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Volume 35, Issue 1 (Winter 2009)

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Book Reviews
Financial Statement
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Articles

35th Anniversary Issue of the Eastern Economic Journal

Joyce P Jacobsen and Gilbert L Skillman

Eastern Econ J 35: 1; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.38

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The Economy and the Economics Profession: Both Need Work

Barbara R Bergmann

Eastern Econ J 35: 2-9; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.49

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In Praise of Modern Economics

David Colander

Eastern Econ J 35: 10-13; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.48

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Smart Taxes: An Open Invitation to Join the Pigou Club

N Gregory Mankiw

Eastern Econ J 35: 14-23; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.43

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Gender Pay Gap, Productivity Gap and Discrimination in Canadian Clothing Manufacturing in 1870

Catherine L McDevitt, James R Irwin and Kris Inwood

Eastern Econ J 35: 24-36; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050041

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What Determines Student Evaluation Scores? A Random Effects Analysis of Undergraduate Economics Classes

Michael A McPherson, R Todd Jewell and Myungsup Kim

Eastern Econ J 35: 37-51; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050042

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How Competitive is the US Manufacturing Sector?

Fatma Abdel-Raouf

Eastern Econ J 35: 52-70; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050043

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The Impact of 9/11 on the Persistence of Financial Return Volatility of Marine Firms

Anthony C Homan

Eastern Econ J 35: 71-83; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050044

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Is More Always Better? Empirical Evidence on Optimal Portfolio Size

Alla A Melkumian and Arsen V Melkumian

Eastern Econ J 35: 84-95; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050045

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The Internet's Impact on Competition, Free Riding and The Future of Sales Service in Retail Automobile Markets

Ellen Sewell and Charles Bodkin

Eastern Econ J 35: 96-114; doi:10.1057/palgrave.eej.9050046

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NJ and PA Once Again: What Happened to Employment When the PA–NJ Minimum Wage Differential Disappeared?

Saul D Hoffman and Diane M Trace

Eastern Econ J 35: 115-128; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.1

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Book Reviews

Handbook on the Economics of Happiness, by Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta

Amitava Krishna Dutt

Eastern Econ J 35: 129-131; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.6

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The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform: Theory, Evidence, and Policy

Udaya R Wagle

Eastern Econ J 35: 131-133; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.7

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The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics

Richard V Adkisson

Eastern Econ J 35: 133-135; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.5

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Financial Statement

Financial Statement for the Eastern Economic Association for Fiscal Years 2006–2007 and 2007–2008

Eastern Econ J 35: 136; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.36

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