Publications

by members of

Department of Economics
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon (United States)

Working papers

2009

1. Yin-Wong Cheung & Hiro Ito, 2009. "A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis of International Reserves," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]

2008

1. Ringler, Claudia & Shewmake, Sharon & Deressa, Temesgen & Hassan, Rashid M. & Ringler, Claudia & Admassie, Assefa & Adenew, Berhanu & Tadege, Abebe & Nhemachena, Charles & Deressa, Temesgen Tadesse & , 2008. "How can African agriculture adapt to climate change?: Insights from Ethiopia and South Africa," Research briefs 15, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
2. Yesuf, Mahmud & Bluffstone, Randy, 2008. "Risk aversion in low-income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia," Research briefs 15(16), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
3. Yesuf, Mahmud & Bluffstone, Randy, 2008. "Risk aversion in low-income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia [in Amharic]," Research briefs 15(16)AMH, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
4. Yin-wong Cheung & Hiro Ito, 2008. "Hoarding of International Reserves: A Comparison of the Asian and Latin American Experiences," Working Papers 072008, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research. [Downloadable!]
5. Joshua Aizenman & Menzie D. Chinn & Hiro Ito, 2008. "Assessing the Emerging Global Financial Architecture: Measuring the Trilemma's Configurations over Time," NBER Working Papers 14533, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
6. Oliveira, Andre R de, 2008. "Private Provision of Water Service in Brazil: Impacts on Access and Affordability," MPRA Paper 11149, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Yesuf, Mahmud & Bluffstone, Randy, 2007. "Risk aversion in low income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia," IFPRI discussion papers 715, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
2. Kassie, Menale & Pender, John & Yesuf, Mahmud & Kohlin, Gunnar & Bluffstone, Randy & Mulugeta, Elias, 2007. "Impact of soil conservation on crop production in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands:," IFPRI discussion papers 733, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). [Downloadable!]
3. Hiro Ito & Menzie Chinn, 2007. "East Asia and Global Imbalances: Saving, Investment, and Financial Development," NBER Working Papers 13364, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Menzie D. Chinn & Hiro Ito, 2005. "What Matters for Financial Development? Capital Controls, Institutions, and Interactions," NBER Working Papers 11370, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Chinn,M.D. & Ito,H., 2005. "What matters for financial development? : capital controls, institutions, and interactions," Working papers 4, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems. [Downloadable!]
3. Menzie D. Chinn & Hiro Ito, 2005. "Current Account Balances, Financial Development and Institutions: Assaying the World "Savings Glut"," NBER Working Papers 11761, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Yushi Yoshida & Hiro Ito, 2005. "Distance on FDI and Trade: The Roles of China and Mexico in the Pacific Basin," Discussion Papers 24, Kyushu Sangyo University, Faculty of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Hiro Ito, 2004. "Is Financial Openness a Bad Thing? An Analysis on the Correlation Between Financial Liberalization and the Output Performance of Crisis-Hit Economies," Santa Cruz Center for International Economics, Working Paper Series 1046, Center for International Economics, UC Santa Cruz. [Downloadable!]
2. Yushi Yoshida & Hiro Ito, 2004. "How do the Asian Economies Compete with Japan in the US Market, China Exceptional? A Triangular Trade Approach," Discussion Papers 18, Kyushu Sangyo University, Faculty of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2003

1. James Woods, 2003. ""Money" is the Reserves not the Money," Macroeconomics 0309019, EconWPA, revised 28 Dec 2003. [Downloadable!]
2. James Woods, 2003. "'Oh Yea': Imputing Forgotten Responses in a Multi-Year Survey of Conservation Behavior," Microeconomics 0309002, EconWPA, revised 28 Dec 2003. [Downloadable!]
3. James Woods, 2003. "Evolution as Learning Yields Hyperbolic Discounting," GE, Growth, Math methods 0309001, EconWPA, revised 28 Dec 2003. [Downloadable!]
4. Hiro Ito, 2003. "Was Japan's Real Interest Rate Really Too High During the 1990s? The Role of the Zero Interest Rate Bound and Other Factors," Santa Cruz Center for International Economics, Working Paper Series 1029, Center for International Economics, UC Santa Cruz. [Downloadable!]
5. Bruce Blonigen & Rossitza B. Wooster, 2003. "CEO Turnover and Foreign Market Participation," NBER Working Papers 9527, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
6. Bruce A. Blonigen & Rossitza B. Wooster, 2003. "CEO Turnover and Foreign Market Participation," University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers 2003-24, University of Oregon Economics Department, revised 01 Mar 2003. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Menzie D. Chinn & Hiro Ito, 2002. "Capital Account Liberalization, Institutions and Financial Development: Cross Country Evidence," NBER Working Papers 8967, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. Bruce A. Blonigen & Rossitza B. Wooster, 2001. "Networking and Foreign Direct Investment Activity," University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers 2002-8, University of Oregon Economics Department, revised 01 Sep 2002. [Downloadable!]

1999

1. Author James Woods, 1999. "A Heterogeneous Agent, Indivisible Labor Model Solved By Means Of Genetic Algorithms," Macroeconomics 9907007, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]

1997

1. Bluffstone, R.A., 1997. "Reducing Degradation of Forests in Poor Countries When Permanent Solutions Elude Us: What Instruments Do we Really Have?," Papers 604, Harvard - Institute for International Development.

