Department of Economics at Illinois State University

Recent Publications

2008 & Forthcoming

Sherrilyn Billger, “Reconstructing School Segregation: On the Efficacy and Equity of Single-Sex Schooling,” Economics of Education Review, forthcoming.

Sherrilyn Billger, “Do Existing Corruption Levels Matter in Controlling Corruption?Cross-Country Quantile Regression Estimates,” with Rajeev K. Goel, Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming.

Lon Carlson, “An Assessment of the Impact of Deregulation on the Relative Price of Electricity in Illinois”, with Dave Loomis, The Electricity Journal, forthcoming.

Lon Carlson, “Teaching Market Conditions and the Efficiency of Firm Behavior at the Principles Level: An Alternative Approach”, Perspectives on Economic Education Research, 2008, 4(1), 85-95.

Susan Chen, “Backward Integrated Information Gatekeepers and Independent Divisions in the Product Market,” The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2008, 8(1), Article 7.

Ray Cohn, Mass Migration Under Sail: European Immigration to the Antebellum United States, forthcoming, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2009.

Oz Dincer, “Ethnic and Religious Diversity and Corruption”, Economics Letters, 2008, 99(1), 98-102.

Oz Dincer, “Determinants of Public Service Employee Corruption: A Conceptual Model from the Psychological Contract Perspective” with Russell P.J. Kingshott, Journal of Industrial Relations, 2008, 50(1), 69-85.

Rajeev Goel, “Do Existing Corruption Levels Matter in Controlling Corruption? Cross-Country Quantile Regression Estimates,” with S. Billger, Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming.

Rajeev Goel, “Income Inequality and Cigarette Consumption: Evidence from the United States,” with R. Connelly (student) and R. Ram, Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.

Rajeev Goel, “Unemployment, Insurance, and Smoking,” Applied Economics, forthcoming.

Rajeev Goel, “Smoking Restrictions and Spillovers Across Jurisdictions,” Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.

Rajeev Goel, “Demand for Cigarettes in the United States: Effects of Prices in Bordering States and Contiguity with Mexico and Canada,” with R.T. Connelly (student) and R. Ram, Applied Economics, forthcoming.

Rajeev Goel, “Cigarette Prices and Illicit Drug Use: Is there a Connection?” Applied Economics, forthcoming.

Rajeev Goel, “Irreversible Investments: A Cost-Benefit Perspective,” with R. Ram, in R.J. Brent (ed.), Handbook of Cost-Benefit Analysis, JAI Press, forthcoming.

Rajeev Goel, “Cigarette Smuggling: Price versus Non-Price Incentives,” Applied Economics Letters, 2008, 16(8), 587-592.

Rajeev Goel, “Environmental versus Social Externalities and Life Satisfaction: A Cross-Country Investigation,” with J. Budak, Privredna Kretanja i Ekonomska Politika, 2008, 18, Spring, 28-49.

Rajeev Goel, “Smoking Prevalence in the United States: Differences Across Socio-Economic Groups,” Journal of Economics and Finance, 2008, 32(2), 195-205.

Rajeev Goel, “R&D Expenditures and U.S. Economic Growth: A Disaggregated Approach,” with J. Payne and R. Ram, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2008, 30(2), 237-250.

Rajeev Goel, Global Efforts to Combat Smoking, with M.A. Nelson, Ashgate Publishing, 2008.

Dave Loomis, “An Assessment of the Impact of Deregulation on the Relative Price of Electricity in Illinois”, with Lon Carlson, The Electricity Journal, forthcoming.

Dave Loomis, “The Telecommunications Industry” in Hossein Bidgoli (ed.) The Handbook of Computer Networks, Volume 1, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2008, 3-18.

Hassan Mohammadi, “Long-Run Relations and Short-Run Dynamics among Coal, Natural Gas, and Oil Prices” Applied Economics, forthcoming.

