Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

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Volume 28, issue 4, 2010

ESTIMATED MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE U.S. STIMULUS BILL pp. 439-452

Ray C. Fair

COMPENSATORY RESTORATION IN A RANDOM UTILITY MODEL OF RECREATION DEMAND pp. 453-463

George Parsons and Ami K. Kang

TAX REVISIONS OF 2004 AND PRO SPORTS TEAM OWNERSHIP pp. 464-473

N. Edward Coulson and Rodney Fort

THE IMPACT OF ANTISMOKING POLICIES IN KOREA ON QUIT SUCCESS AND SMOKING INTENTIONS pp. 474-487

Seonghoon Hong and Alan R. Collins

EXPERIMENTAL WORK ON SUBSIDIES, MORAL HAZARD, AND MARKET POWER IN AGRICULTURAL MARKETS pp. 488-501

Owen R. Phillips, Amy M. Nagler, Dale J. Menkhaus and Christopher T. Bastian

HOW DOES GLOBALIZATION AFFECT INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS? pp. 502-510

Kevin Honglin Zhang

REEXAMINING THE BORDER TAX EFFECT: A CASE STUDY OF WASHINGTON STATE pp. 511-523

Rossitza Wooster and Joshua W. Lehner

ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR DIETARY IMPROVEMENT AMONG FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS pp. 524-536

Biing-Hwan Lin, Steven T. Yen, Diansheng Dong and David Smallwood

THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PROTECTING INVENTORIED ROADLESS AREAS: A SPATIAL HEDONIC PRICE STUDY IN NEW MEXICO pp. 537-553

Germán M. Izón, Michael S. Hand, Matías Fontenla and Robert Berrens

GENDER AND PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD CORRUPTION AND TAX EVASION pp. 554-568

Benno Torgler and Neven T. Valev

MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEES: MEETINGS AND OUTCOMES pp. 569-588

Jan Marc Berk and Beata K. Bierut

Contemporary Economic Policy 2009 Editor's Report pp. 589-594

Wade E. Martin

Volume 28, issue 3, 2010

AN ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL PRICE DIFFERENTIALS ON EBAY pp. 307-321

Philipp Maier

BUSINESS METHOD PATENTS AND U.S. FINANCIAL SERVICES pp. 322-352

Robert Hunt

IS CORPORATE R&D INVESTMENT IN HIGH‐TECH SECTORS MORE EFFECTIVE? pp. 353-365

Raquel Ortega‐argilés, Mariacristina Piva, Lesley Potters and Marco Vivarelli

THE IMPACT OF DOUBLE TAXATION TREATIES ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: EVIDENCE FROM LARGE DYADIC PANEL DATA pp. 366-377

Fabian Barthel, Matthias Busse and Eric Neumayer

DETERMINANTS OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN MALAYSIA: WHAT CAUSES THE POSTCRISIS SLUMPS? pp. 378-391

James Ang

ALCOHOL PREVALENCE, ALCOHOL POLICIES, AND CHILD FATAL INJURY RATES FROM MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES pp. 392-405

Bisakha Sen and Christine M. Campbell

EFFECTS OF HEALTH RISK INFORMATION ON ADDICTIVE GOODS CONSUMPTION: A CASE OF TOBACCO, ALCOHOL, AND BETEL NUTS IN TAIWAN pp. 406-413

Jie‐min Lee, Sheng‐hung Chen, Hsiang‐hsi Liu, Jung‐yao Hung and Mei‐yun Huang

PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE DELIVERY OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SERVICES: THE CASE OF NORTH CAROLINA pp. 414-428

Suho Bae

WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR SURPLUS SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES pp. 429-437

Hongli Feng and Chad Hart

Volume 28, issue 2, 2010

CASINOS, HOTELS, AND CRIME pp. 145-161

William S. Reece

FEDERAL RESERVE TRANSCRIPT PUBLICATION AND REGIONAL REPRESENTATION pp. 162-170

Ellen Meade

IS TIGHTER FISCAL POLICY EXPANSIONARY UNDER FISCAL DOMINANCE?: HYPERCROWDING OUT IN LATIN AMERICA pp. 171-181

William Gruben and John H. Welch

DEMOCRATIC AID AND THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF RECIPIENTS pp. 188-218

