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VOLUME 9	AUGUST 2003	NUMBER 3	E-Mail: iaes@iaes.org
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ARTICLES
Variable Selection for Dynamic Measures of Efficiency in the Computer Industry Phillip Fanchon	175
Capital Flows to an Emerging Financial Market in Turkey Saziye Gazioglu	189
Central Bank Intervention, the Current Account, and Exchange Rates Maurice Larrain	196
Managed Care and U.S. Hospitals' Capital Costs Robert Jantzen and Patricia R. Loubeau	206
Human Capital Theory and Social Capital Theory on Sports Management C. P. Barros and F. M. P. Alves	218
Models to Measure Goodwill Impairment Gerald H. Lander and Alan Reinstein	227
Profits in the Long-Term for the Manufacturing Sector Nuria Alcade-Fradejas, Marisa Ramirez-Aleson, and Manuel Espitia-Escuer	233
RESEARCH NOTES
A Note on the Production Pipeline and Aggregate Fluctuations K. H. McIntyre and Melissa Pingley	248
Modeling the Demand for Money in Barbados and Guyana Anne J. Bynoe and Maryann J. Fogarty DiLiberto	248
Hub and Spoke Integration and Income Convergence Masaru Umemoto	249
Firm Investment and Financing Constraints Trevor W. Chamberlain	249
Dividend Policies in Australia and Japan Horace Ho	250
Fertility, Mortality, and Economic Growth Luis Currais	250
William Gibbs McAdoo and the Development of the Federal Reserve K. Dunleavy and C. Benzing	250
Development - Yes or No: Loyalty, Repression, Corruption Linda Quest	251
Historical Perspective: Factors that Stall Development in Third World Countries Patricia C. Gloster-Coates	251
Australian Long-Run Import Demand Elasticities: Further Evidence Emmanuel Anoruo and Soloman Usianeneh	252
Causal Relationship Between Financial Sector Development and Economic Growth Alex I. Ogwu	252

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International Advances in Economic Research, Volume 9, Number 3, August 2003

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