Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

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Volume 16, issue 4, 1998

COSTS AND BENEFITS OF REDUCING AIR POLLUTANTS RELATED TO ACID RAIN pp. 379-400

Dallas Burtraw, Alan Krupnick, Erin Mansur, David Austin and Deirdre Farrell

ASSESSING INCENTIVE‐BASED ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES FOR REDUCING HOUSEHOLD WASTE DISPOSAL pp. 401-411

Deborah Vaughn Nestor and Michael J. Podolsky

WATERSHED‐BASED EFFLUENT TRADING: THE NONPOINT SOURCE CHALLENGE pp. 412-421

Kurt Stephenson, Patricia Norris and Leonard Shabman

FEDERAL ACQUISITION OF WATER THROUGH VOLUNTARY TRANSACTIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES pp. 422-432

Benjamin M. Simon

CAN RECREATION VALUES FOR A LAKE CONSTITUTE A MARKET FOR BANKED AGRICULTURAL WATER? pp. 433-441

Elizabeth Fadali and W. Shaw

FARM PROFITABILITY AND BUREC WATER SUBSIDIES: AN LP LOOK AT A REGION pp. 442-451

Carlos Ulibarri, Harry S. Seely and David B. Willis

DO GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES STABILIZE OR DESTABILIZE AGRICULTURAL MARKETS? pp. 452-466

Akio Matsumoto

LONG‐RUN GROWTH PROJECTIONS AND THE AGGREGATE PRODUCTION FUNCTION: A SURVEY OF MODELS USED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT pp. 467-479

Kevin Stiroh

SUPER‐SPECIALIZATION AND THE GAINS FROM TRADE pp. 480-485

Sven W. Arndt

GLOBAL TRANSFER OF ARMS TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH pp. 486-498

Hsi‐cheng Li and Sam Mirmirani

COMPARING POST‐COLD WAR MILITARY CONVERSION IN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA pp. 499-510

Michael Alexeev and Raymond C. Sikorra

HOW DELEGATING AUTHORITY BIASES SOCIAL CHOICES pp. 511-518

Michael M. Tansey

Volume 16, issue 3, 1998

SPECIAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO DEFENSE‐DEPENDENT INDUSTRY WORKERS: THE CASE OF THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY pp. 251-264

Robert Schoeni and Michael Dardia

IMMIGRATION, POPULATION HETEROGENEITY, AND EARNINGS INEQUALITY IN HONG KONG pp. 265-276

Kit‐chun Lam and Pak‐wai Liu

STATE PATTERNS IN FAMILY INCOME INEQUALITY pp. 277-294

Jamie S. Partridge, Mark Partridge and Dan Rickman

ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE HOMELESS: EVIDENCE FROM LOS ANGELES pp. 295-308

Robert Schoeni and Paul Koegel

ALCOHOL REGULATION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TOWARDS CHILDREN pp. 309-320

Sara Markowitz and Michael Grossman

CRIMINAL PERCEPTIONS AND VIOLENT CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION pp. 321-333

Samuel L. Myers and Chanjin Chung

ILLICIT DRUG USE, ABSENTEEISM, AND EARNINGS AT SIX U.S. WORKSITES pp. 334-346

Michael T. French, Gary A. Zarkin and Laura J. Dunlap

DOES INDIAN CASINO GAMBLING REDUCE STATE REVENUES? EVIDENCE FROM ARIZONA pp. 347-355

Gary C. Anders, Donald Siegel and Munther Yacoub

HOW WELL DO WE MEASURE EMPLOYER‐PROVIDED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE? pp. 356-367

Mark Berger, Dan Black and Frank Scott

PRICE DISCRIMINATION AT THE LINKS pp. 368-378

Stephen Shmanske

Volume 16, issue 2, 1998

DENG XIAOPING'S GREAT TRANSFORMATION pp. 125-135

Steven N.S. Cheung

THAILAND'S EXCHANGE‐RATE CRISIS: RELATIONSHIPS TO EAST ASIA AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY pp. 136-156

Thomas R. Saving, Steven N.S. Cheung, Jane V. Hall, Masahiro Kawai, Anwar Nasution, Supachai Panitchpakdi, Wisarn Pupphavesa, Ammar Siamwalla and John Tatom

THE EAST ASIAN CURRENCY CRISIS: CAUSES AND LESSONS pp. 157-172

Masahiro Kawai

HAVE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS DESTABILIZED EMERGING MARKETS? pp. 173-184

Brian Aitken

WHO NEEDS GLASS‐STEAGALL? EVIDENCE FROM ISRAEL'S BANK SHARES CRISIS AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION pp. 185-196

