Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

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Volume 10, issue 4, 1992

NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE: OPPORTUNITIES AND PITFALLS pp. 1-10

William Gruben

ARE JAPANESE INVESTORS TAKING THEIR MONEY HOME? pp. 11-20

Richard P. Mattione

INFLATION AND STABILIZATION IN YUGOSLAVIA pp. 21-38

Roberto DE REZENDE Rocha

UNDERSTANDING PATTERNS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT pp. 39-50

Ards Sheila

CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN COST/BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF WELFARE‐TO‐WORK PROGRAMS pp. 51-64

David Greenberg

SCHOOL‐TO‐WORK EXPERIENCE OF HISPANIC YOUTH pp. 65-73

Santos Richard and Seitz Patricia

THE TAXABLE SURPLUS IN WATER RESOURCES pp. 74-82

Gaffney Mason

PROJECT EVALUATION AND RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITY pp. 83-88

F. Mikesell Raymond

DISCOUNTS FOR CASH IN RETAIL GASOLINE MARKETING pp. 89-102

John Barron, E. Staten Michael and Umbeck John

EARLY CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR TROUBLED BANKS pp. 103-113

E. French George

Volume 10, issue 3, 1992

INTERFACE BETWEEN ECONOMIC TECHNIQUES AND ECONOMIC POLICY pp. 1-15

Arnold Harberger, Anne O. Krueger, James W. Fox and Sebastian Edwards

CAPITAL GAINS TAXATION, GROWTH, AND FAIRNESS pp. 16-25

Joseph J. Minarik

SOCIAL SECURITY INVESTMENT POLICY AND CAPITAL FORMATION pp. 26-38

Willem Thorbecke

SAVING BEHAVIOR AND SOVIET REFORM pp. 39-48

Michael Alexeev

NEGOTIATING A RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: ROLE OF BIOLOGICAL EMISSIONS pp. 49-58

Thomas E. Drennen and Duane Chapman

OIL SPILL REDUCTION AND COSTS OF SHIP DESIGN REGULATION pp. 59-70

Thomas D. Hopkins

STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATIONS pp. 71-84

Jonathan Karpoff and Edward M. Rice

COMPARABLE WORTH: CANADA'S EXPERIENCE pp. 85-94

Morley Gunderson and W. Craig Riddell

U.S. DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM pp. 95-103

Thomas F. Cargill and Thomas Mayer

WHAT SHOULD BANKS REALLY DO? pp. 104-112

Lawrence White

Volume 10, issue 2, 1992

ECONOMICS OF SPECIES PRESERVATION: THE SPOTTED OWL CASE pp. 1-12

Claire Montgomery and Gardner M. Brown

BENEFITS OF PRESERVING OLD‐GROWTH FORESTS AND THE SPOTTED OWL pp. 13-26

Daniel A. Haqen, James W. Vincent and Patrick G. Welle

THE FUTURE OF THE U.S. DEFENSE INDUSTRY pp. 27-34

Murray Weidenbaum

TRANSITION FROM A COMMAND ECONOMY: RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND COLD TURKEY pp. 35-43

Murray Wolfson

IMMIGRANT WELFARE RECIPIENCY: RECENT TRENDS AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS pp. 44-53

Stephen Trejo

TAX DISCOUNTING VS. CROWDING OUT pp. 54-62

Stephen Mathis and Hamid Bastin

RECENT EVIDENCE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF AIR POLLUTION EFFECTS pp. 63-71

Victor Brajer and Jane V. Hall

CLEAN INDOOR AIR LAWS AND THE DEMAND FOR CIGARETTES pp. 72-83

Frank Chaloupka and Henry Saffer

CRIME, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND LABOR FORCE WITHDRAWAL pp. 84-97

Samuel L. Myers

EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT ON LEGAL AND ILLEGAL EARNINGS pp. 98-110

