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Title:

The economy of Puerto Rico : restoring growth / Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, Miguel A. Soto-Class, editors.

Publisher:

Brookings Institution Press,
Brookings Institution Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiii, 607 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Puerto Rico--Economic policy.
Puerto Rico--Economic conditions--1952-

Other Authors:

Collins, Susan Margaret.
Bosworth, Barry, 1942-
Soto-Class, Miguel A.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction and summary / Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, and Miguel A. Soto-Class -- Economic growth / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins -- Labor supply and public transfers / Gary Burtless and Orlando Sotomayer -- Why don't more Puerto Rican men work? : the rich Uncle (Sam) hypothesis / Maria E. Enchautegui and Richard B. Freeman -- Education and economic development / Helen F. Ladd and Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz -- The climate for business development and employment growth / Steven J. Davis and Luis A. Rivera-Batiz-- Assessing Puerto Rico's fiscal policies / James Alm -- Financing economic development / Rita Maldonado-Bear and Ingo Walter -- Trade performance and industrial policy / Robert Z. Lawrence and Juan Lara -- Restoring growth : the policy options / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins.

ISBN:

9780815715535 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780815715542 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0815715544 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780815715535 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815715536 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)65538022

LCCN:

2006010533

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)