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Symposium on Economic Transition in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

[Symposium: Economic Transition in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe]

By Peter Murrell

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Fall 1991

This symposium examines the economic problems facing the reforming countries of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the interrelationships between these problems, and current knowledge on how to deal with them. The word "reform" is surely a misnomer for ...

Policy Watch: Antitrust Goes to College

By Steven C. Salop and Lawrence J. White

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 1991

It may have come as a shock to many economists, especially those in academia, to learn that the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been investigating alleged price fixing and information exchange of financial aid among 23 prest...

Vertical Relationships and Competition in Retail Gasoline Markets: Empirical Evidence from Contract Changes in Southern California: Comment

By Christopher T. Taylor, Nicholas M. Kreisle, and Paul R. Zimmerman

American Economic Review, June 2010

In a paper in the March 2004 AER, Justine Hastings concludes that the acquisition of an independent gasoline retailer, Thrifty, by a vertically integrated firm, ARCO, is associated with sizable price increases at competing stations. To better understand t...

The Bootstrap and Multiple Imputations: Harnessing Increased Computing Power for Improved Statistical Tests

[Symposium: Econometric Tools]

By David Brownstone and Robert Valletta

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Fall 2001

The bootstrap and multiple imputations are two techniques that can enhance the accuracy of estimated confidence bands and critical values. Although they are computationally intensive, relying on repeated sampling from empirical data sets and associated es...

Who Is a Member of the AEA?

By John J. Siegfried

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Spring 1998

The appointment of a new Secretary of the American Economic Association provides an opportunity for assessing the Association's membership trends and 'market coverage.' Toward these ends, the author has assembled information about trends in both aggregate...

Who Gets on the AEA Program?

By C. Elton Hinshaw and John J. Siegfried

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 1995

The dominance of the AEA program by leading research universities declined substantially over the past four decades, but they have maintained their share of papers published in the Papers and Proceedings issue of the Americn Economic Review. Their share o...