Peterson Institute for International Economics

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Policy Briefs

Title: Europe's Single Supervisory Mechanism and the Long Journey Towards Banking Union
Authors: Nicolas Veron
Date: December 2012

Title: Currency Manipulation, the US Economy, and the Global Economic Order
Authors: C. Fred Bergsten, Joseph E. Gagnon
Date: December 2012

Title: Updated Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates
Authors: William R. Cline, John Williamson
Date: November 2012

Title: Hyperinflations Are Rare, but a Breakup of the Euro Area Could Prompt One
Authors: Anders Aslund
Date: November 2012

Title: How Can Trade Policy Help America Compete?
Authors: Robert Z. Lawrence
Date: October 2012

Title: Why a Breakup of the Euro Area Must Be Avoided: Lessons from Previous Breakups
Authors: Anders Aslund
Date: August 2012

Title: Combating Widespread Currency Manipulation
Authors: Joseph E. Gagnon Gagnon
Date: July 2012

Title: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Asia-Pacific Integration: Policy Implications
Authors: Peter A. Petri
Date: June 2012

Title: The Coming Resolution of the European Crisis: An Update
Authors: C. Fred Bergsten, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Date: June 2012

Title: Southern Europe Ignores Lessons from Latvia at Its Peril
Authors: Anders Aslund
Date: June 2012

Title: Restoring Fiscal Equilibrium in the United States
Authors: William R. Cline
Date: June 2012

Title: Will the World Trade Organization Enjoy a Bright Future?
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Jeffrey J. Schott
Date: May 2012

Title: Right Idea, Wrong Direction: Obama's Corporate Tax Reform Proposals
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Martin Vieiro
Date: May 2012

Title: Japan Post: Anti-Reform Law Clouds Japan's Entry to the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Julia Muir
Date: May 2012

Title: Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates, May 2012
Authors: William R. Cline, John Williamson
Date: May 2012

Title: US Tire Tariffs: Saving Few Jobs at High Cost
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: April 2012

Title: Projecting China's Current Account Surplus
Authors: William R. Cline
Date: April 2012

Title: Framework for the International Services Agreement
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, J. Bradford Jensen
Date: April 2012

Title: Does Monetary Cooperation or Confrontation Lead to Successful Fiscal Consolidation?
Authors: Tomas Hellebrandt, Adam S. Posen
Date: April 2012

Title: Using US Strategic Reserves to Moderate Potential Oil Price Increases from Sanctions on Iran
Authors: Philip K. Verleger
Date: February 2012

Title: Interest Rate Shock and Sustainability of Italy's Sovereign Debt
Authors: William R. Cline
Date: February 2012

Title: The European Crisis Deepens
Authors: Peter Boone, Simon Johnson
Date: January 2012

Title: The Coming Resolution of the European Crisis
Authors: C. Fred Bergsten, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Date: January 2012

Title: Japan Post: Retreat or Advance?
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Julia Muir
Date: January 2012

Title: Another Shot at Protection by Stealth: Using the Tax Law to Penalize Foreign Insurance Companies
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: January 2012

Title: Oil Exporters to the Euro's Rescue?
Authors: Philip K. Verleger
Date: December 2011

Title: What Can and Cannot Be Done about Rating Agencies
Authors: Nicolas Veron
Date: November 2011

Title: The United States Should Establish Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia
Authors: Anders Aslund, Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: November 2011

Title: The Current Currency Situation
Authors: William R. Cline, John Williamson
Date: November 2011

Title: G-20 Reforms of the International Monetary System: An Evaluation
Authors: Edwin M. Truman
Date: November 2011

Title: Debt Relief for Egypt?
Authors: John Williamson, Mohsin S. Khan
Date: November 2011

Title: US Tax Discrimination Against Large Corporations Should Be Discarded
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Martin Vieiro
Date: October 2011

Title: Sustainability of Greek Public Debt
Authors: William R. Cline
Date: October 2011

Title: IFSWF Report on Compliance with the Santiago Principles: Admirable but Flawed Transparency
Authors: Allie Bagnall, Edwin M. Truman
Date: August 2011

Title: Markets vs. Malthus: Food Security and the Global Economy
Authors: Cullen S. Hendrix
Date: July 2011

Title: Europe on the Brink
Authors: Peter Boone, Simon Johnson
Date: July 2011

Title: What Should the United States Do about Doha?
Authors: Jeffrey J. Schott
Date: June 2011