Michael T. French and Gary A. Zarkin

A SOBER LOOK AT THE COSTS OF INTOXICATION pp. 111-115

Gary M. Anderson

Volume 10, issue 1, 1992

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN TRANSITION pp. 1-20

Arnold Harberger, Michael Darby, Sebastian Edwards, George Kopits and Ronald McKinnon

LONG‐RUN IMPACTS OF AIDS pp. 21-38

Ken Goldin

SOCIAL CONTRACTS AND PIPE DREAMS pp. 39-51

Jerome Ellig and Jack High

CHILD SUPPORT, ROUTINE INCOME WITHHOLDING, AND POST‐DIVORCE INCOME pp. 52-64

Marieka M. Klawitter and Irwin Garfinkel

CORPORATE LEVERAGE AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE pp. 65-80

Rama Seth

FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICITS, MONEY, AND EXCHANGE RATES pp. 81-90

Keivan Deravi, Philip Gregorowicz and Charles E. Hegji

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT IN CALIFORNIA pp. 91-100

Llad Phillips

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND THE SOCIAL COST OF SMOKING: A Comment pp. 101-101

Jeremiah M. Allen

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND THE SOCIAL COST OF SMOKING: A Reply pp. 102-103

Dwight R. Lee

FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE TWIN DEFICITS pp. 104-107

Basudeb Biswas, Gopal Tribedy and Peter Saunders

ARE THE TWIN DEFICITS REALLY RELATED? A COMMENT pp. 108-111

Janardhanan Alse and Mohsen Bahmani‐oskooee

ARE THE TWIN DEFICITS REALLY RELATED? FURTHER COMMENTS pp. 112-113

Stephen Miller and Frank S. Russek

Volume 9, issue 4, 1991

MASSIVE DIVESTITURE AND PRIVATIZATION LESSONS FROM CHILE pp. 1-19

Rolf J.lüders

OUTLOOK FOR THE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION: THE MESSAGE FROM EASTERN EUROPE pp. 20-38

Richard J. Sweeney

THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT DEFICITS ON PERSONAL AND NATIONAL SAVING RATES pp. 39-55

Michael Darby, Robert Gillingham and John S. Greenlees

BILATERAL TRADE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT pp. 56-69

Won W. Koo, Ihn Ho Uhm and Joel T. Golz

LIBERALIZATION WITHOUT DEREGULATION: U.S. TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY DURING THE 1980s pp. 70-81

Robert W. Crandall

HIGHWAY SAFETY AND THE 65‐mph SPEED LIMIT pp. 82-92

Pat McCarthy

UNDERSTANDING THE BUSINESS FAILURE RATE pp. 93-105

Sarah J. Lane and Martha Schary

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ILLICIT DRUG ENFORCEMENT POLICY AND PROPERTY CRIMES pp. 106-115

Bruce Benson and David W. Rasmussen

AN ECONOMIC EXPLANATION FOR THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF ADDICTION TREATMENT pp. 116-119

Cecil Bohanon

Volume 9, issue 3, 1991

HOW LARGE A FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICIT CAN WE SUSTAIN? pp. 1-11

Douglas H. Joines

THE TEMPORAL CAUSALITY BETWEEN FISCAL DEFICITS AND INTEREST RATES pp. 12-23

Stephen Miller and Frank S. Russek

REGIONAL IMPACTS OF AIR QUALITY REGULATION: APPLYING AN ECONOMIC MODEL pp. 24-34

Sue Lieu

WATER CONSERVATION PROGRESS IN DENVER pp. 35-45

John R. Morris

INSTITUTIONAL PRESERVATION AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE pp. 46-58

Robert D. Auerbach

RATIONALE FOR DISSENT: THE CASE OF FOMC MEMBERS pp. 59-70

Susan Belden

THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF MONETARY POLICY pp. 71-75

