International Advances in Economic Research

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Nicholas Apergis University of Ioannina--Greece	William G. Gissy Morehouse College--U.S.A.	Ann B. Matasar Roosevelt University--U.S.A.
Klaus G. Becker Texas Tech University--U.S.A.	Rik W. Hafer Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville--U.S.A.	Alan Maynard University of York--England
Richard J. Cebula Armstrong Atlantic State University--U.S.A	Jannett Highfill Bradley University--U.S.A.	Jacques Mélitz Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques--France
María dels Ángeles Gil Estallo Universitat Pompeu Fabra--Spain	L. E. Johnson Bemidji State University--U.S.A.	Reinhard Neck University of Klagenfurt--Austria
M. H. I. Dore Brock University--Canada	John S. Kaminarides Arkansas State University--U.S.A.	Sergio Nistico Universtá di Roma "La Sapienza"--Italy
José Ferraz-Nunes Göteborg University--Sweden	Gerald H. Lander University of South Florida--U.S.A.	Jorge M. Nogueira University of Brazilia--Brazil
Kevin Frick Johns Hopkins University--U.S.A.	Karen Leppel Widener University--U.S.A.	Mario Sebastiani Universtá Degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"--Italy
Miguel-Angel Galindo Martin Universidad Complutense de Madrid--Spain	Dimitri Mardas Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki--Greece	Waclawa Starzynaska University of Lodz--Poland
C. Alexander Garvin Indiana University of Pennsylvania--U.S.A.		M. Peter van der Hoek Erasmus University-- Netherlands

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International Advances in Economic Research, Volume 7, Number 1, February 2001

VOLUME 7	FEBRUARY 2001	NUMBER 1	E-Mail: iaes@iaes.org
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