Title: Logistics Reform for Low-Value Shipments
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Yee Wong
Date: June 2011

Title: Lessons from the East European Financial Crisis, 2008-10
Authors: Anders Aslund
Date: June 2011

Title: America's Energy Security Options
Authors: Trevor Houser
Date: June 2011

Title: The Outlook for International Monetary System Reform in 2011: A Preliminary Report Card
Authors: Edwin M. Truman
Date: May 2011

Title: The Elephant in the "Green Room": China and the Doha Round
Authors: Aaditya Mattoo, Francis Ng, Arvind Subramanian
Date: May 2011

Title: Revitalizing the Export-Import Bank
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Meera Fickling, Woan Foong Wong
Date: May 2011

Title: Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates, May 2011
Authors: William R. Cline, John Williamson
Date: May 2011

Title: Corporate Tax Reform for a New Century
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Woan Foong Wong
Date: April 2011

Title: Getting Surplus Countries to Adjust
Authors: John Williamson
Date: January 2011

Title: Strengthening IMF Surveillance: A Comprehensive Proposal
Authors: Edwin M. Truman
Date: December 2010

Title: KORUS FTA 2.0: Assessing the Changes
Authors: Jeffrey J. Schott
Date: December 2010

Title: How Europe Can Muddle Through Its Crisis
Authors: Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Date: December 2010

Title: An Update on EU Financial Reforms
Authors: Nicolas Veron
Date: December 2010

Title: Currency Wars?
Authors: William R. Cline, John Williamson
Date: November 2010

Title: Will It Be Brussels, Berlin, or Financial Markets that Check Moral Hazard in Europe's Bailout Union? Most Likely the Latter!
Authors: Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Date: October 2010

Title: The Central Banker's Case for Doing More
Authors: Adam S. Posen
Date: October 2010

Title: Prospects for Implementing the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement
Authors: Jeffrey J. Schott
Date: October 2010

Title: Not All Financial Regulation Is Global
Authors: Nicolas Veron, Stéphane Rottier
Date: September 2010

Title: The Road to Climate Change Agreement Runs Through Montreal
Authors: Richard J. Smith
Date: August 2010

Title: Renminbi Undervaluation, China's Surplus, and the US Trade Deficit
Authors: William R. Cline
Date: August 2010

Title: Revisiting the NAFTA Agenda on Climate Change
Authors: Jeffrey J. Schott, Meera Fickling
Date: July 2010

Title: Dealing with Volatile Capital Flows
Authors: Olivier Jeanne
Date: July 2010

Title: The Big U-Turn: Japan Threatens to Reverse Postal Reforms
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Julia Muir
Date: June 2010

Title: In Defense of Europe's Grand Bargain
Authors: Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Date: June 2010

Title: Hobbling Exports and Destroying Jobs
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Theodore H. Moran
Date: June 2010

Title: Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates, May 2010
Authors: William R. Cline, John Williamson
Date: June 2010

Title: Deepening China-Taiwan Relations through the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement
Authors: Daniel H. Rosen
Date: June 2010

Title: Higher Taxes on Multinationals Would Hurt US Workers and Exports
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Theodore H. Moran
Date: May 2010

Title: Assessing the American Power Act: The Economic, Employment, Energy Security, and Environmental Impact of Senator Kerry and Senator Lieberman's Discussion Draft
Authors: Trevor Houser
Date: May 2010

Title: A Trade Agenda for the G-20
Authors: Jeffrey J. Schott
Date: May 2010

Title: Protection by Stealth: Using the Tax Law to Discriminate against Foreign Insurance Companies
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: April 2010

Title: New PPP-Based Estimates of Renminbi Undervaluation and Policy Implications
Authors: Arvind Subramanian
Date: April 2010

Title: The Sustainability of China's Recovery from the Global Recession
Authors: Nicholas R. Lardy
Date: March 2010

Title: The Substitution Account as a First Step Toward Reform of the International Monetary System
Authors: Peter B. Kenen
Date: March 2010

Title: Copenhagen, the Accord, and the Way Forward
Authors: Trevor Houser
Date: March 2010

Title: After the Flop in Copenhagen
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: March 2010

Title: Confronting Asset Bubbles, Too Big to Fail, and Beggar-thy- Neighbor Exchange Rate Policies
Authors: Morris Goldstein
Date: February 2010

Title: The Winter of Their Discontent: Pyongyang Attacks the Market
Authors: Stephan Haggard, Marcus Noland
Date: January 2010

