Top economists provide a concise and accessible evaluation of major developments in trade and trade policy. Economic Policy has earned a reputation around the world as the one publication that always identifies current and emerging policy topics early Papers are specially commissioned from first-class economists and experts in the policy field The editors are all based at top European economic institutions and each paper is discussed by a panel of distinguished economists This unique approach guarantees incisive debate and alternative interpretations of the evidence
Editors' Introduction. 1. The 35-hour workweek in France: Straightjacket or welfare improvement? (Marcello Estevao and Filipa Sa). 2. Investigating capitalism aversion (Augustin Landier, David Thesmar and Mathias Thoenig). 3. Competition in off-patient drug markets: Issues, regulation and evidence (Panos Kanavos, Joan Costa-Font and Elizabeth Seeley). 4. Predictability of aid: Do fickle donors undermine aid effectiveness? (Oya Celasun and Jan Walliser).