Sarantis Kalyvitis and Irene Vlachaki

PUBLIC INVESTMENT, TAX EVASION, AND THE WELFARE EFFECTS OF A TARIFF REFORM pp. 219-239

Manoj Atolia

SHOULD A MANDATORY SUBORDINATED DEBT POLICY BE INTRODUCED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM? EVIDENCE FROM THE ISSUANCE ACTIVITY OF BANKS AND BUILDING SOCIETIES pp. 240-263

Paul Hamalainen, Barry Howcroft and Maximilian Hall

DETERMINANTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL NONCOMPLIANCE BY PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS pp. 264-274

Tauhidur Rahman, Mini Kohli, Sharon Megdal, Satheesh Aradhyula and Jackie Moxley

THE EFFECTS OF THE 1996 U.S.‐CANADA SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT ON THE INDUSTRIAL USERS OF LUMBER: AN EVENT STUDY pp. 275-287

Nisha Malhotra and Sumeet Gulati

COMPETING EXPLANATIONS OF U.S. DEFENSE INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION IN THE 1990s AND THEIR POLICY IMPLICATIONS pp. 288-306

Ryan Brady and Victoria A. Greenfield

Volume 28, issue 1, 2010

WASTIN’ AWAY IN MARGARITAVILLE? NEW EVIDENCE ON THE ACADEMIC EFFECTS OF TEENAGE BINGE DRINKING pp. 1-22

Joseph J. Sabia

CAN SOFT DRINK TAXES REDUCE POPULATION WEIGHT? pp. 23-35

Jason Fletcher, David Frisvold and Nathan Tefft

THE EARNINGS EFFECT OF EDUCATION AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES pp. 36-51

Dave Marcotte

THE IMPLICATIONS OF EUROPEAN UNION SUGAR PRICE CUTS, ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT AID FOR FIJI pp. 52-64

Renuka Mahadevan and John Asafu‐adjaye

THE AUSTRALIAN FIREARMS BUYBACK AND ITS EFFECT ON GUN DEATHS pp. 65-79

Wang-Sheng Lee and Sandy Suardi

EVIDENCE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMICS AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS pp. 80-93

Mary O. Borg and Harriet A. Stranahan

ENROLLMENT AT HIGHLY SELECTIVE PRIVATE COLLEGES: WHO IS LEFT BEHIND? pp. 94-109

Hashem Dezhbakhsh and John Karikari

SHOULD THERE BE INTRADAY MONEY MARKETS? pp. 110-122

Antoine Martin and James McAndrews

MIGRATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES: THE CASE OF THE CALIFORNIA SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY pp. 123-135

Antonio Avalos

JOB CENTERS: ARE FINDERS KEEPERS? A NOTE FROM JAPAN pp. 136-143

Scott Fuess

Volume 27, issue 4, 2009

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

Jeffrey 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 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 Zimmer

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

John Perry

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

Eric 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 Martin

Volume 27, issue 3, 2009

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

Hung-Hao Chang and Rodolfo 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 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 Kinnaman

INDIVIDUAL SPECIES‐STATE ANALYSIS OF NATURESERVE’S “AT‐RISK” CATEGORIES: HUNTING AND FISHING’S ROLE pp. 390-401

Michael Nieswiadomy and David 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 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 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 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 Loureiro

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

Shawkat Hammoudeh, Ramazan Sarı and Bradley 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 Hoover and Junsoo Lee

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

Richard 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 Kazmierczak

DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN FIRST AND REPEAT OFFENSES pp. 76-85

Bryan 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

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

Contemporary Economic Policy 2007–2008 Editor’s Report pp. 130-135

Wade E. Martin