The American Economist

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Volume 56, issue 2, 2011

Editorial Note: A Tribute to Michael Szenberg pp. 1-1

Paul Grimes

An Interview with Michael Szenberg, An American Economist pp. 2-4

William D. Bosshardt

The American Economic Review at 100: A Summary of the Journal'S Most Frequent Contributing Authors and Institutions pp. 5-14

Jean L. Heck and Peter A. Zaleski

Does Offering Microsavings Make Sense for Microfinance Institutions? pp. 15-27

Kelley Bergsma

John Stuart Mill and The Economic Rationale for Organized Labor pp. 28-34

John T. King and Mark A. Yanochik

Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness: A Jeffersonian Approach to Development Indicators pp. 35-46

Jon Rezek, Graham Cano and Brent Evans

Human Capital in The Classroom: The Role of Teacher Knowledge in Economic Literacy pp. 47-57

Roger B. Butters, Carlos Asarta and Tammie J. Fischer

Does It Pay to Be Unethical? The Case of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Mlb pp. 58-68

Louis J. Pantuosco

Not All Micro-Loans Were Created Equal: The Effect of Supply Chain Location on Micro-Lending pp. 69-73

Aaron Cooke

Potpourri: Reflections from Husband/Wife Academic Editors pp. 74-84

William Becker and Suzanne R. Becker

Barter and Business Cycles: Further Empirical Evidence pp. 85-97

Akbar Marvasti and David J. Smyth

Toward An Econometric Model of Guzman'S Theory of Customary International Law pp. 98-107

Ryan Luby

A Monopolist Can Never Price in the Inelastic Range of a Demand Curve or Can It?1 pp. 108-117

C. W. Yang, C. B. Hawley, B. N. Huang and M. J. Hwang

Volume 56, issue 1, 2011

Arson and the Business Cycle pp. 1-6

Frank E. Corrigan and John Siegfried

Optimal Pricing for Voicemail Services pp. 7-12

Uriel Spiegel and Tchai Tavor

Uncertainty and the Policy Analyst pp. 13-19

Thomas Cate

Monopsony and Salary Suppression: The Case of Major League Soccer in the United States pp. 20-28

John Twomey and James Monks

Does Calculus Help in Principles of Economics Courses? Estimates Using Matching Estimators pp. 29-37

William Bosshardt and Neela Manage

Teaching Macroeconomic Principles Using Animated Cartoons pp. 38-47

R. Andrew Luccasen, Michael Hammock and M. Kathleen Thomas

Being One'S Own Boss: How Does Risk Fit In? pp. 48-58

Rachel Childers

To Decide to Ride and Bide: Information Processing Among Bus Riders pp. 59-68

Nicholas C. Holtkamp

Do Undergraduate Majors or Ph.D. Students Affect Faculty Size? pp. 69-77

William Becker, William Greene and John Siegfried

Value in Outsourcing Labor and Creating a Brand in the Art Market: The Damien Hirst Business Plan pp. 78-88

Marjorie May Haight

The Changing Nature of Corporate Distributions and Its Implications for Investors pp. 89-103

Susana Yu

Maurice Allais: A Review of His Major Works, A Memoriam, 1911–2010 pp. 104-122

Lall Ramrattan and Michael Szenberg

Book Review: The Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve: A History pp. 123-124

William C. Perkins

Book Review: Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth pp. 125-126

Sarah Henrich

Book Review: Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose pp. 127-128

Shelley Mcdonald

Book Review: The Heart of Teaching Economics: Lessons from Leading Minds pp. 129-133

Lall Ramrattan and Michael Szenberg

Volume 55, issue 2, 2010

In Memoriam: Alan A. Brown 1928–2010 pp. 1-3

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Alan Brown and the Origins of Omicron Delta Epsilon—A Remembrance pp. 4-4

