TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 35, Issue 4 (Fall 2009)

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Articles

How Do Students at Median Graduate Economic Programs Differ from Students at Top-ranked Programs?

David Colander, Tiziana Dominguez, Gail Hoyt and KimMarie McGoldrick

Eastern Econ J 35: 423-432; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.46

A Study of High School Economic Literacy in Orange County, California

Chiara Gratton-Lavoie and Andrew Gill

Eastern Econ J 35: 433-451; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.25

Public Spending, Market Imperfections, and Unemployment

Donatella Gatti

Eastern Econ J 35: 452-461; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.44

A Decomposition of Factors Influencing Horizontal and Vertical FDI: A Separate Analysis

Kazuhiko Yokota and Akinori Tomohara

Eastern Econ J 35: 462-478; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.45

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Symposium on Mega-Events

Introduction to the Symposium on Mega Events

Victor A Matheson

Eastern Econ J 35: 479-480; doi:10.1057/eej.2009.26

Public Sector Support for Special Events

Larry Dwyer and Peter Forsyth

Eastern Econ J 35: 481-499; doi:10.1057/eej.2009.31

Economic impacts of the FIFA Soccer World Cups in France 1998, Germany 2006, and outlook for South Africa 2010

Swantje Allmers and Wolfgang Maennig

Eastern Econ J 35: 500-519; doi:10.1057/eej.2009.30

Rejecting "Conventional" Wisdom: Estimating the Economic Impact of National Political Conventions

Robert A Baade, Robert Baumann and Victor A Matheson

Eastern Econ J 35: 520-530; doi:10.1057/eej.2009.25

The Impact of College Football Games on Local Sales Tax Revenue: Evidence from Four Cities in Texas

Dennis Coates and Craig A Depken II

Eastern Econ J 35: 531-547; doi:10.1057/eej.2009.29

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Book Reviews

Banking on Global Markets, Deutsche Bank and the US — 1870 to the Present

Mark S LeClair

Eastern Econ J 35: 548-549; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.57

Future Directions for Heterodox Economics, edited by John T. Harvey and Robert F. Garnett

Pierre Lacour

Eastern Econ J 35: 550-551; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.58

Queer Economics: A Reader, edited by Joyce Jacobsen and Adam Zeller

Lisa Giddings

Eastern Econ J 35: 551-555; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.59

Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and Application, edited by Jon D. Erickson and John M. Gowdy

Michael J Radzicki

Eastern Econ J 35: 555-560; doi:10.1057/eej.2008.60