Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

Current editor(s): Brad R. Humphreys

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NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE DECLINE OF ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT pp. 1-18: Edward Snyder
EFFECT OF FIRM ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ON INCENTIVES TO ENGAGE IN PRICE FIXING pp. 19-35: Jon M. Joyce
THE ROLE OF CRIMINAL SANCTIONS IN ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT pp. 36-46: Mark Cohen
ORGANIC FOOD AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE pp. 47-72: Darwin C. Hall, Brian P. Baker, Jacques Franco and Desmond A. Jolly
REORGANIZING ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN NEW ZEALAND: LESSONS FOR THE UNITED STATES pp. 73-90: Robert J. Michaels
ARE THE TWIN DEFICITS REALLY RELATED? pp. 91-115: Stephen Miller and Frank S. Russek
ARE WE ALL SUPPLY‐SIDERS NOW? pp. 116-128: David R. Henderson

COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE EXPANSION OF THE MARKET pp. 1-10: Sule Özler
DETERMINANTS OF CAPITAL FLIGHT FROM ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, AND MEXICO pp. 11-29: Suhas L Ketkar and Kusum W. Ketkar
DEBT CRISIS, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, AND GROWTH: SOME POLICY CONSIDERATIONS pp. 30-41: Sebastian Edwards
OF MICE AND ELEPHANTS: THE CANADA‐U.S. FREE TRADE AGREEMENT pp. 42-60: Brian Copeland
FREE TRADE, NATIONALISM, AND THE COMMON MAN: THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES pp. 61-77: Stephen Easton
DETERMINING WHETHER DUMPED OR SUBSIDIZED IMPORTS INJURE DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES: INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION APPROACH pp. 78-95: Morris E. Morkre and Harold E. Kruth
STOCK MARKET REACTION TO NUCLEAR REACTOR FAILURES pp. 96-106: Geoffrey Rothwell

APPLICATIONS OF REAL EXCHANGE RATE ANALYSIS pp. 1-26: Arnold Harberger
MONETARY POLICY ACTIVISM UNDER MANAGED‐FLOATING EXCHANGE RATES: A CROSS‐COUNTRY COMPARISON pp. 27-40: Henry N. Goldstein and Stephen E. Haynes
LDC DEBT: THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND pp. 41-49: Warren Coats
THE WORLD BANK'S RESPONSE TO THE DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEBT CRISIS pp. 50-65: John Underwood
VOLUNTARY DEBT REDUCTION OPERATIONS: BOLIVIA, MEXICO, AND BEYOND pp. 66-82: Ruben Lamdany
EVALUATING MEDICAL MALPRACTICE REFORMS pp. 83-98: James Hughes and Edward Snyder

CHALLENGES OF MACRO POLICY IN THE OPEN U.S. ECONOMY pp. 1-34: William Poole, Robert Eisner, Allen L Sinai and Michael Darby
GORBACHEV'S PERESTROIKA pp. 35-52: John E. Elliott
REFORMING THE SOVIET CARTEL pp. 53-69: Kent Osband
PERESTROIKA AND ARMS CONTROL pp. 70-74: Robert Ayanian
EQUALITY AND EFFICIENCY: ANTIDISCRIMINATION POLICIES IN THE LABOR MARKET pp. 75-94: Shelly Lundberg
CAREERS OF YOUNG WOMEN DURING THE TRANSITIONAL DECADE OF THE 1970s pp. 95-109: Nadja Zalokar

