Journal Article
Should the United States hold foreign currency reserves?
Anderson, Gerald H.; Humpage, Owen F. (1992-08)
An argument that for countries with well-developed money markets and flexible exchange rates, there is little to be gained from holding a vast foreign exchange portfolio and intervening in the world's currency markets.
Economic Commentary , Issue Aug

Journal Article
Foreign capital inflows: another Trojan horse?
Bryan, Michael F.; Anderson, Gerald H. (1989-11)
An analysis of the role of foreign investment in U.S. resource allocation, finding that the large influx of foreign capital in the 1980s has been used predominantly to fund domestic investment and consumer investment spending.
Economic Commentary , Issue Nov

Journal Article
Oil, the economy, and monetary policy
Pike, Christopher J.; Bryan, Michael F.; Anderson, Gerald H. (1990-11)
An examination of the theoretical impact of an oil shortage on the U.S. economy and the problems that such shortages present for monetary policy.
Economic Commentary , Issue Nov

Journal Article
Implications of a tariff on oil imports
Kowalewski, K. J.; Anderson, Gerald H. (1986-09)
An examination of the possible positive and negative effects that could result from a hypothetical $10 per barrel increase in tariffs on crude oil and refined oil products.
Economic Commentary , Issue Sep

Journal Article
Does dollar depreciation matter: the case of auto imports from Japan
Carlson, John B.; Anderson, Gerald H. (1987-05)
The Japanese auto industry is used as a case in point to illustrate some of the ways in which firms operating in export markets cope with exchange-rate changes.
Economic Commentary , Issue May

Journal Article
The decline in U.S. agricultural exports
Anderson, Gerald H. (1987-02)
An analysis of factors that produced a 40 percent drop in U.S. agricultural exports between 1981 and 1986, with a discussion of the potential effects of dollar depreciation and the 1985 Food Security Act.
Economic Commentary , Issue Feb

Journal Article
The steel trigger price mechanism
Anderson, Gerald H. (1982-05)
An examination of the 1978 steel trigger price mechanism, with a description of its operation and economic impact, and a discussion of events that led to its suspension in 1982.
Economic Commentary , Issue May

Journal Article
Three common misperceptions about foreign direct investment
Anderson, Gerald H. (1988-07)
A repudiation of three common beliefs about foreign direct investment in the United States: that it is the result of the current-account deficit, that it is initiated primarily by the Japanese, and that it will result in the loss of U.S. economic independence.
Economic Commentary , Issue Jul

Journal Article
The shift to western coal
Anderson, Gerald H. (1982-10)
A discussion of the reasons for the shift in U.S. coal production to western states, with data on production (1970-81) and consumption (1970- 80) by region, plus an examination of the nation's coal production outlook.
Economic Commentary , Issue Oct

Journal Article
Why U.S. managers might be more short-run oriented than the Japanese
Anderson, Gerald H. (1991-11)
A consideration of whether differences between U.S. and Japanese business practices have led the Japanese to focus on longer-run goals than we do.
Economic Commentary , Issue Nov