Hassan Mohammadi, “Oil Prices and Competitiveness: Time Series Evidence from Six Oil Producing Countries”, with M. Jahan-Parvar, Journal of Economic Studies, forthcoming.

Hassan Mohammadi, “Wagner’s Hypothesis: New Evidence from Turkey Using the Bounds Testing Approach”, with Murat Cak and Demet Cak, Journal of Economic Studies, 2008, 35(1), 94-106.

Hassan Mohammadi, “Turkish Budget Deficit Sustainability and the Revenue-Expenditure Nexus” with James E. Payne and Murat Cak (visiting scholar), Applied Economics, 2008, 40(7), 823-830.

James Payne, “Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in Central America: Evidence from a Panel Cointegration and Error Correction Model” with Nicholas Apergis, Energy Economics, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Official Dollarization in El Salvador and the Inflation-Inflation Uncertainty Nexus”, Applied Financial Economic Letters, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Sectoral Analysis of the Causal Relationship between Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Consumption and Real Output in the U.S.” with Nicholas Bowden (student), Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, forthcoming.

James Payne, “On the Dynamics of Energy Consumption and Output in the U.S.”, Applied Energy, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Short Term Forecasting of Electricity Price for MISO Hubs: Evidence from ARIMA-EGARCH Models” with Nicholas Bowden (student), Energy Economics, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Nuclear Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in the U.S.: An Empirical Note” with J.P. Taylor (student), Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Inflation Targeting and the Inflation-Inflation Uncertainty Relationship: Evidence from Thailand”, Applied Financial Economics Letters, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Modeling Wind Speed and Time Varying Turbulence in Geographically Dispersed Markets in China” with Brian Carroll (student), Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty: Evidence from the Caribbean Region”, Journal of Economic Studies, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Further Evidence on Modeling Wind Speed and Time-Varying Turbulence”, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Hotel Tax Receipts and the 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil': A Time Series Intervention Seasonal ARIMA Model with Time-Varying Variance” with Michael Toma and Richard McGrath, Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Asymmetric Modeling of the Revenue-Expenditure Nexus: Evidence from Aggregate State and Local Government in the U.S.” with Matthew Zapf (student) Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Long-Run Relationship between REIT Prices and Inflation: Evidence from Bounds Testing”, Finance Letters, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Employment Forecasting for a Small MSA: A Comparison of Seasonal ARIMA and ARIMA-GARCH Type Models” with Utkir Kamilov (student), 2008 Academy of Economics and Finance Papers and Proceedings, forthcoming.

James Payne, “’We Got Game and Some!’ Efficiency in the WNBA: A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach with Panel Data” with Richard Hofler, 2008 Academy of Economics and Finance Papers and Proceedings, forthcoming.

James Payne, “Interest Rate Pass Through and Asymmetric Adjustment: Evidence from the Federal Funds Rate Operating Target Period” with George A. Waters, Applied Economics, 2008, 40(11), 1355-1362.

James Payne, “Turkish Budget Deficit Sustainability and the Revenue-Expenditure Nexus” with Hassan Mohammadi and Murat Cak (visiting scholar), Applied Economics, 2008, 40(7), 823-830.

James Payne, “R&D Spending and Economic Growth in the United States: A Disaggregated Approach” with Rajeev Goel and Rati Ram, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2008, 30(2), 237-250.

Rati Ram, “Irreversible Investments: A Cost-Benefit Perspective,” with Rajeev Goel, in R.J. Brent (ed.), Handbook of Cost-Benefit Analysis, JAI Press, forthcoming.

Rati Ram, “Income Inequality and Cigarette Consumption: Evidence from the United States,” with R. Connelly (student) and Rajeev Goel, Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.

Rati Ram, “Demand for Cigarettes in the United States: Effects of Prices in Bordering States and Contiguity with Mexico and Canada,” with R.T. Connelly (student) and Rajeev Goel, Applied Economics, forthcoming.

Rati Ram, “Sensitivity of Individual Income Tax in the United States, “ Public Finance/Finances Publiques, forthcoming.

