Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

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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 Hill and Matthew Murray

IMMIGRANT SELECTION SYSTEMS AND IMMIGRANT HEALTH pp. 555-578

Barry Chiswick, Yew Liang Lee and Paul 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

Nazire Nergiz Dincer and Bilin Neyapti

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

James 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 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 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 Dietl and Markus Lang

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

Michael 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 Nelson

Volume 26, issue 2, 2008

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

Lynne 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 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

Róisín 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 Loomis

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

Xiaolin Ren, Arianto Patunru and John 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 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 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 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

Lewis Evans, Graeme Guthrie and Steen Videbeck

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

Jahyeong Koo and W. Michael Cox

Volume 25, issue 4, 2007

GUEST EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION: SPORT AND PUBLIC POLICY pp. 483-485

Brad Humphreys and Raymond Sauer

TITLE IX AND THE EVOLUTION OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS pp. 486-505

Betsey Stevenson

THE CORRELATION OF YOUTH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH STATE POLICIES pp. 506-517

John Cawley, Chad Meyerhoefer and David Newhouse

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND THE DEMAND FOR SPORT: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS pp. 518-537

Paul Downward and Joseph Riordan

PARTICIPATION IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON PARKS AND RECREATION pp. 538-552

Brad Humphreys and Jane Ruseski

WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR AMATEUR SPORT AND RECREATION PROGRAMS pp. 553-564

Bruce Johnson, John Whitehead, Daniel S. Mason and Gordon J. Walker

STADIUMS AND ARENAS: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR ECONOMIC REDISTRIBUTION? pp. 565-577

Dennis Coates

WORLD CUP 2010: SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY CHALLENGES INFORMED BY THE EXPERIENCE OF GERMANY 2006 pp. 578-590

Wolfgang Maennig and Stan Du Plessis

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, HURRICANE KATRINA, AND THE ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT OF NEW ORLEANS pp. 591-603

Robert A. Baade and Victor Matheson

ARE ATHLETES DOPED? SOME THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE pp. 604-615

Alexander Dilger, Bernd Frick and Frank Tolsdorf

GOVERNANCE AND VERTICAL INTEGRATION IN TEAM SPORTS pp. 616-626

Stefan Szymanski and Stephen F. Ross

THE IMPACT OF STADIUM ANNOUNCEMENTS ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY VALUES: EVIDENCE FROM A NATURAL EXPERIMENT IN DALLAS‐FORT WORTH pp. 627-638

Carolyn A. Dehring, Craig Depken and Michael Ward

THE INCOME TAX RESPONSIVENESS OF THE RICH: EVIDENCE FROM FREE AGENT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ALL‐STARS pp. 639-648

Justin Ross and Robert R. Dunn

Contemporary Economic Policy 2006–2007 Editor’s Report pp. 649-655

Wade E. Martin

Volume 25, issue 3, 2007

DRUNK DRIVING LEGISLATION AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES: NEW EVIDENCE ON BAC 08 LAWS pp. 293-308

Donald G. Freeman

OBESITY AND NUTRIENT CONSUMPTION: A RATIONAL ADDICTION? pp. 309-324

Timothy Richards, Paul M. Patterson and Abebayehu Tegene

RESTRUCTURING U.S. FEDERAL FINANCIAL REGULATION pp. 325-340

Rose M. Kushmeider

UNITED STATES‐CHINA TRADE AT THE COMMODITY LEVEL AND THE YUAN‐DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE pp. 341-361

Mohsen Bahmani‐oskooee and Yongqing Wang

THE ROLE OF EXCHANGE RATE IN SINO‐U.S. BILATERAL TRADE pp. 362-373

Won W. Koo and Renan Zhuang

NAFTA AND THE MAQUILADORAS: BOON OR BANE? pp. 374-386

Lila J. Truett and Dale B. Truett

THE BURDEN OF DEBT: AN EXPLORATION OF INTEREST RATE BEHAVIOR IN LATIN AMERICA pp. 387-414

Liliana Rojas‐suárez and Sebastian Sotelo

DETERMINANTS AND EFFECTS ON PROPERTY VALUES OF PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAMS: THE CASE OF COLORADO pp. 415-432

Anna Alberini

PRICE AND SUBSTITUTION IN RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE pp. 433-443

Paul Isely and Aaron Lowen

PRESERVING FINANCIAL STABILITY: A DILEMMA FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION pp. 444-458

