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RULE CHANGES AND COMPETITIVE BALANCE IN JAPANESE PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL by Croix, Sumner J. La, Kawaura, Akihiko

“…Does "competitive balance" in professional baseball improve with a change in…”
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The Designated Hitter Rule and Team Defensive Strategy in Japan's Professional Baseball Leagues by Kawaura, Akihiko, La Croix, Sumner J.

“…Economists have debated whether and why the designated hitter (DH) rule in North American Major League Baseball led to an increase in hit batsmen. We use data…”
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A cross-country index of intellectual property rights in pharmaceutical inventions by Liu, Ming, La Croix, Sumner

“…•We develop the Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Protection (PIPP) Index.•The PIPP Index covers 154 countries over the 1960–2005 period.•Incorporates five…”
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Intellectual Property Rights in China: The Changing Political Economy of Chinese-American Interests by La Croix, Sumner J., Eby Konan, Denise

“…We review the evolution of modern Chinese intellectual property right (IPR) laws and enforcement and explore economic and political forces involved in…”
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The Evolution of Private Property in Nineteenth-Century Hawaii by Croix, Sumner J. La, Roumasset, James

“…Population pressure has been identified as a major force behind the transition from traditional property rights in land to exclusive, transferable property…”
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Indigenous populations of the Pacific and American West by Sumner La Croix, Hamish Maxwell‐Stewart

“…This special issue of the Asia Pacific Economic History Review explores the impact of colonisation on Indigenous populations across the Pacific and American…”
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A Simulation Study of the Interactive Effects of Taxes and Inflation on the Relative Price of Land by Rose, Louis A., La Croix, Sumner J.

“…A study analyzed the effects of changes in the inflation rate, the capital gains tax rate, and the ordinary income tax rate on the price of land relative to…”
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Efficient Selection and Insider Contracting Groups: a Comment on the Yarbrough & Yarbrough Paper by La Croix, Sumner J

“…Beth & Robert Yarbrough's paper reviews and augments an extensive literature analyzing how insider trading groups support the process of exchange. They argue…”
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Marketing, Price Discrimination, and Welfare: Reply by La Croix, Sumner J.

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The Political Instability of Reciprocal Trade and the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom by La Croix, Sumner J., Grandy, Christopher

“…The overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 offers an illuminating case study of the political economy of preferential trading relationships between large…”
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Marketing, Price Discrimination, and Welfare by La Croix, Sumner J.

“…To determine, prior to the implementation of a price discrimination plan, whether welfare will increase, it is necessary to have information about the second…”
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Economic Integration and Convergence: A Second Decomposition Method by La Croix, Sumner J.

“…In this Journal, Sukkoo Kim investigates the sources of income convergence and divergence across regions in the United States. Kim argues that there are two…”
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The Political Economy of Land Privatization in Argentina and Australia, 1810–1850: A Puzzle by Dye, Alan, La Croix, Sumner

“…In early public land privatization, governments in New South Wales and Buenos Aires provided for de jure transfer of public lands. In New South Wales the…”
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A cost-benefit analysis of voluntary routine HIV-antibody testing for hospital patients by La Croix, Sumner J., Russo, Gerard

“…The objectives of this paper are threefold: first, to develop a taxonomy of potential benefits from voluntary, routine HIV-antibody testing of hospital…”
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Financial Integration in Antebellum America: Strengthening Bodenhorn's Results by La Croix, Sumner J., Grandy, Christopher

“…In a recent article in this Journal, Howard Bodenhorn made a remarkable suggestion: “Antebellum financial markets may have outperformed those of the post–Civil…”
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Impact of Approved Destination Status on Chinese Travel Abroad: An Econometric Analysis by Arita, Shawn, Edmonds, Christopher, Croix, Sumner La, Mak, James

“…Since the early 1990s, China's government has negotiated Approved Destination Status (ADS) with 120 countries. The agreements allow government-approved travel…”
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The Political Economy of Urban Land Reform in Hawaii by La Croix, Sumner J., Mak, James, Rose, Louis A.

“…In the mid 1960s there were about 22000 single-family leasehold homes in Honolulu. Dissatisfaction with leasehold led to reform legislation in 1967, allowing…”
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Homogeneous Middleman Groups: What Determines the Homogeneity? by La Croix, Sumner J.

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Energy Consumption and Economic Activity in China by Tang, Chuanlong, La Croix, Sumner J.

“…This paper uses province-level cross-section data to explore the relationship between energy consumption and economic activity in China, Our key finding is…”
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The Battle for Asia: From Decolonization to Globalization. By Mark T. Berger. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004. xii, 343 pp. $150.00 (cloth); $40.95 (paper). - East Asian Economic Regionalism. By Edward J. Lincoln. New York: Council on Foreign Relations; Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2004. vii, 292 pp. $52.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper) by La Croix, Sumner J.

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