Publications

by members of

The Conference Board
New York City, New York (United States)

Working papers

2009

1. Gupta, Poonam & Hasan, Rana & Kumar, Utsav, 2009. "Big Reforms but Small Payoffs: Explaining the Weak Record of Growth and Employment in Indian Manufacturing," MPRA Paper 13496, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
2. Vlad Manole & Mariana Spatareanu, 2009. "Trade openness and income – a re-examination," Working Papers Rutgers University, Newark 2009-002, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark. [Downloadable!]
3. Mariana Spatareanu & Vlad Manole, 2009. "Trade openness and income ?a re-examination," LICOS Discussion Papers 24309, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, K.U.Leuven. [Downloadable!]
4. Woock, Christopher, 2009. "Unions and the decision to apply for and the receipt of workers' compensation benefits," MPRA Paper 14689, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
5. Woock, Christopher, 2009. "Do unions protect injured workers from earnings losses?," MPRA Paper 16856, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2008

1. Sean Dougherty & Richard Herd & Thomas Chalaux & Abdul Erumban, 2008. "India’s Growth Pattern and Obstacles to Higher Growth," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 623, OECD, Economics Department. [Downloadable!]
2. Ataman Ozyildirim & Brian Schaitkin & Victor Zarnowitz, 2008. "Business Cycles in the Euro Area Defined with Coincident Economic Indicators and Predicted with Leading Economic Indicators," Economics Program Working Papers 08-04, The Conference Board, Economics Program. [Downloadable!]
3. Feng Guo & Ataman Ozyildirim & Victor Zarnowitz, 2008. "On the Measurement and Analysis of Aggregate Economic Activity for China: The Coincident Economic Indicators Approach," Economics Program Working Papers 08-01, The Conference Board, Economics Program. [Downloadable!]
4. Jim Lichtenberg & Christopher Woock, 2008. "Innovation as Viewed from Within the Corporation," Economics Program Working Papers 08-08, The Conference Board, Economics Program. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Sean M. Dougherty & Robert Inklaar & Robert H. McGuckin & Bart van Ark, 2007. "International Comparisons of R&D Expenditure: Does an R&D PPP Make a Difference?," NBER Working Papers 12829, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Thomas Gilbert & Shimon Kogan & Lars Lochstoer & Ataman Ozyildirim, 2007. "Investor Inattention and the Market Impact of Summary Statistics," GSIA Working Papers 2006-E24, Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business. [Downloadable!]
3. Thomas J. Kniesner & W. Kip Viscusi & Christopher Woock & James P. Ziliak, 2007. "Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life," IZA Discussion Papers 3107, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
4. Woock, Christopher, 2007. "The earnings losses of injured men: Accounting for injuries outside the Workers' Compensation system," MPRA Paper 14688, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
5. Carol Corrado & Paul Lengermann & Eric J. Bartelsman & J. Joseph Beaulieu, 2007. "Sectoral productivity in the United States: recent developments and the role of IT," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-24, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). [Downloadable!]
6. Carol Corrado & Paul Lengermann & Larry Slifman, 2007. "The contribution of multinational corporations to U.S. productivity growth, 1977-2000," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-21, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Erumban, Abdul Azeez, 2006. "Lifetimes of Machinery and Equipment. Evidence from Dutch Manufacturing," GGDC Research Memorandum GD-87, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen. [Downloadable!]
2. Raghuram Rajan & Utsav Kumar & Ioannis Tokatlidis & Kalpana Kochhar & Arvind Subramanian, 2006. "India's Pattern of Development: What Happened, What Follows?," IMF Working Papers 06/22, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
3. Kalpana Kochhar & Utsav Kumar & Raghuram Rajan & Arvind Subramanian, 2006. "India's Patterns of Development: What Happened, What Follows," NBER Working Papers 12023, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Thomas J. Kniesner & W. Kip Viscusi & Christopher Woock & James P. Ziliak, 2006. "Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life," Center for Policy Research Working Papers 85, Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University. [Downloadable!]
5. Carol A. Corrado & Charles R. Hulten & Daniel E. Sichel, 2006. "Intangible Capital and Economic Growth," NBER Working Papers 11948, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
6. Carol Corrado & Charles Hulten & Daniel Sichel, 2006. "Intangible capital and economic growth," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2006-24, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). [Downloadable!]
7. Carol Corrado & Wendy Dunn & Maria Otoo, 2006. "Incentives and prices for motor vehicles: what has been happening in recent years?," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2006-09, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). [Downloadable!]

