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EDITOR
Demetri Kantarelis
REVIEWERS
(In
Alphabetical Order)
Abu-Rashed, Jamal
Afshar, Tahmoures A.
Alhemoud, Abdulla M.
Altman, Morris
Ariwa, Ezendu Ifeanyi
Berg, Nathan
Bertaux, Nancy
Bhaskar, Vashishta
Binner, Jane
Cantarella, Anthony
Christner, Ron
Donovan, W. Michael
Finlay, Donald
Floyd, David
Forbes, Paul J.
Gutierrez, Pedro
Harrison-Walker, L. Jean
Hartley, Robert A.
Herbert, Theodore T.
Joyner, Brenda E.
Kantarelis, Demetri
Kehal, H.S.
Kiuila, Olga
Kolakovic, Marko
Koutmos, Gregory
Kurihara, Yutaka
Li, H.C.
Macfadyen, Alan James
Manfra, Pellegrino
Mantell, Edmund H.
Marangos, John
Marino, Francis
Marks, Andrew
Marktanner, Marcus
Mehanna, Rock-Antoine
Mowatt, Simon
Papathansis, A.T.
Petrochilos, George
Pires, Guilherme
Portugal, Victor
Prieger, James
Ramrattan, Lall B.
Smith, Michael R.
Thompson, Earl
Tipuric, Darko
Tsionas, Efthymios
Vyas, Bindu
Weinstein, Bernard
Weston, Rae
Whalen, Charles
Wolter, Stefan
Zauner, Klaus G.
Zhang, Yanchu
THE ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC POLICY MAKING: THEORY VERSUS
THE PRACTICAL
EXPERIENCE OF AN ACADEMIC ECONOMIST
Gregory
M. Heiser,
University of Oklahoma, USA. 6
CONTRIVED IGNORANCE: POST-ENRON SEC ATTORNEY RULES
AND THE
MANAGEMENT OF PRFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE
Theodore
T. Herbert,
Rollins College, USA. 11
GRADATIONS OF CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURIALISM AND
THEIR CONSTITUENT FACTORS
Andrea
Garnett, Vaal Triangle Technikon, South Africa. 23
INCORPORATING CREATIVITY INTO STRATEGIC PLANNING
PROCESSES
Michael
Novak,
University of Massachusetts Boston, USA. 35
JOSEPH ABBOUD: HIS WAY
Darko
Tipuric &
Jasna Prester, University of Zagreb, Croatia. 42
DECISION MAKING UNDER RISK AND UNCERTAINTY:
RISK PROPENSITY OF
CROATIAN MANAGERS
Darko
Tipuric, Mislav Ante Omazic & 58
Domagoj
Hruska,
University of Zagreb, Croatia.
MANAGEMENT AND RISK IN
CROATIAN
FIRMS – EMPIRICAL STUDY
James
W. Gabberty & 70
Robert
G. Vambery,
Pace University, USA.
TECHNOLOGICAL DETERMINISM: AN EXTENSION OF THE
MARKETING PARADIGM GOVERNING THE GLOBAL MARKETSPACE
L.
Jean Harrison -Walker, The University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA. 79
THE IMPACT OF MARKET ORIENTATION EFFICIENCY ON
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
ACCOUNTING
Sepideh Parsa, Middlesex
University Business School, UK. 90
DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL INFORMATION BY
SMALL/MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES
FINANCE & INVESTING
Jason West, University of Technology
Australia. 105
BENCHMARK PRICING OF ELECTRICITY DERIVATIVES
Carl
B. McGowan,
University
Kebangsaan Malaysia. 116
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STOCK MARKETS AND THE
LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: AN EMPIRICAL NOTE
Massoud
Metghalchi, Ron Sardessai, University of Houston Victoria, USA; & 124
Shana
Komeily,
University of British Colombia, Canada.
EQUITY MARKET INTEGRATION
Jason
West, University
of Technology Sydney, Australia. 129
IMPACT OF CATASTROPHIC LOSS ON INSURANCE SECURITY
RETURNS
Tom
Clevenger & Gary Baker, Washburn University, USA. 140
SHOULD THE HOME MORTGAGE BE PAID OFF?
HUMAN RESOURCES
G.
Scott Erickson, Ithaca College, USA; & 148
Helen
N. Rothberg,
Marist College USA.
INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AT
THE NATIONAL LEVEL:
MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT
ISSUES
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
Maria Cristina Ortigão Sampaio Schiller, State University of Rio, 157
of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil and ENCE/IBGE.
INNOVATION AND PROXIMITY
Eileen
P. Kelly & G. Scott Erickson, Ithaca College, USA. 168
CYBERSMEAR: DAVID AND GOLIATH REDUX?
MICROECONOMICS
Priniti
Panday & Maria Kula, Roger Williams University,
USA. 174
THE DETERMINANTS OF ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOR AND THE
ROLE OF ECONOMICS
Satyajit
Ghosh,
University of Scranton, USA. 185
UPSTREAM TRANSFERS IN
INTERGENERATIONAL
RELATIONSHIPS
INDUSTRIAL STUDIES, CORPORATE GOVERNACE & PUBLIC POLICY
Mehmet
Ugur, University of Greenwich, UK; & 192
Melsa Ararat, Sabanci University,
Turkey.
