Contemporary Economic Policy

1982 - 2025

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Volume 30, issue 4, 2012

MARKET DISCIPLINING OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS pp. 463-488

Levent Bulut

CONSUMPTION RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT TRANSFERS: BEHAVIORAL MOTIVES REVEALED BY SAVERS AND SPENDERS pp. 489-501

Wei-Kang Wong

ARE SURVEYS OF EXPERTS UNBIASED? EVIDENCE FROM COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS pp. 502-522

Justin Ross, Sarah E. Larson and Chad Wall

INDUSTRIAL UPGRADE, EMPLOYMENT SHOCK, AND LAND CENTRALIZATION IN CHINA pp. 523-532

Shunfeng Song, Chengsi Wang and Jianghuai Zheng

DOES APPRECIATION OF THE RENMINBI DECREASE IMPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES FROM CHINA? pp. 533-547

Miaojie Yu

AN ANALYSIS OF POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL POWER DISPERSION: THE CASE OF TURKEY pp. 548-565

Ibrahim Tutar and Aysıt Tansel

EXPORTS AND JOBS: THE CASE OF JAPAN, 1975–2006 pp. 566-583

Kozo Kiyota

SYNCHRONIZATION OF ECONOMIC SHOCKS BETWEEN GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL AND UNITED STATES, EUROPE, JAPAN, AND OIL MARKET: CHOICE OF EXCHANGE RATE REGIME-super-† pp. 584-602

Won Joong Kim, Shawkat Hammoudeh and Eisa A. Aleisa

DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TRADING: ALTERNATIVE ALLOCATION AND RECYCLING STRATEGIES IN CALIFORNIA pp. 603-617

Adam Rose, Dan Wei and Fynnwin Prager

WHAT IT TAKES TO SOLVE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DEFICIT PROBLEM pp. 618-628

Ray C. Fair

CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC POLICY 2011 Editor's Report pp. 629-633

Brad Humphreys

Volume 30, issue 3, 2012

SALARY CAP REGULATION IN PROFESSIONAL TEAM SPORTS pp. 307-319

Helmut Dietl, Egon Franck, Markus Lang and Alexander Rathke

BIASED REFEREES?: RECONCILING RESULTS WITH THE NBA'S ANALYSIS pp. 320-328

Joseph Price and Justin Wolfers

FAVORITISM AND REFEREE BIAS IN EUROPEAN SOCCER: EVIDENCE FROM THE SPANISH LEAGUE AND THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE pp. 329-343

Babatunde Buraimo, Rob Simmons and Marek Maciaszczyk

TAXING SWEETS: SWEETENER INPUT TAX OR FINAL CONSUMPTION TAX? pp. 344-361

Zhen Miao, John Beghin and Helen Jensen

DO SCHOOL LUNCH SUBSIDIES CHANGE THE DIETARY PATTERNS OF CHILDREN FROM LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS? pp. 362-381

Larry L. Howard and Nishith Prakash

THE ECONOMICS OF INTRODUCING WINE INTO GROCERY STORES pp. 382-398

Bradley J. Rickard

ECONOMIC VALUATION OF MORTALITY-RISK REDUCTION: STATED PREFERENCE ESTIMATES FROM THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA pp. 399-416

Lauraine G. Chestnut, Robert D. Rowe and William S. Breffle

PERCEIVED ARSENIC-RELATED MORTALITY RISKS FOR SMOKERS AND NON-SMOKERS pp. 417-429

W. Shaw, Paul Jakus and Mary Riddel

DOES SPENDING MORE ON TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAMS MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE? AN INCREMENTAL BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS USING PANEL DATA pp. 430-447

Sudip Chattopadhyay and David R. Pieper

USING COMMERCIAL DISCIPLINE TO IMPROVE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE PROCUREMENT: MISPLACED ENTHUSIASM? pp. 448-462