Rati Ram, “Parametic Variability in Cross-Country Growth Regression: An Application of Quantile-Regression Methodology”, Economics Letters, 2008, 99(2), 387-389.

Rati Ram, “R&D Spending and Economic Growth in the United States: A Disaggregated Approach” with Rajeev Goel and James E. Payne, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2008, 30(2), 237-250.

Rati Ram, “Educational Attainment and HIV/AIDS Prevalence: A Cross-Country Study” with M. Lakhanpal (student), Economics of Education Review, 2008, 27(1), 14-21.

Neil Skaggs, “An Enquiry into the Nature and Effects of Henry Thornton’s Christian Faith on the Existence and Content of His Economic Writings,” History of Political Economy 40: Annual Supplement, forthcoming.

Neil Skaggs, “Less than an Ideal Type: Varieties of Real Bills Doctrines,” in David Laidler’s Contributions to Macroeconomics, Routledge, forthcoming.

George Waters, “Learning, Commitment and Monetary Policy”, Macroeconomic Dynamics, forthcoming.

George Waters,“Unit Root Testing for Bubbles: A Resurrection?”, Economics Letters, forthcoming.

George Waters,“Interest Rate Pass Through and Asymmetric Adjustment: Evidence from the Federal Funds Rate Operating Target Period” with James E. Payne, Applied Economics, 2008, 40(11), 1355-1362.

2007

Sherrilyn Billger, “Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Performance and Compensation of School Principals,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 61(1), 90-107.

Sherrilyn Billger, “The Heterogeneous Effect of the Passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act on Stock Returns,” Journal of Labor Research, 2007, 28(3), 536-551.

Sherrilyn Billger, “Does Attending Predominately-Female Schools Make a Difference? Labor Market Outcomes for Women” Journal of Economics and Finance, 2007, 31(2), 166-185.

Oz Dincer, “The Effects of Property Rights on Economic Performance”, Applied Economics, 2007, 39(7), 825-837.

Rajeev Goel, “Cooperative and Noncooperative R&D with Spillovers: The Case of Labor-Managed Firms,” with S. Haruna, Economic Systems, 2007, 31(4), 423-440.

Rajeev Goel, “Research Spending under Regulatory Uncertainty,” Journal of Technology Transfer, 2007, 32(6), 593-604.

Rajeev Goel, “Proliferation of Academic Journals: Effects on Research Quantity and Quality,” with J. Faria, Metroeconomica, 2007, 58(4), 536-549.

Rajeev Goel, “Are Corrupt Acts Contagious? Evidence from the United States,” with M. Nelson, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2007, 29(6), 839-850.

Rajeev Goel, “Smoking Patterns in Croatia and Comparisons with European Nations,” with J. Budak, Central European Journal of Public Health, 2007, 15(3), 110-115.

Rajeev Goel, “The Master Settlement Agreement and Cigarette Tax Policy,” with M.A. Nelson, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2007, 29(3), 431-438.

Rajeev Goel, “Costs of Smoking and Attempts to Quit,” Applied Economics, 2007, 39(7), 853-857.

Rajeev Goel, “On Advertising Durability and Product Durability,” Applied Economics Letters, 2007, 14(1), 21-25.

Dave Loomis, “A Managerial Approach to Using Error Measures in the Evaluation of Forecasting Methods,” co-authored with James E. Cox, Jr., International Journal of Business Research, 2007, 7(3), 143-149.

Hassan Mohammadi, “Capital Mobility and Foreign Debt Sustainability: Some Evidence from Turkey”, with Demet Cak and Murat Cak, AppliedEconomics, 2007, 39(19), 2441-2449.

James Payne, “Testing for a Unit Root in the Net Discount Rate: A Survey of the Empirical Results”, Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, 2007, 2(2), Article 4.

James Payne, “Interest Rate Pass Through and Asymmetries in Adjustable Rate Mortgages”, Applied Financial Economics, 2007, 17(17), 1369-1376.

