Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

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Volume 12, issue 4, 1994

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF PACIFIC RIM DEVELOPMENT pp. 1-22

Jane V. Hall, Duane L. Chapman, William F. Barron and Clement Tisdell

IMPACTS OF PRIVATISATION POLICY IN EUROPE pp. 23-33

Kenneth Button and Thomas Weyman‐jones

COMMERCIALIZATION OF INDIGENOUS GENETIC RESOURCES pp. 34-44

R. David Simpson and Roger Sedjo

GROWTH OF U.S. HEALTH CARE SPENDING pp. 45-56

Ralph Bradley

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION: AN EVALUATION OF LABOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES pp. 57-66

Cheryl L. Maranto

A MODEL FOR STANDARD SETTING: HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION pp. 67-78

Ian Macinnes

EFFECTS ON INTEREST RATES OF IMMEDIATELY RELEASING FOMC DIRECTIVES pp. 79-91

Michael Belongia and Kevin Kliesen

CULTURAL ACCOUNTING: AN EXAMPLE FROM A SMALL CARIBBEAN ISLAND pp. 92-103

Sam Cole

POLLUTION PREVENTION AS PUBLIC POLICY: AN ASSESSMENT pp. 104-113

Gloria E. Helfand

DESIGNING POLLUTION MARKET INSTRUMENTS: CASES OF UNCERTAINTY pp. 114-125

Dale A. Carlson and Anne M. Sholtz

Volume 12, issue 3, 1994

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS pp. 1-9

George Frisvold and Peter Condon

COMMON PROPERTY AS AN INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY pp. 10-21

Gary Thompson and Paul N. Wilson

INCREASED INDUSTRIAL USES OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES POLICY, TRADE AND ETHANOL pp. 22-32

Hyunok Lee, Joseph W. Glauber and Daniel Sumner

FUEL TAXES AND COINTEGRATION OF ENERGY PRICES pp. 33-41

Mine K. Vücel and Shengyi Guo

THE ECONOMIC COST OF U.S. OIL CONSERVATION pp. 42-53

Stephen Brown and Hillard Huntington

THE CAPITAL INFLOWS PROBLEM: CONCEPTS AND ISSUES pp. 54-66

Guillermo Calvo, Leonardo Leiderman and Carmen Reinhart

MEASURING NON‐TARIFF BARRIERS TO DIFFERENTIATED IMPORT PRODUCTS pp. 67-78

Benoit‐M. Papillon

MONETARY OVERHANG: DO CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES HAVE EXCESSIVE MONEY STOCKS? pp. 79-90

Gene Hsin Chang

CIGARETTE TAXATION AND DEMAND: AN EMPIRICAL MODEL pp. 91-100

Hai‐yen Sung, Teh‐wei Hu and Theodore E. Keeler

HARM REDUCTION, RATIONAL ADDICTION, AND THE OPTIMAL PRESCRIBING OF ILLEGAL DRUGS pp. 101-108

Richard Stevenson

EFFECT OF SURVEY CONDITIONS ON SELF‐REPORTED SUBSTANCE USE pp. 109-121

Gail Hoyt and Frank Chaloupka

SOME EMPIRICAL EFFECTS OF USING PERMANENT STRIKER REPLACEMENTS pp. 122-133

Cynthia L. Gramm and John F. Schnell

Volume 12, issue 2, 1994

ECONOMICS AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION pp. 1-20

Jack Hirshleifer, Michael Jensen, Robert Hall, Andrei Shleifer and William H. Meckling

SEARCHING FOR A MONETARY POLICY TARGET pp. 21-34

Jerry L. Jordan and Frank E. Morris

INFLATION STABILIZATION AND NOMINAL ANCHORS pp. 35-45

Guillermo Calvo and Carlos Vegh

STABILIZING THE EXPECTED PRICE LEVEL IN A BFH PAYMENTS SYSTEM pp. 46-54

W. William Woolsey

COLLEGE MAJOR CHOICE AND CHANGES IN THE GENDER WAGE GAP pp. 55-64

Eric Eide

DO PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LAWS REDUCE ADOLESCENT ABORTION RATES? pp. 65-76

