Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

Current editor(s): Brad R. Humphreys

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Volume 31, issue 4, 2013

IS HISPANIC POPULATION DISPERSION INTO RURAL COUNTIES CONTRIBUTING TO LOCAL ECONOMIC GROWTH? pp. 649-668

Dennis Coates and Thomas (Tim) Gindling

ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF LABOR MARKET AND DETERRENCE VARIABLES ON CRIME RATES IN MEXICO pp. 669-690

Yu Liu, Thomas Fullerton and Nathan Ashby

RENAISSANCE OR REQUIEM: IS NUCLEAR ENERGY COST EFFECTIVE IN A POST-FUKUSHIMA WORLD? pp. 691-707

Peter M. Schwarz and Joseph A. Cochran

RESIDENTIAL PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY SYSTEMS IN CALIFORNIA: THE EFFECT ON HOME SALES PRICES pp. 708-718

Ben Hoen, Ryan Wiser, Mark Thayer and Peter Cappers

BANKING SYSTEM CONCENTRATION AND LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE IN INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES pp. 719-732

Horst Feldmann

BIDS AND COSTS IN COMBINATORIAL AND NONCOMBINATORIAL PROCUREMENT AUCTIONS—EVIDENCE FROM PROCUREMENT OF PUBLIC CLEANING CONTRACTS pp. 733-745

Anders Lunander and Sofia Lundberg

THE IMPACT OF TAX REGIMES ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE PATTERNS pp. 746-761

Michael W. Nicholson

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE NATIONAL EDUCATION LONGITUDINAL STUDY pp. 762-778

Jason Fletcher

MEASURING THE IMPACT OF VALUING HEALTH INSURANCE ON LEVELS AND TRENDS IN INEQUALITY AND HOW THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT OF 2010 COULD AFFECT THEM pp. 779-794

Richard Burkhauser, Jeff Larrimore and Kosali Simon

FROM BUDGETARY FORECASTS TO EX POST FISCAL DATA: EXPLORING THE EVOLUTION OF FISCAL FORECAST ERRORS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION pp. 795-813

Roel Beetsma, Benjamin Bluhm, Massimo Giuliodori and Peter Wierts

MACROECONOMIC POLICY REFORMS AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE pp. 814-830

Andrew Ojede, Amin Mugera and Daigyo Seo

CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC POLICY 2012 Editor's Report pp. 831-835

Brad Humphreys

Volume 31, issue 3, 2013

DO PSYCHOLOGICAL SHOCKS AFFECT FINANCIAL RISK TAKING BEHAVIOR? A STUDY OF U.S. VETERANS pp. 457-467

Vicki L. Bogan, David Just and Brian Wansink

SAVINGS AND PERSONAL DISCOUNT RATES IN A MATCHED SAVINGS PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES pp. 468-485

Marieka M. Klawitter, C. Leigh Anderson and Mary Kay Gugerty

POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS AND PRICE DISPERSION IN THE MARKET FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS pp. 486-502

Adrienne Ohler and Vincent Smith

THE IMPACT OF HIV EDUCATION ON BEHAVIOR AMONG YOUTHS: A PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING APPROACH pp. 503-527

D. Mark Anderson

FAST FOOD PRICES AND ADULT BODY WEIGHT OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE BASED ON LONGITUDINAL QUANTILE REGRESSION MODELS pp. 528-536

Euna Han and Lisa M. Powell

DOES ADVERTISING MATTER? ESTIMATING THE IMPACT OF CIGARETTE ADVERTISING ON SMOKING AMONG YOUTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES pp. 537-548

Deliana Kostova and Evan Blecher

LOCAL AND STATEWIDE SMOKE-FREE LAWS IN NEBRASKA: THE EFFECTS ON KENO ESTABLISHMENTS pp. 549-564

Bree L. Dority, Mary G. McGarvey, Eric C. Thompson and Jyothsna Sainath

THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF BANNING SMOKING IN WISCONSIN'S BARS AND RESTAURANTS pp. 565-579

Joshua Glonek

MEGA-EVENTS AND SECTORAL EMPLOYMENT: THE CASE OF THE 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES pp. 580-603

Arne Feddersen and Wolfgang Maennig

LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION AND CAPITAL: THE EFFECTS OF FAN DISCRIMINATION ON STADIUM AND ARENA CONSTRUCTION pp. 604-617

Örn B. Bodvarsson and Brad Humphreys

UNDERSTANDING THE INTERSTATE EXPORT OF CRIME GUNS: A GRAVITY MODEL APPROACH pp. 618-634

Leo Kahane

GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND EXPENDITURE IN THE RENT-SEEKING INDUSTRY: THE CASE OF JAPAN FOR 1998–2004 pp. 635-647

Eiji Yamamura and Haruo Kondoh

Volume 31, issue 2, 2013

EFFECTIVENESS OF STATE POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND POLICIES pp. 255-278

