Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2009

Edited by Wade E. Martin

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Volume 27, issue 4, 2009

ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FOR FIRMS IN OPPRESSIVE AND CORRUPT STATES: INFORMALITY OR FORMALITY VIA BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS? pp. 423-439

Jeffrey B. Nugent and Grigor. Sukiassyan

WAL-MART AND BANKS: SHOULD THE TWAIN MEET? A PRINCIPLES-BASED APPROACH TO THE ISSUES OF THE SEPARATION OF BANKING AND COMMERCE pp. 440-449

Lawrence J. White

WAL-MART, LEISURE, AND CULTURE pp. 450-461

Art Carden and Charles Courtemanche

HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES: WHY IS SUPPLY SO PRICE INSENSITIVE? pp. 462-474

Monica Das and Sandwip K. Das

RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH-CARE UTILIZATION: ANALYSIS BY INTENSITY OF DEMAND pp. 475-490

Xiaoyong Zheng and David M. Zimmer

THE RISE AND IMPACT OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS ON THEIR OWN AND CROSS-OCCUPATION INCOMES pp. 491-511

John J. Perry

ESTIMATING THE WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR DIGITAL MUSIC pp. 512-522

Eric P. Chiang and Djeto Assane

THE ECONOMICS OF GASOHOL pp. 523-537

Frederic L. Pryor

POLITICALLY FEASIBLE, REVENUE SUFFICIENT, AND ECONOMICALLY EFFICIENT MUNICIPAL WATER RATES pp. 539-554

Darwin C. Hall

PRESCRIPTIVE PUBLIC CHOICE: APPLICATION TO RESIDENTIAL WATER RATE REFORM pp. 555-565

Darwin C. Hall

CHALLENGES FOR FRANCE IN THE EMERGING INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT: A DYNAMIC ANALYSIS pp. 566-573

Lila J. Truett and Dale B. Truett

"Contemporary Economic Policy" 2008 Editor's Report pp. 574-579

Wade E. Martin

Volume 27, issue 3, 2009

TELEVISION VIEWING, FAST-FOOD CONSUMPTION, AND CHILDREN'S OBESITY pp. 293-307

Hung-Hao Chang and Rodolfo M. Nayga

BENEFITS AND COSTS OF INTENSIVE FOSTER CARE SERVICES: THE CASEY FAMILY PROGRAMS COMPARED TO STATE SERVICES pp. 308-320

Richard O. Zerbe, Robert D. Plotnick, Ronald C. Kessler, Peter J. Pecora, Eva Hiripi, Kirk O'brien, Jason Williams, Diana English and James White

THE UNEMPLOYMENT PARADIGMS REVISITED: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF U.S. STATE AND EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT pp. 321-334

Diego Romero-Ávila and Carlos Usabiaga

THE EFFECTS OF U.S.-CHINA TRADE ON EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER REGION pp. 335-348

Alyson C. Ma and Rossitza Bouneva Wooster

INFLATION DYNAMICS IN LATIN AMERICA pp. 349-362

Carlos Capistrán and Manuel Ramos-Francia

SOARING MINDS: THE FLIGHT OF ISRAEL'S ECONOMISTS pp. 363-379

Dan Ben-David

A LANDFILL CLOSURE AND HOUSING VALUES pp. 380-389

Thomas C. Kinnaman

INDIVIDUAL SPECIES-STATE ANALYSIS OF NATURESERVE'S "AT-RISK" CATEGORIES: HUNTING AND FISHING'S ROLE pp. 390-401

Michael Nieswiadomy and David N. Laband

IS NORTH-SOUTH TRADE-RELATED TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION REGIONAL? pp. 402-412

Yanling Wang

EXAMINING THE OBSTACLES TO BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTING: EVIDENCE FROM A SURVEY OF PROFESSIONAL WORKERS pp. 413-421

