Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

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Volume 24, issue 4, 2006

Introductory Remarks for the Contemporary Economic Policy Special Section on “Monetary Policy Issues of New EU‐Member and Candidate Countries” pp. 473-474

Eduard Hochreiter and Pierre Siklos

FOREIGN EXCHANGE INTERVENTIONS UNDER INFLATION TARGETING: THE CZECH EXPERIENCE pp. 475-491

Adam Gersl and Tomas Holub

FLOATING WITH A LARGE LIFE JACKET: MONETARY AND EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES IN CROATIA UNDER DOLLARIZATION pp. 492-506

Vedran Šošić and Evan Kraft

THE PERSIAN GULF, GLOBAL OIL RESOURCES, AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY pp. 507-519

Duane Chapman and Neha Khanna

DOES THE KYOTO PROTOCOL COST TOO MUCH AND CREATE UNBREAKABLE BARRIERS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH? pp. 520-535

Alexander Golub, Anil Markandya and Dominic Marcellino

THE SOURCES OF GROWTH AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT pp. 536-547

Evan Osborne

THE PRIVATE SECTOR IMPACT OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT: HAS MORE BECOME BAD? pp. 548-562

Lori Taylor and Stephen Brown

HOW MUCH DO STUDENTS MATTER? APPLYING THE OAXACA DECOMPOSITION TO EXPLAIN DETERMINANTS OF ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS pp. 563-581

John M. Krieg and Paul Storer

SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL: THE EFFECT OF UNEQUAL ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT‐BASED HEALTH INSURANCE ON SAME‐SEX AND UNMARRIED DIFFERENT‐SEX COUPLES pp. 582-599

Michael A. Ash and M. V. Lee Badgett

STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND NONLINEARITIES IN A PHILLIPS CURVE MODEL FOR SOUTH AFRICA pp. 600-617

Kevin Nell

ONE WORLD, ONE CURRENCY: EXPLORING THE ISSUES pp. 618-633

Martha Starr

AFFECTING FACTORS ON RISK‐ADJUSTED EFFICIENCY IN TAIWAN'S BANKING INDUSTRY pp. 634-648

Ta‐cheng Chang and Yung-Ho Chiu

Contemporary Economic Policy 2005–2006 Editor's Report pp. 649-654

Wade E. Martin

Volume 24, issue 3, 2006

HUNGARY'S EUROZONE ENTRY DATE: WHAT DO THE MARKETS THINK AND WHAT IF THEY CHANGE THEIR MINDS? pp. 343-356

Attila Csajbók and András Rezessy

ALCOHOL ADVERTISING IN MAGAZINES: DO BEER, WINE, AND SPIRITS ADS TARGET YOUTH? pp. 357-369

Jon Nelson

ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS AND CIGARETTE SMOKING: EVIDENCE FROM MYOPIC AND RATIONAL ADDICTION MODELS pp. 370-381

Natsuko Iwasaki, Carol Horton Tremblay and Victor J. Tremblay

MERGERS, CAPITAL GAINS, AND PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM U.S. TELECOMMUNICATIONS MERGERS pp. 382-394

Nakil Sung and Michael Gort

WELFARE ANALYSIS OF PRIVATIZATION IN A MIXED MARKET WITH BARGAINING pp. 395-406

Lily Jiang

CREATION OF A SEPARATE TELECOM REGULATORY AGENCY: A DURATION ANALYSIS OF ITS TIME PATTERN pp. 407-417

Sang H. Lee and John Levendis

EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF THE TURKISH BANKING SECTOR IN PRECRISIS AND CRISIS PERIOD: A DEA APPROACH pp. 418-431

E. Nur Ozkan‐gunay and Arzu Tektas

THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT‐MANDATED FAMILY LEAVE ON EMPLOYER FAMILY LEAVE POLICIES pp. 432-445

Charles L. Baum

SELF‐EMPLOYMENT WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS: THE FORGOTTEN ENGINE OF RURAL CHINA'S GROWTH pp. 446-458

