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Bilal Habib

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  • The impact of the financial crisis on poverty and income distributions

Maurizio Michael Habib

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  • Getting beyond the carry trade: What makes a safe-haven currency?
  • How exorbitant is the dollar’s “exorbitant privilege”?

Andreas Hackethal

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  • Do financial advisors improve portfolio performance?

Franz Hackl

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  • How the state influences volunteering

Mona Haddad

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  • Export-led growth: Still a viable strategy after the crisis?
  • Prices vs quantities in the great trade collapse: New evidence
  • Can real exchange rate undervaluation boost exports?

Catherine M. Haeck

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  • The university as an internal labour market

Carolin Haeussler

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  • Why don’t academic scientists share information with their colleagues?

Sara Hagemann

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  • Lisbon Treaty: Democracy vs efficiency?

Stephan Haggard

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  • North Korea: pre-famine conditions emerge

Robert W Hahn

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  • Why cap-and-trade should (and does) have appeal to politicians

Volker Hahn

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  • How bank equity regulation is akin to inflation targeting

Jamal Ibrahim Haidar

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  • Iran sanctions and diverted trade: Exporter-level evidence
  • Arab exporters: Are they different?

Emily Haisley

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  • Nudges to nudge up the savings rate

Andrew G Haldane

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  • Have we solved 'too big to fail'?
  • What have the economists ever done for us?
  • What is the contribution of the financial sector?

Galina Hale

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  • Creditor protection and financial crises

Michalis Haliassos

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  • Do financial advisors improve portfolio performance?

George Hall

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  • Fiscal prioritisation: Lessons from three wars
  • Net interest payments on the federal debt: A flawed measure

Robert E. Hall

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  • Fed can control inflation with reserve interest-rate policy
  • The good/bad bank debate: A new proposal

Bronwyn H. Hall

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  • Knowledge economy: market valuation of European R&D

Martin Halla

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  • Immigration and voting for the extreme right
  • The effect of joint custody on marriage and divorce
  • How the state influences volunteering

David Hallam

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  • Buying land in developing nations

Stéphane Hallegatte

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  • Toward a world of larger disasters? Ideas for risk-management policies
  • From growth to green growth

Mark Hallerberg

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  • The technical competence of economic policymakers

Caroline Halls

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  • The fiscal effects of A8 migration to the UK

Mary Hallward-Driemeier

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  • Send lawyers, guns, and money: Deals versus rules in Africa

László Halpern

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  • Still standing: Global crisis and European firms
  • The impact of the crisis on European firms
  • Shipping out the best beer: Why export prices increase with distance

Daniel S. Hamermesh

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  • Ageing and productivity: Economists and others
  • Beauty and the labour market

James D. Hamilton

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  • Calling recessions in real time
  • Did rising oil prices trigger the current recession?

Dan Hammer

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  • Identifying a fair deal on climate change

Aoife Hanley

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  • Can Spain learn from its ‘export starters’?
  • Foreign firms and firm survival: A look at Ireland in crisis
  • Have Chinese innovators (and banks) finally grown-up?

Rema Hanna

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  • Do teachers discriminate against minorities in India?

Stephen Hansen

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  • Do external experts help? Evidence from the UK’s Monetary Policy Committee

Matthew C Hansen

Eric Hanushek

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  • Independent schools: A luxury for the developed world?
  • The pros and cons of vocational education: New evidence
  • Education and growth: Quality, not quantity

Stuart Harbinson

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  • The good ship Doha: Salvage-and-abandon-ship or repair-and-wait?

David Harbord

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  • Bad call: The Orange/T-Mobile merger

Torfinn Harding

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  • Can FDI help developing countries upgrade export quality?
  • Roll out the red carpet and they will come: effect of investment promotion on FDI inflows

Daniel C Hardy

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  • The future of Europe-wide stress testing

Thomas Harjes

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  • Eurozone monetary policy in uncharted waters

Heike Harmgart

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  • Microfinance: Is it time to write off group loans?
  • Would deregulation close the US-UK productivity gap in retailing?

