02736cam a2200385L 4500 82856 20230410105450.0 091207s2006 pr ak b 001 u eng d (OCoLC)ocn474672929 DKDLA dan DKDLA 0815715536 (pbk) 9780815715535( pbk) 0815715544 (hbk) 9780815715542 (hbk) DKDLA 33496961 DKDLA 32976093 DKDLA 34917089 (OCoLC)474672929 338.1/.2 HC 154.5 E19 2006 The economy of Puerto Rico: restoring growth / Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, Miguel A. Soto-Class editors. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Center for the New Economy; Washington. D.C. : The Brookings Institution Press, 2006. 607 p.: ill. forms.; 23cm. Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction 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. Economists 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. Puerto Rico Economic policy. Puerto Rico Economic conditions 1952-. Collins, Susan Margaret Bosworth, Barry ,1942 Soto-Class, Miguel A. lcc bk C0 DRFGD MF 37256 37256 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HC 154.5 E19 2006 00000073004 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk