Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

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Volume 41, issue 4, 2023

Social Security Disability Insurance and intergenerational economic mobility pp. 575-593

Katie Jajtner, Matt Messel and Jason Fletcher

How important are minimum wage increases in increasing the wages of minimum wage workers? pp. 594-612

Jeffrey Clemens and Michael Strain

Methods in open policy analysis: An application to California's building energy codes pp. 613-628

Matthew J. Holian

Pro‐market institutions and labor market outcomes: A panel‐data analysis of U.S. metropolitan areas pp. 629-652

Imran Arif and John Dawson

Tax noncompliance: The role of tax morale in smokers' behavior pp. 653-673

James Prieger

The macroeconomic impact of automation: Applications to elderly care pp. 674-695

Chia-Hui Lu

Perceived economic prospects during the early stage of COVID‐19 breakout pp. 696-713

Keyang Li, Yu Qin, Jing Wu and Jubo Yan

Defying gravity: The determinants of China's outbound mergers and acquisitions pp. 714-732

Zhongming Cheng and Shengle Lin

Volume 41, issue 3, 2023

Are historic districts a backdoor for segregation? Yes and no pp. 415-434

Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Yang Zhou

The effect of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on county‐level opioid prescribing practices and spillovers pp. 435-454

Shishir Shakya and Jane E. Ruseski

The community impact of school‐shootings on stress‐related emergency department visits pp. 455-470

Kritee Gujral, Alice M. Ellyson, Ali Rowhani‐Rahbar and Frederick Rivara

Mass gatherings contributed to early COVID‐19 mortality: Evidence from US sports pp. 471-488

Alexander Ahammer, Martin Halla and Mario Lackner

Immigration and economic freedom of the US states: Does the institutional quality of immigrants' origin countries matter? pp. 489-512

Alexandre Padilla and Nicolas Cachanosky

The nexus between corruption and academic freedom: An international investigation of the underlying linkages pp. 513-531

Salvatore Capasso, Rajeev Goel and James Saunoris

The influence of fiscal policy uncertainty on corporate total factor productivity: Evidence from Chinese public companies pp. 532-554

Rongwu Zhang, Lan Luo and Jianjun Du

Earnings losses of displaced workers in times of crisis pp. 555-567

Nune Hovhannisyan and Fabio Méndez

Volume 41, issue 2, 2023

Long COVID? Prospects for economic scarring from the pandemic pp. 227-242

Philip Barrett, Sonali Das, Giacomo Magistretti, Evgenia Pugacheva and Philippe Wingender

Support for bigger government: The principle‐implementation gap and COVID‐19 pp. 243-261

Sandra Goff, John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Alex Reents and Patrick Wade

Examining SNAP and TANF caseload trends, responsiveness, and policies during the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 262-281

Erik Hembre

What do fiscal stimulus packages mean for household debt? pp. 282-299

María Pía Olivero and Mikheil Dvalishvili

Welfare effects of automatic‐IRAs pp. 300-318

Erin Cottle Hunt

Does paid family leave save infant lives? Evidence from California's paid family leave program pp. 319-337

Feng Chen

Legal access to alcohol and automobile accidents: Potential interactive effects of alcohol and drug consumption pp. 338-353

Briggs Depew and Jacob Meyer

Effects of psychological pressure on first‐mover advantage in competitive environments: Evidence from penalty shootouts pp. 354-369

Ricardo Manuel Santos

The authoritarian trade‐off: A synthetic control analysis of development and social coercion in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region pp. 370-387

Linan Peng and Justin T. Callais

Group cooperation of village officials in Chinese rural resettlement: A lab in the field pp. 388-407

Roland Cheo, Kainan Huang and Jingping Li

Volume 41, issue 1, 2023

A special issue on housing affordability: An introduction pp. 7-8

Charles Leung and Kwok Ping Tsang

Housing affordability and responses during times of stress: A preliminary look during the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 9-40

Stephen Malpezzi

Financial conditions and the well‐being of the real estate sector—A bottom‐up default analysis on five ASEAN economies pp. 41-60

Wei Sun and Matthew S. Yiu

The dynamics of the house price‐to‐income ratio: Theory and evidence pp. 61-78

Charles Leung and Edward Chi Ho Tang

Accounting for the decline in homeownership among the young pp. 79-102

Yuxi Yao

Access to transportation, residential segregation, and economic opportunity pp. 103-127

Kuzey Yılmaz and Muharrem Yesilirmak

Competition and health‐care spending: Theory and application to Certificate of Need laws pp. 128-145

James Bailey and Tom Hamami

Must‐access prescription drug monitoring programs and retail opioid sales pp. 146-165

Shishir Shakya and Collin Hodges

Effects of social distancing policy on labor market outcomes pp. 166-193

Sumedha Gupta, Laura Montenovo, Thuy Nguyen, Felipe Lozano‐Rojas, Ian Schmutte, Kosali Simon, Bruce Weinberg and Coady Wing

