Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

For almost thirty years, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) has provided academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research of current economic issues.Contents include:Articles“Product and Stock Market Responses to Automotive Product Liability Verdicts” by Steven Garber and John Adams“The Distribution of the Insurance Market Effects of Tort Liability” by Patricia H. Born and W. Kip Viscusi“The Link between Liability Reforms and Productivity: Some Empirical Evidence” by Thomas J. Campbell, Daniel P. Kessler, and George B. Shepherd“What Drives Venture Capital Fundraising” by Paul A. Gompers and Josh Lerner“Capital's Contribution to Productivity and the Nature of Competition” by Axel Börsch-Supan“Extending the East Asian Miracle: Microeconomic Evidence from Korea” by Martin Neil Baily and Eric Zitzewitz“The Tobacco Deal” by Jeremy Bulow and Paul Klemperer