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Reluctant rural regionalists Pages 67−76 Peter V. Hall, Pamela Stern 9. New cultural economies of marginality: revisiting the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand Pages 77−86 David Conradson, Eric Pawson 10. Changing ecological and cultural states and preferences of nature conservation policy: The case of nature values trade in South−Western Finland Pages 87−97 Riikka Paloniemi, Varho Vilja 11. A play for rurality – Modernization versus local autonomy Pages 98−107 Jørn A. Cruickshank 12. Geographical indications, terroir, and socioeconomic and ecological sustainability: The case of tequila Pages 108−119 Sarah Bowen, Ana Valenzuela Zapata 13. Reframing agrarian citizenship: Land, life and power in Brazil Pages 120−130 Hannah Wittman 14. ‘The status quo is not an option’: Community impacts of school closure in South Taranaki, New Zealand Pages 131−140 Robin A. Kearns, Nicolas Lewis, Tim McCreanor, Karen Witten 15. A conceptual framework for the assessment of multiple functions of agro−ecosystems: A case study of Trás−os−Montes olive groves Pages 141−155 Luuk Fleskens, Filomena Duarte, Irmgard Eicher 16. Revisiting the model of creative destruction: St. Jacobs, Ontario, a decade later Pages 156−167 Clare J.A. Mitchell, Sarah B. de Waal http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/07430167 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:22 +0100 International Review of Economics & Finance Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 1−178 (January 2009) Foreign direct Investment: Greenfield Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures Edited by Sajal Lahiri Special Section 1. Foreign direct investment: An overview of issues Pages 1−2 Sajal Lahiri 2. The choice of market entry mode: Greenfield investment, M&A and joint venture Pages 3−10 Horst Raff, Michael Ryan, Frank Stähler 3. Entry strategies into China: The choice between Joint Ventures and Wholly Foreign−Owned Enterprises: An application to the Italian manufacturing sector Pages 11−19 Maria Elena Bontempi, Giorgio Prodi 4. Location choice, competition, and welfare in non−tradable service FDI Pages 20−25 Hiroshi Kurata, Takao Ohkawa, Makoto Okamura 5. Merger and acquisition FDI, relative wealth and relative access to bank credit: Evidence from a bivariate zero−inflated count model Pages 26−30 Woon−Yee Ho, Peiming Wang, Joseph D. Alba 6. Foreign direct investment, tax competition and social expenditure Pages 31−37 Holger Görg, Hassan Molana, Catia Montagna 7. International joint ventures and tax competition in an integrated market Pages 38−44 Litao Zhong, Sajal Lahiri 8. Multinationals and plant exit: Evidence from Chile Pages 45−51 Roberto Alvarez, Holger Görg 9. The impact of multinational entry on domestic market structure and investment Pages 52−62 Stefanie A. Haller 10. Brotherhood of competition: Foreign Direct Investment and domestic mergers Pages 63−69 Ozgur M. Kayalica, Rafael S. Espinosa−Ramirez Regular Articles 11. Trade theorems in a model of vertical production chain Pages 70−80 Yan Ma 12. What determines the level of IPO gross spreads? Underwriter profits and the cost of going public Pages 81−109 Björn Bartling, Andreas Park 13. A note on the hedging effectiveness of GARCH models Pages 110−112 Donald Lien 14. Capital specificity, imperfect labor mobility and growth in developing economies Pages 113−122 John Gilbert, Reza Oladi 15. Stackelberg financial−leader in insider trading model Pages 123−131 Leonard F.S. Wang, Ya−Chin Wang, Shuang Ren 16. Idiosyncratic risk matters! A regime switching approach Pages 132−141 Timotheos Angelidis, Nikolaos Tessaromatis 17. Re−examining the exchange rate pass−through into import prices using non−linear estimation techniques: Threshold cointegration Pages 142−161 Almukhtar S. Al−Abri, Barry K. Goodwin 18. The effects of abandonment options on operating leverage and investment timing Pages 162−171 Kit Pong Wong Book Reviews 19. A review of capital controls and capital flows in emerging economies: Policies practices and consequences. Edited by: Sebastian Edwards. Pages 172−174 Anella Munro 20. Review on optimization methods in finance by Gerard Cornuejols and Reha Tütücü. Pages 175−176 Yuying Li 21. Review on “Debt Defaults and Lessons from a Decade of Crises” by Federico Sturzenegger and Jeromin Zettelmeyer. Pages 177−178 Guido Sandleris http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10590560 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:22 +0100 The Economic Journal Volume 119, Issue 534, 2009. −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Pages: 1−23 Rational Adversaries? Evidence from Randomised Trials in One Day Cricket* V. Bhaskar