...
- Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
- Published Date: June 2010 More
- Does the SDR Have a Future?
- by Cooper, Richard N.
- This article will briefly address the future prospects for the dollar as an internationally acceptable denomination for assets, and then discuss the several ways in which the SDR or some other...
- Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
- Published Date: March 2010 More
- Europe’s Emissions Trading System
- by Cooper, Richard N.
- This paper describes and evaluates the system for trading CO2 emission permits introduced by the European Union to encourage the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to help abate climate change. ...
- Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
- Published Date: March 2010 More
- The Human Cost of Economic Crises
- by Alexander, Marcus; Harding, Matthew C.; Lamarche, Carlos
- Policy makers rely on a mix of government spending and tax cuts to address the imbalances
in the economy during an economic crisis, by promoting price stability and renewed
economic growth. However,...
- Publication Type: WCFIA Working Paper
- Published Date: April 22, 2009 More