Gillian G. H. Garcia and Maria J. Nieto

AN ANALYSIS OF EDUCATION EXTERNALITIES WITH APPLICATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT IN THE DEEP SOUTH pp. 459-482

Walter W McMahon

Volume 25, issue 2, 2007

KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS AND THE SHORTAGE OF DONORS: IS A MARKET THE ANSWER? pp. 131-145

Alison J. Wellington and Justin B. Whitmire

THE EFFECTS OF FISCAL AND MONETARY DISCIPLINE ON BUDGETARY OUTCOMES pp. 146-155

Bilin Neyapti and Secil Ozgur

TRIGGER‐POINT MECHANISM AND CONDITIONAL COMMITMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY, COLLUSION, AND WELFARE pp. 156-169

Larry Qiu, Leonard K. Cheng and Michael K. Fung

THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC INPUTS AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT pp. 170-184

Derek Kellenberg

EFFECTS OF CHINESE CURRENCY REVALUATION ON WORLD FIBER MARKETS pp. 185-205

Suwen Pan, Samarendu Mohanty, Mark Welch, Don Ethridge and Mohamadou Fadiga

EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES AND PASS‐THROUGH: EVIDENCE FROM THE TURKISH ECONOMY pp. 206-225

Hakan Kara, Hande Kucuk, Umit Ozlale, Burç Tuğer and Mustafa Yücel

HOW KNOWLEDGE AFFECTS PAYMENT TO CONSERVE AN ENDANGERED BIRD pp. 226-237

Clevo Wilson and Clement Tisdell

ETHNIC ENCLAVES AND LABOR MARKETS: AN ANALYSIS OF IMMIGRANT OUTCOMES IN CALIFORNIA pp. 238-249

Mussaddeq Chowdhury and Roberto Pedace

REVENUE, POPULATION, AND COMPETITIVE BALANCE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL pp. 250-261

Elizabeth Gustafson and Lawrence Hadley

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MINIMUM‐WAGE INCREASES IN REDUCING POVERTY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE pp. 262-281

Richard Burkhauser and Joseph J. Sabia

THE WELFARE EFFECTS OF PAY‐AS‐YOU‐GO RETIREMENT PROGRAMS: THE ROLE OF TAX AND BENEFIT TIMING pp. 282-292

Alan Viard

Volume 25, issue 1, 2007

ECONOMICS AT THE GAO pp. 1-2

Robert Farrow

STRATEGIC BEHAVIORS TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION: A CASE OF TRUCKING INDUSTRY pp. 3-13

Terence Lam and Charles Bausell

THE ECONOMICS OF HOMELAND SECURITY EXPENDITURES: FOUNDATIONAL EXPECTED COST‐EFFECTIVENESS APPROACHES pp. 14-26

Robert Farrow

RACIAL DISPARITIES IN FEDERAL DISABILITY BENEFITS pp. 27-45

Erin M. Godtland, Michele Grgich, Carol Dawn Petersen, Douglas M. Sloane and Ann T Walker

THE IMPACT OF MERGERS IN U.S. PETROLEUM INDUSTRY ON WHOLESALE GASOLINE PRICES pp. 46-56

John Karikari, Godwin Agbara, Hashem Dezhbakhsh and Barbara El‐osta

ANALYSIS OF COMPETITION IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE: AN F‐22 CASE STUDY pp. 57-66

David R. King and John D. Driessnack

THE DYNAMICS OF THE “MATURE” PRODUCT CYCLE AND MARKET REYCLING, FLYING‐GEESE STYLE: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS pp. 67-78

Harvey Cutler and Terutomo Ozawa

WAREHOUSES, TRUCKS, AND PM2.5: HUMAN HEALTH AND LOGISTICS INDUSTRY GROWTH IN THE EASTERN INLAND EMPIRE pp. 79-91

Randall Bluffstone and Brad Ouderkirk

ASYMMETRIC EFFECTS OF MARITAL SEPARATION ON HEALTH INSURANCE AMONG MEN AND WOMEN pp. 92-106

David Zimmer

THE IMPACT OF THE MINIMUM WAGE ON FEMALE EMPLOYMENT IN JAPAN pp. 107-118

Daiji Kawaguchi and Ken Yamada

FACTORS AFFECTING FEMALE EMPLOYMENT IN MALE‐DOMINATED OCCUPATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM THE 1990 AND 2000 CENSUS DATA pp. 119-130

Mohammad Ashraf