James Payne, “Modeling and Forecasting Airport Passengers: A Case Study for an Introductory Forecasting Course” with J.P. Taylor (student), International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education, 2007, 2(2), 167-182.

James Payne, “An Analysis of Foreign Tourism Demand for Croatian Destinations: Long-Run Elasticity Estimates” with Andrea Mervar, Tourism Economics, 2007, 13(3), 407-420.

James Payne, “New Evidence on Modeling the Phillips Curve and Time-Varying Volatility” with James Saunoris (student), Economia Internazionale/International Economics, 2007, 60(3), 355-364.

James Payne, “REIT Markets and Rational Speculative Bubbles: An Empirical Investigation” with George A. Waters, Applied Financial Economics, 2007, 17(9), 747-753.

James Payne, “Relative Forecasting Performance of REIT Return Volatility” with Bradley T. Ewing and Mark A. Thompson, Forecasting Letters, 2007, 1(3).

James Payne, “Have Equity REITs Experienced Periodically Collapsing Bubbles?” with George A. Waters, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2007, 34(2), 207-224.

James Payne, “The Long-Run Relationship between Private and Public Savings: An Empirical Note” with Abir Mandal (student), Journal of Economics and Finance, 2007, 31(1), 99-103.

James Payne, “Asymmetries in the Lending-Deposit Rate Spread: The Case of the Philippines” with Chu V. Nguyen, Empirical Economics Letters, 2007, 6(1), 1-10.

James Payne, “Forecasting Tourism Demand in Croatia: A Disaggregated Analysis of Monthly Overnight Stays” with Andrea Mervar, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on 'Enterprise in Transition', Faculty of Economics, University of Split, Extended Abstract, 2007, 200-202, Full Manuscript on CD-ROM.

James Payne, “More on the Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Mortgage Rates and the Federal Funds Rate”, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 2006-2007, 29(2), 249-259.

Rati Ram, “Roles of Income and Equality in Poverty Reduction: Recent Cross-Country Evidence”, Journal of International Development, 2007, 19(7), 919-926.

Rati Ram, “IQ and Economic Growth: Further Augmentation of Mankiw-Romer-Weil Model”, Economics Letters, 2007, 97(1), 7-11.

Doug Schwalm, “Implications of the Medicaid Undercount in a High Penetration Medicaid State”, with Dek Terrell and Kirby Goidel, Health Services Review, 2007, 42(6), 2424-2441.

Doug Schwalm, “Taxation and the Economic Aspects of Alcohol” in Social and Economic Control of Alcohol: The 21st Amendment in the21st Century, Taylor and Francis, 2007.

George Waters, “An Evolutionary Game Theory Explanation of ARCH” with William R. Parke, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2007, 31(7), 2234-2262.

George Waters, “Regime Changes, Learning and Monetary Policy”, Journal of Macroeconomics, 2007, 29(2), 255-282.

George Waters, “REIT Markets and Rational Speculative Bubbles: An Empirical Investigation” with James E. Payne, Applied Financial Economics, 2007, 17(9), 747-753.

George Waters, “Have Equity REITs Experienced Periodically Collapsing Bubbles?” with James E. Payne, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2007, 34(2), 207-224.

Kevin Zhang, “Determinants of Complex Exports: Evidence from Cross-Country Data for 1985-1998,” Economia Internazionale / International Economics, 2007, 60(1), 111-122.

Kevin Zhang, “China’s Industrial Competitiveness in the World,” with Zhongxiu Zhao, The Chinese Economy, 2007, 40(6), 6-23.

Kevin Zhang, “Multinational Corporations and Technology Transfers in Developing Countries,” with Zhongxiu Zhang, Economia Internazionale / International Economics, 2007, 60(2), 249-264.

Kevin Zhang, “International Production Networks and Export Performance in Developing Countries: Evidence from China,” The Chinese Economy, 2007, 40(6), 83-96.