Ronald A. Ash, Leanne Coder, Brandon Dupont and Joshua L. Rosenbloom

Volume 27, issue 2, 2009

JOB SEPARATION OUTCOMES OF WELFARE HIRES: INSIGHT FROM LINKED PERSONNEL AND STATE ADMINISTRATIVE DATA pp. 137-146

Jill Fitzpatrick and Julie L. Hotchkiss

THE EFFECTS OF THE 1.03 MILLION YEN CEILING IN A DYNAMIC LABOR SUPPLY MODEL pp. 147-163

Yukiko Abe

WAGE PENALTIES AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION: AN UPDATE USING THE GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEY pp. 164-175

Brendan Cushing-Daniels and Tsz-Ying Yeung

POLITICAL AFFILIATION AND PERCEPTIONS OF TRADE: EXAMINING SURVEY DATA FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA pp. 176-192

Roger White and Richard Clark

COMMON COSTS AND CROSS-SUBSIDIES: MISESTIMATION VERSUS MISALLOCATION pp. 193-199

Mark L. Burton, David L. Kaserman and John W. Mayo

EVALUATING AUTOMOBILE INSPECTION POLICY USING AUTO INSURANCE DATA pp. 200-215

Kuniyoshi Saito

DO SOCCER ASSOCIATIONS REALLY SPEND ON A GOOD THING? EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON HETEROGENEITY IN THE CONSUMER RESPONSE TO MATCH UNCERTAINTY OF OUTCOME pp. 216-235

Men-Andri Benz, Leif Brandes and Egon Franck

VALUATION OF WILDLIFE: REVISING SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR SCOPE TESTS pp. 236-250

Elena Ojea and Maria L. Loureiro

RELATIONSHIPS AMONG STRATEGIC COMMODITIES AND WITH FINANCIAL VARIABLES: A NEW LOOK pp. 251-264

Shawkat Hammoudeh, Ramazan Sarı and Bradley T. Ewing

U.S. EXTERNAL ADJUSTMENT: IS IT DISORDERLY? IS IT UNIQUE? WILL IT DISRUPT THE REST OF THE WORLD? pp. 265-292

Steven B. Kamin, Trevor A. Reeve and Nathan Sheets

Volume 27, issue 1, 2009

DEMAND RESPONSE TO COST SHARING UNDER MANAGED HEALTH CARE pp. 1-15

Chunling Lu, Richard G. Frank and Thomas G. Mcguire

THE DETERMINANTS OF LAWS RESTRICTING YOUTH ACCESS TO TOBACCO pp. 16-27

Craig A Gallet, Gary A. Hoover and Junsoo Lee

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY: SOCIETAL OBJECTIVES AND THE CORPORATE WELFARE ARGUMENT pp. 28-45

Richard T. Gretz, Jannett Highfill and Robert C. Scott

AID, ECONOMIC FREEDOM, AND GROWTH pp. 46-53

Jac Heckelman and Stephen Knack

HUMAN WELL-BEING EFFECTS OF INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL pp. 54-66

Mina Baliamoune

THE IMPACT OF FORESTRY-RELATED ORDINANCES ON TIMBER HARVESTING IN ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LOUISIANA pp. 67-75

James E. Henderson, Tina M. Willson, Michael A. Dunn and Richard F. Kazmierczak

DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN FIRST AND REPEAT OFFENSES pp. 76-85

BRYAN C. McCANNON

FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND FISCAL PERFORMANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS pp. 86-96

David Hauner and Manmohan S. Kumar

A LESSON LEARNED? PRE- AND POSTCRISIS ENTRY DECISIONS IN TURKISH BANKING pp. 97-108

H. Evren Damar

SOVEREIGNTY VERSUS SOUNDNESS: CROSS-BORDER/INTERSTATE BANKING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND IN THE UNITED STATES: SIMILARITIES, DIFFERENCES AND POLICY ISSUES pp. 109-129