Title: Notes on Equilibrium Exchange Rates: January 2010
Authors: William R. Cline, John Williamson
Date: January 2010

Title: Why SDRs Could Rival the Dollar
Authors: John Williamson
Date: September 2009

Title: The Future of the Dollar
Authors: Richard N. Cooper
Date: September 2009

Title: The Economics of Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Authors: Trevor Houser
Date: August 2009

Title: The 2008 Oil Price "Bubble"
Authors: Mohsin S. Khan
Date: August 2009

Title: Setting the NAFTA Agenda on Climate Change
Authors: Meera Fickling, Jeffrey J. Schott
Date: August 2009

Title: Pacific Asia and the Asia Pacific: The Choices for APEC
Authors: C. Fred Bergsten
Date: July 2009

Title: India-Pakistan Trade: A Roadmap for Enhancing Economic Relations
Authors: Mohsin S. Khan
Date: July 2009

Title: US Interests and the International Monetary Fund
Authors: C. Randall Henning
Date: June 2009

Title: Understanding Special Drawing Rights
Authors: John Williamson
Date: June 2009

Title: China's Changing Outbound Foreign Direct Investment Profile: Drivers and Policy Implications
Authors: Daniel H. Rosen, Thilo Hanemann
Date: June 2009

Title: A Solution for Europe's Banking Problem
Authors: Adam S. Posen, Nicolas Véron
Date: June 2009

Title: 2009 Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates
Authors: William R. Cline, John Williamson
Date: June 2009

Title: The Alien Tort Statute of 1789: Time for a Fresh Look
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: May 2009

Title: Energy Efficiency in Buildings: A Global Economic Perspective
Authors: Trevor Houser
Date: April 2009

Title: US Taxation of Multinational Corporations: What Makes Sense, What Doesn't
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Jisun Kim
Date: March 2009

Title: Pressing the "Reset Button" on US-Russia Relations
Authors: Anders Aslund, Andrew Kuchins
Date: March 2009

Title: The Future of the Chiang Mai Initiative: An Asian Monetary Fund?
Authors: C. Randall Henning
Date: February 2009

Title: Money for the Auto Industry: Consistent with WTO Rules?
Authors: Claire Brunel, Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: February 2009

Title: Buy American: Bad for Jobs, Worse for Reputation
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Jeffrey J. Schott
Date: February 2009

Title: A Green Recovery? Assessing US Economic Stimulus and the Prospects for International Coordination
Authors: Trevor Houser, Shashank Mohan, Robert Heilmayr
Date: February 2009

Title: Did Reagan Rule In Vain? A Closer Look at True Expenditure Levels in the United States and Europe
Authors: Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Date: January 2009

Title: Financial Repression in China
Authors: Nicholas R. Lardy
Date: September 2008

Title: New Estimates of Fundamental Equilibrium Exchange Rates
Authors: William R. Cline, John Williamson
Date: July 2008

Title: A Security and Peace Mechanism for Northeast Asia: The Economic Dimension
Authors: Stephan Haggard, Marcus Noland
Date: April 2008

Title: A Blueprint for Sovereign Wealth Fund Best Practices
Authors: Edwin M. Truman
Date: April 2008

Title: Currency Undervaluation and Sovereign Wealth Funds: A New Role for the World Trade Organization
Authors: Brad Setser
Date: February 2008

Title: The Case for Exchange Rate Flexibility in Oil-Exporting Economies
Authors: Brad Setser
Date: November 2007

Title: The Korea-US Free Trade Agreement: A Summary Assessment
Authors: Jeffrey Schott
Date: August 2007

Title: American Trade Politics in 2007: Building Bipartisan Compromise
Authors: I.M. Destler
Date: May 2007

Title: Global Imbalances: Time for Action
Authors: Alan Ahearne, William R. Cline, Kyung Tae Lee, Yung Chul Park, Jean Pisani-Ferry, John Williamson
Date: March 2007

Title: China and Economic Integration in East Asia: Implications for the United States
Authors: C. Fred Bergsten
Date: March 2007

Title: Completing the Doha Round
Authors: Jeffrey J. Schott
Date: October 2006

Title: China: Toward a Consumption-Driven Growth Path
Authors: Nicholas R. Lardy
Date: October 2006

Title: The External Policy of the Euro Area: Organizing for Foreign Exchange Intervention
Authors: C. Randall Henning
Date: June 2006

Title: The Eurasian Growth Paradox
Authors: Anders Åslund, Nazgul Jenish
Date: June 2006

