The new economy and beyond : past, present and future / edited by Dennis W. Jansen.

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What is the New Economy, what makes it new, and what are the implications for antitrust, regulation and macroeconomic policy? Providing a non-technical and compelling analysis of the modern macro-economy, the contributors to this volume, eminent scholars all, provide their views on the New Economy f...

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Uniform Title:Bush School series in the economics of public policy ; v. 5.
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing
Other Authors: Jansen, Dennis W.
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, [2006], ©2006.
Series:Bush School series in the economics of public policy ; v. 5.
Subjects:
Production (Economic theory) > Congresses.
Information technology > United States > Congresses.
Economic forecasting > United States > Congresses.
United States > Economic conditions > Congresses > 2001-2009.
United States > Economic policy > 2001-2009 > Congresses.
Genre:
Congresses.
Congresses
Online Access:
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Physical Description:ix, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : what is the New Economy? / Dennis W. Jansen
  • 2. Projecting productivity growth : lessons from the US growth resurgence / Dale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho and Kevin J. Stiroh
  • 3. "Baumol's Disease" has been cured : IT and multifactor productivity in US service industries / Jack E. Triplett and Barry P. Bosworth
  • 4. The New Economy and the challenges for macroeconomic policy / Stephen G. Cecchetti
  • 5. Competition policy in network industries : an introduction / Nicholas Economides
  • 6. Persistent price dispersion in online markets / Michael R. Baye, John Morgan and Patrick Scholten
  • 7. Network meltdown : the legacy of bad economics / Stan Liebowitz
  • 8. Should we teach an old economy dog New Economy tricks? : the role of a postal service in the New Economy / Michael D. Bradley and Dennis W. Jansen.