Contemporary Economic Policy articles from April 2000

Contemporary Economic Policy archives from April 2000

COUNTRY IMPACTS OF MULTILATERAL OIL SANCTIONS.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... MICHAEL E. CANES [*] In recent years, economic sanctions have become an important tool in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. Though usually aimed at a single country, they also can affect the economies of other nations. Knowledge of such...

DOES NAFTA CHAPTER 19 MAKE A DIFFERENCE? DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND THE INCENTIVE STRUCTURE OF U.S./CANADA UNFAIR TRADE PETITIONS.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... KENT JONES [*] NAFTA Chapter 19 sets up bilateral review panels to replace the domestic judicial appeals process of resolving disputes among NAFTA members over the enforcement of unfair trade laws. In principle, such panels can change the...

PUBLIC CAPITAL FORMATION AND LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN CHILE.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... MIGUEL D. RAMIREZ [*] Following the lead of the endogenous growth literature, this article analyzes the impact on labor productivity growth of public and private investment spending in Chile. Using cointegration analysis, the results of...

INFLATION, INFLATION UNCERTAINTY, AND MONETARY POLICY IN TURKEY: 1960 - 1998.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... MARK J. PERRY [*] The authors constructed a time series of monthly inflation uncertainty in Turkey from 1960 to 1998 using GARCH models and investigated the link between inflation and inflation uncertainty using Granger tests. The authors...

THE NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF LAWYERS' MARKET REGULATION IN JAPAN.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... In Japan, the lawyers' market is regulated so strictly that the contrast between the small lawyers' market and the huge economy is surprising. The number of lawyers is about 15,000, while the GDP and population are $4 trillion and 130 million,...

ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND SOCIAL INSURANCE REFORMS IN CHINA.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... HAIZHENG LI [*] This study discusses efficiency issues related to social insurance provisions and their implications for the newly established three-pillar pension system and three-tier health insurance system in China. It shows that these...

THREE MEASURES OF EAST ASIAN CURRENCY OVERVALUATION.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... MENZIE D. CHINN [*] One of the prominent explanations for the East Asian financial crises of 1997 relies upon East Asian currency overvaluation. However, most empirical studies of these crises do not undertake serious examination of...

EAST ASIA'S GROWTH: TECHNOLOGY OR ACCUMULATION?(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... G. CHRIS RODRIGO [*] Krugman, building on the work of Alwyn Young, has argued that hypergrowth in East Asia derives mostly from factor accumulation, owing little to technological change. Yet this explanation is at odds with what analysts...

FOUR DECADES OF ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S EARNINGS: JAPANESE, CHINESE, AND FILIPINO AMERICAN WOMEN'S EARNINGS 1960-1990.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... DON MAR [*] This article examines the earnings progress of Asian American women from 1960 through 1990 by comparing their actual hourly wage and salary earnings to simulated earnings. The simulated earnings are obtained by using parameter...

ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... W. CRIS LEWIS [*] This article investigates the sources of scale economies in the production of public education. The relationship between the average cost of producing educational output and school characteristics including school and...

EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS, ACADEMIC QUALITY, AND ATHLETIC SUCCESS.(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2000... SHELBY GERKING [*] This article examines the role of successful Division I football and basketball programs in motivating alumni and other donors to make charitable educational contributions to U.S. universities. Results from fixed effects...