Anthony Harris

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  • New evidence on the social context of wellbeing

Mark Harrison

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  • Russia’s national income in war and revolution, 1913 to 1928

Ann Harrison

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  • Learning vs. stealing: India’s productivity growth and market shares
  • Prices vs quantities in the great trade collapse: New evidence
  • From hard to soft industrial policies in developing countries

Philipp Hartmann

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  • Towards the integrated measurement and management of market and credit risk

Fuad Hasanov

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  • Self-defeating austerity shocks
  • Oil exporters’ dilemma

John Hassler

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  • Pricing climate change
  • Can Greece pull it off?
  • A crisis mechanism for the euro: The European Stability Mechanism

Timothy J Hatton

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  • Reaching new heights: How have Europeans grown so tall?
  • Seeking asylum: Trends and policies in the OECD
  • Seeking asylum: Trends and policies in the OECD

Harald Hau

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  • Why early sovereign default could save the euro
  • Why Lagarde is right: Bank recapitalisation is the best strategy
  • Eurozone bailout: Taxpayer transfer to the wealthy?

Andreas Haufler

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  • Why are unionised countries often successful in attracting foreign direct investment?
  • The plenum of German economists on the European debt crisis

Esther Hauk

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  • Political institutions and the curse of natural resources

Catherine Hausman

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  • Prices vs quantities in the great trade collapse: New evidence

Ricardo Hausmann

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  • Redemption or abstinence?
  • Dealing with the global crisis: A view for the South

Olena Havrylchyk

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  • South-South investment, institutional quality, and natural resources

Moshe Hazan

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  • The price of children and the value of none: New evidence from Israel
  • Longevity and investment in human capital: Lessons from today's developed countries
  • Europe’s fertility crisis: Lessons from the post-war baby boom

Keith Head

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  • Cultural imports, foreign influences, and domestic traditions
  • Offshoring service sector jobs: the role of distance

Derek Headey

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  • Was the global food crisis really a crisis?

Christopher Heady

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  • Getting the right tax policy: Aiding recovery and boosting growth

Geoffrey Heal

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  • From growth to green growth
  • Ambiguity is another reason to mitigate climate change
  • Can renewable energy save the world?

Andrew Healy

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  • Women and the corridors of power: New evidence

Jonathan Heathcote

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  • Economic inequality during recessions

Stephan Heblich

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  • Caution to place makers: Greater firm density does not always promote incumbent firm health
  • The lifecycle of regions

James J. Heckman

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  • Improving skills to promote equality in the US
  • The growing polarisation of American society and its implications for productivity
  • Educated in America: College graduates and high school dropouts

Ulrich Hege

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  • Why early sovereign default could save the euro

Frank Heiland

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  • Do you know how much your home is worth?

Friedrich Heinemann

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  • Declining populations and tipping points for small European cities

Frank Heinemann

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  • Manifesto for a banking union by economists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
  • What if the equities vortex resumes? Radical measures for crazy times
  • Can central banks talk too much?

Thomas Helbling

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  • How similar is the current crisis to the Great Depression?

Leander Heldring

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  • Colonialism and development in Africa

Peter S. Heller

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  • Fiscal policy after the crisis

Rebecca Hellerstein

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  • Memory and the dollar: New evidence on international demand
  • Timelines of policy responses to the global financial crisis
  • The good news about growing current account volatility

John Helliwell

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  • New evidence on the social context of wellbeing

Thomas Hellmann

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  • The European venture capital industry

Martin Hellwig

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  • Manifesto for a banking union by economists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Christian Hellwig

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  • Eurobills, not euro Bonds

Dieter Helm

Christian Helmers

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  • China: From imitator to innovator?
  • The impact of university research on corporate patenting: New evidence from the UK
  • Intellectual property and climate change

Elhanan Helpman

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  • Trade and inequality: New insights from Brazil

David Hemous

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  • Kick-starting the green innovation machine

J. Vernon Henderson

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  • Measuring economic growth from outer space

David F. Hendry

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  • How should we make economic forecasts?

