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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1999 Vol. 81 , No. 1

Eighty Years of Oberservations on the Adjusted Monetary Base: 1918-1997 pp. 3-22 (PDF 982k)
by Richard G. Anderson and Robert H. Rasche
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The Inflation-Output Variability Tradeoff and Price-Level Targets pp. 23-32 (PDF 189k)
by Robert Dittmar, William T. Gavin, and Finn E. Kydland

Using the Gravity Model to Estimate the Costs of Protection pp. 33-40 (PDF 215k)
by Howard J. Wall
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The Welfare Cost of Inflation: A Critique of Bailey and Lucas pp. 41-46 (PDF 178k)
by Alvin L. Marty

MARCH/APRIL 1999 Vol. 81, No. 2

Monetary Policy Rules pp. 3-12 (PDF 99k)
by William Poole

Wages and Risk-Taking in Occupational Credit Unions: Theory and Evidence pp. 13-32 (PDF 1M)
by Frank A. Schmid and William R. Emmons
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Going Down: The Asian Crisis and U.S. Exports pp. 33-46 (PDF 697k)
by Cletus C. Coughlin and Patricia S. Pollard
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Inflation-Target Design: Changing Inflation Performance and Persistence in Industrial Countries pp. 47-58 (PDF 879k)
by Pierre L. Siklos
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MAY/JUNE 1999 Vol. 81 , No. 3

Labor Markets and Macroeconomics

Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Economic Policy Conference of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

President's Message pp. 5-6 (PDF 36k)

Editor's Introduction pp. 7-12 (PDF 85k)

Job Characteristics, Wages, and the Employment Contract pp. 13-28 (PDF 391k)
by Daniel Parent and W. Bentley MacLeod

Commentary pp. 29-34 (PDF 92k)
by James B. Rebitzer
Commentary for "Job Characteristics, Wages, and the Employment Contract"

Work Motivation pp. 35-50 (PDF 307k)
by Truman Bewley

Commentary pp. 51-54 (PDF 62k)
by Lowell J. Taylor
Commentary for "Work Motiviation"

Contract-Theoretic Approaches to Wages and Displacement ( pp. 55-68 (PDF 403k)
by Wouter J. den Haan, Garey Ramey, and Joel Watson

Commentary pp. 69-72 (PDF 69k)
by Christopher Foote
Commentary for "Contract-Theoretic Approaches to Wages and Displacement"

Assessing the Political Viability of Labor Market Reform The Case of Employment Protection pp. 73-88 (PDF 587k)
by Gilles Saint-Paul

Commentary pp. 89-92 (PDF 53k)
by Christopher J. Waller
Commentary for "Assessing the Political Viability of Labor Market Reform The Case of Employment Protection"

Firms' Wage Adjustments: A Break from the Past pp. 93-112 (PDF 811k)
by Erica L. Groshen and Mark E. Schweitzer

Commentary pp. 113-116 (PDF 47k)
by John C. Haltiwanger
Commentary for "Firms' Wage Adjustments: A Break from the Past"

Are Nominal Wage Changes Skewed Away From Wage Cuts? pp. 117-132 (PDF 560k)
by Kenneth J. McLaughlin

Commentary pp. 133-136 (PDF 171k)
by Richard Startz
Commentary for "Are Nominal Wage Changes Skewed Away From Wage Cuts?"

JULY/AUGUST 1999 Vol. 81, No. 4

Is Inflation Too Low? pp. 3-10 (PDF 136k)
by William Poole

The FOMC in 1998: Can it Get any Better Than This pp. 11-22 (PDF 578k)
by David C. Wheelock
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Price-Level Uncertainty and Inflation Targeting pp. 23-34 (PDF 2.5M)
by Robert Dittmar, William T. Gavin, and Finn E. Kydland
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Can Market-Clearing Models Explain U.S. Labor Market Fluctuations? pp. 35-49 (PDF 1.8M)
by Victor E. Li

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1999 Vol. 81, No. 5

Measuring Monetary Policy Inertia in Target Fed Funds Rate Changes pp. 3-10 (PDF 387k)
by Michael J. Dueker
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The U.S. Trade Deficit and the "New Economy" pp. 11-20 (PDF 404k)
by Michael R. Pakko
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Seasonal Production Smoothing pp. 21-40 (PDF 3.8M)
by Donald S. Allen
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Credit Unions and the Common Bond pp. 41-64 (PDF 987k)
by William R. Emmons and Frank A. Schmid
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1999 Vol. 81, No. 6

Recent Developments in the Analysis of Monetary Policy Rules pp. 3-13 (PDF 238k)
by Bennett T. McCallum

An Introduction to Capital Controls pp. 13-30 (PDF 319k)
by Christopher J. Neely

The Role of Supervisory Screens and Econometric Models in Off-Site Surveillance. pp. 31-56 (PDF 716k)
by Mark D. Vaughan, Andrew P. Meyer, and R. Alton Gilbert
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Testing Long-Run Monetary Neutrality Propositions: Lessons from the Recent Research pp. 57-78 (PDF 362k)
by James B. Bullard

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