THE FUTURE OF STABILIZATION POLICY: A SYMPOSIUM IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL J. HAMBURGER—INTRODUCTION pp. 1-2: Paul Wachtel
THE MONETARIST CONTROVERSY REVISITED pp. 3-18: Franco Modigliani
MODIGLIANI ON MONETARISM: A RESPONSE pp. 19-24: Thomas Mayer
STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE FISCAL POLICY pp. 25-31: Beryl W. Sprinkel
ON THE BUDGET PROCESS pp. 32-36: Rudolph Penner
RENT SEEKING AND TAX REFORM pp. 37-47: Gordon Tullock
SOME THOUGHTS ON TULLOCK'S NEW DEFINITION OF RENT SEEKING pp. 48-49: John R. Lott
THE TAX REFORM ACT OF 1986: CONCENTRATED COSTS, DIFFUSE BENEFITS—AN INVERSION OF PUBLIC CHOICE pp. 50-64: Alvin Rabushka
THE CINDERELLA SCHOOL OF TAX REFORM: A COMMENT ON RABUSHKA pp. 65-69: S. McCHESNEY Fred
CANADIAN TAX REFORM AS PUBLIC CHOICE pp. 70-84: Zane Spindler and Michael Walker
ECONOMIC ORIGINS OF APARTHEID pp. 85-104: Thomas Hazlett
SOUTH AFRICAN DISINVESTMENT: CAUSES AND EFFECTS pp. 105-117: Bernard Feigenbaum and Anton D. Lowenberg
IMPACT OF ANTI‐APARTHEID SANCTIONS ON SOUTH AFRICA: SOME TRADE AND FINANCIAL EVIDENCE pp. 118-129: William Kaempfer and Michael H. Moffett
IMPACT OF TRADE SANCTIONS ON SOUTH AFRICA: A SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRIX APPROACH pp. 130-140: Haider Khan

INSIDER TRADING: THE LAW, THE THEORY, THE EVIDENCE pp. 1-13: Jeffry M. Netter, Annette B. Poulsen and Philip L. Hersch
ELECTRIC POWER DEREGULATION: BACKGROUND AND PROSPECTS pp. 14-24: Vernon Smith
DEREGULATION OF ELECTRICITY: A VIEW FROM UTILITY MANAGEMENT pp. 25-41: John L. Jurewitz
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND “PRUDENCE” ANALYSIS OF POWER PLANT INVESTMENT pp. 42-59: Benjamin Zycher
LOWER OIL PRICES AND STATE EMPLOYMENT pp. 60-68: Stephen Brown and John K. Hill
MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE 1986 OIL PRICE DECLINE pp. 69-82: John Tatom
OIL PRICE VOLATILITY AND U.S. MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE pp. 83-96: Timothy J. Considine
ORIGINS OF THE TORT REFORM MOVEMENT pp. 97-107: John O. Ward
CONTINGENT AND NONCONTINGENT ATTORNEYS' FEES IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES pp. 108-121: Joseph M. Fisher

BANK FAILURES: THE DEPOSIT INSURANCE CONNECTION pp. 1-12: Gerald P. O'Driscoll
OPTIMAL BANKING STRUCTURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERSTATE BANKING pp. 13-23: Richard W. Nelson
INTERSTATE BANKING AND ANTITRUST LAWS: HISTORY OF PUBLIC POLICIES TO PROMOTE BANKING COMPETITION pp. 24-40: Bernard Shull
THE INTERSTATE BANKING LANDSCAPE: LEGISLATIVE POLICIES AND RATIONALE pp. 41-66: Larry A. Frieder
ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL GOLD STANDARD IN PROPAGATING THE GREAT DEPRESSION pp. 67-89: James Hamilton
DID INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORCES CAUSE THE GREAT DEPRESSION? pp. 90-114: Barry Eichengreen
COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EXCHANGE RATE STABILITY: CANADA'S INTERWAR EXPERIENCE pp. 115-130: Michael Bordo and Angela Redish

CANADIAN‐U.S. TRADE pp. 1-27: Michael A. Walker, Herbert Grubel, Ann Hughes, Alan Nymark and Paul Wonnacott
CANADA: RICH BY NATURE, POOR BY POLICY pp. 28-38: Peter Brimelow
DRIFTING APART: CANADIAN AND U.S. LABOR MARKETS pp. 39-55: Herbert Grubel
ECONOMICS OF THE CANADIAN BISHOPS pp. 56-68: Walter Block
MARKETS, MORALS, PROPERTY, AND OTHER RIGHTS: A REJOINDER TO THE PASTORAL LETTER pp. 69-83: Kevin C. Sontheimer
BASIC JUSTICE AND MACROPOLICY pp. 84-88: Raford Boddy
THE IMPACT OF A NEW FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN pp. 89-97: Edward Kane