Economic Inquiry

I. INTRODUCTION In recent decades, the rise in international competition has led many U.S. firms to seek protection from foreign imports. Particularly noteworthy in the 1980s was the increased use of the U.S. "unfair" trade laws. Two popular trade statutes,...

I. INTRODUCTION In a report on research in progress issued more than a quarter-century ago and again in a recent article consisting largely of excerpts from the earlier report, Milton Friedman [1969a; 1993] calls into question an entire class of business...

I. INTRODUCTION Do politicians manipulate the instruments of macroeconomic policy to improve their electoral prospects or in response to the preferences of their own party? These questions are addressed, but not yet resolved, by the literature on political...

I. INTRODUCTION The adverse consequences of maternal drug use on birth outcomes is a serious public health issue. Clinical data have clearly established that use of illicit drugs during pregnancy is significantly correlated with the incidence of low...

I. INTRODUCTION Smock [1968], Kain [1968], and Leonard [1987] have shown that the share of jobs held by blacks is smaller in the suburbs in comparison to the central city. Little is known concerning the factors accounting for this skewness in the spatial...

I. INTRODUCTION Wage differentials and occupational segregation have been intensively studied and well documented in the economic literature. Empirical analyses have demonstrated differences by gender and ethnicity and theoretical studies have attempted...