Asher Blass and Richard Grossman

U.S. DIRECT INVESTMENT TO MEXICO: POLITICS, ECONOMICS, AND NAFTA pp. 197-210

Guy V.G. Stevens

EASTERN EUROPEAN EXPORT PERFORMANCE DURING THE TRANSITION pp. 211-226

Nathan Sheets and Simona Boata

DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC REFORM: THEORY AND SOME EVIDENCE FROM THE RUSSIAN CASE pp. 227-240

Serguey Braguinsky

DEMOCRACY IN REFORMING COLLAPSED COMMUNIST ECONOMIES: BLESSING OR CURSE? pp. 241-246

Michael Intriligator

THE CURSE OF DEMOCRACY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF REFORM IN COLLAPSED COMMUNIST ECONOMIES pp. 247-249

Steven N.S. Cheung

Volume 16, issue 1, 1998

THE FIFTH ASIAN DRAGON: SOURCES OF GROWTH IN GUANGDONG, 1979–1994 pp. 1-11

Chi‐wa Yuen

SEIGNIORAGE, DOMESTIC DEBT, AND FINANCIAL REFORM IN CHINA pp. 12-21

Kevin M. Kime

CHINA'S FORESTS UNDER ECONOMIC REFORM: TIMBER SUPPLIES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, AND RURAL RESOURCE ACCESS pp. 22-33

Heidi Albers, Scott D. Rozelle and Li Guo

THE INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CHINESE FOOD ECONOMY: SOCIALISTIC OR CAPITALISTIC? pp. 34-46

Fredoun Z. Ahmadi‐esfahani and Christopher G. Locke

CANADIAN FARM INCOME SAFETY NETS AND U.S. COUNTERVAIL LAW pp. 47-57

Darren Eurich, John Spriggs and Julia Taylor

FAIR DAIRY POLICY pp. 58-68

Daniel Sumner and Tom Cox

THE EFFECTS OF 1996 FARM LEGISLATION ON FEED AND FOOD GRAINS pp. 69-76

Vincent H. Smith and Joseph W. Glauber

INDEXED BONDS AND HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS pp. 77-84

Thomas Mayer

REVENUE, PROGRESSIVITY, AND THE FLAT TAX pp. 85-97

Mun Ho and Kevin Stiroh

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND GROWTH: SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE pp. 98-108

Blanca Sanchez‐robles

POWER SUPPLY EXPANSION AND THE NUCLEAR OPTION IN POLAND pp. 109-121

Chris Marnay and Steven J. Pickle

SUBSIDY TO NUCLEAR POWER THROUGH PRICE‐ANDERSON LIABILITY LIMIT: COMMENT pp. 122-124

Anthony Heyes and Catherine Liston‐heyes

Volume 15, issue 4, 1997

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH pp. 1-9

Richard Howarth

ECONOMIC MODELING AND THE FALSE TRADEOFF BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH pp. 10-27

Stephen DeCanio

GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND COMPENSATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND NATURAL RESOURCE USE pp. 28-31

Kathleen Segerson

PROPERTY RIGHTS, REGULATORY TAKING, AND COMPENSATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION pp. 32-42

Jon H. Goldstein and William Watson

CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY: PROPERTY CLAIMS IN A DYNAMIC WORLD pp. 43-54

Daniel Bromley

THE ECONOMICS OF COMPENSATING PROPERTY OWNERS pp. 55-65

Richard L. Stroup

ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION ON PRIVATE LAND pp. 66-76

Stephen Polasky, Holly Doremus and Bruce Rettig

WHOSE LOSSES COUNT IN NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES? pp. 77-87

Richard W. Dunford, F. Reed Johnson and Emily S. West

WHOSE LOSSES COUNT? EXAMINING SOME CLAIMS ABOUT AGGREGATION RULES FOR NATURAL RESOURCES DAMAGES pp. 88-97

Alan Randall

NONMARKET VALUATION AND THE COURTS: THE CASE OF THE EXXON VALDEZ pp. 98-110

John Duffield

RESTORATION‐BASED COMPENSATION MEASURES IN NATURAL RESOURCE LIABILITY STATUTES pp. 111-122

Carol A. Jones and Katherine A. Pease

Volume 15, issue 3, 1997

FISCAL REFORM IN SWEDEN: WHAT GENERATIONAL ACCOUNTING TELLS US pp. 1-12

Robert P. Hagemann and Christoph John

A UNIVERSAL FULLY FUNDED PENSION SCHEME pp. 13-20

Lok Ho

TELECOMMUNICATIONS, FACTOR SUBSTITUTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH pp. 21-31