Robert L. Ohsfeldt and Stephan F. Gohmann

OPEN ACCESS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A COMPETITIVE NATURAL GAS MARKET pp. 77-96

Arthur de Vany and W. Walls

PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY AND MARKETS pp. 97-111

James H. Caldwell

WATER SUBSIDIES, WATER TRANSFERS, AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY pp. 112-122

Mark Kanazawa

WHY DID ECONOMIC MODELS FALSELY PREDICT A BUSH LANDSLIDE IN 1992? pp. 123-130

Stephen E. Haynes and Joe Stone

Volume 12, issue 1, 1994

COUNTERTRADE AS TRADE CREATION AND TRADE DIVERSION pp. 1-11

Abla M. Abdel‐latif and Jeffrey Nugent

TRADE CREATION AND DIVERSION EFFECTS OF THE U.S.‐CANADIAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT pp. 12-23

David Karemera and Won W. Koo

KEIRETSU SHAREHOLDING TIES: ANTITRUST ISSUES pp. 24-36

David Flath

DETERMINANTS OF THE SAVING RATE: AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON pp. 37-45

Kokila Doshi

OUTSIDE INFLUENCES ON MONETARY POLICY: A SUMMARY OF RECENT FINDINGS pp. 46-51

Thomas Havrilesky

WHY THE COMPOSITE INDEX OF LEADING INDICATORS DOES NOT LEAD pp. 52-66

Evan Koenig and Kenneth M. Emery

IMPACT OF TRADE ON SERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR WOMEN AND MINORITIES pp. 67-78

Bartholomew K. Armah

RECENT TRENDS IN JOB TRAINING pp. 79-88

Norman Bowers and Paul Swaim

CASELOAD IMPACTS OF WELFARE REFORM pp. 89-101

Terry R. Johnson, Daniel H. Klepinger and Fred B. Dong

IMPACT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ON GENETIC DIVERSITY: THE CASE OF U.S. WHEAT pp. 102-112

Carl E. Pray and Mary Knudson

ROLE OF VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS IN AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT POLLUTION POLICY pp. 113-121

Nancy Anders Norton, Tim T. Phipps and Jerald J. Fletcher

CHANGES IN WATER ALLOCATION MECHANISMS FOR CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE pp. 122-133

David Zilberman, Neal Macdougall and Farhed Shah

Volume 11, issue 4, 1993

RETURNS PAID TO EARLY SOCIAL SECURITY COHORTS pp. 1-13

James E. Duggan, Robert Gillingham and John S. Greenlees

GATT TRADE RULES AND THE ENVIRONMENT pp. 14-18

Raymond F. Mikesell

WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR AIR QUALITY: THE CASE OF OUTDOOR EXERCISE pp. 19-30

Stephen Farber and Alicia Rambaldi

WAGE MOBILITY AND WAGE INEQUALITY AMONG YOUNG WORKERS pp. 31-41

Jonathan R. Veum

EFFECTS OF PRICE AND AVAILABILITY ON ABORTION DEMAND pp. 42-55

Stephan F. Gohmann and Robert L. Ohsfeldt

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY RISK EXPOSURE: MARKET EVIDENCE AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS pp. 56-69

Elijah Brewer and Thomas H. Mondschean

YOUTH ALCOHOL USE AND PUBLIC POLICY pp. 70-81

Adit Laixuthai and Frank Chaloupka

VALUING EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND FISHERY ENHANCEMENT ON CHINOOK SALMON pp. 82-94

David M. Anderson, Steven A. Shankle, Michael J. Scott, Duane A. Neitzel and James C. Chatters

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PH.D. ECONOMISTS' CAREERS pp. 95-106

Larry D. Singell and Joe Stone

WHAT SHOULD BANKS REALLY DO?: COMMENT pp. 107-110

George S. Berger

WHAT SHOULD BANKS REALLY DO?: REPLY pp. 111-113

Lawrence White

Volume 11, issue 3, 1993

MEDICAL RESEARCH AND GENETIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF TAXOL pp. 1-11

