Contributions
Cash Constraints and Business Start-Ups: Deutschmarks Versus Dollars
Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Harvey S. Rosen
On-the-Job Learning, Firing Costs and Employment
Pilar Díaz-Vázquez, Dennis J. Snower, and Luis E. Arjona-Béjar
The Effect of the Nonprofit Motive on Hospital Competitive Behavior
Teresa D. Harrison and Kristina M. Lybecker
Electoral Competition and Redistribution with Rationally Informed Voters
Valentino Larcinese
The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Exploring a Fresh Specification
David F. Bradford, Rebecca A. Fender, Stephen H. Shore, and Martin Wagner
Uncertain R&D and the Porter Hypothesis
David Popp
Do Economists Recognize an Opportunity Cost When They See One? A Dismal Performance from the Dismal Science
Paul J. Ferraro and Laura O. Taylor
A Theory of Health Disparities and Medical Technology
Dana P. Goldman and Darius N. Lakdawalla
Entry-Level Products with Consumer Learning
Justin P. Johnson
Adjustment Costs and Irreversibility as Determinants of Investment: Evidence from African Manufacturing
Arne Bigsten, Paul Collier, Stefan Dercon, Marcel Fafchamps, Bernard Gauthier, Jan Willem Gunning, Remco Oostendorp, Catherine Pattillo, Måns Söderbom, and Francis Teal
An Index For Venture Capital, 1987-2003
Min Hwang, John M. Quigley, and Susan E. Woodward
Environmental Information Provision as a Public Policy Instrument
Emmanuel Petrakis, Eftichios Sophocles Sartzetakis, and Anastasios Xepapadeas
Competition Policy and Exit Rates: Evidence from Switzerland
Stefan Buehler, Christian Kaiser, and Franz Jaeger