Fighting Terrorism: Empirics on Policy Harmonization

Biosimilars: Theory, Empirics, and Policy Implications

Recitation 7: Empirics and Theory on Monetary Policy Design

Over the last couple of weeks in lectures, we have considered optimal monetary policy in the baseline model and in models with extensions. Professor Gali provided an empirical overview of monetary policy rules in di¤erent periods, for example the US experience preand post-Volcker. In the context of cost-push shocks, we discussed monetary policy with and without commitment. This recitation hando...

Terrorism and Policy: Introduction

This article sets the stage for the special issue by indicating the current focus in the literature on applying analytical tools to enlighten policy makers in the practice of counterterrorism in the post-9/11 era. In particular, the article briefly indicates the main areas of recent work. The article also introduces some key concepts. Next, the article highlights the methodology and main contri...

Policy Harmonization: Limits and Alternatives

Globalization is an important reason for the current interest in the harmonization of national policies. In the European Community/Union harmonization of the national laws and policies of the member states was one of three legal techniques the Rome Treaty made available for establishing and maintaining a common market. The long history of policy harmonization in the EC/EU provides a good empiri...

Fighting Terrorism and Insurgency : Shaping the Information Environment

I ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq, approximately 30 miles south of Baghdad, a bomb exploded at a police station, killing 50 Iraqis applying for the new police force. U.S. forces conducted operations to seek out and defeat those responsible. Often, U.S. forces are successful in finding, engaging, capturing, or killing insurgents who instigate terrorist attacks. However, this traditional attrition-based appro...