02545cam a2200301L  45000010006000000050017000060080041000230350024000640400022000880200021001100200024001310200021001550200024001760350021002000820013002210500023002342450120002572600118003773000033004955040050005285051239005785200267018176510034020846510045021187000028021637000026021917000026022178285620230410105450.0091207s2006    pr ak    b    001 u eng d  a(OCoLC)ocn474672929  aDKDLAbdancDKDLA  a0815715536 (pbk)  a9780815715535( pbk)  a0815715544 (hbk)  a9780815715542 (hbk)  a(OCoLC)47467292900a338.1/.214aHC 154.5bE19 200604aThe economy of Puerto Rico:brestoring growth /cSusan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, Miguel A. Soto-Class editors.  aSan Juan,  Puerto Rico:bCenter for the New Economy;aWashington. D.C. :bThe Brookings Institution Press,c2006.  a607 p.:bill. forms.;c23cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index0 aIntroduction and sunmary / Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth and Miguel A. Soto-Class--- Economic Growth / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins: Comments by William J, Baumol and José J. Villamil--- Labor supply and public transfers / Gary Burtless and Orlando Sotomayor: Comments by Eileen V. Segarra Alméstica and Katherine Terrell--- Why don't more Puerto Rican men work? The rich uncle (Sam) hypothesis / María E. Enchautegui and Richard B. Freeman : Comment by Belinda I. Reyes--- Education and economic development / Helen F. Ladd and Francisco L. Rivera-Batiz: Comments by Alan B. Krueger and Carlos E. Santiago--- The climate for bussines development and employment growth / Steven J. Davis and Luis A. Rivera-Batiz: Comments by Marines Aponte and David B. Audretsch--- Assesing Puerto Rico's fiscal policies / James Alm: Comments by Ronald Fisher, William Lockwood Benet, and Fuar Andic--- Financing economic development / Rita Maldonado-Bear and Ingo Walter: Comments by Arturo Estrella and James A. Hanson--- Trade performance and industrial policy / Robert Z. Lawrence and Juan Lara: Comments by James L. Dietz and Daniel Lederman--- Restoring Growth: The policy options / Barry P. Bosworth and Susan M. Collins.8 aEconomists from U.S. and Puerto Rican institutions address a range of major policy issues affecting the island's economic development. To frame the current situation, the contributors begin by assessing Puerto Rico's past experience with various growth policies. 4aPuerto RicoxEconomic policy. 4aPuerto RicoxEconomic conditionsy1952-.1 aCollins, Susan Margaret1 aBosworth, Barry ,19421 aSoto-Class, Miguel A.