Briefing Notes in Economics – Issue No. 58, September/October 2003 Jong-Hwan Yi 10mlesser@iona.edu and via the conferencewebsite at www.iona.edu/eea/Recently published papers:* The June 2003 issue <strong>of</strong> the Journal <strong>of</strong>Economic <strong>Literature</strong> has papers by amongstothers E. L. Glaeser and A. Shleifer on TheRise <strong>of</strong> the Regulatory State; S-H Poon andC.W.J. Cranger on Forecasting Volatility inFinancial Markets.* The June 2003 issue <strong>of</strong> the AmericanEconomic <strong>Review</strong> has papers by, amongstothers, P. Francois and Huw Lloyd-Ellis onAnimal Spirits Through CreativeDestruction; Peter K. Schott on One SizeFits All? Heckscher-Ohlin Specialization inGlobal Production; Christophe Chamleyon Dynamic Speculative Attacks; PaulBeaudry and David Green on Wages andEmployment in the United States andGermany: What Explains the Differences?* The July 2003 issue <strong>of</strong> the EconomicJournal has papers by, amongst others, A.Barr on Trust and ExpectedTrustworthiness: Experimental Evidencefrom Zimbabwean Villages; R. Disney, et.al. on Restructuring and ProductivityGrowth in UK Manufacturing.* The October 2003 issue <strong>of</strong> the EconomicJournal has papers by, amongst others, A.J.Venables on Winners and Losers fromRegional Integration Agreements; S.Nickell, et al. on Nominal Wage Rigidityand the Rate <strong>of</strong> Inflation; J. Ayuso, et al. onA Model <strong>of</strong> the Open Market Operations <strong>of</strong>the European Central Bank; T.P. Ballingeret al. on Precautionary Saving and SocialLearning Across Generation: anExperiment.The BNE is indexed with theJournal <strong>of</strong> Economic <strong>Literature</strong>.ABOUT The Briefing Notes inEconomics:The current series <strong>of</strong> the BriefingNotes in Economics has beenpublished regularly since November1992. The series continues to publishquality peer-reviewed papers. As withthis issue, some <strong>of</strong> the forthcomingissues will include conference listingsand other information for anyone withan interest in economics.As always information on joining themailing list, submitting a paper forpublication consideration, and muchelse besides, appears on the web-site.Should you need more information onany <strong>of</strong> the above matters please write toDr. Parviz Dabir-Alai, Editor –Briefing Notes in Economics, School <strong>of</strong>Business, Richmond – The AmericanInternational University in London,Queens Road, Richmond, Surrey TW106JP, UK. Fax: 44-20-8332 3050.Alternatively, please send an e-mail to:bne@richmond.ac.ukA message for our print copyreaders…Sign up for our Electronic Alerts inorder to:* Learn <strong>of</strong> forthcoming conferences,* Receive e-mail announcing newresearch published on our web-site,* Link to the latest BNE papersdirectly from the e-mail you receive,* Access the published papers severalweeks before the print copy is ready.Subscribing is easy … just send ablank e-mail to the following addressbne@richmond.ac.uk with ‘subscribebne’ in the subject line.
Briefing Notes in Economics – Issue No. 58, September/October 2003 Jong-Hwan Yi 11Useful web-sites:http://www.ids.ac.ukhttp://www.sosig.ac.ukhttp://www.census.gov//…http://www.internationaleconomics.net/http://www.gametheory.net/news/Call for Papers - BNEhttp://www.richmond.ac.uk/bne/The BNE is always keen to hear fromprospective authors willing to write ashort, self-contained, and preferablyapplied, piece for publication as afuture issue. The series prides itself ongiving the well-motivated author arapid decision on his submission. TheBriefing Notes in Economics attractshigh quality contributions from authorsaround the world. This widelycirculated research bulletin assures itsauthors a broad-based and influentialreadership. The Briefing Notes inEconomics is indexed with the Journal<strong>of</strong> Economic <strong>Literature</strong>.The following represents a sample <strong>of</strong>what has been published in previousissues. Those titles with an integralsign (∫) can be downloaded from theBNE web-site:Hans Singer: ‘The Bretton WoodsInstitutions and the UN’.James Gapinski: ‘ExpectationAdjustment Time’.William Boyes and Michael Marlow:‘Smoking Bans and the CoaseTheorem’.∫ Andrew Henley: ‘What is the Role <strong>of</strong>Business Ethics in a CompetitiveEconomy?’∫ Yasuji Otsuka and Bradley M.Braun: ‘The regulation <strong>of</strong> cable TV: areview <strong>of</strong> the 1985-95 U.S.experience’.∫ Amitrajeet A. Batabyal: ‘TheEconomics <strong>of</strong> Land Use, WildernessDesignation, and Resource Regulationin the American West’.∫ Roger Clarke: ‘Buyer Power andCompetition in Food Retailing in theUK’.∫ Mehmet Odekon: ‘FinancialLiberalization and Investment inTurkey’.∫ Stefania Scandizzo: ‘InternationalTrade and the Labelling <strong>of</strong> GeneticallyModifiedOrganisms’.∫ William R. DiPietro: ‘NationalCorruption and the Size <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Public</strong>Sector’.∫ Gert-Jan Hospers: ‘FromSchumpeter to the Economics <strong>of</strong>Innovation’.∫ P. Kapopoulos, P. Papadimitriouand F. Siokis: ‘Identification problemson the causal relationship betweenminimum wage and employment?’Sample <strong>of</strong> book reviews publishedsince November 1999. Most <strong>of</strong> theseare available on the BNE web-site: