Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

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Volume 20, issue 4, 2002

CUTTING CARBON EMISSIONS AT A PROFIT (PART I): OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UNITED STATES pp. 339-365

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

INCREASING STREAMFLOW TO SUSTAIN SALMON AND OTHER NATIVE FISH IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST pp. 366-380

William K. Jaeger and Raymond Mikesell

A PORTFOLIO OF THREATS TO AMERICAN AGRICULTURE pp. 381-393

Steven Blank

MEASURING THE EFFECT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION ON INCOME: EVIDENCE OF DISCRIMINATION? pp. 394-414

Nathan Berg and Donald Lien

EFFECTS OF HEAVY DRINKING IN COLLEGE ON STUDY EFFORT, GRADE POINT AVERAGE, AND MAJOR CHOICE pp. 415-428

Amy M. Wolaver

DO HMOS ENCOURAGE PREVENTION? AN ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE PLANS pp. 429-439

Thomas Miceli and Dennis Heffley

THE IMPACT OF CASINO GAMBLING ON PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY FILING RATES pp. 440-455

John Barron, Michael E. Staten and Stephanie Wilshusen

DID THE NEW ECONOMY VANQUISH THE REGIONAL BUSINESS CYCLE? pp. 456-469

Mark Partridge and Dan Rickman

THE PATH OF TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION: WHICH NEIGHBORS TO LEARN FROM? pp. 470-478

Xiaobo Zhang, Shenggen Fan and Ximing Cai

ENDOGENOUS PROTECTION IN A TRADE LIBERALIZING ECONOMY: THE CASE OF SOUTH AFRICA pp. 479-489

Merle Holden and Daniela Casale

Volume 20, issue 3, 2002

THE ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO PROMOTE BUREAUCRATIC OBJECTIVES: AN EMPIRICAL TEST pp. 209-220

Shirley Svorny and Leah Marcal

BUDGET BALANCE THROUGH SPENDING CUTS OR TAX ADJUSTMENTS? pp. 221-233

Ali F. Darrat

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM, FISCAL POLICY, AND GROWTH NEXUS: SOME EMPIRICAL RESULTS FOR FIJI pp. 234-245

Rukmani Gounder

EUROPEAN MARKET INTEGRATION AND THE SMALL NATION pp. 246-254

Charles J. Stokes

CUSTOMER TYPE AND BANK EFFICIENCY IN POLAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR EMERGING MARKET BANKING pp. 255-271

Ewa M. Nikiel and Timothy Opiela

TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR: THE CASE OF THE SMALL DEVELOPING COUNTRY pp. 272-287

Denny Lewis‐Bynoe, Jennifer Griffith and Winston Moore

UNOFFICIAL EXCHANGE RATES IN BANGLADESH: A COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS pp. 288-300

Jalal Siddiki

YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT OUTFLOW RATES AND LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS: AUSTRALIAN EVIDENCE pp. 301-315

Gareth Leeves

THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE CLASSROOM: A REPEATED GAME OF MULTIMARKET OLIGOPOLY pp. 316-329

Timothy L. Sorenson

A COLLABORATIVE LEARNING LAB: DOES THE FORM MATTER? pp. 330-338

Taggert Brooks and A. Wahhab Khandker

Volume 20, issue 2, 2002

THE END OF CONSCRIPTION IN EUROPE? pp. 93-100

Christopher Jehn and Zachary Selden

THE ARMY OFFICER CORPS IN THE ALL‐VOLUNTEER FORCE pp. 101-110

Michael J. Meese

WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN AMERICA'S VOLUNTEER MILITARY pp. 111-121

Aline O. Quester and Curtis L. Gilroy

CONSUMERS' INFLATION EXPECTATIONS AND MONETARY POLICY IN EUROPE pp. 122-132

Jan Marc Berk

THE DEMAND FOR VANITY (PLATES): ELASTICITIES, NET REVENUE MAXIMIZATION, AND DEADWEIGHT LOSS pp. 133-144

Erik D. Craft

RETHINKING RESTRICTIONS ON PLAYER MOBILITY IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL pp. 145-159

Joel Maxcy

THE EFFECTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL QUALITY ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF EARNINGS pp. 160-170

Eric R. Eide, Mark Showalter and David P. Sims

MONEY, WHO NEEDS IT? NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT pp. 171-178

Nicholas Flores and Jennifer Thacher

A COST‐BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF ENLARGING THE JAPANESE JUDICIAL SYSTEM pp. 179-192

Tomio Kinoshita

ACCRUAL BUDGETING AND FISCAL CONSOLIDATION IN THE EMU pp. 193-206

F. Javier Salinas

Volume 20, issue 1, 2002

MEDICARE AND INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH OUTCOMES: THE CASE OF BREAST CANCER pp. 1-11

Sandra L. Decker and Carol Rapaport

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS: EXAMINING LABOR MARKET EFFECTS OF FOUR ALTERNATIVE POLICIES pp. 12-24

Bruce Wydick

PRICE, QUALITY, AND SERVICE ON THE INTERNET: SENSE AND NONSENSE pp. 25-37

James Koch and Richard Cebula

“SMART” GUNS: A TECHNOLOGICAL FIX FOR REGULATING THE SECONDARY MARKET pp. 38-49

Philip J Cook and James A. Leitzel

CONSUMER THEORY, HOME PRODUCTION, AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY pp. 50-59

Philip B. Thompson

ARE POLICY RULES BETTER THAN THE DISCRETIONARY SYSTEM IN TAIWAN? pp. 60-71

James Cover, C. Hueng and Ruey Yau

THE DEMAND FOR CIGARETTES IN JAPAN: IMPACT OF INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ON CIGARETTE CONSUMPTION pp. 72-82

Isao Yorozu and Yimin Zhou

AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONS AMONG WAGE DIFFERENTIALS, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, AND TRADE pp. 83-92

Koushik Ghosh, Peter J. Saunders and Basudeb Biswas

Volume 19, issue 4, 2001

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM AND MILITARY SECURITY IN THE PERSIAN GULF pp. 371-381

Duane Chapman and Neha Khanna

CHILDREN AND THE ENVIRONMENT: VALUING INDIRECT EFFECTS ON A CHILD'S LIFE CHANCES pp. 382-396

Jason Shogren

VALUING REDUCED RISKS TO CHILDREN: THE CASE OF BICYCLE SAFETY HELMETS pp. 397-408

Robin Jenkins, Nicole Owens and Lanelle Bembenek Wiggins

THE EFFECT OF JOB MOBILITY ON ACADEMIC SALARIES pp. 409-423

Debra A. Barbezat and James Hughes

THE EVOLUTION OF VAT RATES AND GOVERNMENT TAX REVENUE IN MEXICO pp. 424-433

José A. Pagán, Gokce Soydemir and José A. Tijerina‐Guajardo

SHORT‐RUN MONETARY POLICY AND THE MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT pp. 434-443

Thomas J. Pierce and Ken Rebeck

REFORMING BANK CAPITAL REGULATION: USING SUBORDINATED DEBT TO ENHANCE MARKET AND SUPERVISORY DISCIPLINE pp. 444-453

Douglas Evanoff and Larry Wall

WAGES AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE U.S. APPAREL INDUSTRY pp. 454-464

Bruce C. Brown

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP pp. 465-478

Alison J. Wellington

FEDERAL LAND EXCHANGES: 1960–1999 pp. 479-487

Molly Espey

Volume 19, issue 3, 2001

INFLATION TARGETERS IN PRACTICE: A LUCKY LOT? pp. 239-253

Francisco De A. Nadal‐De Simone

FINANCIAL MARKET RESPONSES TO MONETARY POLICY CHANGES IN THE 1990S pp. 254-267

Thomas Urich and Paul Wachtel

DETERMINING THE BASE COST OF EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS OF OHIO SCHOOL DISTRICTS pp. 268-279

John Ruggiero

CAN P.S. 27 TURN A PROFIT? PROVISION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY FOR‐PROFIT SUPPLIERS pp. 280-290

Douglas Lamdin

THE EFFECT OF OPEN SPACES ON A HOME'S SALE PRICE pp. 291-298

Margot Lutzenhiser and Noelwah Netusil

PREDICTING THE EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN WELFARE PAYMENTS ON THE PROBABILITIES OF RECEIVING ALTERNATE SOURCES OF INCOME: THE CASE OF HOMELESS PERSONS IN LOS ANGELES pp. 299-312