Journal articles

2009

1. Alyson C. Ma & Rossitza B. Wooster, 2009. "The Effects Of U.S.-China Trade On Employment And Wages In The U.S.-Mexico Border Region," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 27(3), pages 335-348, 07. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2008

1. Menale Kassie & John Pender & Mahmud Yesuf & Gunnar Kohlin & Randy Bluffstone & Elias Mulugeta, 2008. "Estimating returns to soil conservation adoption in the northern Ethiopian highlands," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 38(2), pages 213-232, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Randy Bluffstone & Matt Braman & Linda Fernandez & Tom Scott & Pei-Yi Lee, 2008. "Housing, Sprawl, And The Use Of Development Impact Fees: The Case Of The Inland Empire," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 26(3), pages 433-447, 07. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Bluffstone, Randall & Boscolo, Marco & Molina, Ramiro, 2008. "Does better common property forest management promote behavioral change? On-farm tree planting in the Bolivian Andes," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(02), pages 137-170, April. [Downloadable!]
4. Woods, James, 2008. "What people do when they say they are conserving electricity," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(6), pages 1945-1956, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Menzie D. Chinn & Hiro Ito, 2008. "Global Current Account Imbalances: American Fiscal Policy versus East Asian Savings," Review of International Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 16(3), pages 479-498, 08. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
6. Ito, Hiro, 2008. "Takatoshi Ito and Andrew K. Rose, Editors, Monetary Policy with Very Low Inflation in the Pacific Rim, NBER -- East Asia Seminar on Economics Vol. 15, The University of Chicago Press (2006)," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 17(3), pages 492-494. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2007

1. Bluffstone, Randall, 2007. "Privatization and contaminated site remediation in Central and Eastern Europe: Do environmental liability policies matter?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 63(1), pages 31-41, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Randall A. Bluffstone & Brad Ouderkirk, 2007. "Warehouses, Trucks, And Pm," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 25(1), pages 79-91, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Chinn, Menzie D. & Ito, Hiro, 2007. "Current account balances, financial development and institutions: Assaying the world "saving glut"," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 26(4), pages 546-569, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Hiro Ito & Menzie Chinn, 2007. "Price-Based Measurement Of Financial Globalization: A Cross-Country Study Of Interest Rate Parity," Pacific Economic Review, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 12(4), pages 419-444, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Tim Kochanski, 2007. "Moving Economic Models from the Chalk Board to the Computer: A Computer-Based Assignment Based on a Dynamic Cournot Model," Computers in Higher Education Economics Review, Economics Network, University of Bristol, vol. 19(1), pages 24-32. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Bluffstone, Randall A. & Anantanasuwong, Dararatt & Ruzicka, Ivan, 2006. "Mixing economic and administrative instruments: the case of shrimp aquaculture in Thailand," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(05), pages 651-667, October. [Downloadable!]
2. Chinn, Menzie D. & Ito, Hiro, 2006. "What matters for financial development? Capital controls, institutions, and interactions," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(1), pages 163-192, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Ito, Hiro, 2006. "Financial development and financial liberalization in Asia: Thresholds, institutions and the sequence of liberalization," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 17(3), pages 303-327, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Rossitza B. Wooster & Craig A. Gallet, 2005. "Settling the Smoke: Public Policy and Shareholder Wealth in the Cigarette Industry," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 23(2), pages 211-223, 04. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. André Rossi De Oliveira & Joao Ricardo Faria & Daniel G. Arce M., 2005. "Leading by Example and International Collective Action," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 7(1), pages 51-63, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2003

1. Randall Bluffstone & Daiva Semeniene & Jochem Jantzen, 2003. "How Much Will It Cost to Join the Club? The Extra Costs of Approximating Lithuanian Environmental Laws with Those of the European Union," Environmental & Resource Economics, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 26(2), pages 279-303, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Bluffstone, Randall & DeShazo, J.R., 2003. "Upgrading municipal environmental services to European Union levels: a case study of household willingness to pay in Lithuania," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 8(04), pages 637-654, October. [Downloadable!]

2000

1. Randall Bluffstone & Theodore Panayotou, 2000. "Environmental Liability and Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe: Toward an Optimal Policy," Environmental & Resource Economics, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 17(4), pages 335-352, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1999

1. Bluffstone, Randall, 1999. "Are the costs of pollution abatement lower in Central and Eastern Europe? Evidence from Lithuania," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 4(04), pages 449-470, October. [Downloadable!]
2. Kavalec, Chris & Woods, James, 1999. "Toward marginal cost pricing of accident risk: the energy, travel, and welfare impacts of pay-at-the-pump auto insurance," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 27(6), pages 331-342, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1998

1. Bluffstone, Randall A., 1998. "Reducing degradation of forests in poor countries when permanent solutions elude us: what instruments do we really have?," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(03), pages 295-317, July. [Downloadable!]

1995

1. Bluffstone Randall A., 1995. "The Effect of Labor Market Performance on Deforestation in Developing Countries under Open Access: An Example from Rural Nepal," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 29(1), pages 42-63, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1994

1. Bluffstone, Randall & Panayotou, Theodore, 1994. "Book Review," Marine Resource Economics, Marine Resources Foundation, vol. 9(2). [Downloadable!]

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