 

2006

Lon Carlson, Instructor’s Manual, Test Bank, and Student Study Guide with C.S. Palmer to accompany Freakonomics by S. Levitt and S. Dubner. Harper Collins, New York. 2006.

Susan Chen, “Differences in Average Prices on the Internet: Evidence from the Online Market for Air Travel,” Economic Inquiry, 2006, 44(4), 656-670.

Rajeev Goel, “Obesity: An Economic and Financial Perspective,” Journal of Economics and Finance, 2006, 30(3), 317-324.

Rajeev Goel, “Corruption in Transition Economies: Effects of Government Size, Country Size and Economic Reforms,” with J. Budak, Journal of Economics and Finance, 2006, 30(2), 240-250.

Rajeev Goel, “Insurance Intermediaries and Contractual Relations,” Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2006, 2(4), 211-215.

Rajeev Goel, “The Effectiveness of Anti-Smoking Legislation: A Review,” with M. Nelson, Journal of Economic Surveys, 2006, 20(3), 325-355.

Rajeev Goel, “Demand Elasticities for Internet Services,”with E. Hsieh, M. Nelson, and R. Ram, Applied Economics, 2006, 38(9), 975-980.

Rajeev Goel, “Smoking Prevalence and Antismoking Regulations in Transition Countries,” with J. Budak and M. Nelson, Transition Studies Review, 2006, 13(1), 231-248.

Rajeev Goel, “Privatization in Transition Economies: Privatization Scale and Country Size,” with J. Budak, Economic Systems, 2006, 30(1), 98-110.

Rajeev Goel, “Uncertain Innovation with Uncertain Product Durability,” Applied Economics Letters, 2006, 13(13), 829-834.

Rajeev Goel, “On Coordinating Environmental Policy and Technology Policy,” with E.W.T. Hsieh, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2006, 28(8), 897-908.

Rajeev Goel, “The Game Academics Play: Comment,” Bulletin of Economic Research, 2006, 58(1), 19-23.

Dave Loomis, “Competition in Local Telecommunications – There’s More Than You Think,” with Christopher M. Swann, Business Economics, 2005, 40(2), 18-28.

Dave Loomis, “Intermodal Competition in Local Telecommunications Markets,” with Christopher M. Swann, Information Economics and Policy, 2005, 17(1), 97-113.

Hassan Mohammadi, “Savings-Investment Correlations: Evidence from Transition Economies”with James E. Payne, Applied Economics Letters, 2006, 13(10), 611-613.

Hassan Mohammadi, “Time Series Properties of Capitalization Rates: A Comment and Extension”, with James E. Payne, Journal of Forensic Economics, 2006, 19(1), 85-87.

Hassan Mohammadi, “Are Adjustments in the U.S. Budget Deficit Asymmetric? Another Look at Sustainability”, with James E. Payne, Atlantic Economic Journal, 2006, 34(1), 15-22.

Hassan Mohammadi, “Wagner’s Hypothesis: New Evidence from the U.S. Using Bounds Testing Approach”, with James E. Payne and Bradley T. Ewing, The Elgar Companion to Public Economics: Empirical Public Economics edited by Attiat F. Ott and Richard J. Cebula, (Edgar Elgar Publishing Co.: United Kingdom), 2006, 30-40.

James Payne, “Time Series Properties of Capitalization Rates: A Comment and Extension” with Hassan Mohammadi, Journal of Forensic Economics, 2006, 19(1), 85-87.

James Payne, “Privatization, Foreign Bank Entry and Bank Efficiency in Croatia: A Fourier-Flexible Function Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis” with Evan Kraft and Richard A. Hofler, Applied Economics, 2006, 38(17), 2075-2088.

James Payne, “The Response of the Conventional Mortgage Rate to the Federal Funds Rate: Symmetric or Asymmetric Adjustment”, Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2006, 2(5), 279-284.

