For almost thirty years, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) has provided academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research of current economic issues.Contents Include:

Articles

Productivity Levels in Germany, Japan, and the United States: Differences and Causes, Bart Van Ark and Dirk Pilat

Competition, Regulation, and Efficiency in Service Industries, Martin Neil Baily

International Trade and American Wages in the 1980s: Giant Sucking Sound or Small Hiccup?, Robert Z. Lawrence and Matthew J. Slaughter

Fat: The Displacement of Nonproduction Workers from U.S. Manufacturing Industries, Richard E. Caves and Matthew B. Krepps

Industrial Research During the 1980s: Did the Rate of Return Fall?, Bronwyn H. Hall

Implementing a National Technology Strategy with Self-Organizing Investment Boards, Paul M. Romer