Gillian G. H. Garcia

Volume 26, issue 4, 2008

ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF BEER PRICES ON THE INCIDENCE OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES: CROSS-PROVINCE AND TIME SERIES EVIDENCE FROM CANADA pp. 505-517

Anindya Sen and May Luong

WHY WAIT?: EXAMINING DELAYED WIC PARTICIPATION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN pp. 518-538

Laura Tiehen and Alison Jacknowitz

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WELFARE CASELOADS AND LOCAL LABOR MARKETS pp. 539-554

Brian C. Hill and Matthew N. Murray

IMMIGRANT SELECTION SYSTEMS AND IMMIGRANT HEALTH pp. 555-578

Barry R. Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee and Paul W. Miller

BANK EFFICIENCY AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MONETARY POLICY pp. 579-589

Michael R. Jonas and Sharmila K. King

DOES MONEY MATTER FOR INFLATION IN THE EURO AREA? pp. 590-606

Sylvia Kaufmann and Peter Kugler

WHAT DETERMINES THE "LEGAL" QUALITY Of BANK REGULATION AND SUPERVISION? pp. 607-622

Nergiz Dincer and Bilin Neyapti

ARE FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICIES EFFECTIVE IN DEEPENING THE MALAYSIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM? pp. 623-635

James B. Ang

INCENTIVE ISSUES IN R&D CONSORTIA: INSIGHTS FROM APPLIED GAME THEORY pp. 636-650

Eran Binenbaum

UNIVERSITY COST STRUCTURE IN TAIWAN pp. 651-662

Tsu-Tan Fu, Cliff J. Huang and Flora F. Tien

Volume 26, issue 3, 2008

SMOKE-FREE LAWS AND EMPLOYEE TURNOVER pp. 351-359

Eric Thompson, Ellen J. Hahn, Glenn Blomquist, John Garen, Don Mullineaux, Nola Ogunro and Mary K. Rayens

A COMPARISON OF MEXICAN MIGRANT REMITTANCES ACROSS U.S. REGIONS pp. 360-379

Stephen T. Fairchild and Nicole B. Simpson

FEDERAL MEDICAID ASSISTANCE TO STATES: IMPACT ON PRENATAL CARE pp. 380-397

Swati Mukerjee and Michael A. Quinn

MONETARY POLICY AND LONG-TERM INTEREST RATES pp. 398-408

Shu Wu

INFLATION HISTORY AND THE SACRIFICE RATIO: EPISODE-SPECIFIC EVIDENCE pp. 409-419

Takashi Senda and Julie K. Smith

THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL HELP AND GIFTS ON HOUSING DEMAND AND COST BURDENS pp. 420-432

Heather M. Luea

HOUSING, SPRAWL, AND THE USE OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES: THE CASE OF THE INLAND EMPIRE pp. 433-447

Randall Bluffstone, Matt Braman, Linda Fernandez, Tom Scott and Pei-Yi Lee

THE EFFECT OF GATE REVENUE SHARING ON SOCIAL WELFARE pp. 448-459

Helmut Max Dietl and Markus Lang

DO GOOD OLYMPICS MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS? pp. 460-467

Michael A. Leeds

LEGAL ENVIRONMENTS, VENTURE CAPITAL, AND TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH OF TAIWANESE INDUSTRY pp. 468-481

Meng-Chi Tang and Yih-Luan Chyi

COMMENT-ALCOHOL ADVERTISING IN MAGAZINES AND YOUTH READERSHIP: ARE YOUTHS DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPOSED? pp. 482-492

Michael Siegel, Charles King, Joshua Ostroff, Craig Ross, Karen Dixon and David H. Jernigan

