New Acquisitions (Periodicals) – July 2015

 

 

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Applied.ai

Vol.7, No. 2 – April 2015

Contents:

  • Improving College Access and Success for Low-Income Students: Evidence from a Large Need-Based Grant Program / by Gabrielle Fack and Julien Grenet (pp. 1-34)
  • Should Cash Transfers Be Conditional? Conditionality, Preventive Care, and Health Outcomes / by Orazio. P. Attanazio, Veruska Oppedisano, and Marcos Vera-Hernández (pp. 35- 52)
  • One Laptop per Child at Home: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru / by Diether W. Beuermann, Julian Cristia, Santiago Cueto, Ofer Malamud, and Yyannu Cruz-Aguayo (pp. 53-80)
  • Social Networks and the Decision to Insure  / by Jing Cai, Alain De Janvry, and Elizabeth Sadoulet (pp. 81-108)
  • Regulatory Redistribution in the Market for Health Insurance / by Jeffrey Clemens (pp. 1090134)
  • Do Opposites Detract? Intrahousehold Preference Heterogeneity and Inefficient Strategic Savings / by Simone Schaner (pp. 135-174)
  • Legal Status and the Criminal Activity of Immigrants / by Giovanni Mastrobuoni and Paolo Pinotti (pp. 175-206)
  • Channeling Remittances to Education: A Field Experiment among Migrants from El Salvador / by Kate Ambler, Diego Aycinena, and Dean Yang (pp. 207-232)
  • Labor Market Effects of Social Programs: Evidence from India’s Employment Guarantee / by Clement Imbert and John Papp (pp. 233-263)
  • The Role of Connections in Academic Promotions / by Natalia Zinovyeva and Manuel Bagues (pp. 264-292)

 

 

 

 

American Economic Journal : Macroeconomics

(contents can be viewed and downloaded online)

Vol. 7, No. 2 – April 2015

Contents:

  • Sharing High Growth across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China / by Zheng Song, Kjetil Storesletten, Yikai Wang, and Fabrizio Zilibotti (pp. 1-39)
  • Welfare Cost of Business Cycles with idiosyncratic Consumption Risk and a Preference for Robustness / by Martin Ellison and Thomas J. Sargent (pp. 40-57)
  • Demographic Patterns and Household Saving in China / by Chadwick C. Curtis, Steven lugauer, and Nelson C. Mark (pp. 58-94)
  • Consumption Volatility, Marketization, and Expenditure in an Emerging Market Economy / by Daniel L. Hicks (pp. 95-123)
  • Optimal Labor-Market Policy in Recessions / by Philip Jung and Keith Kuester (pp. 124-156)
  • Understanding Markups in the Open Economy / by Beatriz de Blas and Katheryn N. Russ (pp. 157-180)
  • Measured Aggregate Gains from International Trade / by Ariel Burstein and Javier Cravino (pp. 181-218)
  • Optimal Mirrleesean Tazation in a Ben-Porath Economy / by Marek Kapička (pp. 219-248)
  • Unemployment Insurance Fraud and Optimal Monitoring / by David L. Fuller, B. Ravikumar, and Yuzhe Zhang (pp. 249-290)

 

 

 

Asian Economic Journal

SCX-4600_20151112_09105203

 

Vol. 29, No. 2 – June 2015

Contents:

  • New Industry-level Analysis on Value Chains and Competitiveness in Asia and Europe: Introduction / by Kiyotaka Sato and Robert Stehrer (pp. 93-98)
  • Global Value Chains: A View from the Euro Area / by João Amador, Rita Cappariello and Robert Stehrer (pp.99-120)
  • Global Value Chains of East Asia: Trade in Value Added and Vertical Specialization / by Taehyun Kwon and Jai-Won Ryou (pp. 121-144)
  • Offshoring, Inshoring and Labor Market Volatility / by Neil Foster-McGregor and Johannes Pöschl (pp. 145-164)
  • Summary Measure for Price and Non-price Competitiveness for ASEAN+3 / by Konstantīns Beņkovskis and Julia Wörz (pp. 165-180)
  • Industry-Level Competitiveness, Productivity and Effective Exchange Rates in East Asia/ by Keiko Ito and Junko Shimizu (pp. 181-214)

