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International Economics

Public Debt, Fiscal Solvency, and Macroeconomic Uncertainty in Latin America: The Cases of Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico
Author(s):   Enrique G. Mendoza, P. Marcelo Oviedo
Economia Mexicana, Forthcoming
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Asset Prices and Twin Crises
Author(s):   Rajesh Singh
Journal of International Money and Finance, Forthcoming
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Optimal Choice of Monetary Policy Instruments in a Small Open Economy
Author(s):   Rajesh Singh, Chetan Subramanian
Canadian Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
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Temporary Stabilizations, Sudden Stops and Asset Prices
Author(s):   Rajesh Singh, Chetan Subramanian
Review of Development Economics, Forthcoming
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Biofuels Policies and Welfare: Is the Stick of Mandates Better than the Carrot of Subsidies?
Author(s):   Harvey E. Lapan, GianCarlo Moschini
ISU Economics Working Paper #09010, June 9, 2009
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Heterogeneity of Southern Countries and Southern Intellectual Property Rights Policy
Author(s):   Harvey E. Lapan, Jeong-Eon Kim
Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 41, No.3, pp. 894-925, August, 2008
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Nontariff Barriers
Author(s):   John C. Beghin
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, Palgrave Macmillan LTD, No.2d Edition, pp. 126-129, May, 2008
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Strategic environmental policy under free trade with transboundary pollution
Author(s):   Shiva Sikdar, Harvey E. Lapan
ISU Economics Working Paper #08017, May 1, 2008
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Temporary Stabilization with Capital Controls
Author(s):   Rajesh Singh, Chetan Subramanian
Economic Theory, Vol. 34, No.3, pp. 545-574, March, 2008
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Welfare Impacts of Cross-Country Spillovers in Agricultural Research
Author(s):   Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 90, No.1, pp. 197-215, February, 2008
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Optimal Banking Sector Recapitalization
Author(s):   P. Marcelo Oviedo, Shiva Sikdar
ISU Economics Working Paper #08002, January 4, 2008
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Recent Trade Shifts in the Des Moines / West Des Moines Metropolitan Region
Author(s):   Liesl Eathington, David A. Swenson
ECON Staff Report, May 1, 2007
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Segmented Asset Markets and Optimal Exchange Rate Regimes
Author(s):   Rajesh Singh, Amartya Lahiri, Carlos A Vegh
Journal of International Economics, Vol. 72, No.1, pp. 1-21, May, 2007
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To Outsource or Not to Outsource in an Integrated World.
Author(s):   E. Kwan Choi
International Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 16, pp. 521-27, 2007
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Sustainable Fiscal Policy with Rising Public Debt-to-GDP Ratios
Author(s):   P. Marcelo Oviedo
ISU Economics Working Paper #06040, November 27, 2006
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Evolving Dairy Markets in Asia: Demand Growth, Supply Adjustments, and Policy”
Author(s):   John C. Beghin
A special issue of Food Policy, Elsevier, Exeter, Devon EX1 2AH United Kingdom, No.31(3) , pp. 195-274, June, 2006
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Groundnut Trade Liberalization: Could the South Help the South?
Author(s):   John C. Beghin, Ndiame Diop, Holger Matthey
World Development, Vol. 34, No.6, pp. 1016-1036, June, 2006
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Dairy Food Consumption, Production, and Policy in Japan
Author(s):   Isabelle Schluep Campo, John C. Beghin
Food Policy, Vol. 31, No.3, pp. 228-237, 2006
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U.S. Proposal for WTO Agriculture Negotiations: Its Impact on U.S. and World Agriculture
Author(s):   Jacinto F. Fabiosa, John C. Beghin, Fengxia Dong, Amani Elobeid, Frank H. Fuller, Chad E. Hart, Holger Matthey, Simla Tokgoz, Tun-Hsiang Yu, U Missouri Columbia FAPRI, Eric Wailes
Agricultural Subsidies, ICFAI University Press, Bangalore, India, 2006
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Evolving Dairy Markets in Asia: Recent Findings and Implications
Author(s):   John C. Beghin
Food Policy, Vol. 31, No.3, pp. 195-200, 2006
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Handbook of International Trade: Economic and Legal Analysis of Trade Policy and Institutions, Volume 2
Author(s):   E. Kwan Choi
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom, December, 2005
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Mixed Markets with Counterfeit Producers
Author(s):   E. Kwan Choi
Handbook of International Trade: Economic and Legal Analysis of Trade Policy and Institutions, Volume 2, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 427-458, December, 2005
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Economics of Domestic Cultural Content Protection in Broadcasting, The
Author(s):   Mukhtar Bekkali, John C. Beghin
ISU Economics Working Paper #05033, November 17, 2005 (revised, September 2006.)
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Powerful Trend Function Tests That are Robust to Strong Serial Correlation with an Application to the Prebisch-Singer Hypothesis
Author(s):   Helle Bunzel, Timothy J. Vogelsang
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Vol. 23, No.4, pp. 381-394, October, 2005
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Competition of Multinationals from Different Cultural Backgrounds: Does Familiarity Breed Contempt?
