Economic Policy 68

Top economists provide a concise and accessible evaluation of major developments in trade and trade policy.
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Editors' introduction

1. Fiscal policy, pricing frictions and monetary accommodation (Fabio Canova and Evi Pappa)

2. Assessing the fiscal stance in the European Union and the United States, 1970-2011 (Vito Polito and Michael Wickens)

3. What should fiscal councils do? (Lars Calmfors and Simon Wren-Lewis)

4. Short-time work benefits revisited: some lessons from the Great Recession (Tito Boeri and Herbert Bruecker)