LevyNews- January 2006

- Email Newsletter of The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College-

1. Strategic Analysis
2. Call for Papers
3. Conference Proceedings
4. Public Policy Brief
5. Policy Note
6. Report
7. Summary
8. Working Papers
9. Save the Date – Conference

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1. Strategic Analysis
“Are Housing Prices, Household Debt, and Growth Sustainable?”
January 2006
by Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Edward Chilcote, and Gennaro Zezza
http://www.levy.org/pubs/sa_jan_06.pdf

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2. Call for Papers
“Gender, Tax Policies, and Tax Reform in Comparative Perspective”
May 17–18, 2006
http://www.levy.org/

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3. Conference Proceedings
“Global Conference on “Unpaid Work and the Economy: Gender, Poverty, and the Millennium Development Goals”
http://www.levy.org/pubs/pro_UNDP_05.pdf

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4. Public Policy Brief
“Reforming Deposit Insurance: The Case to Replace FDIC Protection with Self-Insurance”
No. 83, 2006
by Panos Konstas
http://www.levy.org/pubs/ppb_83.pdf

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5. Policy Note

“Credit Derivatives and Financial Fragility”
by Edward Chilcote
No. 2006/1
http://www.levy.org/pubs/pn_1_06.pdf

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6. January 2006 Report

http://www.levy.org/pubs/rpt_16_1.pdf

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7. Winter 2006 Summary

http://www.levy.org/pubs/sum_15_1.pdf

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8. Working Papers

“Liquidity Preference Theory Revisited—To Ditch or to Build on It?”
No. 427
by Joerg Bibow
http://www.levy.org/pubs/wp_427.pdf

“Europe’s Quest for Monetary Stability: Central Banking Gone Astray”
No. 428
by Joerg Bibow
http://www.levy.org/pubs/wp_428.pdf

“Bad for Euroland, Worse for Germany—The ECB’s Record”
No. 429
by Joerg Bibow
http://www.levy.org//pubs/wp_429.pdf

“Are Long-run Price Stability and Short-run Output Stabilization All that Monetary Policy Can Aim For?”
No. 430
by Giuseppe Fontana and Alfonso Palacio-Vera
http://www.levy.org//pubs/wp_430.pdf

“Monetary Policy Strategies of the European Central Bank and the Federal
Reserve Bank of the U.S.”
No. 431
by C. Sardoni and L. Randall Wray
http://www.levy.org//pubs/wp_431.pdf

“Job-Hopping in Silicon Valley: Some Evidence Concerning the Micro-
Foundations of a High Technology Cluster”
No. 432
by Bruce Fallick, Charles A. Fleischman, and James B. Rebitzer
http://www.levy.org//pubs/wp_432.pdf

“All Types of Inequality are Not Created Equal: Divergent Impacts of Inequality on Economic Growth”
No. 433
by Stephanie Seguino
http://www.levy.org//pubs/wp_433.pdf

“Time to Eat: Household Production Under Increasing Income Inequality”
No. 434
by Daniel S. Hamermesh
http://www.levy.org//pubs/wp_434.pdf

Speculation, Liquidity Preference, and Monetary Circulation”
No. 435
by Korkut A. Ertürk
http://www.levy.org//pubs/wp_435.pdf

“Importing Equality or Exporting Jobs? Competition and Gender Wage and Employment Differentials in U.S. Manufacturing”
No. 436
by Ebru Kongar
http://www.levy.org/pubs/wp_436.pdf

“Enhancing Livelihood Security through the National Employment Guarantee Act:
Toward Effective Implementation of the Act”
No. 43
Indira Hirway
http://www.levy.org/pubs/wp_437.pdf

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9. Save the Date

Conference on “Government Spending on the Elderly” April 28-29, 2006 Program and registration information will be posted on the Levy Institute website ( http://www.levy.org ) as it becomes available.