Jian Zhang, Linxiu Zhang, Scott Rozelle and Steve Boucher

ECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CHILE: A TIME‐SERIES ANALYSIS, 1960–2001 pp. 459-471

Miguel Ramirez

Volume 24, issue 2, 2006

AVERTING AND INSURANCE DECISIONS IN THE WILDLAND–URBAN INTERFACE: IMPLICATIONS OF SURVEY AND EXPERIMENTAL DATA FOR WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION POLICY pp. 203-223

John Talberth, Robert Berrens, Michael McKee and Michael Jones

THE DECREASING INFLUENCE OF DOMESTIC MARKET STRUCTURE ON RACIAL EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS: 1984 TO 1996 pp. 224-236

Jacqueline Agesa and Kristen Monaco

WELFARE‐IMPROVING PRIVATIZATION POLICY IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY pp. 237-248

Sang-Ho Lee

IS THERE A CASE FOR LOW INFLATION‐INDUCED PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN SELECTED ASIAN ECONOMIES? pp. 249-261

Renuka Mahadevan and John Asafu‐adjaye

PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING: DID IT CAUSE THE 1998 RECESSION IN HONG KONG? pp. 262-273

Lok Ho and Gary Wai‐chung Wong

WHO BEARS THE BURDEN OF U.S. NONTARIFF MEASURES? pp. 274-286

Don P. Clark and Donald Bruce

ENDING RESTRICTIONS TO MIGRATION FROM THE NEW EU MEMBER COUNTRIES: SECTORAL TRADE AND REAL WAGE EFFECTS pp. 287-299

Helena Marques and Hugh Metcalf

HAS EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AFFECTED THE FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITION OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES? pp. 300-315

Ismael Sanz and Francisco J. Velázquez

LEARNING BY ASSOCIATION: MICRO CREDIT IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO pp. 316-331

Gustavo Barboza and Humberto Barreto

WHAT DETERMINES MIGRATION FLOWS FROM LOW‐INCOME TO HIGH‐INCOME COUNTRIES? AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF FIJI–U.S. MIGRATION 1972–2001 pp. 332-342

Paresh Kumar Narayan and Russell Smyth

Volume 24, issue 1, 2006

CAN NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND CLOSE THE GAPS IN PASS RATES ON STANDARDIZED TESTS? pp. 1-17

Claus M. Hoerandner and Robert J. Lemke

INVESTMENT IN PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE EFFECTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH pp. 18-34

Katarina R. I. Keller

THE EFFECTS OF STATUTORY RAPE LAWS ON NONMARITAL TEENAGE CHILDBEARING pp. 35-51

Christopher Jepsen and Lisa Jepsen

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL MARIJUANA USE AND ANNUAL EARNINGS AMONG YOUNG ADULT MALES pp. 52-63

Jeanne S. Ringel, Phyllis L. Ellickson and Rebecca L. Collins

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ILLEGAL DRUG PRICES AT THE RETAIL USER AND SELLER LEVELS pp. 64-73

Jeff Desimone

FOREIGN OWNERSHIP, WAGES, AND WAGE CHANGES IN U.S. INDUSTRIES, 1987–92 pp. 74-91

Zadia Feliciano and Robert Lipsey

DO REGULATIONS AFFECT BANKING PERFORMANCE? GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE MAY MATTER pp. 92-105

Chung‐hua Shen and Yuen‐hsiang Chang

FIVE YEARS OF SINGLE EUROPEAN MONETARY POLICY IN PRACTICE: IS THE ECB RULE‐BASED? pp. 106-115

Ralf M. Fendel and Michael R. Frenkel

IS THE CHINESE RENMINBI UNDERVALUED? pp. 116-126

Ming He Goh and Yoonbai Kim

THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF PREVENTING RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITALIZATIONS pp. 127-143

Lauraine G. Chestnut, Mark A. Thayer, Jeffrey K. Lazo and Stephen K. van Den Eeden