Stefan Markowski and Robert Wylie

Volume 30, issue 2, 2012

SOME NEW EVIDENCE ON COMPETITION IN PAYDAY LENDING MARKETS pp. 149-161

Victor Stango

TAXES, HEALTH INSURANCE, AND WOMEN'S SELF‐EMPLOYMENT pp. 162-177

Malathi Velamuri

ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AND REGIONAL MOBILITY OF LABOR: EVIDENCE FROM THE SWEDISH RECESSION, 1994–1995 pp. 178-194

Robert A. Nakosteen, Olle Westerlund and Michael Zimmer

THE COST OF LAND USE REGULATION VERSUS THE VALUE OF INDIVIDUAL EXEMPTION: OREGON BALLOT MEASURES 37 AND 49 pp. 195-214

Ivan Haščič and JunJie Wu

THE PROPERTY VALUE PREMIUM OF A PLACE OF WORSHIP pp. 215-222

Eric Thompson, Roger B. Butters and Benjamin T. Schmitz

SIZE MATTERS: THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF BEACH EROSION AND NOURISHMENT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA pp. 223-237

Linwood Pendleton, Craig Mohn, Ryan K. Vaughn, Philip King and James G. Zoulas

DID THE GREAT RECESSION REDUCE VISITOR SPENDING AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR NATURE‐BASED RECREATION? EVIDENCE FROM 2006 AND 2009 pp. 238-246

John Loomis and Catherine Keske

THE VALUE OF IN‐STREAM WATER TEMPERATURE FORECASTS FOR FISHERIES MANAGEMENT pp. 247-261

Biao Huang, Christian Langpap and Richard M. Adams

COMMUNITY HOMOGENEITY AND REVEALED PREFERENCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS pp. 262-282

Julio Videras

CORRUPTION AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES pp. 283-292

Oguzhan Dincer and Burak Gunalp

A MATCHED PAIRS ANALYSIS OF STATE GROWTH DIFFERENCES pp. 293-305

Brian Goff, Alex Lebedinsky and Stephen Lile

Volume 30, issue 1, 2012

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND HEALTH: EVIDENCE FROM LOW‐INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN TENNESSEE pp. 1-12

Steven T. Yen, Donald J. Bruce and Lisa Jahns

PARTICIPATION OF FIRMS IN VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS: AN ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CAPITAL MARKET PERFORMANCE pp. 13-28

Fei Yu

EASY MONEY OR HARD TIMES? HEALTH AND 401(k) LOANS pp. 29-42

Christian Weller and Jeffrey B. Wenger

DOES TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE MAKE A DIFFERENCE? pp. 43-59

Kara Reynolds and John S. Palatucci

TESTING REGULATORY CONSISTENCY pp. 60-74

Robert Breunig and Flavio Menezes

HOW RELIABLE ARE CYCLICALLY ADJUSTED BUDGET BALANCES IN REAL TIME? pp. 75-92

Andrew Hughes Hallett, Rasmus Kattai and John Lewis

DOES CHINA'S RURAL COOPERATIVE MEDICAL SYSTEM ACHIEVE ITS GOALS? EVIDENCE FROM THE CHINA HEALTH SURVEILLANCE BASELINE SURVEY IN 2001 pp. 93-112

Chunling Lu, Yuanli Liu and Jian Shen

TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN? DO BANKS THAT ARE PART OF A FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY PERFORM BETTER THAN BANKS THAT ARE NOT? pp. 113-128

Chung‐hua Shen and Yuan Chang

DETERMINANTS AND EFFECTS OF RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS IN CHINA'S EMERGING MARKET pp. 129-147

Wubiao Zhou

Volume 29, issue 4, 2011

THE ASYMMETRIC IMPACT OF “INFORMATIVE” AND “UNINFORMATIVE” FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE STATEMENTS ON ASSET PRICES pp. 469-493

Mira Farka

DOES THE CLARITY OF CENTRAL BANK COMMUNICATION AFFECT VOLATILITY IN FINANCIAL MARKETS? EVIDENCE FROM HUMPHREY‐HAWKINS TESTIMONIES pp. 494-509