A. Day Kelly and George Frisvold

LIMITING U.S. OIL IMPORTS: COST ESTIMATES pp. 12-29

Hillard Huntington

THE MINIMUM WAGE, WAGE SUBSIDIES, AND POVERTY pp. 30-38

R. D. Husby

IMPACT OF CHILD QUALITY ON EARNINGS: THE PRODUCTIVITY‐OF‐SCHOOLING HYPOTHESIS pp. 39-47

Philip Ganderton and Griffin Peter

PROHIBITION VERSUS TAXATION: RECONSIDERING THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE pp. 48-57

Donald Kenkel

MOTIVATING RECYCLING: A MARGINAL COST ANALYSIS pp. 58-68

Judge Rebecca and Becker Anthony

OCEAN SHIPPING ECONOMICS: FREE TRADE AND ANTITRUST IMPLICATIONS pp. 69-80

A. Butz David

OCEAN SHIPPING ECONOMICS: COMMENT pp. 81-85

D. Reitzes James

OCEAN SHIPPING ECONOMICS: REPLY pp. 86-87

A. Butz David

ENERGY INTENSITY IMPROVEMENTS IN STEEL MINIMILLS pp. 88-100

Gale Boyd, H. Karlson Stephen, Neifer Mark and Ross Marc

IMPACT OF PRICING STRUCTURE SELECTIVITY ON URBAN WATER DEMAND pp. 101-113

Michael Nieswiadomy and L. Cobb Steven

Volume 11, issue 2, 1993

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE NATION‐STATE pp. 1-22

Arnold Harberger, Kenneth Arrow, Wolf Charles, Michael Intriligator and Gordon Tullock

NATIONAL HEALTH CARE AND QUALITY OF SERVICE: LESSONS FROM MEDICAID pp. 23-38

W. David Bradford

EFFECTS OF WORKFARE SATURATION ON AFDC CASELOADS pp. 39-49

R. Schiller Bradley and C. Nielsen Brasher

JAPANESE ANTITRUST: RECONCILING THEORY AND EVIDENCE pp. 50-61

R. Dick Andrew

THE DOLLAR'S INTERNATIONAL ROLE pp. 62-75

S. Hakkio Craig

BCCI: LESSONS FOR INTERNATIONAL BANK SUPERVISION pp. 76-86

J. Herring Richard

UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS: IMPACTS ON LOCAL AND U.S. ECONOMIES pp. 87-99

Doug Parker and David Zilberman

CARBON REDUCTION COSTS IN NEW ENGLAND'S POWER SECTOR pp. 100-112

Krause Florentin, Busch John and G. Koomey Jonathan

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND WATER QUALITY pp. 113-120

L. Joe Moffitt

Volume 11, issue 1, 1993

SAVING MEASURES AS ECONOMIC GROWTH INDICATORS pp. 1-8

E. Cullison William

ZERO INFLATION: TRANSITION COSTS AND SHOE LEATHER BENEFITS pp. 9-17

Charles Carlstrom and William Gavin

MAQUILADORA RESPONSE TO U.S. AND ASIAN RELATIVE WAGE RATE CHANGES pp. 18-28

J. Truett Lila and B. Truett Dale

BUDGET DEFICITS, DOMESTIC INVESTMENT, AND TRADE DEFICITS pp. 29-44

K. Arora Harjit and Pami Dua

CONSERVED ENERGY SUPPLY CURVES FOR U.S. BUILDINGS pp. 45-68

Rosenfeld Arthur, Atkinson Celina, Koomey Jonathan, Meier Alan, J. Mowris Robert and Lynn Price

ENERGY UTILITIES, CONSERVATION, AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY pp. 69-75

Bhattacharjee Vinayak, J. Cicchetti Charles and F. Rankin William

SEQUESTERING CARBON ON AGRICULTURAL LAND: SOCIAL COST AND IMPACTS ON TIMBER MARKETS pp. 76-87

M. Adams Richard, M. Adams Darius, M. Callaway John, Chang Ching‐cheng and Bruce McCarl

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY RESEARCH pp. 88-98

S. Rothman Dale and Chapman Duane

HOW SHOULD BANK REGULATORY AGENCIES BE ORGANIZED? pp. 99-107

Shull Bernard

REGULATORY STRUCTURE, REGULATORY FAILURE, AND THE S& L DEBACLE pp. 108-115

W. Nelson Richard