Kyklos

Edited by:
René L. Frey

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 93/209 Economics
Impact Factor: 0.8

KYKLOS views economics as a social science and as such favours contributions dealing with issues relevant to contemporary society, as well as economic policy applications. Since its inception nearly 60 years ago, KYKLOS has earned a worldwide reputation for publishing a broad range of articles from international scholars on real world issues. KYKLOS encourages unorthodox, original approaches to topical economic and social issues with a multinational application, and promises to give fresh insights into topics of worldwide interest.

• KYKLOS provides information on political economy worldwide, containing contributions from scholars of international status.
• KYKLOS keeps its readership informed as to the latest trends and development in political economy.
• KYKLOS is intended for the reader from the academic, administrative and business sector with an interest in scientific economics.

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TopNews and Announcements

Editor's Selection Virtual Issue
The editor's of Kyklos have collated a selection of articles published in Kykos between 2004 - 2008 which are now freely available online. Click here to read this Virtual Issue.
Further information about the choice of articles can be found by reading the editorial from Volume 62, Issue 2, available to read here.

Online Content Now Available Back to Volume 1
All back issues of this journal are available online. For further information on how to access these issues please visit our Librarian Site.

The List Society
The List Society, a non-profit research society, offers a combined subscription of the journals KYKLOS and List Forum fuer Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik.
The List Forum is a journal in German language which deals with economic and financial policy topics. Members of the List Society pay, as from 2008, 190,- € for a combined subscription of both journals. For further information please visit our homepage www.list-gesellschaft.de

TopHighlights

These articles are currently available FREE online

Behavioral Economics and Perverse Effects of the Welfare State
Scott Beaulier and Bryan Caplan

The Price of Bodies: A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthetic World
Edward Castranova

Is God Good for Trade?
Matthias Carl Helble

Getting Along with Colleagues - Does Profit Sharing Help or Hurt?
John Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn and Georgi Tsertsvadze

Does Child Labor Reduce Youth Crime?
Andrew Horowitz and Julie Trivitt

Does Government Matter? Yes, No or Maybe: Some Evidence from Developing Countries
M. G. Quibria

Attractive Physical Appearance vs. Good Academic Characteristics
Hung-Lin Tao

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Happiest of Them All?
Benno Torgler, Nemana Abtic and Uwe Dulleck