James Payne, “Capital Mobility and the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle: Re-Examination of Less Developed Countries” with Risa Kumazawa, The Manchester School, 2006, 74(5), 610-616.

James Payne, “Capital Mobility and Savings-Investment Correlations: Panel Data Evidence from Transition Economies” with Hassan Mohammadi, Applied Economics Letters, 2006, 13(10), 611-613.

James Payne, “Government Expenditures and Revenues: Evidence from Asymmetric Modeling” with Bradley T. Ewing, Mark Thompson, and Omar M. Al-Zoubi, Southern Economic Journal, 2006, 73(1), 190-200.

James Payne, “Efficiency in the National Basketball Association: A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach with Panel Data” with Richard A. Hofler, Managerial and Decision Economics, 2006, 27(4), 279-285.

James Payne, “Further Evidence on the Transmission of Shocks across REIT Markets: An Examination of REIT Sub-Sectors”, Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2006, 2(3), 141-146.

James Payne, “The Response of Sub-Sector REIT Returns to Shocks in Fundamental State Variables”, Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2006, 2(2), 71-75.

James Payne, “Are Adjustments in the U.S. Budget Deficit Asymmetric? Another Look at Sustainability” with Hassan Mohommadi, Atlantic Economic Journal, 2006, 34(1), 15-22.

James Payne, “Duration Dependence in Real Estate Investment Trusts” with Thomas A. Zuehlke, Applied Financial Economics, 2006, 16(3), 413-423.

James Payne, “Wagner’s Hypothesis: New Evidence from the U.S. Using Bounds Testing Approach” with Bradley T. Ewing and Hassan Mohammadi, The Elgar Companion to Public Economics: Empirical Public Economics edited by Attiat F. Ott and Richard J. Cebula (Edgar Elgar Publishing Co.: United Kingdom), 2006, 30-40.

Rati Ram, “Growth Elasticity of Poverty: Alternative Estimates and a Note of Caution”, Kyklos, 2006, 59(4), 601-610.

Rati Ram, “Outward-Orientation and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: A Quarter-Century Perspective”, Economia Internazionale/International Economics, 2006, 59(3), 383-399.

Rati Ram, “State of the ‘Life Span Revolution’ between 1980 and 2000”, Journal of Development Economics, 2006, 80(2), 518-526.

Rati Ram, “Defense Expenditure and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross-Country Panel Data”, The Elgar Companion to Public Economics: Empirical Public Economics edited by Attiat F. Ott and Richard J. Cebula (Edgar Elgar Publishing Co.: United Kingdom), 2006, 166-194.

Rati Ram, “Demand Elasticities for Internet Services”, with Rajeev Goel, Edward Hsieh, and Michael Nelson, Applied Economics, 2006, 38(9), 975-980.

Rati Ram, “Further Examination of the Cross-Country Association between Income Inequality and Population Health”, Social Science & Medicine, 2006, 62(3), 779-791.

Daniel Rich, "Occupational Labor Demand and the Sources of Nonneutral Technical Change," with Wing Chan, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2006, 68(1), 23-44.

Doug Schwalm, “Do Physicians Always Flee from HMOs? New Results Using Dynamic Panel Estimation Methods”, with T.T. Brown, J.M. Coffman, B.C. Quinn, and R.M. Scheffler, Health Services Review, 2006, 41(2), 357-373.

George Waters, “Dangers of Commitment: Monetary Policy with Adaptive Learning”, Journal of Economics and Finance, 2006, 30(1), 93-104.

Kevin Zhang, “FDI and Host Countries’ Exports: The Case of China,” Economia Internazionale / International Economics, 2006, 59(1), 113-127.

Kevin Zhang, “Foreign Direct Investment in China,” Canadian Foreign Policy, 2006, 13(2), 35-50.

