Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

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Volume 36, issue 4, 2018

SAVED BY THE MORNING BELL: SCHOOL START TIME AND TEEN CAR ACCIDENTS pp. 591-606

Valerie Bostwick

IT'S NO ACCIDENT: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS pp. 607-628

Alex Hoagland and Trevor Woolley

DECREASING CAMPUS SMOKING WITH PUNISHMENTS AND SOCIAL PRESSURES pp. 629-643

Kaytlynn Clemons, David Johnson, Amy Kiger and Janice Putnam

REMOVING THE “VEIL OF IGNORANCE”: NONLINEARITIES IN EDUCATION EFFECTS ON GENDER WAGE INEQUALITIES pp. 644-666

Sandeep Mohapatra, Bruno Wichmann and Philippe Marcoul

DISTANCE TO PROMOTION: EVIDENCE FROM MILITARY GRADUATE EDUCATION pp. 667-677

Marigee Bacolod and Latika Chaudhary

GROWTH AND VARIABILITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT INCOME TAX REVENUES: IS TAX BASE DIVERSIFICATION A GOOD IDEA FOR SCHOOL FINANCING? pp. 678-691

Joshua Hall and Antonios Koumpias

HIGH SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS' INITIAL COLLEGES AND MAJORS pp. 692-710

Rajeev Darolia and Cory Koedel

THE SHORT‐RUN EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF RECENT MINIMUM WAGE CHANGES: EVIDENCE FROM THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY pp. 711-722

Jeffrey Clemens and Michael Strain

OPENNESS AND STRUCTURAL LABOR MARKET REFORMS: EX ANTE COUNTERFACTUALS pp. 723-757

Povilas Lastauskas and Julius Stakenas

Contemporary Economic Policy 2017 Editor's Report pp. 758-762

Brad Humphreys

Volume 36, issue 3, 2018

THE ECONOMICS AND POLICY RAMIFICATIONS OF AN AGING POPULATION pp. 431-434

Maureen A. Pirog

SUICIDE AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY EARLY RETIREMENT AGE pp. 435-450

Jeffrey DeSimone

EXAMINING THE TIMING OF WOMEN'S RETIREMENT IN URBAN CHINA: A DISCRETE TIME HAZARD RATE APPROACH pp. 451-466

Denise Hare

LONGEVITY, WORKING LIVES, AND PUBLIC FINANCES pp. 467-482

Jukka Lassila and Tarmo Valkonen

LIFETIME TAXPAYER CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS OF MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY pp. 483-492

Jing Guo and Marilyn Moon

THE 80% PENSION FUNDING TARGET, HIGH ASSUMED RETURNS, AND GENERATIONAL INEQUITY pp. 493-504

Robert M. Costrell

SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF: STRATEGIC SELECTION OF PENSION POLICIES USED TO DEFER REQUIRED CONTRIBUTIONS pp. 505-525

Jeffrey Diebold, Vincent Reitano and Bruce McDonald

LIFE INSURANCE HOLDINGS AND WELL‐BEING OF SURVIVING SPOUSES pp. 526-538

Timothy F. Harris and Aaron Yelowitz

USING ENGEL CURVES TO ESTIMATE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX BIAS FOR THE ELDERLY pp. 539-553

James Gorry and Dean Scrimgeour

AN EXAMINATION OF VETERAN HEALTH ACCESS AROUND THE MEDICARE ELIGIBILITY AGE pp. 554-565

Amanda C. Stype

SOME NOTES ON THE REDISTRIBUTION INHERENT IN THE U.S. PUBLIC PENSION SYSTEM pp. 566-581

Sergio Nisticò and Mirko Bevilacqua

Volume 36, issue 2, 2018

UMBRELLA DAMAGES: TOWARD A COHERENT ANTITRUST POLICY pp. 241-254

Roger Blair and Christine Piette Durrance

CLASS TRACKS AND EDUCATION OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM A CHINESE UNIVERSITY pp. 255-262

