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ARTICLES
Purchasing Power Parity: Evidence from Developing Countries Emmanuel Anorou, Habtu Braha, and Yusuf Ahmad	85
The Unimportance of the Choice-Value Thesis in Economics Bjorn Frank	97
Socio-Economic Evaluation of Mental Health as a Basis for Financing Health Care in Sweden Dick Jonsson, Jose Ferraz-Nunes, and Mikael Rahmqvist	107
Did the EMS Encourage Inflation Convergence? Victor Manuel Montuenga-Gomez	119
Assessment of Latin American and Carribean Countries in the International Economy Farhang Niroomand and Edward Nissan	128
An Analysis of EU Wine Trade: A Gravity Model Approach Dana Dascal, Konstadinos Mattas, and Vangelis Tzouvelekas	135
The Impact of Oil Prices on Income and Energy Yong U. Glasure and Aie-Rie Lee	148
Cash Flow Effects on Economic Growth Miguel-Angel Galindo Martin and Maria-Teresa Mendez Picazo	155
Class Length and Student Performance: An Extended Study Sid Ewer, Olen Greer, Wilbur Bridges, and Barry Lewis	160
RESEARCH NOTES
Fifty Years After Samuelson's "The Pure Theory of Public Expenditure" Michael Pickhardt	169
Examining the Role of Dowries in India Sonia Dalmia	169
Wage Differences in a Firm and Substitutability of Labor Inputs Rene van den Brink	170
Sustainable Growth: Hayekian Triangles, Plucking Models, and Real Business Cycles John P. Cochran	170
The Simple IS-LM Model with Credit Rationing Roland Buck	170
Consumer Confidence and the Permanent Income Hypothesis: A Note K. H. McIntyre	171
Trade Liberalization and Worker Welfare: A Three-Sector Analysis Priniti Panday	171
A Generalized Neoclassical Model of Firm Financing and Investment Trevor W. Chamberlain	172
Contract Federalism P. Bernd Spahn and Oliver Franz	172

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