 

 

 

 

Cambridge Journal of Economics

SCX-4600_20151112_09020705

Vol. 39, No. 3 – May 2015

Contents:

  • Developing an understanding of meaningful work in economics: the case for a heterodox economies of work / by David A. Spencer (pp.675-688)
  • Unpaid work and conformity: why care? / by Marina Della (pp. 689-710)
  • New Labour and work-time regulation: a Marxian analysis of the UK economy / by Bruce Philp, Gary Slater, and Daniel Wheatley (pp. 711-732)
  • The employment relationship in an (almost) structureless labour market: the case of domestic work / by Fátima Suleman (pp. 733-750)
  • Interlinkages between credit, debt and the labour market: evidence from Turkey / by Elif Karacimen (pp. 751-767)
  • Convergence of monetary equivalent of labour times (MELTs) in two Marxian interpretations / by Umit Akinci and Yigit Karahanogullari (pp. 769-781)
  • Visible seeds of socialism and metamorphoses of capitalism: socialism after Rosdolsky / by Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque (pp. 783-805)
  • Early classics and Quesnay after Sraffa: a suggested interpretation / by Jean Cartelier (pp. 807-824)
  • The new Keynesian view of aggregate demand: some reflections from a classical-Sraffian standpoint / by Graham White (pp. 825-842)
  • What’s in a name? Tony Lawson on neoclassical economics and heterodox economics / by Jamie Morgan (pp. 843-865)

Financialisation, income distribution and crisis

  • Financialisation, income distribution and the crisis / by Dany Lang (pp. 867 – 870)
  • The demands of finance and the glass ceiling of profit without investment / by Laurent Cordonnier and Franck Van de Velde (pp. 871-885)
  • Unemployment, working time and financialisation: the French case / by Michel Husson (pp. 887-905)
  • Finance-dominated capitalism and re-distribution of income: a Kaleckian perspective / by Eckhard Hein (pp. 907-934)
  • Rising inequality as a cause of the present crisis / by Engelbert Stockhammer (pp. 935-958)
  • Europe’s Hunger Games: Income Distribution, Cost Competitiveness and Crisis / by Servaas Storm and C.W.M. Naastepad (pp. 959-986)

 

 

 

 

Econometrica

Journal of the Econometric Society

SCX-4600_20151125_15024304

Vol. 83, No. 3 – May 2015

Contents:

  • Investment and Competitive Matching / by Georg Nöldeke and Larry Samuelson (pp. 835-896)
  • Large Matching Markets as Two-Sided Demand Systems / by Konrad Menzel (pp. 897-941)
  • Tenable Strategy Blocks and Settled Equilibria / by Roger Myerson and Jörgen Weibull (pp. 943-976)
  • The Farsighted Stable Set / by Debraj Ray and Rajiv Vohra (pp. 977-1011)
  • Sieve Wald and QLR Inferences on Semi/Nonparametric Conditional Moment Models / by Xiaohong Chen and Demian Pouzo (pp. 1013-1079)
  • Parametric Inference and Dynamic State Recovery From Option Panels / by Torben G. Andersen, Nicola Fusari and Victor Todorov (pp. 1081-1145)

Notes and Comments

  • Grouped Patterns of Heterogeneity in Panel Data / by Stéphane Bonhomme and Elena Manresa (pp. 1147-1184)
  • Identification of Nonseparable Models Using Instruments With Small Support / by Alexander Torgovitsky (pp. 1185-1197)
  • Identification of Nonseparable Triangular Models With Discrete Instruments / by Xavier D’Haultfœuille and Philippe Février (pp. 1199-1210)
  • The Economics of Counterfeiting / by Elena Quercioli and Lones Smith (pp. 1211-1236)
  • Corrigendum to “Discounted Stochastic Game With No Stationary Nash Equilibrium: Two Examples” / by Yehuda John Levy and Andrew McLennan (pp. 1237-1252)

 

 

 

 