David-Jan Jansen

MODELING INTERNAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS: AN EXPLANATION OF CONFLICTING EMPIRICAL RESULTS ON BEHAVIOR OF NON‐PROFIT AND FOR‐PROFIT HOSPITALS pp. 510-523

Kathleen Carroll and Jane Ruseski

VALUING HEALTH EFFECTS: THE CASE OF OZONE AND FINE PARTICLES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA pp. 524-535

Victor Brajer, Jane V. Hall and Frederick W. Lurmann

OWN‐ AND CROSS‐PRICE ELASTICITIES FOR GAMES WITHIN A STATE LOTTERY PORTFOLIO pp. 536-549

Levi Pérez and David Forrest

STRATEGIC OFFSETTING BEHAVIOR: EVIDENCE FROM NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEN'S BASKETBALL pp. 550-563

Bryan McCannon

THE REGULATION OF MIGRATION IN A TRANSITION ECONOMY: CHINA'S HUKOU SYSTEM pp. 564-579

Shuming Bao, Örn B. Bodvarsson, Jack Hou and Yaohui Zhao

INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRODUCTIVITY AND FARM SIZE: THE CASE OF CHINA pp. 580-592

Zhuo Chen, Wallace Huffman and Scott Rozelle

NONPRICE COMPETITION IN THE TURKISH CREDIT CARD MARKET pp. 593-604

Guzin Akin, Ahmet Aysan, Gazi Kara and Levent Yildiran

MODELING THE INCIDENCE OF SELF‐EMPLOYMENT: INDIVIDUAL AND EMPLOYMENT TYPE HETEROGENEITY pp. 605-619

Sarah Brown, Lisa Farrell and Mark Harris

OBESITY AND MORAL HAZARD IN DEMAND FOR VISITS TO PHYSICIANS pp. 620-633

Geir Waehler Gustavsen, Rodolfo Nayga and Ximing Wu

CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC POLICY 2010 Editor's Report pp. 634-638

Wade E. Martin

Volume 29, issue 3, 2011

WAITING TIME AS A PRICE FOR DECEASED DONOR KIDNEYS pp. 295-303

David H. Howard

THE GREAT RECESSION, “RAINY DAY” FUNDS, AND COUNTERCYCLICAL FISCAL POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA pp. 304-322

Eduardo Fernández‐arias and Peter Montiel

CHARTER SCHOOL COMPETITION AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT SPENDING IN MICHIGAN'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS pp. 323-336

David M. Welsch

HOW GREEN IS YOUR CAMPUS? AN ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS THAT DRIVE UNIVERSITIES TO EMBRACE SUSTAINABILITY pp. 337-356

Sarah L. Stafford

SHORT‐RUN AND LONG‐RUN IMPLICATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE pp. 357-373

Dylan G. Rassier and Dietrich Earnhart

THE PECULIAR ECONOMICS OF HOUSING BUBBLES pp. 374-381

Omer Bayar and William Neilson

HOUSING WEALTH AND U.S. MONEY DEMAND: A PANEL ESTIMATION pp. 382-391

Ivo Arnold and Sebastian Roelands

MINIMUM WAGE IMPACTS IN CHINA: ESTIMATES FROM A PRESPECIFIED RESEARCH DESIGN, 2000–2007 pp. 392-406

Jing Wang and Morley Gunderson

LEGISLATOR INCENTIVES IN A FRAGILE DEMOCRACY: EVIDENCE FROM BUDGET ALLOCATION IN THAILAND pp. 407-415

Akihiko Kawaura

PARTICIPATION IN WORKPLACE EMPLOYER‐SPONSORED TRAINING IN CANADA: ROLE OF FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND WORKER ATTRIBUTES pp. 416-430

