Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

Current editor(s): Brad R. Humphreys

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WHO WANTED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE FIRST PLACE? pp. 1-11: Lloyd Ulman
THE CONTEMPORARY DECLINE OF UNION STRENGTH pp. 12-27: Jack Fiorito and Cheryl L. Maranto
UNION ORGANIZING AND THE REAGAN NLRB pp. 28-45: Donna Sockell and John Thomas Delany
BUSINESS CYCLES AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN PUNISHMENT pp. 46-58: Samuel L. Myers and William J. Sabol
THE CHOICE BETWEEN LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE WORK: MICRO STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR pp. 59-72: Llad Phillips and Harold L. Votey
CRIMES BY YOUTH: DETERRENCE AND MORAL COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW pp. 73-90: Llad Phillips and Harold L. Votey
EMPLOYMENT, CRIME, AND RACE pp. 91-104: David H. Good and Maureen A. Pirog‐good

INTERNATIONAL TRADE REGIMES AND PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS pp. 1-12: Jan Tumlir
COMMENTS ON TUMLIR pp. 13-15: Edward Tower
PROSPECTS OF AN INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM CONSTITUTION pp. 16-30: Anna Schwartz
REPLACING THE FOMC BY A PC pp. 31-43: Thomas Mayer
FISCAL POLICY TIED TO THE MAST: WHAT HAS GRAMM‐RUDMAN WROUGHT? pp. 44-56: Steven Sheffrin
COMPARATIVE WELL‐BEING OF CHILDREN AND ELDERLY pp. 57-72: Timothy Smeeding, Barbara Boyle Torrey and Martin Rein
STRUCTURAL CHANGE WITHIN THE OLDER POPULATION: ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS pp. 73-83: William J. Serow, David F. Sly and Michael Micklin
CHANGING PENSION POLICY AND THE AGING OF AMERICA pp. 84-97: Emily S. Andrews
INTERPRETING CHANGES IN THE ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE ELDERLY, 1949‐1979 pp. 98-112: Christine M. Ross, Sheldon Danziger and Eugene Smolensky
INFLUENCES ON THE TIMING OF FIRST CHILDBEARING pp. 113-122: Nan L. Maxwell

RECENT BEHAVIOR OF THE VELOCITY OF MONEY pp. 1-33: Michael Darby, William Poole, David E. Lindsey, Milton Friedman and Michael J. Bazdarich
A STABLE MONEY DEMAND FUNCTION pp. 34-40: Michael J. Hamburger
WILL RECENT HIGH GROWTH RATES OF MONEY REVIVE INFLATION? pp. 41-53: Robert L. Hetzel
PORTFOLIO SUBSTITUTION AND RECENT M1 BEHAVIOR pp. 54-63: Bharat Trehan and Carl Walsh
TOTAL TRANSACTION MEASURES AND M1 GROWTH pp. 64-75: Peter E. Kretzmer and Richard D. Porter
ISSUES IN BANKING REGULATION: INTRODUCTION pp. 76-76: George G. Kaufman
DANGERS OF CAPITAL FORBEARANCE: THE CASE OF THE FSLIC AND “ZOMBIE” S&Ls pp. 77-83: Edward Kane
BANK CAPITAL FORBEARANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY pp. 84-91: George G. Kaufman
THE DEFECTIVE DESIGN OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE pp. 92-99: Kenneth E. Scott
INTERNATIONAL DEBT PROBLEMS pp. 100-105: Allan Meltzer

CHINA IN TRANSITION: WHERE IS SHE HEADING NOW? pp. 1-11: Steven N. S. Cheung
THE ECONOMICS AND THE NONECONOMICS OF THE WORLD WAR INDUSTRY pp. 12-21: Kenneth E. Boulding
ARMS NEGOTIATIONS, THE SOVIET ECONOMY, AND DEMOCRATICALLY INDUCED DELUSIONS pp. 22-37: Dwight R. Lee
ECONOMICS, ETHICS, AND THE PROBLEM OF BUILDING PEACE pp. 38-51: Dean A. Worcester, Jr.
SOVIET INCENTIVES IN ARMS CONTROL pp. 52-59: Benjamin Zycher
POLICY ISSUES IN OIL AND GAS TRANSPORTATION REGULATION pp. 60-64: Michael L. Telson
ASSESSING THE COMPETITION FACED BY OIL PIPELINES pp. 65-78: David Teece
U.S. SHIPPING SUBSIDIES AND OCEAN SHIPPING OF PETROLEUM: POLICY CHOICES pp. 79-92: Peter T. Tarpgaard
REGULATORY REFORM OF INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS PIPELINES pp. 93-103: J. Rodney Lemon

RESTORING PREDICTABILITY TO MERGER GUIDELINE ANALYSIS pp. 1-21: Thomas M. Jorde
THE IMPACT OF ANTITRUST GUIDELINES ON BUSINESS pp. 22-29: James Langenfeld
MOTIVATIONS FOR HOSTILE TENDER OFFERS AND THE MARKET FOR POLITICAL EXCHANGE pp. 30-45: Annette B. Poulsen and Gregg A. Jarrell
ANTITAKEOVER MEASURES…OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE MARKET FOR CORPORATE CONTROL? COMMENT ON POULSEN and JARRELL pp. 46-49: David I. Kass
ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY: INTRODUCTION pp. 50-50: Lewis C. Solmon
WELFARE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN EDUCATION pp. 51-62: George Psacharopoulos
ARE LONGER SCHOOL SESSIONS A GOOD INVESTMENT? pp. 63-75: Henry Levin

ISSUES SURROUNDING COMPARABLE WORTH: INTRODUCTION pp. 1-3: June O'Neill
PAY EQUITY AND COMPARABLE WORTH pp. 4-20: John Raisian, Michael R. Ward and Finis Welch
NEGLECTED WOMEN AND OTHER IMPLICATIONS OF COMPARABLE WORTH pp. 21-32: Walter Oi
SOME REFLECTIONS ON COMPARABLE WORTH pp. 33-39: Trudy Cameron
COMPARABLE WORTH: SOME ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION pp. 40-51: Sharon Bernstein Megdal
REGULATION AND THE COMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION:INTRODUCTION pp. 52-53: Thomas Hazlett
ECONOMIC HARM IGNORED: BETAMAX REVISITED pp. 54-68: F. J. Cronin and A. R. Wusterbarth
COMPETITIVE CONSIDERATIONS IN CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISING pp. 69-79: Bruce Owen and Peter R. Greenhalgh
COMPETITION VS. FRANCHISE MONOPOLY IN CABLE TELEVISION pp. 80-97: Thomas Hazlett

MONETARY POLICY IN A FIAT WORLD pp. 1-9: Milton Friedman
THE ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY: SOME LESSONS FROM THE U.S. AND ABROAD pp. 10-11: Thomas D. Willett
SOME INTERNATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN APPROACHES TO INDUSTRIAL POLICY pp. 12-22: Bela Gold
INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES pp. 23-35: Edward Tower
NATIONAL SECURITY AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY: THE NEED FOR A PUBLIC CHOICE PERSPECTIVE pp. 36-47: James Lehman and Thomas D. Willett
AGRICULTURAL POLICY AT THE CROSSROADS—AGAIN pp. 48-48: Harold O. Carter
AGRICULTURAL PRICE AND INCOME POLICY: A NEED FOR CHANGE pp. 49-61: Elmer W. Learn
THE FARM DEBT CRISIS: TEMPORARY OR CHRONIC? pp. 62-71: Lawrence Shepard
WESTERN FARM LABOR ISSUES pp. 72-86: Philip L. Martin