Pages: 24−46 Suspense: Dynamic Incentives in Sports Contests* William Chan, Pascal Courty, Li Hao Pages: 47−60 Deception Through Telling the Truth?! Experimental Evidence From Individuals and Teams* Matthias Sutter Pages: 61−90 Evolution, Teamwork and Collective Action: Production Targets in the Private Provision of Public Goods* David P. Myatt, Chris Wallace Pages: 91−122 Talking Ourselves to Efficiency: Coordination in Inter−Generational Minimum Effort Games with Private, Almost Common and Common Knowledge of Advice* Ananish Chaudhuri, Andrew Schotter, Barry Sopher Pages: 123−157 Monetary Policy, Endogenous Inattention and the Volatility Trade−off* William A. Branch, John Carlson, George W. Evans, Bruce McGough Pages: 158−171 Measuring Financial Asset Return and Volatility Spillovers, with Application to Global Equity Markets* Francis X. Diebold, Kamil Yilmaz Pages: 172−199 Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices* Hiau Looi Kee, Alessandro Nicita, Marcelo Olarreaga Pages: 200−228 On−the−Job Search in a Matching Model with Heterogeneous Jobs and Workers* Juan J. Dolado, Marcel Jansen, Juan F. 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Sturm The Response of Household Saving to the Large Shock of German Reunification (pp: 1798− 1828) Nicola Fuchs−Schundeln The Demand for, and Impact of, Learning HIV Status (pp: 1829− 63) Rebecca L. Thornton Does Job Corps Work? Impact Findings from the National Job Corps Study (pp: 1864− 86) Peter Z. Schochet, John Burghardt and Sheena McConnell Consumption Inequality and Partial Insurance (pp: 1887− 1921) Richard Blundell, Luigi Pistaferri and Ian Preston Liquidity and Insurance for the Unemployed (pp: 1922− 42) Robert Shimer and Ivan Werning Zombie Lending and Depressed Restructuring in Japan (pp: 1943− 77) Ricardo J. Caballero, Takeo Hoshi and Anil K. Kashyap Trading Tasks: A Simple Theory of Offshoring (pp: 1978− 97) Gene M. Grossman and Esteban Rossi−Hansberg Pricing−to−Market, Trade Costs, and International Relative Prices (pp: 1998− 2031) Andrew Atkeson and Ariel Burstein Optimal Tariffs and Market Power: The Evidence (pp: 2032− 65) Christian Broda, Nuno Limao and David E. Weinstein Stocks as Lotteries: The Implications of Probability Weighting for Security Prices (pp: 2066− 2100) Nicholas Barberis and Ming Huang Trend Inflation, Indexation, and Inflation Persistence in the New Keynesian Phillips Curve (pp: 2101− 26) Timothy Cogley and Argia M. Sbordone Contextual Inference in Markets: On the Informational Content of Product Lines (pp: 2127− 49) Emir Kamenica Shorter Papers Conversations among Competitors (pp: 2150− 62) Jeremy C. Stein The Effect of Credit Constraints on the College Drop−Out Decision: A Direct Approach Using a New Panel Study (pp: 2163− 84) Ralph Stinebrickner and Todd Stinebrickner On the Salience of Ethnic Conflict (pp: 2185− 2202) Joan Esteban and Debraj Ray How Do Budget Deficits and Economic Growth Affect Reelection Prospects? Evidence from a Large Panel of Countries (pp: 2203− 20) Adi Brender and Allan Drazen Changes in the Consumption, Income, and Well−Being of Single Mother Headed Families (pp: 2221− 41) Bruce D. 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Evidence from Three Million Newborns in Taiwan (pp: 2259− 73) Ming−Jen Lin and Ming−Ching Luoh http://www.aeaweb.org/issue.php?journal=AER&volume=98&issue=5&mode=Single Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:22 +0100 This 2008 edition of OECD's periodic survey of the United States economy examines key economic challenges the US will face in the coming years including the financial crisis and health care reform. http://www.sourceoecd.org/vl=744866/cl=11/nw=1/rpsv/ij/oecdjournals/03766438/v2008n16/s1/p1l Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:22 +0100 Economics of Transition Volume 17, Issue 1, 2009. −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Pages: 1−41 Fostering civil society to build institutionsWhy and when1 Peter Grajzl, Peter Murrell Pages: 43−73 Divestitures, privatization and corporate performance in emerging markets Jan Hanousek, Ev en Ko enda, Jan Svejnar Pages: 75−96 Are property rights enough?Re−evaluating a big−bang claim1 Barbara G. Katz, Joel Owen Pages: 97−119 Regional volatility in emerging countriesThe case of Russia1 Goohoon Kwon, Antonio Spilimbergo Pages: 121−145 The impact of Chinese monetary policy shocks on East and South−East Asia1 Tomasz Koluk, Aaron Mehrotra Pages: 147−173 Women's employment, children and transitionAn empirical analysis for Poland1 Elena Bardasi, Chiara Monfardini Pages: 175−210 Block trades and the benefits of control in Slovenia1 Aleksandra Gregoric, Cristina Vespro Pages: 211−212 Erratum Ricardo Hausmann, Bailey Klinger