Health Affairs

SCX-4600_20151125_14583001

Vol. 34, No. 5 – May 2015

Contents:

  • The Many Dimensions Of The Affordable Care Act / by Alan R. Weil
  • Among The Elderly, Many Mental Illnesses Go Undiagnosed / by Jonathan S. Bor 
  • An Early Look At SHOP Marketplaces: Low Premiums, Adequate Plan Choice In Many, But Not All, States / by Jon R. Gabel, Sam T. Stromberg, Matthew Green, Amy Lischko, and Heidi Whitmore 

read more
 

Health Policy and Planning

The journal on health policy and systems research

health policy and planning

Vol. 30, No. 3 – April 2015

Contents:

  • An analysis of government immunization program expenditures in lower and lower middle income countries 2006–12 / by A A Nader, C de Quadros, C Politi and M McQuestion (pp. 281-288)
  • Vacant hospitals and under-employed nurses: a qualitative study of the nursing workforce management situation in Nepal / by R Adhikari (pp. 289-297)
  • Drivers of routine immunization coverage improvement in Africa: findings from district-level case studies / by A LaFond, N Kanagat, R Steinglass, R Fields, J Sequeira and S Mookherji (pp. 298-308)
  • Contextual factors as a key to understanding the heterogeneity of effects of a maternal health policy in Burkina Faso? / by L Belaid and V Ridde (pp. 309-321)
  • Survey using incognito standardized patients shows poor quality care in China’s rural clinics / by S Sylvia, Y Shi, H Xue, X Tian, H Wang, Q Liu, A Medina and S Rozelle (pp. 322-333)
  • Tackling the tensions in evaluating capacity strengthening for health research in lowand middle-income countries / by I Bates, A Boyd, G Aslanyan and D C Cole (pp. 334-344)
  • Priority setting in HIV/AIDS control in West Java Indonesia: an evaluation based on the accountability for reasonableness framework / by N Tromp, R Prawiranegara, H Subhan Riparev, A Siregar, D Sunjaya and R Baltussen (pp.345-355)
  • Does human resource management improve family planning service quality? Analysis from the Kenya Service Provision Assessment 2010 / by N Thatte and Y Choi (pp. 356-367)

Reviews:

  • Communicable disease control programmes and health systems: an analytical approach to sustainability / by A Shigayeva and R J Coker (pp. 368-385)
  • Setting healthcare priorities in hospitals: a review of empirical studies / by E W Barasa, S Molyneux, M English and S Cleary (pp. 386-397)
  • Price subsidies increase the use of private sector ACTs: evidence from a systematic review / by A Morris, A Ward, B Moonen, O Sabot and J M Cohen (pp. 397-405)

 

Vol. 30, No. 4 – May 2015

Contents:

  • Intersectional inequalities in immunization in India, 1992–93 to 2005–06: a progress assessment / by William Joe (pp. 407-422)
  • Curing over-use by prescribing fees: an evaluation of the effect of user fees’ implementation on healthcare use in the Czech Republic / by Lucie Kalousva (pp. 423-431)
  • Removing user fees for facility-based delivery services: a difference-in-differences evaluation from ten sub-Saharan African countries / by Britt McKinnon, Sam Harper, Jay S Kaufman, and Yves Bergevin (pp. 432-441)
  • The ‘global interconnectedness’ of dentist migration: a qualitative study of the life-stories of international dental graduates in Australia / by Madhan Balasubramanian, David S. Brennan, A. John Spencer, and Stephanie D. Short (pp. 442-450)
  • Community case management of malaria: exploring support, capacity and motivation of community medicine distributors in Uganda / by Kristin Banek, Joaniter Nankabirwa, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Deborah DiLiberto, Lilian Taaka, Clare I R Chandler, and Sarah G Staedke (pp. 451-461)
  • Strengthening the implementation of Health in All Policies: a methodology for realist explanatory case studies / by Ketan Shankardass, Emilie Renahy, Carles Muntaner, and Patricia O’Campo (pp. 462-473)
  • The feasibility of multisectoral policy options aimed at reducing trans fats and encouraging its replacement with healthier oils in India / by Shauna M Downs, Anne-Marie Thow, Suparna Ghosh-Jerath, and Stephen R Leeder (pp. 474-484)
  • Understanding the dynamic interactions driving Zambian health centre performance: a case-based health systems analysis / by Stephanie M Topp, Julien M Chipukuma, and Johanna Hanefeld (pp. 485-499)
  • Costs and consequences of abortions to women and their households: a cross-sectional study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso / by Patrick G C Ilboudo, Giulia Greco, Johanne Sundby, and Gaute Torsvik (pp. 500-507)
  • Implementation of patient charges at primary care facilities in Kenya: implications of low adherence to user fee policy for users and facility revenue / by Antony Opwora, Evelyn Waweru, Mitsuru Toda, Abdisalan Noor, Tansy Edwards, Greg Fegan, Sassy Molyneux, and Catherine Goodman (pp. 508-517)