Title: Offshoring in Europe-Evidence of a Two-Way Street from Denmark
Authors: Peter Jensen, Jacob Kirkegaard, Nicolai Laugesen
Date: June 2006

Title: Negotiating the Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement
Authors: Scott Bradford, Thomas Moll, Jeffrey Schott
Date: June 2006

Title: Can Doha Still Deliver on the Development Agenda?
Authors: Kimberly Elliott
Date: June 2006

Title: Russia's Challenges as Chair of the G-8
Authors: Anders Aslund
Date: March 2006

Title: The Doha Round after Hong Kong
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Jeffrey J. Schott
Date: February 2006

Title: Living with Global Imbalances: A Contrarian View
Authors: Richard N. Cooper
Date: November 2005

Title: After Argentina
Authors: Anna Gelpern
Date: September 2005

Title: A Currency Basket for East Asia, Not Just China
Authors: John Williamson
Date: August 2005

Title: What Kind of Landing for the Chinese Economy?
Authors: Morris Goldstein, Nicholas R. Lardy
Date: November 2004

Title: China Bashing 2004
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Yee Wong
Date: September 2004

Title: Islam, Globalization, and Economic Performance in the Middle East
Authors: Marcus Noland, Howard Pack
Date: June 2004

Title: Senator Kerry on Corporate Tax Reform: Right Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
Authors: Paul Grieco, Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: April 2004

Title: This Far and No Further? Nudging Agricultral Reform Forward
Authors: Dale Hathaway, Tim Josling
Date: March 2004

Title: Labor Standards, Development, and CAFTA
Authors: Kimberly Ann Elliott
Date: March 2004

Title: Globalization of IT Services and White Collar Jobs: The Next Wave of Productivity Growth
Authors: Catherine L. Mann
Date: December 2003

Title: Next Move in Steel: Revocation or Retaliation?
Authors: Ben Goodrich, Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: October 2003

Title: EU Accession and the Euro: Close Together or Far Apart?
Authors: Peter B. Kenen, Ellen E. Meade
Date: October 2003

Title: More Pain, More Gain: Politics and Economics of Eliminating Tariffs
Authors: Ben Goodrich, Gary Hufbauer
Date: June 2003

Title: The Strategic Importance of US-Korea Economic Relations
Authors: Marcus Noland
Date: May 2003

Title: Rules Against Earnings Stripping: Wrong Answer to Corporate Inversions
Authors: Ariel Assa, Gary Hufbauer
Date: May 2003

Title: The Impact of Economic Sanctions on US Trade: Andrew Rose's Gravity Model
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Barbara Oegg
Date: April 2003

Title: Economic Leverage and the North Korean Nuclear Crisis
Authors: Kimberly Ann Elliott
Date: April 2003

Title: Steel Policy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Authors: Ben Goodrich, Gary C. Hufbauer
Date: January 2003

Title: The Foreign Sales Corporation: Reaching the Last Act?
Authors: Gary Hufbauer
Date: November 2002

Title: Global Economic Prospects
Authors: Michael Mussa
Date: September 2002

Title: Is Brazil Next?
Authors: John Williamson
Date: August 2002

Title: Further Financial Services Liberalization in the Doha Round?
Authors: Wendy Dobson
Date: August 2002

Title: Capital-Market Access: New Frontier in the Sanctions Debate
Authors: Gary C. Hufbauer, Barbara Oegg
Date: June 2002

Title: The Looming Japanese Crisis
Authors: Adam S. Posen
Date: May 2002

Title: Support the Ex-Im Bank: It Has Work to Do!
Authors: Ben Goodrich, Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: May 2002

Title: Sovereign Debt Restructuring: New Articles, New Contracts – or No Change?
Authors: Marcus Miller
Date: April 2002

Title: Prospects for the World Economy: From Global Recession to Global Recovery
Authors: Michael Mussa
Date: April 2002

Title: Time for a Grand Bargain in Steel?
Authors: Ben Goodrich, Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: February 2002

Title: Using Sanctions to Fight Terrorism
Authors: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Barbara Oegg, Jeffery J. Schott
Date: November 2001

Title: Economic Policy Following the Terrorist Attacks
Authors: Martin Neil Baily
Date: October 2001

Title: Steel: Big Problems, Better Solutions
Authors: Ben Goodrich, Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Date: July 2001

Title: Dealing with Labor and Environment Issues in Trade Promotion Legislation
Authors: Kimberly Ann Elliott
Date: July 2001