Joe Humphrey Jd

God, Ants and Thomas Bayes pp. 5-13

Harry Markowitz

Reptilian Economists of the World Unite: A Tolerance Manifesto pp. 14-23

Richard V. Adkisson

The Development of Water Rights in Colorado: An Empirical Analysis pp. 24-35

David A. Penn and Joachim Zietz

The Effects of Excise Taxes on Non-Homogeneous Populations pp. 36-45

Uriel Spiegel, Joseph Templeman and Tchai Tavor

The Effects of Option Introduction on Analyst Coverage and Earnings Estimates pp. 46-66

Susana Yu, Kishore Tandon and Gwendolyn Webb

Memorializing Paul A. Samuelson: A Review of His Major Works, 1915–2009 pp. 67-82

Lall Ramrattan and Michael Szenberg

Actuarially Fair Premia for Deductible Insurance Policies pp. 83-91

Jack Clark Francis, Arie Harel and Giora Harpaz

The Impact of Remittances on Economic Growth and Development in Africa pp. 92-103

Bichaka Fayissa and Christian Nsiah

Simple Pigovian Taxes VS. Emission Fees to Control Negative Externalities: A Pedagogical Note pp. 104-110

Robert S. Main

Teaching the Art of Economic Research in a Senior Seminar pp. 111-123

Jessica Wolpaw Reyes

Variations in Individual Decision Making: Children, Adults, and Economic Theory pp. 124-135

Patricia C. Grieggs

Empirical Analysis of the Linder Hypothesis: The Case of Germany's Trade Within Europe pp. 136-141

Alison Rauh

Identifying Industries for Employment Development Using Input-Output Modeling: The Case of Prison Industry Employment pp. 142-153

Charles E. Scott, Nancy A. Williams and Frederick W. Derrick

Babe Ruth as a Free Agent: What the Old-Time Greats Would Earn in Today's Labor Market for Baseball Players pp. 154-161

Louis J. Pantuosco and Gary Stone

The Impact of a Seller's Ebay Reputation on Price pp. 162-169

Ryan Mickey

A Note on the Teaching of Dumping in International Economics Textbooks pp. 170-172

William J. Rieber

Book Review: Are the Rich Necessary: Great Economic Arguments and How They Reflect our Personal Values pp. 173-174

Sigrid Richards

Volume 55, issue 1, 2010

Edifying Editing pp. 1-8

Randolph McAfee

Unlearning and Discovery pp. 9-18

Charles Manski

The Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in Economics pp. 19-30

Sergio M. Focardi and Frank Fabozzi

Memorializing John K. Galbraith: A Review of His Major Works, 1908–2006 pp. 31-45

Lall Ramrattan and Michael Szenberg

Citing Reprinted Material pp. 46-48

Ofer Azar

Economics, Ethics and the Dilemma in the Prisoner's Dilemmas pp. 49-57

Daniel Arce

Economics: Good Choice of Major for Future Ceos pp. 58-72

Patricia M. Flynn and Michael A. Quinn

An Introduction to the Economic Method pp. 73-83

William C. Perkins

Using The Simpsons to Improve Economic Instruction Through Policy Analysis pp. 84-92

Mark T. Gillis and Joshua Hall

The Effect of Competition on the Evaluation of Lotteries pp. 93-104

Tal Shavit, Shosh Shahrabani and Uri Benzion

Evidence on Forecasting Inflation Under Asymmetric Loss pp. 105-110

Hamid Baghestani and Bassam Abual-Foul

Economic Transformations in Chile: The Formation of the Chicago Boys pp. 111-122

Valerie Brender

Teaching Economic Principles: Algebra, Graph or Both? pp. 123-131

David Zetland, Carlo Russo and Navin Yavapolkul

Krugman Versus Friedman: Monetary Policy, 1929–1933, A Note pp. 132-134

Robert F. Stauffer

Book Review: The Economics of the Great Depression: A Twenty-First Century Look Back at the Economics of the Interwar Years pp. 135-137

Cameron Weber

Book Review: The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm pp. 138-139

David Mcclough

Chapter List June 30, 2009 pp. 140-153

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