Kevin Zhang, “Does Globalization Affect Regional Inequality within a Developing Country? Evidence from China,” with Xiaobo Zhang, Journal of Development Studies, 2003, 39(4), 47-67. Reprinted in B. Ghosh and H. Guven (ed.), “Globalization and the Third World,” Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 109-128

Kevin Zhang, “Foreign Direct Investment in China: 1978-2002,” Asian Economic and Political Issues, 2003, 8, 1-18. Reprinted as “Why Does China Succeed in Attracting and Utilizing Foreign Direct Investment?” in Current Politics and Economics of Asia, 15(3), 2006, 251-273.

Kevin Zhang, The Chinese Economy after Entering WTO, edited book with Hung-Gay Fung and Changhong Pei, M. E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York, 2006.

Kevin Zhang, China as the World Factory, edited book, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group plc., London, UK, July 2006.

Kevin Zhang, “Foreign Direct Investment: Opportunity or Challenge for China after WTO Membership?” in China and the Challenge of Economic Globalization: The Impact of WTO Membership,” edited by Hung-Gay Fung, Changhong Pei, and Kevin H. Zhang, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York, 2006, 23-35.

Kevin Zhang, “Introduction,” in China as the World Factory, edited by Kevin H. Zhang, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group plc., London, UK, 2006, 1-6.

Kevin Zhang, “China’s Foreign Trade and Export Boom: 1978-2004,” in China as the World Factory, Routledge, edited by Kevin H. Zhang, Taylor & Francis Group plc., London, UK, 2006, 9-26.

Kevin Zhang, “The Role of FDI in China’s Export Performance,” in China as the World Factory, edited by Kevin H. Zhang, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group plc., London, UK, 2006, 139-155.

Zhang, Kevin H. “Is China the World Factory?” in China as the World Factory, edited by Kevin H. Zhang, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group plc., London, UK, 2006, 257-273.

2005

Sherrilyn Billger, “Mass Layoffs and CEO Turnover,” with Kevin F. Hallock, Industrial Relations, 2005, 44(3), 463-489.

Sherrilyn Billger, “Further Evidence on the Relationship between Minimum Wages and Market Wages,” with James E. Payne, International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, 2005, 13(1), 141-148.

Lon Carlson, Study Guide and Test Item File with James E. Payne to accompany Economics for Managers by Paul Farnham. Pearson Education, New Jersey. 2005.

Ray Cohn, “The Transition from Sail to Steam in Immigration to the United States,” Journal of Economic History, 2005, 65(2), 469-495.

Oz Dincer, “Predation, Protection, and Accumulation: Endogenous Property Rights in an Overlapping Generations Growth Model” with Christopher J. Ellis, International Tax and Public Finance, 2005, 12(4), 435-455.

Rajeev Goel, “An IT Professional’s Dilemma: Be an Entrepreneur or a Consultant?” with I. Hasan, Netnomics, 2005, 7(5), 17-25.

Rajeev Goel, “Organization of Markets for Science and Technology, ” with D.P. Rich, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2005, 161(1), 1-17.

Rajeev Goel, “Corruption in Procurement: An Analysis of Contracting Modes,” International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, 2005, 13(2), 283-292.

Rajeev Goel, “Economic Freedom versus Political Freedom: Cross-Country Influences on Corruption,” with M. Nelson, Australian Economic Papers, 2005, 44(2), 121-133.

Rajeev Goel, “Tobacco Policy and Tobacco Use: Differences Across Tobacco Types, Gender and Age,” with M. Nelson, Applied Economics, 2005, 37(7), 765-771.

Dave Loomis, “Competition in Local Telecommunications – There’s More Than You Think,” with Christopher M. Swann, Business Economics, 2005, 40(2), 18-28.

Dave Loomis, “Intermodal Competition in Local Telecommunications Markets,” with Christopher M. Swann, Information Economics and Policy, 2005, 17(1), 97-113.

Hassan Mohammadi, “The Long-Run Saving-Investment Relationship: New Evidence from India”, with James E. Payne and Amit Prasad (student), International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, 2005, 13(1), 85-94.