IMPERFECT INFORMATION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
SOME POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Paul
Jason Forbes & Yuli Su, San Francisco State University, USA. 204
MERGER AND ACQUISITION ACTIVITY IN THE EUROPEAN
UNION: PRE AND POST EURO
Jörg
Borrmann & Klaus G. Zauner, University of Vienna, Austria. 216
ENTRY
BARRIERS RECONSIDERED
Pavel
Gomez Coventy
Univesrity UK, IESA Venezuela; & 227
Donald
Finlay,
Coventry University UK.
THE 1996 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT AND THE INVESTMENT
BEHAVIOUR OF US LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES
Jörg
Borrmann & Klaus G. Zauner, University of Vienna, Austria. 238
FAIRNESS
IN PUBLIC UTILITY PRICING
A.
Vindelyn Smith-Hillman, University College
Northampton, UK; & 244
Terence
W. Brathwaite,
Coventry University, UK.
REGULATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS: DIVERGENT
CARIBBEAN AND AFRICAN
EXPERIENCES
Jörg
Borrmann & Jörg
Finsinger, University of Vienna, Austria. 250
AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF DETERMINING THE RANGE OF
AVERCH AND JOHNSON’S LANGRANGE MULTIPLIER: A NOTE
Jörg
Borrmann & Klaus G. Zauner, University of Vienna, Austria. 254
CROSS-SUBSIDIZATION WITH NON-ZERO
PROFITS
HEALTH ECONOMICS
Sam
Mirmirani & Matthias Lippmann, Bryant College, USA. 259
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATES:
A CASE FOR CANADIAN MODEL
MACROECONOMICS
Richard
J. Cebula, William O. Perry, Armstrong Atlantic State University, USA; & 270
James
V. Koch,
Old Dominion University, USA.
IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET DEFICIT
ON THE EX POST REAL LONG TERM INTEREST RATE
YIELD
IN THE U.S., 1973:2-1996:4
Anita
Ghatak, The
University of Greenwich, UK. 279
DEMAND FOR MONEY AND RELATED ISSUES:
FINLAND, 1950-2001
Walter
O. Simmons, John
Carroll University, USA; & 292
Lennox
J. Andrews,
Ministry of Finance, Grenada.
POTENTIAL IMPACT OF MONEY AND CAPITAL MARKET IN
THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
Ghodratollah
Arabian, Lincoln
University, USA; 303
Tahmoures
Afshar, Woodbury
College, USA; &
Reza
Zomorrodian, Massachusetts
College of Liberal Arts, USA.
DEMAND SHOCK, SUPPLY SHOCK AND THE REAL EXCHANGE
RATE FORECASTS: ERROR CORRECTION APPROACH
Yutaka
Kurihara,
Aichi University, Japan. 314
IS APPLICATION OF THE TAYLOR RULE TO JAPAN
REASONABLE?
Ghodratollah
Arabian, Lincoln
University USA; 326
Tahmoures
Afshar, Woodbury
College USA; &
&
Reza Zomorrodian, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, USA.
DOES CONSUMER CONFIDENCE FORECAST CONSUMER SPENDING?
DEVELOPMENT, TRANSITION & ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
Allam
Ahmed, University
of East London, UK. 335
AFRICA AND THE INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES
Marcus
Marktanner, American
University of Beirut, Lebanon 346
SOCIAL CONFLICT, DEMOCRACY AND GROWTH
Priniti
Panday, Maria Kula & Tessa O’Keefe, Roger Williams University, USA. 357
ON THE JUSTIFICATION FOR DEBT RELIEF
Jamal Abu-Rashed & Nancy
Bertaux, Xavier
University, USA. 369
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMNET
OF AN ISLAMIC
PERSPECTIVE ON ECONOMIC
SYSTEMS
Neena
Malhotra, G
N D University, India; & 375
H.
S. Kehal,
University of Western Sydney, Australia.
URBANISATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION:
LESSONS FROM THE EXPERIENCES OF A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
John Marangos,
Colorado State University, USA. 386
THE ROLE OF MARKETS IN INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FOR TRANSITION ECONOMIES
FOREING DIRECT INVESTMENT & INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Pellegrino
Manfra,
City University New York, USA. 390
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND GROWTH:
A COINTEGRATION MODEL FOR THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY
Subarna K. Samanta, The College of New Jersey,
USA; & 399
Jamal
Abu-Rashed,
Xavier University, USA.
CROSS COUNTRY SPILLOVER EFFECTS IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE
MARKETS IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES: AN EMPIRICAL
ANALYSIS
Alexander
C. Papathanasis, California Polytechnic State University, USA. 413
THE SENSITIVITY OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE TO THE
EURO/DOLLAR EXCHANGE RATE
EDUCATION
John Marangos, Colorado
State University, USA. 425
THE VALUE OF STUDYING
ECONOMICS