Qiang Feng, Ming Li and Guangrong Ma

SOCIAL ANIMAL HOUSE: THE ECONOMIC AND ACADEMIC CONSEQUENCES OF FRATERNITY MEMBERSHIP pp. 263-276

Jack Mara, Lewis Davis and Stephen Schmidt

HAPPY PEOPLE ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE UNEMPLOYED: PSYCHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA pp. 277-291

Dusanee Kesavayuth and Vasileios Zikos

MEGA‐EVENTS AND TOURISM: THE CASE OF BRAZIL pp. 292-301

Robert Baumann and Victor Matheson

FLAME GOES OUT: DETERMINANTS OF INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT AT THE 2024 HAMBURG GAMES REFERENDUM pp. 302-317

Pamela Wicker and Dennis Coates

SMALL BUSINESS BORROWING AND PEER‐TO‐PEER LENDING: EVIDENCE FROM LENDING CLUB pp. 318-336

Adam Nowak, Amanda Ross and Christopher Yencha

BANK COMPETITION AND FINANCIAL STABILITY: LIQUIDITY RISK PERSPECTIVE pp. 337-362

Jeongsim Kim

DRIVERS OF PAYMENT PATTERNS AT THE POINT OF SALE: STABLE OR NOT? pp. 363-380

Carin Cruijsen and Mirjam Plooij

SOCIAL SECURITY DEPENDENT BENEFITS, NET PAYROLL TAX, AND MARRIED WOMEN'S LABOR SUPPLY pp. 381-393

Hee-Seung Yang

DO STATE EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION LAWS AFFECT JOB TURNOVER? pp. 394-409

Pia Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny and Emily Gutierrez

DOES FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AFFECT INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY? AN EXAMINATION OF U.S. STATES pp. 410-422

Monica Escaleras and Peter Calcagno

Volume 36, issue 1, 2018

INEQUALITY IN MORTALITY OVER THE LIFE COURSE: WHY THINGS ARE NOT AS BAD AS YOU THINK pp. 7-23

Janet Currie

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS—INEQUALITY IN MORTALITY OVER THE LIFE COURSE: WHY THINGS ARE NOT AS BAD AS YOU THINK pp. 24-28

Janet Currie

GLOBALIZATION: CONTENTS AND DISCONTENTS pp. 29-43

Orley Ashenfelter, Robert Engle, Daniel L. McFadden and Klaus Schmidt‐Hebbel

IT'S ABOUT TIME: EFFECTS OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT DEPENDENT COVERAGE MANDATE ON TIME USE pp. 44-58

Gregory Colman and Dhaval Dave

HEALTH INSURANCE, FERTILITY, AND THE WANTEDNESS OF PREGNANCIES: EVIDENCE FROM MASSACHUSETTS pp. 59-72

Maria Apostolova‐Mihaylova and Aaron Yelowitz

THE EFFECTS OF YOUNG ADULT‐DEPENDENT COVERAGE AND CONTRACEPTION MANDATES ON YOUNG WOMEN pp. 73-92

Jennifer Trudeau and Karen Smith Conway

THE WAGE IMPACT OF TEACHERS UNIONS: A META‐ANALYSIS pp. 93-115

Jessica S. Merkle and Michelle Phillips

EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF THE MINIMUM WAGE: PANEL DATA EVIDENCE FROM CANADIAN PROVINCES pp. 116-135

Kate Rybczynski and Anindya Sen

IDENTITY MANAGEMENT: WORKER INDEPENDENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GAY MEN pp. 136-148

Michael Martell

POTENTIAL STATE‐LEVEL CARBON REVENUE UNDER THE CLEAN POWER PLAN pp. 149-166

Don Fullerton and Daniel H. Karney

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND TRADE PROTECTION: POLICY ISSUES FOR SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES pp. 167-182

Mausumi Kar

EXAMINING REGULATORY CAPTURE: EVIDENCE FROM THE NHL pp. 183-191

Gregory DeAngelo, Adam Nowak and Imke Reimers

WAGE DISPARITY, TEAM PERFORMANCE, AND THE 2005 NHL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT pp. 192-199