2005

1. Erumban, Abdul Azeez & Jong, Simon B. de, 2005. "Cross-country differences in ICT adoption. A consequence of Culture?," Research Report 05C01, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management). [Downloadable!]
2. Prachi Mishra & Utsav Kumar, 2005. "Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Evidence from India," IMF Working Papers 05/20, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
3. Manole, Vlad & Martin, Will & Francois, Joseph, 2005. "Choosing formulas for market access negotiation : efficiency and market access considerations," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3474, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
4. Vlad Manole & David A. Grigorian, 2005. "A Cross-Country Non-Parametric Analysis of Bahrain's Banking Sector," IMF Working Papers 05/117, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
5. Ark, Bart van, 2005. "Does the European Union need to revive productivity growth," GGDC Research Memorandum 200575, Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen. [Downloadable!]
6. Thomas J. Kniesner & W. Kip Viscusi & Christopher Woock & James P. Ziliak, 2005. "How Unobservable Productivity Biases the Value of a Statistical Life," NBER Working Papers 11659, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2004

1. Manole, Vlad & Schiff, Maurice, 2004. "Migration and Diversity: Human versus Social Capital," IZA Discussion Papers 1279, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
2. Carol Corrado & Charles Hulten & Daniel Sichel, 2004. "Measuring capital and technology: an expanded framework," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2004-65, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). [Downloadable!]

2003

1. Robert H. McGuckin & Ataman Ozyildirim & Victor Zarnowitz, 2003. "A More Timely and Useful Index of Leading Indicators," Economics Program Working Papers 03-01, The Conference Board, Economics Program. [Downloadable!]
2. Robert H. McGuckin & Ataman Ozyildirim, 2003. "Real-Time Tests of the Leading Economic Index: Do Changes in the Index Composition Matter?," Economics Program Working Papers 03-04, The Conference Board, Economics Program. [Downloadable!]
3. Mark Doms & Ana Aizcorbe & Carol Corrado, 2003. "When do matched-model and hedonic techniques yield similar measures?," Working Papers in Applied Economic Theory 2003-14, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. E. Abdul Azeez, 2002. "Economic reforms and industrial performance: An analysis of capacity utilisation in Indian manufacturing," Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum Working Papers 334, Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum, India. [Downloadable!]
2. Grigorian, David A. & Manole, Vlad, 2002. "Determinants of commercial bank performance in transition - an application of data envelopment analysis," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2850, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
3. Vlad Manole & David A. Grigorian, 2002. "Determinants of Commercial Bank Performance in Transition: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis," IMF Working Papers 02/146, International Monetary Fund.
4. Victor Zarnowitz & Ataman Ozyildirim, 2002. "Time Series Decomposition and Measurement of Business Cycles, Trends and Growth Cycles," NBER Working Papers 8736, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. Victor Zarnowitz & Ataman Ozyildirim, 2001. "Time Series Decomposition and Measurement of Business Cycles, Trends and Growth Cycles," Economics Program Working Papers 01-03, The Conference Board, Economics Program. [Downloadable!]
2. Robert H. McGuckin & Ataman Ozyildirim & Victor Zarnowitz, 2001. "The Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators: How to Make It More Timely," NBER Working Papers 8430, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. K.K. Subrahmanian & E. Abdul Azeez, 2000. "Industrial growth in Kerala: Trends and explanations," Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum Working Papers 310, Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum, India. [Downloadable!]
2. Robert H. McGuckin & Ataman Ozyildirim & Victor Zarnowitz, 2000. "The Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators: How to Make it More Timely," Economics Program Working Papers 00-04, The Conference Board, Economics Program. [Downloadable!]

1999

1. van Ark, B. & Broersma, L. & de Jong, G., 1999. "Innovation in Service. Overview of Data Sources and Analytical Structures," Papers gd-44, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research-.
2. van Ark, B., 1999. "Economic Growth and Labour Productivity in Europe: Half a Century of East-West Comparisons," Papers gd-41, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research-.
3. Smits, J.P. & de Jong, H. & van Ark, B., 1999. "Three Phases of Dutch Economic Growth and Technological Change, 1815-1997," Papers gd-42, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research-.

1998

1. Kala Krishna & Ataman Ozyildirim & Norman R. Swanson, 1998. "Trade, Investment, and Growth: Nexus, Analysis, and Prognosis," NBER Working Papers 6861, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1996

1. Swanson, N.R. & Ozyildirim, A. & Pisu, M., 1996. "A Comparison of Alternatove causality and Predictive Accuracy Tests in the presence of Integrated and Co-integrated Economic Variables," Papers 4-96-4, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics.
2. L. Slifman & C. Corrado, 1996. "Decomposition of productivity and unit costs," Staff Studies 1, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.). [Downloadable!]