What is the future of water quality trading? pp. 194-217

Haiyan Liu and Roy Brouwer

Volume 40, issue 4, 2022

Is there wealth stability across generations in the U.S.? Evidence from panel study, 1984–2017 pp. 551-567

Jermaine Toney

On price stability with a job guarantee pp. 568-584

Jackson Mejia and Brian Albrecht

Hang up on stereotypes: Domestic violence and an anti‐abuse helpline campaign pp. 585-611

Marco Colagrossi, Claudio Deiana, Andrea Geraci and Ludovica Giua

The interplay of financial education, financial inclusion and financial stability and the role of Big Tech pp. 612-635

Nicole Jonker and Anneke Kosse

Monthly income volatility and health outcomes pp. 636-658

Neil Bania and Laura Leete

Subjective equivalence scales in Eastern versus Western European countries pp. 659-676

Martina Mysíková, Tomas Zelinsky, Thesia I. Garner and Kamila Fialova

Determinants of noncognitive skills: Mediating effects of siblings' interaction and parenting quality pp. 677-694

Iryna Hayduk and Maude Toussaint‐Comeau

Volume 40, issue 3, 2022

The local effects of federal law enforcement policies: Evidence from sanctuary jurisdictions and crime pp. 423-438

Dale T. Manning and Jesse Burkhardt

The Earned Income Tax Credit as supplementary food benefits and savings for durable goods pp. 439-455

Jonathan Fisher and David H. Rehkopf

Economic shocks and clinging pp. 456-475

Michael Strain and Stan Veuger

The determinant of Chinese foreign direct investments in oil exporting African countries pp. 476-490

Kafilah Gold

The college admissions contribution to the labor market beauty premium pp. 491-512

David Ong

Payroll dispersion and performance in soccer: A seasonal perspective analysis for Italian Serie A (2007–2021) pp. 513-525

Marco Di Domizio, Carlo Bellavite Pellegrini and Raul Caruso

On the role of domestic trade flows for estimating the gravity model of trade pp. 526-540

Yoto Yotov

Volume 40, issue 2, 2022

Health insurance and the boomerang generation: Did the 2010 ACA dependent care provision affect geographic mobility and living arrangements among young adults? pp. 243-262

Pinka Chatterji, Xiangshi Liu and Barış Yörük

Do disease epidemics force economic activity underground? International evidence pp. 263-282

Aziz N. Berdiev, Rajeev Goel and James Saunoris

Estimating the effects of sports and physical exercise on bullying pp. 283-303

Dimitrios Nikolaou and Laura M. Crispin

Labor supply response to overpayment notifications: Evidence from Social Security Disability Insurance pp. 304-322

Priyanka Anand, Denise Hoffman, John T. Jones and Siarhei Lukashanets

The role of gun supply in 1980s and 1990s youth violence pp. 323-348

Wm. Alan Bartley and Geoffrey Williams

COVID‐19 lockdown and traffic accidents: Lessons from the pandemic pp. 349-368

Stephen Barnes, Louis-Philippe Beland, Jason Huh and Dongwoo Kim

The medium‐run effects of a foreign election intervention: Haiti's presidential elections, 2010–2015 pp. 369-390

Craig Palsson

Technology and task changes in the major EU countries pp. 391-413

Sergio de Nardis and Francesca Parente

Volume 40, issue 1, 2022

Do income tax breaks for the elderly affect economic growth? pp. 7-27

Ben Brewer, Karen Smith Conway and Jonathan Rork

Are prescription drug monitoring laws effective for all? Evidence from administrative data pp. 28-47

Sumedha Gupta, Morhaf Al Achkar and Bradley Ray

Prenatal care: Mechanisms and impacts on infant health and health care utilization pp. 48-65

Tim Bersak and Lyudmyla Sonchak‐Ardan

Combat, casualties, and compensation: Evidence from Iraq and Afghanistan pp. 66-82

Laura Armey, Thomas Kniesner, John D. Leeth and Ryan Sullivan

A panel analysis of income inequality and energy use pp. 83-97

Robert Sonora

Global corporate social responsibility reporting regulation pp. 98-123

Hui Wen and George Deltas

Inflation and public debt reversals in advanced economies pp. 124-137

Ichiro Fukunaga, Takuji Komatsuzaki and Hideaki Matsuoka

Local industrial policy and productivity: Evidence from China pp. 138-161

Jingjing Chen, Han Feng and Hong Zhou

Identifying the effects of bullying victimization on schooling pp. 162-189

Dimitrios Nikolaou

An empirical study of firm productivity growth based on the dynamic selection model: Effects on the recent decline in Korean exports pp. 190-203

Nyeong Seon Son and Jung Hur

Productivity dynamics in Japan and the negative exit effect pp. 204-217

Kenta Ikeuchi, YoungGak Kim, Hyeog Ug Kwon and Kyoji Fukao

Japan's productivity stagnation: Using dynamic Hsieh–Klenow decomposition pp. 218-232

Kaoru Hosono and Miho Takizawa