Hassan Mohammadi, “Aggregate Demand Shocks and Current Account Asymmetry: Some Empirical Evidence from the U.K Economy”, with James E. Payne and Naiwei Sun (student), Economia
Internazionale/International Economics, 2005, 58(2), 223-239.

James Payne, “Additional Panel Data Evidence on the Savings-Investment Correlation and Foreign Aid in LDCs” with Risa Kumazawa, Frontiers in Finance and Economics, 2005, 2(2), 58-65.

James Payne, “Purchasing Power Parity: Evidence from a Transition Economy” with Junsoo Lee and Richard A. Hofler, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2005, 27(6), 665-672.

James Payne, “Measuring Volatility Persistence in the Presence of Sudden Changes in the Variance of Canadian Stock Market Returns” with Bradley T. Ewing and Farooq Malik, Canadian Journal of Economics, 2005, 38(3), 1032-1051.

James Payne, “Savings-Investment Dynamics in Mexico”, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2005, 27(5), 525-534.

James Payne, “Volatility Forecasting of Global REIT Returns” with Bradley T. Ewing and Mark A. Thompson, Risk Letters, 2005, 1(2).

James Payne, “Migration, Economic Opportunity, and the Quality of Life, 1999-2000” with Richard J. Cebula, RISEC: International Review of Economics and Business, 2005, 52(2), 245-253.

James Payne, “Aggregate Demand Shocks and Current Account Asymmetry: Some Empirical Evidence” with Hassan Mohammadi and Naiwei Sun (student), Economia Internazionale/International Economics, 2005, 58(2), 223-239.

James Payne, “Capital Mobility, Foreign Aid, and Openness: Further Panel Data Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa” with Risa Kumazawa, Journal of Economics and Finance, 2005, 29(1), 122-126.

James Payne, “Further Evidence on the Relationship between Minimum Wages and Market Wages” with Sherrilyn Billger, International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, 2005, 13(1), 141-148.

James Payne, “The Long-Run Relationship between Savings and Investment in India: Implications for Capital Mobility” with Hassan Mohammadi and Amit Prasad (student), International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, 2005, 13(1), 85-94 .

James Payne, “REIT Markets: Periodically Collapsing Negative Bubbles?” with George A. Waters, Applied Financial Economics Letters, 1(2), 2005, 65-69. Erratum in Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2006, 2(1), 69.

James Payne, “The Response of Real Estate Investment Trust Returns to Macroeconomic Shocks” with Bradley T. Ewing, Journal of Business Research, 2005, 58(3), 293-300.

James Payne, “Total Offset Method: Is It Appropriate? Evidence from ECI Data” with Bradley T. Ewing and Michael J. Piette, Journal of Legal Economics, 2001, 11(2), 1-17. Reprinted in Economic Foundations of Injury and Death Damages, edited by Roger T. Kaufman, James D. Rodgers, and Gerald Martin, (Edward Elgar Publishing: United Kingdom), 2005, 507-523.

James Payne, “Research and Practice Issues in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Damage Analysis” with Frank Slesnick and Robert J. Thornton in Developments in Litigation Economics, Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis Volume 87, edited by Patrick A. Gaughan and Robert J. Thornton, (Elsevier: United Kingdom), 2005, 159-203.

James Payne, Study Guide and Test Item File with Lon Carlson to accompany Economics for Managers by Paul Farnham. Pearson Education, New Jersey. 2005.

Rati Ram, “Income Inequality, Poverty, and Population Health: Evidence from Recent Data for the United States”, Social Science & Medicine, 2005, 61(12), 2568-2576.

Rati Ram, “Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Transition Economies: A Panel Data Study”, with V. Cristina Iliuta (student), Economia Internazionale/International Economics, 2005, 38(3), 337-352.

Rati Ram, “Cross-Country Convergence in Income and Divergence in Life Expectancy: A Study of Reversals and Contrasts During the 1990s”, Economia Internazionale/International Economics, 2005, 38(1), 43-50.

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