1994

1. de Haan, Jakob & de Jong, Herman & Van Ark, Bart, 1994. "Characteristics of Economic Growth in the Netherlands During the Post-war Period," CEPR Discussion Papers 932, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Van Ark, Bart, 1994. "Comparative Productivity in East and West German Manufacturing Before Reunification," CEPR Discussion Papers 895, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Van Ark, B. & Gersbach, H., 1994. "Micro Foundations for International Productivity Comparisons," Papers 572, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research-.
4. Van Ark, B. & Kouwenhoven, R.D.J., 1994. "Productvity in French Manufacturing: An International Comparative Perspective," Papers 571, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research-.

1993

1. Beintema, N. & van Ark, B., 1993. "Comparative Productivity in East and Wst German Manufacturing before Reunification," Papers 550, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research-.

1991

1. Van Ark, B. & Pilat, D., 1991. "Productivity Leadership in Manufacturing , German, Japan and the United States , 1973-1989," Papers 456, Groningen State, Institute of Economic Research-.

1988

1. Carol Corrado & Jane Haltmaier, 1988. "The use of high-frequency data in model-based forecasting at the Federal Reserve Board," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 24, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

1987

1. Carol Corrado & Jane Haltmaier & David Reifschenider, 1987. "The FRB monthly forecasting model: its special features and simulation properties (PAPER NEVER PUBLISHED)," Special Studies Papers 210, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

1986

1. Carol Corrado, 1986. "Reducing uncertainty in current analysis and projections: the estimation of monthly GNP," Special Studies Papers 209, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

1984

1. Carol A. Corrado & Mark Greene, 1984. "Reducing uncertainty in short-term projections: linkage of monthly and quarterly models," Special Studies Papers 207, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

1978

1. William Conrad & Carol Corrado, 1978. "Applications of the Kalman filter to revisions in monthly retail sales estimates," Special Studies Papers 125, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).

Undated

1. Poonam Gupta & Rana Hasan & Utsav Kumar, . "What Constrains Indian Manufacturing?," Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi Working Papers 211, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, New Delhi, India. [Downloadable!]
2. Geoff Mason & Bart van Ark & Karin Wagner, . "Productivity, product quality and workforce skills: food processing in four European countries," NIESR Discussion Papers 34, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
3. Geoff Mason & Bart van Ark, . "Productivity, machinery and skills in engineering: an Anglo-Dutch comparison," NIESR Discussion Papers 36, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

Journal articles

2008

1. Abdul Azeez Erumban, 2008. "Lifetimes Of Machinery And Equipment: Evidence From Dutch Manufacturing," Review of Income and Wealth, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 54(2), pages 237-268, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Utsav Kumar & Prachi Mishra, 2008. "Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality: Evidence from India," Review of Development Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 12(2), pages 291-311, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2007

1. McGuckin, Robert H. & Ozyildirim, Ataman & Zarnowitz, Victor, 2007. "A More Timely and Useful Index of Leading Indicators," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 25, pages 110-120, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Carol Corrado & Paul Lengermann & Eric J. Bartelsman & J. Joseph Beaulieu, 2007. "Sectoral Productivity in the United States: Recent Developments and the Role of IT," German Economic Review, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 8, pages 188-210, 05. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2006

1. Kochhar, Kalpana & Kumar, Utsav & Rajan, Raghuram & Subramanian, Arvind & Tokatlidis, Ioannis, 2006. "India's pattern of development: What happened, what follows?," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(5), pages 981-1019, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. David A Grigorian & Vlad Manole, 2006. "Determinants of Commercial Bank Performance in Transition: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan Journals, vol. 48(3), pages 497-522, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Zarnowitz, Victor & Ozyildirim, Ataman, 2006. "Time series decomposition and measurement of business cycles, trends and growth cycles," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(7), pages 1717-1739, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Bart van Ark, 2005. "In Search of the Silver Bullet for Productivity Growth: A Review Article of The Power of Productivity and Transforming the European Economy," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 10, pages 79-86, Spring. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Bart van Ark & Marcin Piatkowski, 2004. "Productivity, innovation and ICT in Old and New Europe," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 1(2), pages 215-246, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2003

1. Bart van Ark & Robert Inklaar & Robert H. McGuckin, 2003. "The Contribution of ICT-Producing and ICT-Using Industries to Productivity Growth: A Comparison of Canada, Europe and the United States," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 6, pages 56-63, Spring. [Downloadable!]
2. Krishna, Kala & Ozyildirim, Ataman & Swanson, Norman R., 2003. "Trade, investment and growth: nexus, analysis and prognosis," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(2), pages 479-499, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Carol Corrado, 2003. "Industrial production and capacity utilization: the 2002 historical and annual revision," Federal Reserve Bulletin, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), issue Apr, pages 151-176. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. van Ark, Bart, 2002. "Measuring the New Economy: An International Comparative Perspective," Review of Income and Wealth, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 48(1), pages 1-14, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Carol Corrado & Charles Gilbert & Norman Morin, 2002. "Industrial production and capacity utilization: the 2001 annual revision," Federal Reserve Bulletin, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), issue Mar, pages 173-187. [Downloadable!]