Kuan Xu and Zhengxi Lin

DO UNIONS IMPACT EFFICIENCY?: EVIDENCE FROM THE U.S. MANUFACTURING SECTOR pp. 431-440

Pandej Chintrakarn and Yi‐yi Chen

WILL TAX‐BASED HEALTH INSURANCE REFORMS HELP THE SELF‐EMPLOYED STAY IN BUSINESS? pp. 441-460

Tami Gurley‐calvez

THE DISAPPEARING NUTRITIONAL BIAS AGAINST CHINESE GIRLS pp. 461-468

John A. Bishop, Haiyong Liu and Lester A. Zeager

Volume 29, issue 2, 2011

THE EFFECTS OF ENDOGENOUS MARKET ENTRY OF PHYSICIAN‐OWNED HOSPITALS ON MEDICARE EXPENDITURES: AN INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES APPROACH pp. 151-162

John E. Schneider, Pengxiang Li and Robert L. Ohsfeldt

THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT: HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pp. 163-177

Christine Loucks and Randall Bennett

THE ROLE OF MODEL SPECIFICATION IN FINDING THE INFLUENCE OF OWNERSHIP AND REGULATORY REGIME ON UTILITY COST: THE CASE OF SWEDISH ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION pp. 178-190

Magnus Söderberg

THE POVERTY REDUCTION SUCCESS OF PUBLIC TRANSFERS FOR WORKING AGE IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES pp. 191-206

Christopher Bollinger and Paul Hagstrom

PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE ON INTERNAL MIGRATION, REMITTANCES, AND TEEN SCHOOLING IN INDIA pp. 207-217

Valerie Mueller and Abusaleh Shariff

THE IMPACT OF TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLICIES ON TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND SOURCING OF CHINESE FIRMS pp. 218-230

Bin Xu

TIME‐VARYING EFFECTS OF HUMAN CAPITAL ON MILITARY RETENTION pp. 231-249

Darrell Glaser

KUZNETS HYPOTHESIS IN A PANEL OF STATES pp. 250-260

Dong‐hyeon Kim, Ho-Chuan Huang and Shu-Chin Lin

VIDEO GAMES AND CRIME pp. 261-273

Michael Ward

OVERSEAS NETWORK OF EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCY AND EXPORT PERFORMANCE: THE KOREAN CASE pp. 274-283

Kichun Kang

ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND TRUST pp. 284-293

Oguzhan Dincer

Volume 29, issue 1, 2011

AN EVALUATION OF FINANCIAL INCENTIVE POLICIES FOR ORGAN DONATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES pp. 1-13

Alison J. Wellington and Edward Sayre

ECONOMY‐WIDE EFFECTS OF REDUCING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN U.S. EMPLOYMENT pp. 14-30

Peter Dixon, Martin Johnson and Maureen Rimmer

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN NATIVE PREFERENCES TOWARD UNDOCUMENTED AND LEGAL IMMIGRATION: EVIDENCE FROM SAN DIEGO pp. 31-45

Catalina Amuedo‐dorantes and Thitima Puttitanun

FORECASTING WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN CASELOADS: A COMPARISON OF VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION AND AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE APPROACHES pp. 46-55

Victoria Lazariu, Chengxuan Yu and Craig Gundersen

BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING: SLOW PROGRESS AHEAD pp. 56-66

James Fain

ECONOMIC TRANSITION AND THE GENDER EARNINGS GAP IN CHINESE INDUSTRY: THE ROLE OF FIRM CHARACTERISTICS pp. 67-87

Liying Li and Xiao-yuan Dong

WILLINGNESS TO PAY IN CHINA'S NEW COOPERATIVE MEDICAL SYSTEM pp. 88-100

Phil Brown and Thomas Huff

THE EFFECT OF LEGALIZED GAMBLING ON STATE GOVERNMENT REVENUE pp. 101-114

Douglas Walker and John Jackson

DOES THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC GOODS CORRESPOND TO LOCAL DEMAND? pp. 115-137

Hongmei Yi, Denise Hare and Linxiu Zhang

QUALITY AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A SEMIPARAMETRIC SMOOTH COEFFICIENT ESTIMATION pp. 138-149

Tsu‐tan Fu, Cliff J. Huang and Yung‐lieh Yang