Author(s):   Chul-Woo Kwon, Harvey E. Lapan
ISU Economics Working Paper #05019, May 24, 2005
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World Interest Rate, Business Cycles, and Financial Intermediation in Small Open Economies
Author(s):   P. Marcelo Oviedo
ISU Economics Working Paper #05018, May 17, 2005
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Tariffs, Quotas and Forward Contracts under Asymmetric Information
Author(s):   Tigran Melkonyan, Harvey E. Lapan
Review of International Economics, Vol. 13, No.2, pp. 311-29, May, 2005
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Welfare Effects of Intellectual Property Rights Under Asymmetric Spillovers
Author(s):   Jeong Eon Kim, Harvey E. Lapan
ISU Economics Working Paper #04026, October 23, 2004
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Trade and Welfare Under Alternative Exchange Rate Regimes
Author(s):   Rajesh Singh
ISU Economics Working Paper #04008, February 26, 2004
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The Non-Equivalence of Import and Export Quotas”
Author(s):   Harvey Lapan, Jean-Philippe Gervais
Review of International Economics, Vol. 12, No.1, pp. 130-37, February, 2004
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Aid allocation and the transfer paradox in a small country
Author(s):   E Kwan Choi
International Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 13, pp. 245-51, 2004
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Price commitment vs. flexibility: The role of exchange rate uncertainty and its implications for exchange rate pass-through
Author(s):   Byoung-Ky Chang, Harvey Lapan
Review of International Economics, Vol. 11, No.4, pp. 679-711, September, 2003
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Protection and Comparative Advantage of Chinese Agriculture: Implications for Regional and National Specialization
Author(s):   Cheng Fang, John C. Beghin
Agricultural Trade Policy in China: Issues, Analysis and Implications, Ashgate Press, Burlington, VT, pp. 155-83, August, 2003
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Implications of Many Industries in the Heckscher-Ohlin Model
Author(s):   E Kwan Choi
Handbook of International Trade, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 32-59, 2003
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Handbook of International Trade
Author(s):   E Kwan Choi, James Harrigan
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 435, 2003
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How Will Agricultural Trade Reforms in High-income Countries Affect the Trading Relationships of Developing Countries?
Author(s):   John C. Beghin, David Roland-Holst, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
Agriculture, Trade, and Poverty: Making Policy Analysis Count, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, pp. 39-57, 2003
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Trade Policy under Asymmetric Information
Author(s):   Harvey E. Lapan, Tigran Melkonyan
ISU Economics Working Paper #02007, September 19, 2002
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International Charity: For the Poor?
Author(s):   M. Kilkenny, M. Calmette
Economic Inquiry, Vol. 40, No.3, pp. 497-507, July, 2002
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Time Consistent Export Quotas in an Oligopolistic World Market
Author(s):   Jean-Philippe Gervais, Harvey Lapan
Journal of International Economics, Vol. 56, No.2, pp. 445-463, March, 2002
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Optimal Production Tax and Quota under Time Consistent Trade Policies
Author(s):   Jean-Philippe Gervais, Harvey Lapan
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 83, No.4, pp. 921-933, November, 2001
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The Economic, Financial, and Political Environment in Argentina, Argentina Report 1
Author(s):   Sanjeev Agarwal
MATRIC Research Paper #00-MRP 1, August 2000
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Strategic Foreign Direct Investment and Exchange Rate Uncertainty
Author(s):   Hongmo Sung, Harvey Lapan
International Economic Review, Vol. 41, No.2, pp. 411-423, May, 2000
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Roundup Ready Soybeans and Welfare Effects in the Soybean Complex
Author(s):   Giancarlo Moschini, Harvey Lapan, Andrei Sobolevsky
Agribusiness, Vol. 16, No.1, pp. 33-55, F14, Winter, 2000
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Dairy Policies and Trade: Implications for the Next WTO Negotiations.
Author(s):   John C. Beghin, Daniel A. Sumner
A special issue of the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, No.volume 47(5), pp. 202, December, 1999
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Trade Integration, Environmental Degradation, and Public Health in Chile: Assessing the Linkages
Author(s):  John Beghin, Brad Bowland, Sebastian Dessus, David Roland-Holst, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe
CARD Working Paper #NDN0007, February 1999
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Dairy Policy and Trade: Context and Summary
Author(s):   John C. Beghin, Daniel A. Sumner
Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 47, No.5, pp. 1-3, 1999
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Economic Reform and Inequality: Evidence from Lithuania
Author(s):  Ferdaus Hossain, Helen H. Jensen
Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 6, pp. 491-495, 1999
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The Uncertain Benefits of Environmental Reform in Open Economies
Author(s):  Larry Karp, Jinhua Zhao, Sandeep Sacheti
ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0009, August 29, 1999
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Environmental Regulation and Competitiveness in the Hog Industry
Author(s):  John Beghin, Mark Metcalfe
ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0011, August 1, 1998
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Piecemeal Reform of Trade and Environmental Policy When Cosumption Also Pollutes
Author(s):  Mark R. Metcalfe, John C. Beghin
ISU Economics Working Paper #NDN0013, January 1, 1998
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Stochastic Trade Policy with Asset Markets: The Role of Tariff Structure
Author(s):   Mahua Barari, Harvey E. Lapan
Journal of International Economics, Vol. 35, No.3-4, pp. 317-333, November, 1993
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