Reviews

  • Health policy evolution in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: context, processes and agency / by Kristina Jönsson, Bounfeng Phoummalaysith, Rolf Wahlström, and Göran Tomson (pp. 518-527)
  • Equity in the allocation of public sector financial resources in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review / by Laura Anselmi, Mylene Lagarde, and Kara Hanson (pp. 528-545)

 

 

 

 

Journal of East Asian Studies

SCX-4600_20151112_08534207

 

Vol. 15, No. 2 – May-August 2015

Contents:

Articles:

  • The 2013 Malaysian Elections: Ethnic Politics or Urban Wave? / by Jason Wei Jian Ng, Gary John Rangel, Santha Vaithilingam, and Subramaniam S. Pillay (pp. 167-198)
  • Interpreting Ethnicity and Urbanization in Malaysia’s 2013 General Election / by Thomas B. Pepinsky (pp. 199-226)
  • Rejoinder: The Authors Respond to “Interpreting Ethnicity and Urbanization in Malaysia’s 2013 General Election” / by Jason Wei Jian Ng, Gary John Rangel, Santha Vaithilingam, and Subramaniam S. Pillay (pp. 227-242)
  • National Interest or Transnational Alliances? Japanese Policy on the Comfort Women Issue / by Yangmo Ku (pp. 243-270)
  • The Impact of the 2008 Labor Contract Law on Labor Disputes in China / by Thomas F. Remington and Xiao Wen Cui (pp. 271-300)

Book Reviews:

  • Linda Benson. China Since 1949, 2nd ed. / reviewed by Bryan Winter (pp. 301-303)
  • Jacques Bertrand. Political Change in Southeast Asia. / reviewed by Kai Ostwald (pp. 303-305)
  • Paul Evans. Engaging China: Myth, Aspiration, and Strategy in Canadian Policy from Trudeau to Harper. / reviewed by Kim Richard Nossal (pp. 306-308)
  • Leta Hong Fincher. Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China. / reviewed by Hang Lin (pp. 308-311)
  • Nicholas R. Lardy. Markets over Mao: The Rise of Private Business in China. / reviewed by Linting Zhang (pp. 311-314)
  • Yuhki Tajima. The Institutional Origins of Communal Violence: Indonesia’s Transition from Authoritarian Rule. / reviewed by Diego Fossati (pp. 314-317)

 

 

 

Journal of International Economic Studies

Image (65)

No. 29 – March 2015

Contents:

Special Issue: Agri-Environmental Policy in Korea and Japan

  • An Evaluation of the Environmentally Friendly Direct Payment Program in Korea / by Chang-Gil Kim and Song Soo Lim (pp. 3-22)
  • Agri-environmental Policies of Japan and Shiga Prefecture / by Eiichiro Nishizawa (pp. 23-34)
  • Conservation Agriculture Adoption and Its Impact: Evidence from Shiga Prefecture, Japan / by Takeshi Fujie (pp. 35-48)

Regular Articles

  • Can Higher Inflation Be More Stable ? Evidence from Japan and the US / by Georgios Karras (pp. 49-60)
  • Private Capital Flow Shocks and Sub-Saharan African Macroeconomic Performance / by Ibrahim Alley and Iniwasikima Poloamina (pp. 61-84)