2001

1. Azeez E, Abdul, 2001. "Utilization of Optimal Capacity in Indian Manufacturing, 1974-1996," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 8(9), pages 623-28, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Bart van Ark & Marcel Timmer, 2001. "The ICOP Manufacturing Database: International Comparisons of Productivity Levels," International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, vol. 3, pages 44-51, Fall. [Downloadable!]
3. Victor Zarnowitz & Ataman Ozyildirim, 2001. "On the Measurement of Business Cycles and Growth Cycles," Indian Economic Review, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, vol. 36(1), pages 37-54, January.
4. Carol Corrado, 2001. "Industrial production and capacity utilization: the 2000 annual revision," Federal Reserve Bulletin, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), issue Mar, pages 132-148. [Downloadable!]

2000

1. Bart Van Ark, Jakob De Haan, 2000. "The Delta-Model Revisited: recent trends in the structural performance of the Dutch economy," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 14(3), pages 307-321, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1999

1. Bart van Ark & Erik Monnikhof & Nanno Mulder, 1999. "Productivity in services: an international comparative perspective," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 32(2), pages 471-499, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Carol Corrado & Lawrence Slifman, 1999. "Decomposition of Productivity and Unit Costs," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 89(2), pages 328-332, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1998

1. van Ark, Bart, 1998. "Productivity," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 171-174, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1997

1. Corrado, Carol & Mattey, Joe, 1997. "Capacity Utilization," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 11(1), pages 151-67, Winter. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Carol Corrado & Charles Gilbert & Richard Raddock, 1997. "Industrial production and capacity utilization: historical revision and recent developments," Federal Reserve Bulletin, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), issue Feb, pages 67-92. [Downloadable!]

1993

1. Corrado, Carol & Spindt, Paul A., 1993. "The measurement and analysis of monetary transactions," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 45(3-4), pages 193-211. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1990

1. van Ark, Bart, 1990. "Comparative Levels of Manufacturing Productivity in Postwar Europe: Measurement and Comparisons," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 52(4), pages 343-74, Special I.

1989

1. Maddison, Angus & van Ark, Bart, 1989. "International Comparison of Purchasing Power, Real Output and Labour Productivity: A Case Study of Brazilian, Mexican and U.S. Manufacturing, 1975," Review of Income and Wealth, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 35(1), pages 31-55, March.

1980

1. Schiller, Bradley R & Weiss, Randall D, 1980. "Pensions and Wages: A Test for Equalizing Differences," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 62(4), pages 529-38, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Carol Corrado & Charles Steindel, 1980. "Perspectives on personal saving," Federal Reserve Bulletin, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), issue Aug, pages 613-626.

1979

1. Schiller, Bradley R & Weiss, Randall D, 1979. "The Impact of Private Pensions on Firm Attachment," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 61(3), pages 369-80, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1970

1. Weiss, Randall D, 1970. "The Effect of Education on the Earnings of Blacks and Whites," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 52(2), pages 150-59, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

Books

2005

1. Carol Corrado & John Haltiwanger & Dan Sichel, 2005. "Measuring Capital in the New Economy," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number corr05-1.

Chapters

2006

1. Carol Corrado, 2006. "Comment on "An Integrated BEA/BLS Production Account: A First Step and Theoretical Considerations"," NBER Chapters, in: A New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts, pages 435-438 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]

2005

1. Carol Corrado & Charles Hulten & Daniel Sichel, 2005. "Measuring Capital and Technology: An Expanded Framework," NBER Chapters, in: Measuring Capital in the New Economy, pages 11-46 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]
2. Carol Corrado & John Haltiwanger & Daniel Sichel, 2005. "Introduction to "Measuring Capital in the New Economy"," NBER Chapters, in: Measuring Capital in the New Economy, pages 1-10 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Bart van Ark, 2002. "Understanding Productivity and Income Differentials Among OECD Countries: A Survey," The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress, in: Andrew Sharpe, Executive Director & France St-Hilaire, Vice-President , Research & Keith Banting, Di (ed.), The Review of Economic Performance and Social Progress 2002: Towards a Social Understanding of Productivity, volume 2 Centre for the Study of Living Standards & The Institutute for Research on Public Policy. [Downloadable!]

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