Craig Depken and Jeff Lureman

SALARY INEQUALITY, TEAM SUCCESS, LEAGUE POLICIES, AND THE SUPERSTAR EFFECT pp. 200-214

Philippe Cyrenne

IS THE REVENUE ALLOCATION SCHEME OF FORMULA ONE MOTOR RACING A CASE FOR EUROPEAN COMPETITION POLICY? pp. 215-233

Oliver Budzinski and Anika Müller‐Kock

Volume 35, issue 4, 2017

EFFICIENCY AND EQUITY IMPLICATIONS OF CHARGING NONRESIDENTS FULL-COST TUITIONS pp. 603-614

Gary Fethke

“PAY IT FORWARD” AND HIGHER EDUCATION SUBSIDIES: A MEDIAN VOTER MODEL pp. 615-629

Jennifer Delaney and Dhammika Dharmapala

DEMONSTRATED INTEREST: SIGNALING BEHAVIOR IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS pp. 630-657

James Dearden, Suhui Li, Chad Meyerhoefer and Muzhe Yang

DOES ATHLETIC SUCCESS INFLUENCE PERSISTENCE AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS? NEW EVIDENCE USING PANEL DATA pp. 658-676

Daniel Hickman and Andrew Meyer

INFORMATION AND THE BEAUTY PREMIUM IN POLITICAL ELECTIONS pp. 677-683

Todd Jones and Joseph Price

THE EFFECT OF CASINO PROXIMITY ON LOTTERY SALES: EVIDENCE FROM MARYLAND pp. 684-699

Will E. Cummings, Douglas Walker and Chad Cotti

DYNAMICS OF KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS FROM PATENTS TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP: EVIDENCE ACROSS ENTREPRENEURSHIP TYPES pp. 700-715

Rajeev Goel and James Saunoris

MULTIPLE THRESHOLDS IN THE NEXUS BETWEEN WORKING HOURS AND PRODUCTIVITY pp. 716-734

Dongyeol Lee and Hyunjoon Lim

THE IMPACT OF EXPORTING AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON PRODUCT INNOVATION: EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE MANUFACTURERS pp. 735-750

Michael Olabisi

ON THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC DEBT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH: DOES COUNTRY RISK MATTER? pp. 751-766

Yi-Bin Chiu and Chien-Chiang Lee

Contemporary Economic Policy 2016 Editor's Report pp. 767-771

Brad Humphreys

Volume 35, issue 3, 2017

TURNING PINK SLIPS INTO RED TAPE: THE UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION pp. 421-438

Harlan Holt and Joshua Hendrickson

MEASURING HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS: THE CASE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES pp. 439-456

Richard Burkhauser, Jeff Larrimore and Sean Lyons

WEARING OUT YOUR WELCOME: EXAMINING DIFFERENTIAL MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY OF NEW ENTRANTS AND CONTINUING RECIPIENTS pp. 457-471

Sarah Hamersma and Burcin Unel

NONLINEAR AUTOREGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTED LAG APPROACH AND BILATERAL J-CURVE: INDIA VERSUS HER TRADING PARTNERS pp. 472-483

Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and Sujata Saha

EXTERNAL MACROECONOMIC IMBALANCES AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT INFLOWS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES pp. 484-504

Andrew Ojede and Ruby Kishan

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU: KNOWLEDGE PROBLEMS IN MONETARY POLICY pp. 505-517

Alexander Salter and Daniel Smith

GROWTH, INEQUALITY, AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM: EVIDENCE FROM THE U.S. STATES pp. 518-531

Christian Bjørnskov

DO INSTITUTIONS MITIGATE THE RISK OF NATURAL RESOURCE CONFLICTS? pp. 532-541

Colin O'Reilly and Ryan Murphy

RELATIVE TEACHER SALARIES AND THE DECISION TO TEACH pp. 542-550

Dan Rickman, Hongbo Wang and John Winters

ELECTORAL RULES AND PUBLIC SPENDING COMPOSITION: THE CASE OF ITALIAN REGIONS pp. 551-577

Raffaella Santolini

FUELING JOB ENGINES: IMPACTS OF SMALL BUSINESS LOANS ON ESTABLISHMENT BIRTHS IN METROPOLITAN AND NONMETRO COUNTIES pp. 578-595