SELECTED ICES 2014 International Conference Paper (Asian Economy at the Crossroad: China, India, and ASEAN)

  • Dynamics of the Textiles & Apparel Industries in Southeast Asia – A Preliminary Analysis- / by Hideki Esho (pp. 85-106)

 

 

 

 

Journal of Southeast Asian Economies

SCX-4600_20151125_15015609

Vol. 32, No. 1 – April 2015

Contents:

Country Focus Articles:

  • The Vietnamese Economy: Seven Years After the Global Financial Crisis / by Suiwah Leung (pp. 1-10)
  • Vietnam: The Global Economy and Macroeconomic Outlook / by Sanjay Kalra (pp. 11-25)
  • Why Doesn’t Vietnam Grow Faster? State Fragmentation and the Limits of Vent for Surplus Growth / by Jonathan Pincus (pp. 26-51)
  • Can Vietnam Achieve More Robust Economic Growth? Insights from a Comparative Analysis of Economic Reforms in Vietnam and China / by Vu Minh Khuong (pp. 52-83)
  • Does Exporting Spur Firm Productivity? Evidence from Vietnam / by Thi Thu Tra Pham (pp. 84-105)
  • Vietnam’s Perspective on Regional Economic Integration / by Vo Tri Thanh (pp. 106-124)
  • Lessons for Last Comers from Vietnam’s Transition / by James Riedel (pp. 125-139

Orginal Articles:

  • Assessing the Impact of Deeper Trade Reforms in Vietnam Using a General Equilibrium Framework / by To Minh Thu and Hiro Lee (pp. 140-162)
  • Risk, Uncertainty and Consumption-Smoothing Mechanisms: Evidence from Thai Household Socio-Economic Panel Data / by Aeggarchat Sirisankanan (pp. 163-179)

Book Reviews:

  • ‘Clusters and Economic Growth in Asia’ edited by Soren Eriksson / reviewed by Leo van Grunsven (pp. 180-181)
  • ‘Energy Market Integration in East Asia: Deepening Understanding and Moving Forward’ edited by Yanrui Wu, Fukunari Kimura and Xunpeng Shi / reviewed by Pami Aalto (pp. 181-183)
  • ‘The State and the Advocate: Case Studies on Development Policy in Asia’ edited by Teresita Cruz-del Rosario /reviewed by Yan Zhang (pp. 183-185)
  • ‘Health Insurance Reforms in Asia’ by Sabrina Luk / reviewed by Nopphol Witvorapong (pp. 185-186)
  • ‘Dreaming of Money in Ho Chi Minh City’ by Allison Truitt / reviewed by Benjamin Loh (pp. 186-188)

 

 

 

Quantitative Economics

Journal of the Econometric Society

Vol. 6, No. 1 – March 2015

Contents:

  • Merging simulation and projection approaches to solve high-dimensional problems with an application to a new Keynesian model / by Lilia Maliar and Serguei Maliar (pp. 1–47)
  • Treatment response with social interactions: Partial identification via monotone comparative statics / by Natalia Lazzati (pp. 49–83)
  • A nondegenerate Vuong test / by Xiaoxia Shi (pp. 85–121)
  • Maximum likelihood inference in weakly identified dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models / by Isaiah Andrews and Anna Mikusheva (pp. 123-152)
  • Explaining the size distribution of cities: Extreme economies / by Marcus Berliant and Hiroki Watanabe (pp. 153-187)
  • Time-consistent optimal fiscal policy over the business cycle / by Zhigang Feng (pp. 189-221)
  • Stepping stone and option value in a model of postsecondary education / by Nicholas Trachter (pp. 223-256)

 

 

 

 

Review of World Economics

SCX-4600_20151112_08555309

Vol. 151, No. 2 – May 2015

Contents:

