Contemporary Economic Policy
A Journal of the Western Economic Association International
Edited by:
Wade Martin
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Contemporary Economic Policy publishes scholarly economic research and analysis on issues of vital concern to business, government, and other decision makers. Leading western scholars, including three Nobel laureates, are among CEP's authors. The objectives are to communicate results of high quality economic analysis to policymakers, focus high quality research and analysis on current policy issues of widespread concern, increase knowledge among economists of features of the economy key to understanding the impact of policy, and to advance methods of policy analysis.
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TopHighlights
Smoke-free Ordinances Increase Restaurant Profit and Value
B. C. Alamar and S. A. Glantz
Volume 22, Number 4; Best Article Award, 2004
Social Security Benefit Uncertainty Under Individual Accounts
A. R. Harris, J. Sabelhaus, and M. Simpson
Volume 23, Number 1; Best Article Award, 2005
Multipollutant Efficiency Standards for Electricity Production
P. M. Schwarz
Volume 23, Number 3; Editor's Choice Award, 2005
The Persian Gulf, Global Oil Resources and International Security
D. Chapman and N. Khanna
Volume 24, Number 4
Does the Kyoto Protocol Cost Too Much and Create Unbreakable Barriers for Economic Growth?
A. Golub, A Markandya and D. Marcellino
Volume 24, Number 4
Alcohol Advertising in Magazines: Do Beer, Wine and Spirits Ads Target Youth?
J. P. Nelson
Volume 24, Number 3
Averting and Insurance Decisions in the Wildland-Urban Interface: Implications of Survey and Experimental Data for Wildfire Risk Reduction Policy
J. Talberth, R. P. Berrens, M. McKee and M. Jones
Volume 24, Number 3
Privatization of Public Housing: Did it Cause the 1998 Recession in Hong Kong?
L. S. Ho and G. Wai-Chung Wong
Volume 24, Number 2
Learning by Association: Micro Credit in Chiapas, Mexico
G. A. Barboza and H. Barreto
Volume 24, Number 2
Can No Child Left Behind Close the Gaps in Pass Rates on Standardized Tests?
C. M. Hoerandner and R. J. Lemke
Volume 24, Number 1
The Economic Value of Preventing Respiratory and Cardiovascular Hospitalizations
L. G. Chestnut, et al.
Volume 24, Number 1