Thomas Havrilesky

REFORMING THE FED: ITS INDEPENDENCE AND LESSONS FROM HUMPHREY‐HAWKINS pp. 76-81

Anthony Barrett

CHINA'S RESISTANCE TO ECONOMIC REFORMS pp. 82-92

Frank D. Tinari and Danny Kin‐kong Lam

THE DETERMINANTS OF ILLEGAL DRUG USE pp. 93-105

Andrew Gill and Robert J. Michaels

RISK TAKING BY THRIFT INSTITUTIONS: A FRAMEWORK FOR EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION pp. 106-115

Devra Golbe and Bernard Shull

Volume 9, issue 2, 1991

THE SWEDISH MARKET PRICE APPROACH TO MONETARY POLICY OF THE 1930s pp. 1-12

Robert E. Keleher

DETERMINANTS OF BANK ACQUISITION PREMIUMS: ISSUES AND EVIDENCE pp. 12-24

Larry A. Frieder and Phillip N. Petty

THE FED AND THE POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLE pp. 25-38

Nathaniel Beck

CAUSALITY IN POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLES pp. 39-49

Christopher J. Ellis and Mark Thoma

STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND PROSPECTS FOR SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT IN U.S. EXTERNAL BALANCE pp. 50-58

Catherine Mann

FOREIGN TAKEOVERS AND NEW INVESTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES pp. 59-71

Edward John Ray

SEIGNORAGE AND EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION pp. 72-80

Brian J. Cody

THE VALUE OF CLEANER AIR: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH pp. 81-91

Victor Brajer, Jane V. Hall and Robert Rowe

CO‐DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL RESOURCES: OIL vs. MARICULTURE pp. 92-100

Margriet F. Caswell

CROSSING DUPUIT'S BRIDGE AGAIN: A TRIGGER POLICY FOR EFFICIENT INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE pp. 101-114

David Salant and Glenn Woroch

Volume 9, issue 1, 1991

ECONOMIC GROWTH, SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT pp. 1-23

Ralph d'Arge, Richard B. Norgaard, Mancur Olson and Richard Somerville

DETERMINANTS OF BANK ACQUISITION PREMIUMS: ISSUES AND EVIDENCE pp. 12-24

Larry A. Frieder and Phillip N. Petty

THE NEED TO REFORM THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEM pp. 24-35

James Barth, Carl D. Hudson and Daniel E. Page

THE FED AND THE POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLE pp. 25-38

Nathaniel Beck

IGNORING ECONOMICS IN DEALING WITH THE SAVINGS AND LOAN AND COMMERCIAL BANKING CRISIS pp. 36-53

R. Dan Brumbaugh and Robert Litan

CAUSALITY IN POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLES pp. 39-49

Christopher J. Ellis and Mark Thoma

STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND PROSPECTS FOR SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT IN U.S. EXTERNAL BALANCE pp. 50-58

Catherine Mann

THE BANKING SYSTEM CRISIS IN LATIN AMERICA pp. 54-66

Thomas J. Trebat

FOREIGN TAKEOVERS AND NEW INVESTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES pp. 59-71

Edward John Ray

U.S. OIL DEMAND AND CONSERVATION pp. 67-72

Stephen Brown and Keith Phillips

SEIGNORAGE AND EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION pp. 72-80

Brian J. Cody

NUCLEAR POWER, SYSTEMATIC RISK, AND THE COST OF CAPITAL pp. 73-82

Stephen Farber

THE VALUE OF CLEANER AIR: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH pp. 81-91

Victor Brajer, Jane V. Hall and Robert Rowe

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND THE SOCIAL COST OF SMOKING pp. 83-92

Dwight R. Lee

CO‐DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL RESOURCES: OIL vs. MARICULTURE pp. 92-100

Margriet F. Caswell

TARGETING FARM PROGRAMS pp. 93-106

Daniel Sumner

CROSSING DUPUIT'S BRIDGE AGAIN: A TRIGGER POLICY FOR EFFICIENT INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE pp. 101-114

David Salant and Glenn Woroch

CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF FARM POLICY pp. 107-121

Julian Alston and Colin Carter