  • Export mode, firm heterogeneity, and source country characteristics / by Ronald B. Davies, Tine Jeppesen (pp. 169-195)
  • Services trade, goods trade and productivity growth: evidence from a population of private sector firms / by Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, Jakob R. Munch, Jan Rose Skaksen (pp. 197-229)
  • Financial constraints and foreign market entries or exits: firm-level evidence from France / by Philippe Askenazy, Aida Caldera, Guillaume Gaulier, and Delphine Irac (pp. 231-253)
  • The effect of communication costs on trade in headquarter services / by Anca D. Cristea (pp. 255-289)
  • US–Canada border effect between 1993 and 2007: smaller, less asymmetrical, and declining / by Hirokazu Ishise, Miwa Matsuo (pp. 291-308)
  • Sanctuary markets and antidumping: an empirical analysis of U.S. exporters / by Michael Moore (pp. 309-328)
  • The effect of economic integration and institutional quality of trade agreements on trade margins: evidence for Latin America / by Luis Marcelo Florensa, Laura Marquez-Ramos, and Maria Luisa Recalde (pp. 329-351)
  • Globalization and social justice in OECD countries / by Björn Kauder, Niklas Potrafke (pp. 353-376)
  • Currency crises and dynamics of real wages / by Sheida Teimouri (pp. 377-403)

 

 

 

 

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

SCX-4600_20151112_09035801

Vol. 130, Issue 2 – May 2015

Contents:

  • Aggregate Deman, Idle Time, and Unemployment / by Pascal Michaillat and Emmanuel Saez (pp. 507-569)
  • Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households / by Marianne Bertrand, Emir Kamenica, and Jessica Pan (pp. 571-614)
  • Does Religion Affect Economic Growth and Happiness? Evidence from Ramadan / by Felipe Campante and David Yanagizawa-Drott (pp. 615-658)
  • Comparative Advantage and Optimal Trade Policy / by Arnaud Costinot, Dave Donaldson, Jonathan Vogel, and Ivan Werning (pp. 659-702)
  • Education and Human Capital Externalities: Evidence from Colonial Berlin / by Leonard Wantchekon, Marko Klašnja, and Natalija Novta (pp. 703-757)
  • Juvenile Incarceration, Human Capital, and Future Crime: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges / by Anna Aizer and Joseph J. Doyle, Jr. (pp. 759-803)
  • The Value of Hiring through Employee Referrals / by Stephen V. Burks, Bo Cowgill, Mitchell Hoffman, and Michael Housman (pp. 805-839)
  • The Response of Drug Expenditure to Nonlinear Contract Design: Evidence fro Medicare Part D / by Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, and Paul Schrimpf (pp. 841-899)
  • Spending-Biased Legislators: Discipline Through Disagreement / by Facundo Piguillem and ALessandro Riboni (pp. 901-949)
  • Experimentation in Federal Systems / by Steven Callander and Bård Harstad (pp. 951-1002)
  • Erratum (pp. 1003)

 

 

 

 

Theoretical Economics

Journal of the Econometric Society

SCX-4600_20151112_08585008

 

Vol. 10, No. 2 – May 2015

Contents:

  • Majority runoff elections: Strategic voting and Duverger’s hypothesis / by Laurent Bouton and Gabriele Gratton (pp. 283–314)
  • Social activity and network formation / by Oliver Baetz (pp. 315–340)
  • Transparency and price formation / by Ayça Kaya and Qingmin Liu (pp. 341-383)
  • Serial dictatorship: The unique optimal allocation rule when information is endogenous / by Sophie Bade (pp. 385–410)
  • Merging with a set of probability measures: A characterization / by Yuichi Noguchi (pp. 411–444)
  • Strategy-proofness and efficiency with non-quasi-linear preferences: A characterization of minimum price Walrasian rule / by Shuhei Morimoto and Shigehiro Serizawa (pp. 445–487)
  • Hidden actions and preferences for timing of resolution of uncertainty / by Haluk Ergin and Todd Sarver (pp. 489–541)
  • A theory of school-choice lotteries / by Onur Kesten and M. Utku Ünver (pp. 543–595)
  • Price discrimination through communication / by Itai Sher and Rakesh Vohra (pp. 597–648)
  • Communication and influence / by Antoni Calvó-Armengol, Joan de Martí and Andrea Prat (pp. 649–690)