Kène Henkens

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  • Seven billion people, so why do some fear population decline?
  • Why are the Dutch leaving the Netherlands?

Christian Henn

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  • Crisis protectionism: The observed trade impact

C Randall Henning

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  • Europe’s fiscal union: Lessons from US federalism

Cameron Hepburn

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  • Should the EU suspend its airline emissions charge?

Chris Herbst

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  • Childcare subsidies and child wellbeing: New evidence from the US

Jérôme Héricourt

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  • When exchange-rate volatility affects trade
  • How foreign demand affects sales at home: Evidence from French firms

Laura Hering

Jane Leber Herr

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  • Why do highly educated mothers opt out of the labour force?

Helios Herrera

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  • The back of Berlusconi: Is this the end of populism in Europe?

Richard J. Herring

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  • A safer world financial system

Jonathan Hersh

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  • New goods in a Malthusian world: The welfare gains from coffee, tea, and sugar

Thomas Hertel

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  • Climate change and the world’s poorest
  • Agricultural Trade Reforms

Tom Hertz

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  • Educational inequality persistence: Evidence from 29 nations over 50 years

Dierk Herzer

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  • Another sad result on aid effectiveness

Heiko Hesse

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  • The future of Europe-wide stress testing
  • Balance-sheet repairs in European banks
  • Room for manoeuvre among Eurozone banks

Clemens Hetschko

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  • How retiring makes the unemployed happier

Constantino Hevia

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  • The resilience of emerging markets during the global crisis

Daniel Heymann

Charles Hickson

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  • Has equity always earned a premium? Evidence from nineteenth-century Britain

Alexander Hijzen

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  • Working conditions in the foreign operations of multinational enterprises

Christian Hilber

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  • On the causes and consequences of land use regulations

Philipp M. Hildebrand

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  • The challenge of sovereign wealth funds

Hal Hill

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  • Chiang Mai Initiative: Designed not to be used?

James R. Hines Jr.

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  • Who will bear corporate income tax increases?

Masayuki Hirukawa

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  • Venture capital isn’t crucial to innovation

Randi Hjalmarsson

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  • Can education policy be used to fight crime?

Bart Hobijn

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  • How high will the unemployment rate rise?

Alexandr Hobza

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  • Should Eurozone current-account surpluses be reduced?
  • EU reforms to increase potential output

Yael V. Hochberg

Eduard Hochreiter

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  • Growing together: Croatia and Latvia
  • Governance and growth: Why does Georgia lag behind Estonia?

Bernard Hoekman

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  • Why reforms fail: Political-economy forces and agriculture in Africa
  • Pay attention to the WTO leadership contest: It matters!
  • Reinvigorating the trade policy agenda: Think supply chain!

Steffen H Hoernig

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  • Bad call: The Orange/T-Mobile merger

Daniel Hoewer

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  • Financing start-ups: The impact of credit scoring and bank concentration

Karla Hoff

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  • Why economists should not ignore affirmative action

Mathias Hoffmann

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  • Hedging macroeconomic risk in the Eurozone: Fiscal union versus capital markets
  • Manifesto for a banking union by economists in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
  • How can European banks learn from the US?

Susan Hoffmann

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  • An oversight on oversight: The Federal Home Loan Bank

Boris Hofmann

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  • Breaking the crisis cycle

Richard Holden

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  • Ambiguity and extremism in elections

Roland Hodler

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  • Must natural resources be a curse?

Dawn Holland

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  • Self-defeating austerity?
  • The alternatives to austerity: The effect on jobs and incomes in the UK

Peter Holmes

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  • EU-India free trade agreement?

Helena Holmlund

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  • Can education policy be used to fight crime?

