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Postal address:	Economics Dept Box 90097 Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0097 USA
Workplace:	Department of Economics, Duke University, (more information at EDIRC) Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2009

1. An Introduction to GAMS Modeling for International Trade Theory and Policy
   Working Papers, Utah State University, Department of Economics
   Also in Working Papers, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance (2009)

2007

2. Are GMO's Predictions Prescient? Using them to predict Vanguard's Mutual Fund Returns
   Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
3. Do Vanguard's Managed Funds Beat Its Index Funds? Looking for Prescient Stock and Style Selection Draft 1
   Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics

2005

4. How did the 2003 Prescription Drug Re-importation Bill Pass the House?
   Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in Economics and Politics (2006)

2004

5. Fidelity versus Vanguard: Comparing the Performance of the Two Largest Mutual Fund Families
   Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
6. Index Fundamentalism Revisited
   Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics View citations
   Also in Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics (2003)

2003

7. An Efficiency Enhancing Minimum Wage
   Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics View citations
   Also in Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics (1996)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Policy Reform (2003)
8. Sweetening the Pot: How American Sugar Buys Protection
   Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics

2002

9. 'Steeling' House Votes at Low Prices for the Steel Import Quota Bill of 1999
   Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
10. Evaluating A Buy and Hold Strategy for the S&P 500 Index
    Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
11. Is Talk Cheap? Buying Congressional Testimony with Campaign Contributions
    Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
12. Predicting Equity Returns for 37 Countries: Tweaking the Gordon Formula
    Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
13. Rational Pessimism: Predicting Equity Returns using Tobin's q and Price/Earnings Ratios
    Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
14. School Choice: Money, Race And Congressional Voting Behavior
    Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
15. Trade Protectionism
    Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics View citations
16. Trade Protectionism - Encyclopedia Entry
    Claremont Colleges Working Papers, Claremont Colleges

1997

17. The Effects of Import Quotas on National Welfare: Comment
    Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics

1996

18. Can a Periodic VER Raise Importing Country Welfare?
    Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
19. Does Trade Liberalization Benefit Young and Old Alike?
    Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Review of International Economics (1998)
20. Should the Capital Account Be Liberalized in a Minimum Real Wage Economy?
    Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics
21. The Optimum Minimum Wage When Labor Services are Taxed
    Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2008

1. Ranking mutual fund families: minimum expenses and maximum loads as markers for moral turpitude
   International Review of Economics, 2008, 55, (4), 315-350

2006

2. HOW DID THE 2003 PRESCRIPTION DRUG RE-IMPORTATION BILL PASS THE HOUSE?
   Economics and Politics, 2006, 18, (1), 27-45
   See also Working Paper (2005)
3. The Encyclopedia of Public Choice
   Public Choice, 2006, 127, (3), 491-494

2004

4. School Choice: Money, Race, and Congressional Voting on Vouchers
   Public Choice, 2004, 119, (1_2), 241-254

2003

5. An Efficiency Enhancing Minimum Wage
   Journal of Policy Reform, 2003, 6, (4), 247-259 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2002

6. Is Talk Cheap?
   Journal of Policy Reform, 2002, 5, (3), 127-131
7. Protectionism, labor mobility, and immiserizing growth in developing economies
   Economics Letters, 2002, 75, (1), 135-140

1998

8. Does Trade Liberalization Benefit Young and Old Alike?
   Review of International Economics, 1998, 6, (1), 50-58
   See also Working Paper (1996)

1997

9. Super 301 trade sanctions: An empirical investigation of the wood products case
   The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 1997, 8, (1), 39-55 View citations

1995

10. Temporary duty suspension in the United States
    The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 1995, 6, (1), 17-36 View citations

1990

11. Allocating Jobs under a Minimum Wage: Queues vs. Lotteries
    The Economic Record, 1990, 66, (194), 186-94 View citations
12. Empirical models of the effects of United States protection: A survey of recent literature
    North American Review of Economics and Finance, 1990, 1, (1), 163-179

1989

13. On Negotiated Quotas, Tariffs, and Transfers
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1989, 41, (4), 774-88 View citations

1988

14. Explaining the Yeh Paradox: A Comment [The Maximum Revenue Tariff vs. Transfer Payments]
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1988, 14, (2), 189-192
15. The Stahl-Alexeev paradox: A note
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 44, (1), 189-191
16. Trade and Industrial Policy under Oligopoly: Comment
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1988, 103, (3), 599-602 View citations

1987

17. COMMENTS ON TUMLIR
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1987, 5, (2), 13-15
18. DRC criteria: Comment on Lucas
    Journal of Development Economics, 1987, 26, (1), 163-167
19. On Shadow Pricing Labour and Foreign Exchange
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1987, 39, (2), 318-32 View citations
20. Resolution Ex ante versus ex post DRC's and the possibility of negative shadow prices
    Journal of Development Economics, 1987, 26, (1), 173-174
21. Shadow Pricing in a Specific-factors Model: Comment
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1987, 20, (2), 399-402