REPLY TO SIEGEL ET AL.: ALCOHOL ADVERTISING IN MAGAZINES AND DISPROPORTIONATE EXPOSURE pp. 493-504

Jon P. Nelson

Volume 26, issue 2, 2008

DAMS, DAM REMOVAL, AND RIVER RESTORATION: A HEDONIC PROPERTY VALUE ANALYSIS pp. 175-186

Lynne Y. Lewis, Curtis Bohlen and Sarah Wilson

DOES SMALL DAM REMOVAL AFFECT LOCAL PROPERTY VALUES? AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS pp. 187-197

Bill Provencher, Helen Sarakinos and Tanya Meyer

MAY ISSUE VERSUS SHALL ISSUE: EXPLAINING THE PATTERN OF CONCEALED-CARRY HANDGUN LAWS, 1960-2001 pp. 198-206

Richard S. Grossman and Stephen A. Lee

CRIMINAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES AND JUDICIAL DISCRETION pp. 207-215

Thomas Miceli

INSIDE THE IMPOSSIBLE TRIANGLE: MONETARY POLICY AUTONOMY IN A CREDIBLE TARGET ZONE pp. 216-228

W. Jos Jansen

PROMOTING INNOVATION AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO BUSINESSES pp. 229-247

David J. Gabel and Kenneth Guang-Lih Huang

"SPILLOVERS" AND PRODUCTIVITY: THE CASE OF THE TAIWANESE HIGH-TECH FIRMS pp. 248-258

Yanling Wang and Chia-Wen Chao

EFFECTS OF STRENGTHENING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZED ECONOMIES: EVIDENCE FROM TAIWAN'S 1994 PATENT REFORM pp. 259-275

Chih-Hai Yang

HOUSE PRICES IN THE MEASUREMENT OF INFLATION IN THE EURO AREA pp. 276-298

Rãisín O'sullivan

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PAYDAY LOAN CUSTOMERS pp. 299-316

Edward C. Lawrence and Gregory Elliehausen

DO ADULT CHILDREN MATTER?-THE EFFECTS OF NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ON RETIREMENT BEHAVIOR: EVIDENCE FROM TAIWAN pp. 317-334

Hsin-Ling Hsieh

THE IMPACT OF UTILITY DEREGULATION IN ARIZONA pp. 335-350

Brian P. Macfie

Volume 26, issue 1, 2008

THE DECISION TO USE BENEFIT TRANSFER OR CONDUCT ORIGINAL VALUATION RESEARCH FOR BENEFIT-COST AND POLICY ANALYSIS pp. 1-12

Bryon P. Allen and John B. Loomis

LANGUAGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ESTIMATION: EVIDENCE FROM A MAIL SURVEY pp. 13-31

Xiaolin Ren, Arianto A. Patunru and John B. Braden

WHY ARE AMERICANS ADDICTED TO BASEBALL? AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FANDOM IN KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES pp. 32-48

Young Hoon Lee and Trenton G. Smith

ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND CONTRACTS: THE USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS pp. 49-72

Davina C. Ling, Ernst R. Berndt and Richard G. Frank

LABOR MARKETS AND HEALTH BENEFITS: THE OFFER AND RESTRICTIONS ON IT pp. 73-88

Nan L. Maxwell

WHY HAVE SO MANY DISINFLATIONS SUCCEEDED? pp. 89-106

Marc Hofstetter

CREDIT UNION TO MUTUAL CONVERSION: DO INTEREST RATES DIVERGE? pp. 107-117

Jeff Heinrich and Russ D. Kashian

THE DETERMINANTS OF KOREA'S FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES, 1980-2001: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF FIRM-LEVEL DATA pp. 118-131

Bang Nam Jeon and Sung Sup Rhee

THE SOURCES OF THE DECLINE IN U.S. OUTPUT VOLATILITY pp. 132-144

Kyongwook Choi and Chulho Jung

ASSESSING THE INTEGRATION OF ELECTRICITY MARKETS USING PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS: NETWORK AND MARKET STRUCTURE EFFECTS pp. 145-161

Lew Evans, Graeme Guthrie and Steen Videbeck

AN ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF SUICIDE CYCLES IN JAPAN pp. 162-174

Jahyeong Koo and W. Michael Cox