Stephen J. Conroy*

ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS, COMPETITION, AND ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION pp. 313-321

Victor J. Tremblay and Kumiko Okuyama

WESTERN RANGELANDS REFORM: AN ANALYSIS OF THE 1996 SENATE VOTE ON FEDERAL GRAZING FEES pp. 322-335

Gerald A. Fennemore and Jon Nelson

WHAT ATTRACTS FOREIGN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS TO CHINA? pp. 336-346

Kevin Honglin Zhang

CURRENCY CONVERTIBILITY AND LINKAGE BETWEEN CHINESE OFFICIAL AND SWAP MARKET EXCHANGE RATES pp. 347-359

Jian Yang and David Leatham

COMPLEMENTARY MEASURES TO FOREIGN AID: TAIWAN AND THE PRC UNDER DIPLOMATIC RIVALRY pp. 360-368

Richard C. Lin

Volume 19, issue 2, 2001

VALUING MANGROVE CONSERVATION IN SOUTHERN THAILAND pp. 109-122

S Sathirathai and Edward Barbier

THE EFFICIENCY OF SEQUESTERING CARBON IN AGRICULTURAL SOILS pp. 123-134

Pautsch Gr, Lyubov Kurkalova, Bruce Babcock and Catherine Kling

THE IMPACT OF PRICES AND CONTROL POLICIES ON CIGARETTE SMOKING AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS pp. 135-149

C Czart, Rosalie Pacula, Frank Chaloupka and H Wechsler

STATE DRUG CONTROL SPENDING AND ILLICIT DRUG PARTICIPATION pp. 150-161

Henry Saffer, Frank Chaloupka and Dhaval Dave

A SIBLINGS ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ONSET ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT pp. 162-174

Steven Koch and David Ribar

DOES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH? EVIDENCE FROM EAST ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA pp. 175-185

Zhang Kh

QUALITY‐ASSURING PRICE AND BREACH OF EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY pp. 186-196

Donald Vandegrift

DETERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION DECISION, HIRING DECISION, AND WAGES IN A DOUBLE SELECTION FRAMEWORK: MALE‐FEMALE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS IN THE U.S. LABOR MARKET REVISITED pp. 197-212

Mohanty Ms

LABOR DEMAND AND THE WAGE GAP IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP pp. 213-224

Edward Sayre

WATER BANKING AND RESTORATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITAT: AN APPLICATION TO THE SNAKE RIVER pp. 225-237

Green Gp and O'Connor Jp

Volume 19, issue 1, 2001

THE WEALTH OF NATIONS: GROWTH, IDEAS, AND TECHNOLOGY pp. 1-1

Michael Darby

INFLATION TARGETING AND THE ECONOMY: LESSONS FROM CANADA'S FIRST DECADE pp. 2-19

Charles Freedman

HAYEKIAN ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE AS A FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINED PROSPERITY pp. 20-26

Jordan Jl

INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANTS AND THE POSITIONING OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE 1992, 1996, AND 2000 ELECTION CYCLES pp. 27-38

Franklin Mixon and Hobson Dl

THE RESEARCH ASSESSMENT EXERCISE AND THE REFORM OF ACADEMIC TENURE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM pp. 39-48

Antony Dnes and Seaton Js

ASSESSING DAMAGES: THE 1983 ISRAELI BANK SHARES CRISIS pp. 49-58

Asher Blass and Grossman Rs

DOES TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE HELP TRADE‐DISPLACED WORKERS? pp. 59-72

Marcal Le

HOUSEHOLD INEQUALITY AND THE LABOR MARKET IN SOUTH AFRICA pp. 73-86

Murray Leibbrandt, Haroon Bhorat and Ingrid Woolard

DETERMINANTS OF SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND PERFORMANCE IN BULGARIA: THE ROLE OF INCOME AMONG THE POOR AND RICH pp. 87-98

Zimmerman Fj

THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF EFFORT, ORGANIZATION, AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN CHINESE FACTORIES pp. 99-108

H Li