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Monthly Archives: December 2009
Is Investment Depressed by an “Anti-Business” Climate?
The National Journal asks for reactions to a recent blog post by Greg Mankiw regarding the reasons why US investment has fallen sharply. I agree with Greg that the dominant empirical fact about investment is its procyclical volatility (the main … Continue reading