http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121561243/issue Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:22 +0100 Technological Forecasting and Social Change Volume 76, Issue 1, Pages 1−214 (January 2009) Knowledge Driven Planning Tools for Emerging and Converging Technologies Edited by Tugrul U. Daim, Dundar F. Kocaoglu and Timothy R. Anderson 1. Editorial Board Page IFC 2. Knowledge driven planning tools for emerging and converging technologies Page 1 Tugrul U. Daim, Dundar F. Kocaoglu, Timothy R. Anderson 3. Cross−national and cross−industrial comparison of two strategy approaches for global industrial evolution Pages 2−25 Chia−Han Yang, Joseph Z. Shyu 4. Decision−making for new technology: A multi−actor, multi−objective method Pages 26−38 Scott W. Cunningham, Telli E. van der Lei 5. An architectural framework for roadmapping: Towards visual strategy Pages 39−49 Robert Phaal, Gerrit Muller 6. Dealing with the dynamics of technology roadmapping implementation: A case study Pages 50−60 Nathasit Gerdsri, Ronald S. Vatananan, Sasawat Dansamasatid 7. Application of technology roadmaps to governmental innovation policy for promoting technology convergence Pages 61−79 Yuko Yasunaga, Masayoshi Watanabe, Motoki Korenaga 8. Integrating business modeling and roadmapping methods – The Innovation Support Technology (IST) approach Pages 80−90 Hitoshi Abe, Takashi Ashiki, Akihiko Suzuki, Fumio Jinno, Hiraku Sakuma 9. Is inventor network structure a predictor of cluster evolution? Pages 91−106 Jiang He, M. Hosein Fallah 10. Exploring technology diffusion and classification of business methods: Using the patent citation network Pages 107−117 Shann−Bin Chang, Kuei−Kuei Lai, Shu−Min Chang 11. Defining key inventors: A comparison of fuel cell and nanotechnology industries Pages 118−127 Alan Pilkington, Linda L. Lee, Casey K. Chan, Seeram Ramakrishna 12. Nanotechnology innovation system: Understanding hidden dynamics of nanoscience fusion trajectories Pages 128−140 Nazrul Islam, Kumiko Miyazaki 13. Knowledge codification and technological innovation success: Empirical evidence from Spanish biotech companies Pages 141−153 Fernando E. García−Muiña, Eva Pelechano−Barahona, José Emilio Navas−López 14. Moderating effect of personal innovativeness on mobile−RFID services: Based on Warshaw's purchase intention model Pages 154−164 Naeyang Jeong, Youngsang Yoo, Tae−Young Heo Technical Notes 15. Accelerated radical innovation: Theory and application Pages 165−177 John A. Bers, John P. Dismukes, Lawrence K. Miller, Aleksey Dubrovensky 16. The industrial life cycle of wind energy electrical power generation: ARI methodology modeling of life cycle dynamics Pages 178−191 John P. Dismukes, Lawrence K. Miller, John A. Bers 17. Generic innovation dynamics across the industrial technology life cycle: Platform equation modeling of invention and innovation activity Pages 192−203 Jainagesh A. Sekhar, John P. Dismukes 18. A multiple perspectives view of the market case for green energy Pages 204−213 Robert R. Harmon, Kelly R. Cowan http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00401625 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:22 +0100 Regional Science and Urban Economics Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 1−108 (January 2009) 1. Editorial Board Page IFC 2. Downtown parking in auto city Pages 1−14 Richard Arnott, John Rowse 3. Regional growth and exposure to nearby coal fired power plant emissions Pages 15−22 Matthew E. Kahn 4. Partial fiscal decentralization Pages 23−32 Jan K. Brueckner 5. Do higher rents discourage fertility? Evidence from U.S. cities, 1940–2000 Pages 33−42 Curtis J. Simon, Robert Tamura 6. Product differentiation when competing with the suppliers of bottleneck inputs Pages 43−53 Duarte Brito, Pedro Pereira 7. Development impact fees and employment Pages 54−62 Gregory Burge, Keith Ihlanfeldt 8. Conditional β− and σ−convergence in space: A maximum likelihood approach Pages 63−78 Michael Pfaffermayr 9. Housing wealth, financial wealth, and consumption: New evidence from micro data Pages 79−89 Raphael Bostic, Stuart Gabriel, Gary Painter 10. Calibration of a monocentric city model with mixed land use and congestion Pages 90−96 John F. McDonald 11. Equilibrium in fiscal competition games from the point of view of the dual Pages 97−108 Jeffrey D. 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Beyhan 7. Do different types of innovation rely on specific kinds of knowledge interactions? Pages 59−71 Franz Tödtling, Patrick Lehner, Alexander Kaufmann 8. Innovation Networks and Knowledge Clusters. Findings and Insights from the US, EU and Japan, Carayannis, E., Assimakopoulos, D., Kondo, M. Palgrave MacMillan Publishers, New York, NY, USA (2008). 