Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

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Volume 22, issue 4, 2004

Limits to Altruism: Organ Supply and Educational expenditures pp. 433-441

Thomas Beard, David L. Kaserman and Richard Saba

Extramarital Affairs, Marital Satisfaction, and Divorce: Evidence from Hong Kong pp. 442-452

C. Simon Fan and Hon-Kwong Lui

Isolating the Family Cap Effect on Fertility Behavior: Evidence From New Jersey's Family Development Program Experiment pp. 453-467

Michael J. Camasso

Transferring Measures of Adult Health Benefits to Children: A Review of Issues and Results pp. 468-482

Mark D. Agee and Thomas D. Crocker

Can/Should/Will A Niche Become the Norm? Organic Agriculture's Short Past and Long Future pp. 483-503

Steven Blank and Gary Thompson

Natural Resource Damage Assessment Methods: Lessons in Simplicity from State Trustees pp. 504-519

Amy Ando and Madhu Khanna

Smoke‐free Ordinances Increase Restaurant Profit and Value pp. 520-525

Benjamin C. Alamar and Stanton A. Glantz

Contract‐Based Trading Programs in Environmental Regulation pp. 526-533

Andrew G. Keeler

Examining Federal Impact Aid's Reimbursement for Local School Districts pp. 534-543

Richard Buddin, Brian Gill and Ron Zimmer

The Policy Anticipation Hypothesis: Evidence from the Federal Funds Futures Market pp. 544-554

John Burger

Consumption and Remittances in Migrant Households: Toward a Productive Use of Remittances pp. 555-565

German A. Zarate‐Hoyos

Volume 22, issue 3, 2004

The Current Account, Fiscal Policy, and Medium‐Run Income Determination pp. 309-317

Anthony Makin

The Role of State Fiscal Policy in State Economic Growth pp. 318-330

Marc Tomljanovich

Central Bank Behavior, the Institutional Framework, and Policy Regimes: Inflation Versus Noninflation Targeting Countries pp. 331-343

Pierre Siklos

The Inflation‐Output Variability Trade‐off: OECD Evidence pp. 344-356

Jim Lee

Employer‐provided Health Insurance and Job Change pp. 357-369

Scott Adams

The Economic Cost of Fatal Occupational Injuries in the United States, 1980–97 pp. 370-381

Elyce Anne Biddle

Further Evidence on the Labor Market Effects of Addiction: Chronic Drug Use and Employment in Metropolitan Miami pp. 382-393

Pierre Kébreau Alexandre and Michael T. French

The Determinants of Governance: A Cross‐Country Analysis pp. 394-406

Fahim Al‐Marhubi

Multicultural Evaluation of the Performance of Contingent Valuation for Forest Fire Prevention pp. 407-419

John Loomis, Armando Gonzalez‐Caban and Hayley Hesseln

The Relationship of Pari‐mutuel Wagering and Casino Gaming to Personal Bankruptcy pp. 420-432

Richard Thalheimer and Mukhtar M. Ali

Volume 22, issue 2, 2004

Joint Ventures, Universities, and Success in the Advanced Technology Program pp. 145-161

Michael Darby, Lynne Zucker and Andrew Wang

Are Faculty Critical? Their Role in University–Industry Licensing pp. 162-178

Jerry Thursby and Marie Thursby

Economic Competition and Evolution: Are There Lessons from Ecology? pp. 179-193

Clement Tisdell

The Impact of Sector‐Specific and Economy‐Wide Policy Reforms on the Agricultural Sector in Brazil: 1980–98 pp. 194-212

Steven Helfand and Gervásio Castro de Rezende

Financial Innovation and Divisia Money in Taiwan: Comparative Evidence from Neural Network and Vector Error‐Correction Forecasting Models pp. 213-224

Jane M. Binner, Alicia M. Gazely, Shu-Heng Chen and Bin‐Tzong Chie

Global Linkages of Subnational Regions: Coastal Exports and International Networks pp. 225-236

