TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 34, Issue 3 (Summer 2008)

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Presidential Address

The Relationship Between Health and Schooling

Michael Grossman

Eastern Econ J 34: 281-292; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.13

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Articles

Tinbergen Rules the Taylor Rule

Thomas R Michl

Eastern Econ J 34: 293-309; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050037

Anticipated vs Realized Benefits: Can Event Studies be used to Predict the Impact of New Regulations

Kara M Reynolds

Eastern Econ J 34: 310-324; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050036

Gender Preference and Equilibrium in the Imperfectly Competitive Market for Physician Services

Jessica Wolpaw Reyes

Eastern Econ J 34: 325-346; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050033

Ranking of Institutions in Economic Research: a Threshold Citation Approach

Kam C Chan and Kartono Liano

Eastern Econ J 34: 347-363; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050035

Do Spa Visits Improve Health: Evidence From German Micro Data

Jonathan Klick and Thomas Stratmann

Eastern Econ J 34: 364-374; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050038

To the Slimmer Go the Spoils: Heterogeneous Responses to Bodyweight Incentives in Olympic Weightlifting Tournaments

Andrew W Nutting

Eastern Econ J 34: 375-389; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050039

Atheoretical and Theory-Based Approaches to the Natural Equilibrium Real Interest Rate

Philip Arestis and Georgios E Chortareas

Eastern Econ J 34: 390-405; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050040

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Book Reviews

Targeting in Social Programs: Avoiding Bad Bets, Removing Bad Apples, by Peter H. Schuck and Richard Zeckhauser

Amy Diduch

Eastern Econ J 34: 406-408; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050027

The Evolutionary Foundations of Economics, by Kurt Dopfer

William T Ganley

Eastern Econ J 34: 408-410; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050028

African Americans in the US Economy, by Cecilia A. Conrad, John Whitehead, Patrick Mason and James Stewart

Robin L Bartlett and Lariece M Brown

Eastern Econ J 34: 410-412; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050048

Institutions, Globalisation and Empowerment, by Kartik C. Roy and Jörn Sideras

Esteban Pérez Caldentey

Eastern Econ J 34: 412-414; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050047

Reintroducing Macroeconomics: A Critical Approach, by Steven M. Cohn and M.E. Sharpe

K Brad Stamm

Eastern Econ J 34: 415-416; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050049

Stochastic Models of Decision Making in Arranged Marriages, by Amitrajeet A Batabyal

Bryan C McCannon

Eastern Econ J 34: 416-419; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.8

The Economics of Consumer Credit, by Giuseppe Bertola, Richard Disney, and Charles Grant

Jennifer M Shand

Eastern Econ J 34: 419-420; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.4