224pp., price $80.00 (hardcover), hardback, ISBN:1−4039−4245−5. Pages 72−73 Elisa Giuliani 9. S. Shane (Ed.). Economic Development Through Entrepreneurship: Government, University, and Business Linkages. Edward Elgar Pub., Cheltenham (2006). 252pp., Price: £59.95, ISBN: 1−84376−855−0. 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Pages 2403−2411 Jun−ichi Itaya, Makoto Okamura and Chikara Yamaguchi http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00472727 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:16:37 +0100 European Journal of Political Economy Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 717−848 (December 2008) Does central bank independence still matter? Edited by Jakob de Haan, Donato Masciandaro and Marc Quintyn Special issue: Does central bank independence still matter? Guest editors: Jakob de Haan, Donato Masciandaro and Marc Quintyn Editorial 1. Does central bank independence still matter? Pages 717−721 Jakob de Haan, Donato Masciandaro and Marc Quintyn Special papers 2. Central bank independence and monetary policymaking institutions — Past, present and future Pages 722−736 Alex Cukierman 3. The conservative central banker revisited: Too conservative is more costly than too liberal Pages 737−741 Peter Tillmann 4. The trade−off between central bank independence and conservatism in a New Keynesian framework Pages 742−747 Sylvester C.W. 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The determinants of internationalization: Evidence from the Taiwan high technology industry Pages 1388−1395 Chao−Hung Wang, Li−Chang Hsu, Shyh−Rong Fang 6. A taxonomic review of methods and tools applied in technology assessment Pages 1396−1405 Thien A. Tran, Tugrul Daim 7. The assessment of 3rd generation mobile policy in Korea: A web of stakeholder analysis Pages 1406−1415 Dong Hee Shin 8. Competing risk model for mobile phone service Pages 1416−1422 So Young Sohn, Jae Kang Lee 9. Knowledge flows and innovation capability: The patenting trajectory of Taiwan's thin film transistor−liquid crystal display industry Pages 1423−1438 Mei−Chih Hu 10. An enhanced approach for Trend Impact Analysis Pages 1439−1450 Nedaa Mohamed Ezzat Agami, Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Omran, Mohamed Mostafa Saleh, Hisham Emad El−Din El−Shishiny http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00401625 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:16:37 +0100 National Bureau of Economic Research Week of November 17, 2008 −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 1. Carry Trades and Currency Crashes by Markus K. Brunnermeier, Stefan Nagel, Lasse H. Pedersen #14473 (AP EFG IFM ME) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14473 2. Peer Effects and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya by Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, Michael Kremer #14475 (CH ED) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14475 3. Why the European Securities Market is Not Fully Integrated by Alberto Giovannini #14476 (IFM) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14476 4. 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Evidence of Decentralized Forest Management from the Tanzanian Miombo Woodlands Pages 2780−2800 Jens Friis Lund, Thorsten Treue 16. Modeling Energy and Development: An Evaluation of Models and Concepts Pages 2801−2821 Bas van Ruijven, Frauke Urban, René M.J. Benders, Henri C. Moll, Jeroen P. van der Sluijs, Bert de Vries, Detlef P. van Vuuren 17. Trade Protection and Capital Imports in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector Pages 2822−2837 Vasilios D. Kosteas 18. Intra− and Inter−industry Externalities from Foreign Direct Investment in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector: New Evidence from Mexican Regions Pages 2838−2854 Jacob A. Jordaan 19. The Cross−industry Spillover of Technological Capability: Korea’s DRAM and TFT–LCD Industries Pages 2855−2873 Tae−Young Park, Jae−Yong Choung, Hong−Ghi Min Special Section: Social Movemements and the Dynamics of Rural Development in Latin America 20. 