Ashok Deo Bardhan and Subhrajit Guhathakurta

Depositor Liquidity and Loss Sharing in Bank Failure Resolutions pp. 237-249

George G. Kaufman

Dynamic Relationships among GCC Stock Markets and Nymex Oil Futures pp. 250-269

Shawkat Hammoudeh and Eisa Aleisa

Inefficient Education Spending in Public School Districts: A Case for Consolidation? pp. 270-280

Marvin E. Dodson and Thomas Garrett

The Education/Growth Relationship: Evidence from Real State Panel Data pp. 281-298

Michelle T. Bensi, David C. Black and Michael R. Dowd

The Demand for Cigarettes in the Republic of Korea and Implications for Government Policy to Lower Cigarette Consumption pp. 299-308

Songjune Kim and Barry J. Seldon

Volume 22, issue 1, 2004

The Endogeneity of the Optimum Currency Area Criteria, Intra‐industry Trade, and EMU Enlargement pp. 1-12

Jarko Fidrmuc

Spillovers from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau Investment and from Other Foreign Investment in Chinese Industries pp. 13-25

Jr-Tsung Huang

National Health Insurance and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Taiwan pp. 26-38

Shin‐Yi Chou, Jin-Tan Liu and James Hammitt

The Interplay of Wage and Exchange Rate Policies in Singapore: A Case of Collective Bargaining in Macroeconomic Management pp. 39-49

Ying Wu, Kuang Hui Goh and Boon Keng Lee

Oil Prices, Terms of Trade Shocks, and Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Saudi Arabia pp. 50-62

Selahattin Dibooglu and Eisa Aleisa

Will Open Supply Lower Retail Gasoline Prices? pp. 63-77

John Barron, Beck Taylor and John R. Umbeck

New Evidence on Gay and Lesbian Household Incomes pp. 78-94

Christopher Carpenter

Tenure Choice with Location Selection: The Case of Hispanic Neighborhoods in Chicago pp. 95-110

Maude Toussaint‐Comeau and Sherrie L. W. Rhine

Employment Protections for Older Workers: Do Disability Discrimination Laws Matter? pp. 111-126

Wendy A. Stock and Kathleen Beegle

School Finance Litigation, Tax and Expenditure Limitations, and Education Spending pp. 127-143

William Blankenau and Mark Skidmore

Volume 21, issue 4, 2003

Economic Valuation of Ozone‐Related School Absences in the South Coast Air Basin of California pp. 407-417

Jane V. Hall, Victor Brajer and Frederick W. Lurmann

Does Economic Development Lead to Mangrove Loss? A Cross‐Country Analysis pp. 418-432

Edward Barbier and Mark Cox

The Optimal Time to License a Biotech “Lemon” pp. 433-444

W. H. Furtan, Richard Gray and J. J. Holzman

Is the Taylor Rule Really Different from the McCallum Rule? pp. 445-457

Weshah Razzak

Budget Deficits and Inflation: The Roles of Central Bank Independence and Financial Market Development pp. 458-475

Bilin Neyapti

The Political Economy of Growth in Latin America and East Asia: Some Empirical Evidence pp. 476-489

Ludovic Comeau

Modeling the Legislator as an Agent for the Party: The Effects of Strict Party Discipline on Legislator Voting Behavior pp. 490-499

Neil Longley

The Role of Migrant Networks in Labor Migration: The Case of China pp. 500-511

Yaohui Zhao

Injecting Competition into Public‐Sector Return to Work: Prospects for the “Ticket to Work” Initiative pp. 512-524

David H. Dean, Robert C. Dolan and Robert M. Schmidt

Identifying Efficient Crime‐Combating Policies by VAR Models: The Example of Switzerland pp. 525-538

Patricia Funk and Peter Kugler

Volume 21, issue 3, 2003

Environmental Abatement Costs and Establishment Size pp. 281-296

Daniel Millimet

Age Discrimination Legislation in the United States pp. 297-317

David Neumark

Age Discrimination in Employment in Canada pp. 318-328

Morley Gunderson

The Italian Automotive Industry and Economies of Scale pp. 329-337

Lila J. Truett and Dale B. Truett

Advertising and Restrictions in the Cigarette Industry: Evidence of State‐by‐State Variation pp. 338-348