INFORMATION, WILDLIFE VALUATION, CONSERVATION: EXPERIMENTS AND POLICY pp. 144-159

Clement Tisdell and Clevo Wilson

FACTORS AFFECTING SPECIES' RISK OF EXTINCTION: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF ESA AND NATURESERVE LISTINGS pp. 160-171

David N. Laband and Michael Nieswiadomy

STATE ADOPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT INITIATIVES pp. 172-187

Sarah L. Stafford

POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE EFFICIENCY OF COMPENSATION FOR TAKINGS pp. 188-202

Timothy Brennan and James Boyd

Volume 23, issue 4, 2005

THE MEASUREMENT OF POLICE FORCE EFFICIENCY: AN ASSESSMENT OF U.K. HOME OFFICE POLICY pp. 465-482

Leigh M. Drake and Richard Simper

THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, WELFARE BENEFITS, AND OTHER INCOME ON PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY pp. 483-492

Jonathan Fisher

WELFARE REFORM, EARNINGS, AND INCOMES: NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE SURVEY OF PROGRAM DYNAMICS pp. 493-512

Laura S. Connolly and Christine Enerson Marston

PREVENTIVE CARE AND INSURANCE COVERAGE pp. 513-528

Stephan F. Gohmann

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND REEMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES AMONG OLDER DISPLACED WORKERS pp. 529-544

Emily Y. Lin

A ROBUST ESTIMATION OF THE EFFECTS OF TAXATION ON CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS pp. 545-554

Ralph Bradley, Steven Holden and Robert McClelland

THE CASE FOR CROSS‐MEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY pp. 555-567

Linda Fernandez

HOW TO COMPLY WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS? THE ROLE OF INFORMATION pp. 568-577

Anabela Botelho, Lígia M. Costa Pinto and Isabel Rodrigues

DOES IMPROVING SCHOOL QUALITY REDUCE THE PROBABILITY OF UNEMPLOYMENT? pp. 578-584

Eric R. Eide and Mark H. Showalter

TEACHER LOCATION CHOICE AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF QUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM NEW YORK CITY pp. 585-600

Jason Barr

INTEGRATION AND UTILIZATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION RESOURCES IN REMOTE AND HOMOGENOUS AREAS: A CASE STUDY OF THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN pp. 601-614

Yongil Jeon and Michael Shields

HOURS OF SLEEP AND FATIGUE IN MOTOR CARRIAGE pp. 615-624

Kristen Monaco, Lindy Olsson and Justin Hentges

ASSESSING THE VALUE OF ECONOMICS RESEARCH: THE CASE OF THE BIAS IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX pp. 625-635

David Schimmelpfennig and George Norton

PUBLIC R&D AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATIONS AT THE PROJECT LEVELS: AN EXPLORATION OF TAIWAN'S PUBLIC RESEARCH PROJECTS pp. 636-646

Show‐ling Jang and Guo‐gang Huang

Contemporary Economic Policy 2004–2005 Editor's Report pp. 647-655

Wade E. Martin

Volume 23, issue 3, 2005

AUTOMOBILE FUEL ECONOMY: WHAT IS IT WORTH? pp. 317-323

Molly Espey and Santosh Nair

ABATEMENT COST HETEROGENEITY IN PHASE I ELECTRIC UTILITIES pp. 324-340

Jon Rezek and Benjamin F. Blair

MULTIPOLLUTANT EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION pp. 341-356

Peter M. Schwarz

BENEFITS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEANUP: NEW EVIDENCE FROM SURVEY‐ AND MARKET‐BASED PROPERTY VALUE APPROACHES pp. 357-375

Sudip Chattopadhyay, John B. Braden and Arianto Patunru

ECONOMICS OF THE “CRITICAL USE” OF METHYL BROMIDE UNDER THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL pp. 376-393