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Prosperity without conflict Pages 2170−2181 Francisco M. Gonzalez and Hugh M. Neary 22. Does grassroots democracy reduce income inequality in China? Pages 2182−2198 Yan Shen and Yang Yao 23. Tax law changes, income−shifting and measured wage inequality: Evidence from India Pages 2199−2224 Jagadeesh Sivadasan and Joel Slemrod 24. The informational role of supermajorities Pages 2225−2239 Emeric Henry 25. A simple scheme to improve the efficiency of referenda Pages 2240−2261 Alessandra Casella and Andrew Gelman 26. Redistribution and optimal mixed taxation in the presence of consumption externalities Pages 2262−2274 Luca Micheletto 27. A note on incomplete factor taxation Pages 2275−2281 Roc Armenter 28. Addendum: The aging population and the size of the welfare state: Is there a puzzle? [Journal of Public Economics 92 (2008) 625–671] Pages 2282−2283 Cameron A. Shelton http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00472727 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:20:51 +0200 National Bureau of Economic Research Week of October 13, 2008 −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 1. Social Capital and Urban Growth by Edward L. Glaeser, Charles Redlick #14374 (PE) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14374 2. Inflation−Output Tradeoff as Equilibrium Outcome of Globalization by Alon Binyamini, Assaf Razin #14379 (IFM) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14379 3. Stabilizing Expectations under Monetary and Fiscal Policy Coordination by Stefano Eusepi, Bruce Preston #14391 (EFG ME) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14391 4. Temporary Price Changes and the Real Effects of Monetary Policy by Patrick J. Kehoe, Virgiliu Midrigan #14392 (EFG) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14392 5. Estate Acts, 1600 to 1830: A New Source for British History by Dan Bogart, Gary Richardson #14393 (DAE LE POL) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14393 6. Modern Management: Good for the Environment or just Hot Air? by Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin, Raffaella Sadun #14394 (EEE LS PR) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14394 7. Sudden Stops, Sectoral Reallocations, and the Real Exchange Rate by Timothy J. Kehoe, Kim J. Ruhl #14395 (EFG) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14395 8. Partial Prescriptions For Decisions With Partial Knowledge by Charles F. Manski #14396 (PE TWP) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14396 9. Taxing Leisure Complements by Louis Kaplow #14397 (PE) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14397 10. The Subprime Panic by Gary B. Gorton #14398 (AP CF EFG ME) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14398 11. Sufficient Statistics for Welfare Analysis: A Bridge Between Structural and Reduced−Form Methods by Raj Chetty #14399 (EFG IO LS PE) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14399 12. Market Work, Home Work and Taxes: A Cross Country Analysis by Richard Rogerson #14400 (EFG) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14400 13. Will the TARP Succeed? Lessons From Japan by Takeo Hoshi, Anil K Kashyap #14401 (CF EFG ME) http://papers.nber.org/papers/W14401 http://www.nber.org/new.html#latest Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:20:51 +0200 This publication reviews migration policies in the main OECD countries receiving West African migrants and analyses the recent discussions within Europe. This report lists common approaches undertaken in Europe, Africa and West Africa and aims to shed light on decision makers’ strategic thinking. It provides the greater public with an objective understanding of this recent dynamic. http://titania.sourceoecd.org/vl=2455504/cl=15/nw=1/rpsv/~6671/v2008n19/s1/p1l Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:20:51 +0200 With 14.5 million inhabitants and an economy worth over EUR 290 billion, the North of England is larger than many European countries. At the heart of the industrial revolution, the region has been a historic centre for world−changing innovation in transport, computing and in vitro fertilisation. Yet, in the wake of massive losses in manufacturing employment over the past few decades, the region is having to adapt in order to catch up to more prosperous regions in the UK and remain competitive globally. Like many regions around the OECD, the North of England is seeking to support economic development through innovation, with strategies that build on the region's heritage while also looking to develop new strengths. This report reviews how both national policy and regional strategies support innovation in the North and how these efforts could be improved. It will be of interest to policy makers, firms and others active in promoting innovation and regional economic http://titania.sourceoecd.org/vl=2455504/cl=15/nw=1/rpsv/~6685/v2008n10/s5/p92 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:20:51 +0200 The Economic Journal Volume 118, Issue 533, 2008. −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Pages: 1805−1834 Trade and Empire* Kris James Mitchener, Marc Weidenmier Pages: 1835−1865 Discrete Polarisation with an Application to the Determinants of Genocides* Jose G. 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