Craig A. Gallet

The Impact of Nonrevenue Maximizing Factors on State‐Level Cigarette Tax Rates pp. 349-357

Gary Hoover

Poverty and the Macroeconomy: Estimates from U.S. Regional Data pp. 358-371

Donald G. Freeman

An Analysis of Poverty in the American South: How Are Metropolitan Areas Different from Nonmetropolitan Areas? pp. 372-382

William Levernier

The Effects of Public Capital on the Growth in Spanish Productivity pp. 383-393

Melchor Fernandez and Victor Montuenga

Do Business Cycles Alter the Composition of Research and Development Expenditures? pp. 394-405

Matthew Rafferty

Volume 21, issue 2, 2003

Food Insecurity and Hunger in the Kindergarten Classroom: Its Effect on Learning and Growth pp. 145-157

Joshua Winicki and Kyle Jemison

Explaining the Recent Decline in Domestic Violence pp. 158-172

Amy Farmer and Jill Tiefenthaler

Biodiversity Loss and Economic Growth: A Cross‐Country Analysis pp. 173-185

John Asafu‐Adjaye

National Income Accounts: Measurement, Practice, and Welfare Implications of the Initial Estimates of Kosovo's GDP pp. 186-199

Mack Ott

Scenario Analysis of Chinese Passenger Vehicle Growth pp. 200-217

Peter H. Kobos, Jon D. Erickson and Thomas E. Drennen

Exact Unemployment Rate Indices pp. 218-226

Michael J. Greenwood and Ulrich Kohli

Incidence and Duration of Unemployment Spells: Implications on the Wage Differentials of Part‐Time and Full‐Time Workers pp. 227-242

John Baffoe‐Bonnie

Immigration Policy and Highly Skilled Workers: The Case of Japan pp. 243-257

Scott Fuess

Policy Issues of China's Urban Unemployment pp. 258-269

Shunfeng Song

Crouching Dragon, Hungry Tigers: China and Central Asia pp. 270-280

Martin C. Spechler

Volume 21, issue 1, 2003

FORECASTING THE DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE IN OECD NATIONS AND CHINA pp. 1-10

Robert Fogel

URBANIZATION AND HEALTH CARE IN RURAL CHINA pp. 11-24

Gordon G. Liu, Xiaodong Wu, Chaoyang Peng and Alex Z. Fu

TO TAX OR NOT TO TAX? THE CASE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE pp. 25-40

Donald Bruce, William Fox and Matthew Murray

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LARGE FISCAL ADJUSTMENTS AND SHORT‐TERM OUTPUT GROWTH UNDER ALTERNATIVE FISCAL POLICY REGIMES pp. 41-58

Stephen Miller and Frank S. Russek

HABITAT–FISHERY LINKAGES AND MANGROVE LOSS IN THAILAND pp. 59-77

Edward Barbier

PACIFIC SALMON RESTORATION: TRADE‐OFFS BETWEEN ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND POLITICAL ACCEPTANCE pp. 78-89

JunJie Wu, Katharine Skelton‐Groth, William G. Boggess and Richard M. Adams

CUTTING CARBON EMISSIONS AT A PROFIT (PART II): IMPACTS ON U.S. COMPETITIVENESS AND JOBS pp. 90-105

Florentin Krause, Stephen DeCanio, J. Andrew Hoerner and Paul Baer

THE COST OF THE U.S. SUGAR PROGRAM REVISITED pp. 106-116

John Beghin, Barbara El Osta, Jay R. Cherlow and Samarendu Mohanty

A REVISIONIST VIEW OF CHINESE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY? pp. 117-131

Robert W. Mead

IDENTIFYING AND ESTIMATING SOURCES OF TECHNICAL INEFFICIENCY IN KOREAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES pp. 132-144

Sangho Kim