Endogenous role in mixed markets: a two-production-period
model.
I. Introduction
Studies of mixed markets, in which state-owned welfare-maximizing
public firms compete against profit-maximizing private firms, have
become increasingly popular in recent years. . . .
A cointegration model of age-specific fertility and female labor
supply in the United States.
1. Introduction
Models of fertility based on economic theories of behavior have
been subjected to rigorous conceptual and empirical scrutiny (for
surveys, see Olsen 1994 and Macunovich 1996a; for . . .
Rail transit and neighborhood crime: the case of Atlanta,
Georgia.
1. Introduction
In a growing number of metropolitan areas, the construction or
extension of a rail transit system has been advocated by policy makers
as a way to address the numerous . . .
Editorial.
This the first issue of the Southern Economic Journal to be
published since Laura Razzolini became its editor on August 1, 2003. The
board of trustees of the Southern Economic Association welcomes . . .
Folk economics.
Common sense theories are people's ordinary understandings of
certain bounded bodies of information, such as the set of ideas that
nonscientists hold about celestial phenomena (folk astronomy).
. . .
Too Sensational: On the Choice of Exchange Rate Regimes.(Book
Review)
By W. Max Corden. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2002. pp. xiv, 274.
$29.95.
This volume is the 10th in the series of Ohlin lectures initiated
in 1988 at the Stockholm School of Economics. This . . .
Spillovers, complementarities, and sorting in labor markets with
an application to professional sports.
I. Introduction
A moral of Aesop reads, "The strong and the weak cannot keep
company." Casual empiricism indicates that law firms, hospitals,
academic university departments, and many other . . .
Can beer taxes affect teen pregnancy? Evidence based on teen
abortion rates and birth rates.
1. Introduction
In the United States, teen pregnancy rates continue to be higher
than in comparable developed nations like Sweden, Canada, or France
(Darroch, Frost, and Singh 2001; Levine 2001). . . .
Does bank affiliation mitigate liquidity constraints? Evidence
from Germany's Universal Banks in the pre-World War I
period.
1. Introduction
Theoretical and empirical literature on imperfect capital markets
has established that asymmetric information and moral hazard problems
increase the cost of raising external funds . . .
Announcements.
Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award
The Southern Economic Association will annually honor one or more
faculty members for outstanding contributions to teaching under a
resolution . . .
Congressional memberships as political advertising: evidence from
the U.S. Senate.
1. Introduction
Recent political battles over the federal legislative budget for
2002 have highlighted the political power wielded by so-called moderate
legislators in the U.S. Senate. The . . .
Trickling down the rising tide: new estimates of the link between
poverty and the macroeconomy.
1. Introduction
Do rising tides lift all boats? Do income increases at the top of
the distribution trickle down to those on the bottom? The insufficiency
of economic growth alone to eliminate . . .
On the relative well-being of the nonmetropolitan poor: an
examination of alternate definitions of poverty during the
1990s.
1. Introduction
Understanding the geographic distribution of poverty is important
to help target poverty-reduction policies. Throughout the 1980s and
1990s, the proportion of people living in . . .
Editor's report.(Editorial)
From January 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002, the Editorial
Office received 244 new manuscript submissions. The following table
lists the time in the editorial process for the 215 . . .
New estimates of economies of scale and scope in higher
education.
1. Introduction
The substantially greater than inflation increases in college
tuition during the late 1980s and first half of the 1990s ignited
considerable discussion of the costs of higher . . .
Editorial favoritism in economics?
1. Introduction
In 1990, the Journal of Economic Literature listed the contents
from over 300 economics journals. The journals ranged from general
interest (e.g., American Economic Review, . . .
An empty promise: average cost savings and scale economies among
Canadian and American manufacturers, 1910-1988.
I. Introduction
On January 1, 1989, a bilateral trade agreement between Canada and
the United States came into effect. This free-trade agreement (FTA)
called for the reduction and eventual . . .
The predictability of FOMC Decisions: evidence from the Volcker
and Greenspan Chairmanships.(Federal Open Market Committee)(Fede
1. Introduction
About every six weeks, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
meets to decide on the short-run course of U.S. monetary policy. Before
each meeting, the financial press reports . . .
Productivity growth and some of its determinants in the
deregulated U.S. railroad industry.
This study analyzes the effects of an important postderegulation
innovation on rail freight productivity: the elimination of cabooses and
related crew members. It also analyzes the overall growth . . .
Economics: the sexy social science? (Symposium).
How to Make Economics the Sexy Social Science
(from Chronicle of Higher Education)
Every so often we see newspaper reports on the ebb and flow of the
number of professional degrees awarded. . . .
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