Atlantic Economic Journal articles from September 2001

Atlantic Economic Journal archives from September 2001

THE WORLD CAME TOGETHER.
September 1, 2001... The tragic events of September 11, 2001 have deeply impacted all of us. Many of us knew people who lost their lives on that dark day in American history. All of us have been touched by the horrific acts that led to such a profound loss of life....

In Memoriam: Melville Jack Ulmer.(Obituary)
September 1, 2001... 1911 - 2001 We at the International Atlantic Economic Society were deeply saddened by the news of the passing of our dear friend, Melville J. Ulmer. He died in his hometown of Potomac, Maryland, on February 9 at the age of 89. Our deepest...

Using Disaster Planning to Optimize Expenditures on Financial Safety Nets.(government finance)
September 1, 2001... EDWARD J. KANE [*] Using a multiperiod model, this paper offers a benchmark standard for efficient safety net management. This standard embodies a market-mimicking strategy for identifying, preventing, and resolving bank insolvencies....

European Union Enlargement: An Historic Milestone in the Process of European Integration.(macroeconomic research)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... NICHOLAS C. BALTAS [*] Ten European countries with economies in transition and two market economies are negotiating full membership with the European Union. This paper considers the economic dimension of the forthcoming enlargement of the...

Random Thoughts on Voting.(election process, United States)
September 1, 2001... GORDON TULLOCK [*] Most Europeans have heard a good deal of criticism of the last U.S. presidential election. There are two normal criticisms, one of which regards the electoral college system, which means that the person who gets the...

Gains and Losses from Trade when Countries Differ in Public Knowledge Stock.(macroeconomics)
September 1, 2001... HANS JARLE KIND [*] Following the insight from endogenous growth theory, this paper assumes that countries with advanced production structures have high levels of public knowledge. The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether a...

Vote Share and Return Rates: A Comparison of Two Measures of Election Outcomes.(United States)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... JOSEPH P. MCGARRITY [*] This paper compares two measures of House election outcomes: return rates and vote share for presidential party incumbents. It is found that these election variables move independently from each other. The empirical...

The Electoral College and Voter Participation: Evidence on Two Hypotheses.(Presidential elections, United States)
September 1, 2001... RICHARD J. CEBULA [*] This paper empirically investigates the impact of the electoral college on voter participation rates across states. Two hypotheses are tested. The first argues that in states where either the Democratic or Republican...

Using Principal Components to Produce an Economic and Social Development Index: An Application to Latin America and the U.S.(research)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... NICOLAS SANCHEZ [*] This paper presents a principal components methodology for determining the weights for a set of indicators in a composite index of development. The procedure is applied to a 36-variable data set consisting of 1990 data...

A New Perspective on Antebellum Slavery: Public Policy and Slave Prices.
September 1, 2001... MARK THORNTON [*] Modern economic historians have focused their attention on the supervision and productivity of slavery and have largely ignored the roles that public policy and slave security played in the profitability of antebellum...

The Scholarly Output of Economists: A Description of Publishing Patterns.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... DEBRA MOORE PATTERSON [*] This paper analyzes the research productivity of a cohort of economists over the 15 years following receipt of their doctorate degrees, contrasting their results in publishing articles, books, and textbooks after...