Donna Ramirez Harrington

WATER QUALITY TRADING IN THE PRESENCE OF ABATEMENT-COST SHARING pp. 279-290

Arthur Caplan

TRIBAL CASINO IMPACTS ON AMERICAN INDIANS WELL-BEING: EVIDENCE FROM RESERVATION-LEVEL CENSUS DATA pp. 291-300

Robin J. Anderson

DO GAMBLERS THINK THAT TEAMS TANK? EVIDENCE FROM THE NBA pp. 301-313

Brian Soebbing and Brad Humphreys

INCOME REDISTRIBUTION IN URBAN CHINA BY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM—AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON ANNUAL AND LIFETIME INCOME pp. 314-331

Lixin He and Hiroshi Sato

ESTIMATING THE INCIDENCES OF THE RECENT PENSION REFORM IN CHINA: EVIDENCE FROM 100,000 MANUFACTURERS pp. 332-344

Zhigang Li and Mingqin Wu

HAS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MOBILITY INCREASED IN ASIA? EVIDENCE FROM THE POST-1997 FINANCIAL CRISIS PERIOD pp. 345-365

Won Yong Kim and Bang Jeon

CROSS-MARKET TRADING IN CHINA'S LARGE STATE-OWNED COMMERCIAL BANKS, 2006–2011 pp. 366-377

Richard Burdekin and Yang (amanda) Yang

TROUGH TO PEAK: A NOTE ON RISK-TAKING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST'S BANKING SECTOR, 2001–2007 pp. 378-391

Grant D. Forsyth

JOB DISPLACEMENT AND THE INTER-TEMPORAL MOVEMENT OF WORKERS THROUGH THE EARNINGS AND INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS pp. 392-406

Nicholas Jolly

CAN SECRET INTERVENTION BE COMPATIBLE WITH A NON-PROFITMAKING CENTRAL BANK AND A FUNDAMENTAL-CONSISTENT TARGET? pp. 407-423

Hsiu-Yun Lee

INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE ON RECOVERY FROM RECESSIONS pp. 424-439

Valerie Cerra, Ugo Panizza and Sweta Saxena

DOUBLING U.S. EXPORTS UNDER THE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL EXPORT INITIATIVE: IMPLICATIONS OF SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION pp. 440-456

Peter Dixon and Maureen Rimmer

Volume 31, issue 1, 2013

PRIVATE EDUCATION IN INDIA: A NOVEL TEST OF CREAM SKIMMING pp. 1-12

Alexander Tabarrok

RATINGS AND REVENUES: EVIDENCE FROM MOVIE RATINGS pp. 13-21

Craig Palsson, Joseph Price and Jared Shores

AFTER THE FALL: AN EX POST CHARACTERIZATION OF HOUSING PRICE DECLINES ACROSS METROPOLITAN AREAS pp. 22-43

Richard Carson and Samuel R. Dastrup

TIME UNDER AUTOCRATIC RULE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH pp. 44-61

Art Carden and Harvey James

STATE-LEVEL CAPITAL AND INVESTMENT: UPDATES AND IMPLICATIONS pp. 62-72

Steven Yamarik

THE EFFECT OF HUSBAND'S JOB DISPLACEMENT ON THE TIMING AND SPACING OF BIRTHS IN THE UNITED STATES pp. 73-93

Aliaksandr Amialchuk

THE IMPACT OF INSURANCE SUBSIDIES ON SELF-EMPLOYMENT: DO STATE NON-GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS MATTER? pp. 94-109

Bradley Heim and Ithai Z. Lurie

THE DETERMINANTS OF STATE-LEVEL CAPS ON PUNITIVE DAMAGES: THEORY AND EVIDENCE pp. 110-125

Thomas J. Miceli and Michael Stone

COPYRIGHT AND BRANDS IN THE DIGITAL AGE: INTERNALIZING THE EXTERNALITIES OF MEANING pp. 126-134

Olivier Bomsel

DOES COBRA'S RETROACTIVE COVERAGE FEATURE ENCOURAGE DELAYED ENROLLMENT? pp. 135-144

David Zimmer

MEDIA ADVERTISING AND BALLOT INITIATIVES: THE CASE OF ANIMAL WELFARE REGULATION pp. 145-162

Timothy Richards, William Allender and Di Fang

FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND INCOME IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES pp. 163-175

Mina Baliamoune

TARGETS IN THE TAYLOR RULE: INFLATION, SPEED LIMIT, OR PRICE LEVEL? pp. 176-190

Pavel Kapinos and Michael Hanson

INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS, BOOM-BUST CYCLES, AND BUSINESS CYCLE SYNCHRONIZATION IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION pp. 191-211

Soyoung Kim and Sunghyun Kim

THE EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE EXCHANGE RATE REGIMES ON REAL EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY: EVIDENCE BASED ON A NEW DATASET pp. 212-234

Jorge Carrera and Guillermo Vuletin

GENDER EARNINGS DIFFERENCES IN CHINA: BASE PAY, PERFORMANCE PAY, AND TOTAL PAY pp. 235-254

Lin Xiu and Morley Gunderson