Tessa Conroy, Sarah Low and Stephan Weiler

Volume 35, issue 2, 2017

THE IMPACT OF LOW-PRIORITY LAWS ON CRIMINAL ACTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM CALIFORNIA pp. 239-252

Amanda Ross and Anne Walker

THE EFFECT OF THE BUSINESS CYCLE ON FRESHMAN FINANCIAL AID pp. 253-268

Elizabeth B. Clelan and Michael Kofoed

MOVIES, MASS CONSUMERS, AND CRITICS: ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF A TWO-SIDED MARKET pp. 269-277

Brian Goff, Dennis Wilson and David Zimmer

DOES THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE MATTER FOR DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS? pp. 278-291

Kin Ming Wong and Kwok Ping Tsang

TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN CIVIL LIBERTIES AND NATIONAL SECURITY: A DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT pp. 292-311

Eric Andrew Finkelstein, Carol Mansfield, Dallas Wood, Brent Rowe, Junxing Chay and Semra Ozdemir

INCOME INSTABILITY AND THE RESPONSE OF THE SAFETY NET pp. 312-330

Bradley L. Hardy

SLEEPWALKING THROUGH SCHOOL: NEW EVIDENCE ON SLEEP AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT pp. 331-344

Joseph J. Sabia, Kurt Wang and Resul Cesur

RISKS TO THE RETURNS TO MEDICAL INNOVATION: THE CASE OF MYRIAD GENETICS pp. 345-357

Jeffrey Clemens and Stan Veuger

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC DYNAMISM pp. 358-372

Keith Barnatchez and Robert Lester

ECONOMIC FREEDOM & HAPPINESS INEQUALITY: FRIENDS OR FOES? pp. 373-391

Daniel L. Bennett and Boris Nikolaev

INCOME INEQUALITY, MEDIA FRAGMENTATION, AND INCREASED POLITICAL POLARIZATION pp. 392-413

John Duca and Jason Saving

Volume 35, issue 1, 2017

INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY: EVIDENCE AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS pp. 7-25

Emmanuel Saez

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY—EVIDENCE AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS pp. 26-28

Emmanuel Saez

WHEN IS A GOOD TIME TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE? pp. 29-52

Samuel M. Lundstrom

A NOTE ON THE NONLINEAR EFFECT OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES pp. 53-61

Aspen Gorry and Jeremy Jackson

OUTPUT GROWTH AND STRUCTURAL REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA: HAVE BUSINESS CYCLES CHANGED? pp. 62-75

Sebastian Fossati

VOTER PREFERENCES, INSTITUTIONS, AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM pp. 76-92

George R. Crowley, John Dove and Daniel Sutter

ECONOMIC FREEDOM AND GROWTH IN U.S. STATE-LEVEL MARKET INCOMES AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM pp. 93-112

Travis Wiseman

THE IMPACT OF TAX PRICE CHANGES ON CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEEDY pp. 113-124

Ernest M. Zampelli and Steven T. Yen

PREPAID ELECTRICITY PLAN AND ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR pp. 125-142

Yueming Qiu, Bo Xing and Yi David Wang

ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF BROWNFIELDS AND BROWNFIELD REMEDIATION ON PROPERTY VALUES IN A NEW SOUTH CITY pp. 143-164

Peter M. Schwarz, Gwendolyn L. Gill, Alex Hanning and Caleb Cox

A SURVEY ON THE OUTPUT EFFECTS OF TAX REFORMS FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE pp. 165-192

Richard Kneller and Florian Misch

DID FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF KOREAN CREDIT RATING AGENCIES IMPROVE THEIR RATINGS? pp. 193-200

Denis Yongmin Joe and Frederick Dongchuhl Oh

THE BEHAVIOR OF U.S. PUBLIC DEBT AND DEFICITS DURING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS pp. 201-215

Dat Nguyen, Sandy Suardi and Chew Chua

HOW DOES SKILLS MISMATCH AFFECT REMITTANCES? A STUDY OF FILIPINO MIGRANT WORKERS pp. 216-231

James McDonald and Maria Rebecca Valenzuela