Stephen J. Decanio and Catherine Norman

OVERSEAS ASSEMBLY PRODUCTION CHOICES pp. 394-403

Deborah Swenson

INDUSTRY TRADE BALANCE AND DOMESTIC MERGER POLICY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM U.S. MERGER POLICY FOR MANUFACTURING SECTORS pp. 404-415

Joseph Clougherty

BEYOND TEST SCORES: THE IMPACT OF BLACK TEACHER ROLE MODELS ON RIGOROUS MATH TAKING pp. 416-428

Kristin Klopfenstein

ACCOUNTING FOR SOCIAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RESALE PRICE MAINTENANCE pp. 429-435

Cindi Fleshman and Jonathan Willner

NOVELTY EFFECTS OF NEW FACILITIES ON ATTENDANCE AT PROFESSIONAL SPORTING EVENTS pp. 436-455

Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys

CAPITAL CONTROL AND DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES: A GENERALIZED MODEL pp. 456-464

Hsiao‐tang Hsu

Volume 23, issue 2, 2005

Local Perception of Public Goods: Recent Assessments of Willingness‐to‐pay for Endangered Species pp. 165-179

Denise Stanley

Do Regulators Respond to Voluntary Pollution Control Efforts? A Count Data Analysis pp. 180-194

Christopher S. Decker

New Evidence on Youth Smoking Behavior based on Experimental Price Increases pp. 195-210

Hana Ross, Lisa M. Powell, John Tauras and Frank Chaloupka

Settling the Smoke: Public Policy and Shareholder Wealth in the Cigarette Industry pp. 211-223

Rossitza Wooster and Craig A. Gallet

Housework and the Wages of Young, Middle‐Aged, and Older Workers pp. 224-241

Kristen Keith and Paula Malone

The Shrinking Earnings Premium for University Graduates in Hong Kong: The Effect of Quantity or Quality? pp. 242-254

Hon-Kwong Lui and Wing Suen

The Impact of Enterprise Zones on Job Creation in Mississippi pp. 255-260

Jim F. Couch, Keith E. Atkinson and Lewis H. Smith

Impact of China's WTO Accession on East Asia pp. 261-277

Elena Ianchovichina and Terrie Walmsley

The Political Economy of Trade Preferences pp. 278-285

James DeVault

Frontier Expansion and Economic Development pp. 286-303

Edward Barbier

European Integration and Production in the French Economy pp. 304-316

Lila J. Truett and Dale B. Truett

Volume 23, issue 1, 2005

Social Security Benefit Uncertainty under Individual Accounts pp. 1-16

Amy Rehder Harris, John Sabelhaus and Michael Simpson

Economic Growth and Medicare Funding Systems pp. 17-27

Arthur Hau and Lily Jiang

Delivering Public Health Care Services: Substitutes, Complements, or Both? pp. 28-39

Kimberly J. Rask and Kevin N. Rask

Welfare Payments and the Spread of HIV in the United States pp. 40-49

Rand Ressler, Melissa S. Waters, Carter Hill and John Keith Watson

Changes in the Distribution of Air Pollution Exposure in the Los Angeles Basin from 1990 to 1999 pp. 50-58

Victor Brajer and Jane V. Hall

Stopping the Drain: Third‐party Responses to California's Water Market pp. 59-77

Ellen Hanak

Are There Differential Effects of Price and Policy on College Students’Drinking Intensity? pp. 78-90

Jenny Williams, Frank Chaloupka and Henry Wechsler

Excessive Government Fee Collection in China pp. 91-106

Shuanglin Lin

Empirical Analysis of Entry in the Local Exchange Market: The Case of Pacific Bell pp. 107-115

Trevor R. Roycroft

Knowledge Spillovers and High‐technology Clustering: Evidence from Taiwan's Hsinchu Science‐Based Industrial Park pp. 116-128

Diana H. A. Tsai

The Gender Pay Gap by Occupation: A Test of the Crowding Hypothesis pp. 129-148

Eric J. Solberg

Do Electronic Discussions Create Critical Thinking Spillovers? pp. 149-163

Stephen DeLoach and Steven A. Greenlaw