Bengt Holmstrom

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  • The Nordics in the global crisis

Hans Holter

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  • Divorce rates help explain why Americans work more than Europeans

Sarah Holton

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  • Credit demand, supply, and conditions: A tale of three crises

Harry J. Holzer

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  • Temp jobs: dead end or stepping stone?

Johan Hombert

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  • Funding innovation: ‘How’ is as important as ‘how much’

Rebecca Homkes

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  • Why good practices really matter in healthcare

Patrick Honohan

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  • Ireland: How to fix the looming banking and public finance crises
  • Undoing the Irish property boom

Lex Hoogduin

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  • Are OECD central banks too transparent?

Charles Yuji Horioka

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  • The future of saving rates in Asia

Gary Horlick

Cecília Hornok

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  • Is faster trade more trade? Evidence from EU enlargement

Erik Hornung

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  • Education helped Prussia catch up in the Industrial Revolution

Mark Horton

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  • A century of public debt and what have we learned?

Roman Horváth

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  • The unbearable lightness of being… a reversible reform
  • How does monetary policy respond to financial stress?
  • Central banks’ voting records and future policy

Bálint Horváth

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  • The EFSF: Unfinished business

Takeo Hoshi

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  • Implementation of Basel III in the US will bring back the regulatory arbitrage problems under Basel I

Daniel Hosken

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  • The effect of mergers on consumer prices

Anthony Hotson

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  • Medieval monetary practices

Christian Hott

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  • Housing bubbles and interest rates

Trevor Houser

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  • Ending the crisis without starting another: A “green” global recovery

Nune Hovhannisyan

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  • International business travel and innovation: Face-to-face is crucial

Caroline Hoxby

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  • More money + more autonomy = better European universities

Haifang Huang

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  • New evidence on the social context of wellbeing

Rocco Huang

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  • Why have Canadian banks been more resilient?

Yiping Huang

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  • China’s economic rebalancing is already underway
  • China's price problems are a monetary problem
  • What does the Chinese rate hike tell us?

Michael Huberman

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  • The rise of trade and social protection

Steffen Huck

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  • Experimental economics and policy design

Thomas Huertas

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  • Banking union and bank resolution: How should the two meet?

Gary Clyde Hufbauer

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  • Trade facilitation matters!
  • National buybacks: The solution for Greek debt
  • Ensuring globalisation after the global crisis

David Huffman

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  • The intergenerational transmission of risk and trust attitudes

Abigail Hughes

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  • Labour productivity and the global crisis: A historical perspective

Andrew Hughes Hallett

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  • The Eurozone crisis: Fiscal fragility, external imbalances, or both?
  • Do fiscal policymakers know what they are doing?

Eric Hughson

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  • Financial markets and a lender of last resort: Lessons from the founding of the Federal Reserve

Harry Huizinga

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  • Capital gains taxation and the cost of capital
  • Is lending by state banks more stable over the business cycle?
  • The EFSF: Unfinished business

David Hummels

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  • Dirty trade: How important are greenhouse-gas emissions from international transport?
  • Globalisation and higher education: Different degrees of success

Owen F Humpage

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  • Notes for currency wars: The trilemma of international finance
  • Currency wars: Lessons from the US experience
  • SDR vs $: What it takes to be an international reserve currency

John Humphrey

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  • Is the crisis hurting trade finance? Evidence from Africa

Jane Humphries

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  • Child labour: lessons from the Industrial Revolution

Jennifer Hunt

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  • The impact of immigration on the educational attainment of natives
  • Should we believe the German labour-market miracle?
  • Why do women leave science and engineering?

Erik Hurst

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  • How are unemployed persons spending their newfound time?
  • Time with the kids: Parental education and child care

Michael M Hutchison

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  • The risk of default in the Eurozone: New analysis of fiscal space, CDS spreads, and market pricing of risk

Hans K. Hvide

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  • Do entrepreneurs matter?
  • Does lack of liquidity impair entrepreneurs?

Ari Hyytinen

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  • Catching cartels: A new toolkit

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