Francis J. Cronin, Elisabeth Colleran and Mark Gold

THE LOOMING U.S. EXTERNAL DEBT: HOW SERIOUS IS IT? pp. 32-41

Juann Hung and Susan Charrette

INTEREST RATES, RATE SPREADS, AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY pp. 42-50

John S. Lapp

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH pp. 51-61

Walter Park and Juan Carlos Ginarte

WHY SOUTH AFRICA'S APARTHEID ECONOMY FAILED pp. 62-72

Anton D. Lowenberg

STRUCTURAL INFLATION AND THE 1994 ‘MONETARY’ CRISIS IN CHINA pp. 73-81

Gene Hsin Chang and Jack Hou

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS IN BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS: A KEY TO INCREASED USE AND ACCEPTANCE pp. 82-92

John Merrifield

EFFECT OF MULTI‐FIBER ARRANGEMENT TRADE RESTRICTIONS ON TEXTILE INDUSTRY PROFIT MARGINS pp. 93-102

Peng Xu

IS THE MARKET FAILING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS WHO WISH TO MANAGE RISKS? pp. 103-112

Steven Blank, Colin Carter and McDONALD Jeffrey

SUBSIDIES AND INEFFICIENCY: STOCHASTIC FRONTIER APPROACH pp. 113-127

Ryoichi Sakano, Kofi Obeng and G. Azam

Volume 15, issue 2, 1997

COMPETITION POLICY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A LONG‐RUN, ENTRY‐BASED APPROACH pp. 1-11

Ross C. Singleton

CONCENTRATION‐PROFITS MONOPOLY VS. EFFICIENCY DEBATE: SOUTH AFRICAN EVIDENCE pp. 12-23

Daniel F. Leach

SPEED AND SEQUENCING OF MARKET REFORMS: THE CASE OF BANKING IN LATVIA pp. 24-34

William Hallagan

MANAGING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAND THROUGH PARTIAL INTERESTS pp. 35-43

Keith Wiebe, Abebayehu Tegene and Betsey Kuhn

NORTH PACIFIC FISHERIES ENVIRONMENT: INTERNATIONAL ISSUES pp. 44-51

James Barney Marsh

USING INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS TO REGULATE VEHICLE EMISSIONS pp. 52-62

Thomas N. Hubbard

FEDERAL WATER POLICY REFORM: IMPLICATIONS FOR IRRIGATED FARMS IN CALIFORNIA pp. 63-73

Marca Weinberg

PHYSICIANS' COST SHIFTING BEHAVIOR: MEDICAID VERSUS OTHER PATIENTS pp. 74-84

Mark Showalter

SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM IN CHINA: THE CASE OF OLD‐AGE INSURANCE pp. 85-93

Shunfeng Song and George S‐f Chu

WHO GETS MATERNITY LEAVE?: THE CASE OF MALAYSIA pp. 94-104

Alexandra Bernasek and Julie Hagen Gallaway

THE DUNLOP COMMISSION'S OMISSIONS ON AMERICAN LABOR MARKET POLICY pp. 105-113

Daniel J. B. Mitchell and Mahmood A. Zaidi

GATE REVENUE SHARING AND LUXURY TAXES IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS pp. 114-123

Daniel R. Marburger

Volume 15, issue 1, 1997

TAX REFORM pp. 1-20

Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Thomas R. Saving, Herbert Grubel, Arnold Harberger, Milton Friedman and W. Lee Hoskins

BLACK MARKET EXCHANGE RATES AND CAPITAL MOBILITY IN ASIAN ECONOMIES pp. 21-36

Clement Yuk Pang Wong

OPTIMUM CURRENCY AREAS AND EUROPEAN MONETARY UNIFICATION pp. 37-49

Selahattin Dibooglu and Julius Horvath

A BENEFIT‐COST ANALYSIS OF DISINFLATION pp. 50-64

Christopher Neely and Christopher Waller

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN MEXICO pp. 65-75

Nader Nazmi and Miguel Ramirez

DISINVESTMENT FROM SOUTH AFRICA: THEY DID WELL BY DOING GOOD pp. 76-86

Judith F. Posnikoff

TRADE BARRIERS IN THE PACIFIC FOREST SECTOR: WHO WINS AND WHO LOSES pp. 87-103

John Perez‐garcia, Bruce Lippke and Janet Baker

TRANSACTION COSTS AND EXPORT CHANNELS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM‐SIZED ENTERPRISES: THE CASE OF KOREA pp. 104-120

Linsu Kim, Jeffrey Nugent and Seung‐jae Yhee

SCALE ECONOMIES AND POLICE DEPARTMENT CONSOLIDATION: EVIDENCE FROM LOS ANGELES pp. 121-127

Miles Finney