1986

22. INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1986, 4, (1), 23-35

1985

23. On the dynamic non-equivalence of tariffs and quotas in the monetary model of the balance of payments: Comment
    Journal of International Economics, 1985, 18, (3-4), 373-379

1984

24. INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND PROTECTIONISM: INTRODUCTION THE RELEVANCE OF MODERN ECONOMIC RESEARCH
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1984, 2, (4), 1-5

1983

25. On the best use of trade controls in the presence of foreign market power
    Journal of International Economics, 1983, 15, (3-4), 349-365

1982

26. Inflation and unemployment in open economies: Assar Lindbeck, ed. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, New York and Oxford, 1979) pp. vii and 338, $58.75
    Journal of International Economics, 1982, 12, (1-2), 196-199
27. The balance of payments approach to trade tax symmetry theorems
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1982, 118, (1), 148-165
28. Trade Policy and the American Income Distribution
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1982, 64, (2), 261-70

1981

29. Buffer stocks are better stabilizers than quotas
    Journal of International Economics, 1981, 11, (1), 113-115

1980

30. Excess Demand in the IS-LM Model
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1980, 6, (1), 53-56
31. On Water in the Quota
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1980, 13, (2), 310-17 View citations
32. The choice between a tariff and a quota: Comment
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1980, 116, (3), 580-581 View citations

1979

33. Economic imperialism and resource nationalism: Comment on Kemp and Ohyama
    Journal of International Economics, 1979, 9, (3), 423-427
34. Imperfect Competition and the Resource Allocative Effects of Effective Protection: Comment
    Review of Economic Studies, 1979, 46, (3), 561-63
35. On the long and short run relationship between the forward rate and the interest parity
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 1979, 1, (1), 65-77 View citations
36. The geometry of community indifference curves
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1979, 115, (4), 680-700

1978

37. The Optimum Incentive-Schedule Tariff
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1978, 11, (4), 726-33

1977

38. Dynamic Stability and the Choice between Fixed and Flexible Exchange Rates
    Economic Journal, 1977, 87, (345), 81-95
39. Ranking the optimum tariff and the maximum revenue tariff
    Journal of International Economics, 1977, 7, (1), 73-79 View citations
40. The ranking of alternative tariff and quota policies in the presence of domestic monopoly
    Journal of International Economics, 1977, 7, (4), 349-362 View citations

1976

41. On the Shape of the Trade Indifference Curve: Rejoinder to Batra
    American Economic Review, 1976, 66, (4), 709
42. The Estimation of the Cost of Adjustment to External Disequilibria: Comment
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1976, 58, (3), 382-83
43. The Optimum Tariff Retaliation and Autarky
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1976, 3, (2), 72-75

1975

44. Money demand and the terms of trade
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1975, 111, (4), 623-633 View citations
45. Nontraded Goods, Factor Market Distortions, and the Gains from Trade: Comment
    American Economic Review, 1975, 65, (1), 249-50
46. On the functional relationship between tariffs and welfare
    Journal of International Economics, 1975, 5, (2), 189-199
47. The Optimum Quota and Retaliation
    Review of Economic Studies, 1975, 42, (4), 623-30 View citations

1974

48. Exchange Rate Flexibility and Macro-Economic Stability
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1974, 56, (2), 215-24

1973

49. Commercial Policy Under Fixed and Flexible Exchange Rates
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1973, 87, (3), 436-54 View citations

1972

50. Monetary and Fiscal Policy in a World of Capital Mobility: A Respecification
    Review of Economic Studies, 1972, 39, (3), 251-62 View citations
51. Monetary and Fiscal Policy under Fixed and Flexible Exchange Rates in the Inter-run
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1972, 4, (4), 877-96
52. More on Official versus Market Financing of Payments Deficits and the Optimal Pricing of International Reserves
    Kyklos, 1972, 25, (3), 537-52
53. The Short-Run Effects of Monetary and Fiscal Policy under Fixed and Flexible Exchange Rates
    The Economic Record, 1972, 48, (123), 411-23

1971

54. More on the Welfare Cost of Inflationary Finance
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1971, 3, (4), 850-60 View citations
55. The Welfare Economics of International Adjustment
    Journal of Finance, 1971, 26, (2), 287-302

1970

56. Currency areas and exchange-rate flexibility
    Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 1970, 105, (1), 48-65 View citations

Software Items

2009

1. Autarky (HOS)
   GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
2. Autarky (Specific Factors)
   GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
3. Cost Minimization
   GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
4. Dual HOS
   GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
5. Heckscher-Ohlin Model
   GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
6. Heckscher-Ohlin Vanek Model
   GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
7. Higher Dimensions and Production
   GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
8. Large Open Economy (HOS)
   GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
9. Large Open Economy (Specific Factors)
   GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
10. Long Run Production
    GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
11. Short Run Production
    GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
12. Small Open Economy (HOS)
    GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
13. Small Open Economy (Specific Factors)
    GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
14. Transition
    GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance
15. Utility Maximization
    GAMS Models for Trade Theory, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance