Hoover Institution Fellows On Effect of Interest RateHike On Economy, Taiwan Ruling Party's Call...

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 1999--

Also Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks,

and Internet Security Issues

Fellows at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University are available to comment on the topics listed above. They may be reached directly or through

Effect of Interest Rate Hike On Economy

Robert J. Barro, Senior Fellow. Expertise: Economic growth and monetary theory. Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University. 650/723-6708.

Robert E. Hall, Senior Fellow. Expertise: Monetary policy, inflation, taxation, and levels of activity in market economies. Professor of economics at Stanford University. 650/723-2215.

James C. Miller III, Senior Fellow. Expertise: U.S. budget process, government regulation, and public policy. Counselor to Citizens for a Sound Economy, Washington D.C. 202/942-7617.

Taiwan Ruling Party's Call for Declaration of Statehood

Thomas A. Metzger, Senior Fellow. Expertise: Contemporary China moral-political discourse, and institutional history of China. 650/725-8560.

Ramon H. Myers, Senior Fellow. Expertise: Contemporary U.S. foreign policy, international relations of East Asia, and globalization's impact on politics and economics. 650/725-3443.

Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks

Abraham D. Sofaer, Senior Fellow. Expertise: United Nations peacekeeping and nation building, and international relations and law. Legal adviser, U.S. State Department, 1985-1990. 650/725-3763.

Internet Security Issues

David R. Henderson, Research Fellow. Expertise: The new digital economy, economic journalism, and technology. Associate professor of economics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. 831/648-1776.

Nicholas J. Imparato, Research Fellow. Expertise: Business strategy, public policy and technology. 650/322-7508.