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" The economy of Puerto Rico : "
Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, Miguel A. Soto-Class, editors.
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BL
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991632
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b746002
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| Title & Author
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The economy of Puerto Rico : : restoring growth /\ Susan M. Collins, Barry P. Bosworth, Miguel A. Soto-Class, editors.
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San Juan, P.R. :: Center for the New Economy ;Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (xiii, 607 pages) :: illustrations
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0815715609
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: 9780815715603
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0815715536
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0815715544
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9780815715535
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9780815715542
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction and Summary""; ""Economic Growth""; ""Labor Supply and Public Transfers""; ""Why Don't More Puerto Rican Men Work? The Rich Uncle (Sam) Hypothesis""; ""Education and Economic Development""; ""The Climate for Business Development and Employment Growth""; ""Assessing Puerto Rico's Fiscal Policies""; ""Financing Economic Development""; ""Trade Performance and Industrial Policy""; ""Restoring Growth: The Policy Options""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
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| Abstract
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In this innovative new book, economists from U.S. and Puerto Rican institutions address a range of major policy issues affecting the islands economic development. To frame the current situation, the contributors begin by assessing Puerto Ricos past experience with various growth policies.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- Business Development.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- General.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Government Business.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Structural Adjustment.
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Economic history.
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Economic policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Economy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Economic Policy.
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Puerto Rico, Economic conditions, 1952-
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Puerto Rico, Economic policy.
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Puerto Rico.
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338.97295
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HC154.5.E275 2006eb
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Bosworth, Barry,1942-
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Collins, Susan Margaret.
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Soto-Class, Miguel A.
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