Most Recent Articles from Contemporary Economic Policy

• Alternative strategies for firms in oppressive and corrupt states: informality or formality via business associations? 

  I. INTRODUCTION Firms in oppressive environments such as those of the transition economies face a variety of problems, including the high cost of...

  10/01/09 by Jeffrey B. Nugent; Grigor Sukiassyan · More from publication

• Wal-Mart and banks: should the twain meet? A principles-based approach to the issues of the separation of banking and commerce 

  I. INTRODUCTION The application by Wal-Mart in July 2005 to obtain a Utah charter and federal deposit insurance for a specialized bank (an...

  10/01/09 by Lawrence J. White · More from publication

• Wal-Mart, leisure, and culture 

  I. INTRODUCTION Do Wal-Mart's "Every Day Low Prices" cause people to ignore T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land in favor of television's "vast wasteland"...

  10/01/09 by Art Carden; Charles Courtemanche · More from publication

• Health care in the United States: why is supply so price insensitive? 

  I. INTRODUCTION A. Health-Care Industry in the United States: A Puzzle Health-care expenditure in the United States is the highest among 30...

  10/01/09 by Monica Das; Sandwip K. Das · More from publication

• Racial differences in health-care utilization: analysis by intensity of demand 

  I. INTRODUCTION This article examines how racial differences in medical care utilization vary with respect to intensity of demand. There are many...

  10/01/09 by Xiaoyong Zheng; David M. Zimmer · More from publication

• The rise and impact of nurse practitioners and physician assistants on their own and cross-occupation incomes 

  I. INTRODUCTION A. Motivation Health care is a large, dynamic, and growing segment of the economy. Of its many interesting facets is the fact...

  10/01/09 by John J. Perry · More from publication

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