Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

Current editor(s): Brad R. Humphreys

From Western Economic Association International
Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().

Access Statistics for this journal.
Is something missing from the series or not right? See the RePEc data check for the archive and series.

INSOLVENCY AND RISK‐TAKING IN THE THRIFT INDUSTRY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE pp. 1-32: James Barth, R. Dan Brumbaugh, Jr., Daniel Sauerhaft and George H. K. Wang
THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF MONETARY POLICY: INTRODUCTION pp. 33-34: A. James Meigs
MONEY MARKETS AGAINST GOVERNMENTS: TWO CENTURIES OF A SPECTACULAR GAME pp. 35-41: Harvey H. Segal
POLITICS AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE pp. 43-58: Robert D. Auerbach
A MANDATE OF PRICE STABILITY FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM pp. 59-67: Robert L. Hetzel
EXPERIENCES WITH MONETARY TARGETING: INTRODUCTION pp. 69-70: Jerry L. Jordan
FOREIGN EXPERIENCES WITH MONETARY TARGETING: A PRACTITIONER'S PERSPECTIVE pp. 71-83: W. Lee Hoskins
MONETARY TARGETING IN WEST GERMANY, HOLLAND, AND SWITZERLAND pp. 85-98: Eduard Bomhoff
AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF EXPERIENCES WITH MONETARY TARGETING: A REACTION FUNCTION APPROACH pp. 99-112: Leroy O. Laney

WESTERN HEMISPHERE ENERGY PERSPECTIVES: INTRODUCTION pp. 1-2: Helmut J. Frank
WESTERN HEMISPHERE PERSPECTIVES: OIL AND NATURAL GAS pp. 3-12: M. A. Adelman
CANADIAN ENERGY PROSPECTS: NATURAL GAS, TAR SANDS, AND OIL POLICY pp. 13-24: Brian L. Scarfe

AN OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT DEBATE ON RESALE PRICE MAINTENANCE pp. 1-8: Terry Calvani and James Langenfeld
RESALE PRICE MAINTENANCE AND ANTITRUST POLICY pp. 9-16: William S. Comanor and John B. Kirkwood
RESALE PRICE MAINTENANCE AND THE PROBLEM OF MARGINAL AND INFRAMARGINAL CUSTOMERS pp. 17-21: Lawrence White
HOW FAIR IS FAIR TRADE? pp. 23-35: Howard P. Marvel
COMMENTS ON MARVEL: HOW FAIR IS FAIR TRADE? pp. 37-42: Benjamin S. Sharp
RESALE PRICE MAINTENANCE AND DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFICIENCY: SOME LESSONS FROM THE PAST pp. 43-58: Thomas R. Overstreet and Alan A. Fisher
U.S. IMMIGRATION REFORM: POLICY ISSUES AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS pp. 59-75: Michael J. Greenwood and John McDowell
LABOR MARKET ASSIMILATION OF IMMIGRANTS: THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE SKILLS pp. 77-89: Walter McManus
A COMPARISON OF FERTILITY ADAPTATION BETWEEN MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS TO THE U.S. AND INTERNAL MIGRANTS IN MEXICO pp. 91-101: Bun Song Lee and Louis Pol
ISSUES IN GASOLINE MARKETING: INTRODUCTION pp. 103-104: Thomas F. Hogarty
COMPETITION IN CONTROLLED AND UNCONTROLLED GASOLINE MARKETS pp. 105-118: T. Crawford Honeycutt
THE IMPACT OF DECONTROL ON GASOLINE WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS pp. 119-130: Robert Fenili
PREDATORY PRICING: THE CASE OF THE RETAIL GASOLINE MARKET pp. 131-139: John Barron, Mark A. Loewenstein and John R. Umbeck

ECONOMICS AND ANTITRUST—BORK'S CONTRIBUTIONS: INTRODUCTION pp. 1-2: Jack High
WHAT PRICE THEORY CAN—AND CANNOT—DO FOR ANTITRUST pp. 3-11: Donald Dewey
GENERAL AND PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM THEORY IN BORK'S ANTITRUST ANALYSIS pp. 12-20: Richard H. Fink
BORK'S PARADOX: STATIC VS. DYNAMIC EFFICIENCY IN ANTITRUST ANALYSIS pp. 21-34: Jack High
ECONOMICS AND ANTITRUST: RESPONSE pp. 35-41: Robert H. Bork
HEALTH‐CARE COMPETITION: INTRODUCTION pp. 42-46: Ronald J. Vogel
TAXING HEALTH INSURANCE: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? pp. 47-54: Charles E. Phelps
OPTIONS IN THE DESIGN OF COMPETITIVE‐BIDDING PROCESSES FOR INDIGENT MEDICAL CARE pp. 55-68: Jon B. Christianson and Kenneth R. Smith
WHAT ARE EMPLOYERS DOING TO CREATE A COMPETITIVE MARKET FOR HEALTH CARE IN THE TWIN CITIES? pp. 69-88: Roger Feldman, Gail Jensen and Bryan Dowd
COMPETITIVE POTENTIAL OF HOSPITALS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS pp. 89-102: Harold S. Luft and Susan C. Maerki
THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS OF REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK: COMMENT AND ELABORATION pp. 103-107: John Loomis, Richard Walsh and John McKean
REPLY TO LOOMIS, WALSH, AND McKEAN pp. 108-109: John L. Walker

BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW: MAKING ECONOMIC POLICY OUT OF ECONOMICS pp. 1-14: Herbert Stein
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK pp. 15-52: H. Robert Heller, Andrew Crockett, Milton Friedman, William A. Niskanen and Allen Sinai
BUDGET POLICY AND PROCESSES: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? pp. 53-78: Michael J. Boskin, William A. Niskanen, Ruldolph G. Penner and Joseph Stiglitz
DO FEDERAL DEFICITS REALLY MATTER? pp. 79-95: James Barth, George Iden and Frank S. Russek
ECONOMIC AND BUDGET ISSUES FOR DEFICIT POLICY pp. 96-114: Ronald Hoffman and Mickey D. Levy

HOUSING AND HOUSING FINANCE IN AN ERA OF INFLATION AND DISINFLATION: INTRODUCTION pp. 1-4: John C. Weicher
THE IMPACT OF INFLATION ON NEW HOUSE PRICES pp. 5-16: Douglas B. Diamond
DISINFLATION AND HOUSING INVESTMENT: A REVISIOIIIST ANALYSIS pp. 17-29: John A. Tuccillo
CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS FOR HOUSING IN THE 1980s pp. 30-44: James W. Christian and Michael L. Wilson
CHANGING ASSET/LIABILITY STRUCTURE OF SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS IN A DEREGULATED ENVIRONMENT pp. 45-55: Joseph F. Humphrey
REFORM OF THE DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEM: AN APPRAISAL OF THE FHLBB AND FDIC STUDIES pp. 56-68: Tim S. Campbell and Paul M. Horvitz

POLITICS AND THE NEW RESOURCE ECONOMICS pp. 1-13: Randy T. Simmons and William C. Mitchell
IN DEFENSE OF ASSET MANAGEMENT THE PRIVATIZATION COMPONENT pp. 14-21: Richard L. Stroup
TALL TREES, PEOPLE, AND POLITICS: THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS OF THE REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK pp. 22-29: John L. Walker
ALTERNATIVE BID VARIABLES AS INSTRUMENTS OF OCS LEASING POLICY pp. 30-43: Walter J. Mead, Asbjorn Moseidjord and Dennis D. Muraoka
INFORMATION EXTERNALITIES IN OIL AND GAS LEASING pp. 44-57: J. LElTZlNGER Jeffrey and Joseph Stiglitz
THE DESIGN OF A SELF‐ENFORCING MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT AMONG OIL‐lMPORTING COUNTRlES pp. 58-75: Stephen Salant

INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND PROTECTIONISM: INTRODUCTION THE RELEVANCE OF MODERN ECONOMIC RESEARCH pp. 1-5: Thomas D. Willett, Edward Tower and D. B. Christenson
EXCHANGE RATES AND TRADE POLICY pp. 6-18: Paul Flacco, Leroy O. Laney, Marie Thursby and Thomas D. Willett
COMMENT ON FLACCO, LANEY, THURSBY, and WILLETT: EXCHANGE RATES AND TRADE POLICY pp. 19-22: Sven W. Arndt
INDUSTRIAL DISLOCATION AND THE PRIVATE COST OF LABOR ADJUSTMENT pp. 23-36: Graham Glenday and Glenn Jenkins
COMMENT ON GLENDAY AND JENKINS: THE PRIVATE COST OF LABOR ADJUSTMENT pp. 37-38: Ira Gang
WAGE COMPETITIVENESS IN THE US. AUTO AND STEEL INDUSTRIES pp. 39-50: Mordechai Kreinin
COMMENT ON KRElNlN pp. 51-53: Stephen V. Marks
OUTLOOK FOR THE WORLD FINANCIAL SYSTEM: A CENTRAL BANKER'S PERSPECTIVE pp. 54-63: Henry C. Wallich
OUTLOOK FOR THE WORLD FINANCIAL SYSTEM: A BANKER'S PERSPECTIVE pp. 64-70: Leland S. Prussia
OUTLOOK FOR THE WORLD FINANCIAL SYSTEM: A BORROWER'S PERSPECTIVE pp. 71-75: Carlos Rodriguez‐pastor
OUTLOOK FOR THE WORLD FINANCIAL SYSTEM: THE IMF PERSPECTIVE pp. 76-82: Wm. C. Hood