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2006, Volume 10, Issue Fall
- 36-40 Arrested development : growth theory has come a long way. How much further can it go?
by Doug Campbell - 41-45 Where the executives roam : corporations have more options for locating their headquarters than ever before, benefiting smaller metropolitan areas
by Charles Gerena - 46-51 Interview: Martin Baily
by Aaron Steelman - 52-54 Economic history : Branch by branch : how North Carolina became a banking giant
by Doug Campbell - 56-63 District economic overview and State economic conditions
by Andrea Holmes & Matthew Martin
2006, Issue Win
- 9-10 Private enterprise, public schools : three Baltimore schools improve test scores
by Betty Joyce Smith
2006, Issue Sum
- 1-13 Border war? : new study examines relocations from North Carolina to South Carolina
by Doug Campbell - 1-51 Common sense economics : what everyone should know about wealth and prosperity (Book note)
by Aaron Steelman - 1-60 Opinion: Mixing banking and commerce
by John R. Walter - 10-11 Going once : West Virginia banks bid for state deposits
by Betty Joyce Nash - 44-48 Interview: Guillermo Calvo
by Aaron Steelman - 49-51 Book review: The real Adam Smith
by Thomas M. Humphrey
2005, Volume 9, Issue Win
- 1-1 Noteworthy : Does deregulation undermine stability?
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 1-5 Legislative update: Big changes for regional manufacturing and tobacco sectors
by Charles Gerena - 1-6 Jargon alert : Sunk cost
by Eric R. Nielsen - 1-7 Research spotlight : Is good journalism good business?
by Doug Campbell - 1-8 Financial aid : decentralizing Virginia's public universities
by Jennifer Wang - 1-9 Dollars for Dell : incentives help lure company to Winston-Salem
by Doug Campbell - 1-11 Blue crab ranching : restoring the Chesapeake Bay's most valuable
by Charles Gerena - 1-56 Opinion: the broken window fallacy
by Aaron Steelman - 2-4 Federal Reserve : Inflation targeting : the debate over best-practice monetary policy is escalating : will it be rule-based or discretionary?
by Jennifer Wang - 9-10 High-end holdout : Northeast textile maker finally migrates south
by Charles Gerena - 10-11 Insourcing : foreign firms set up shop in America
by Doug Campbell - 12-17 Branch bonanza : they cost a lot, but customers can't get enough of them. Why bank branches won't go away
by Doug Campbell - 18-22 The conference shuffle : the Atlantic Coast Conference set off a wave of league swaps. Despite the outcry, it shouldn't have surprised anyone
by Doug Campbell - 23-27 Sink or swim : Fifth District coastal ports must continue to expand to remain competitive
by Charles Gerena - 28-31 Shame and bankruptcy : the numbers of Americans filing for bankruptcy protection has surged fivefold in two decades. A Richmond Fed economist challenges the conventional wisdom that declining stigma is at the root of the increase
by Doug Campbell - 32-35 Hard times : North Carolina's northeast counties are among the poorest in the nation. Can they reverse course?
by Betty Joyce Nash - 36-38 Happy trails : horses are used more for pleasure than business, but they still have a place in Fifth District agriculture
by Charles Gerena - 39-41 Economic history : The border line and the bottom line
by Betty Joyce Nash - 42-45 Interview : Frank Sloan
by Charles Gerena - 46-47 Book review : Man and machine
by John A. Weinberg - 48-49 District economic developments
by Robert L. Lacy - 50-55 Regional economic developments
by Andrea Holland
2005, Volume 9, Issue Sum
- 1-1 Noteworthy: Retail credit expansion and regulatory overreaction
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 1-8 Sold! : James River islands auctioned
by Jennifer Sparger - 1-9 Covering the uninsured : Maryland Governor vetoes \\"anti-business\\" health benefit mandate
by Charles Gerena - 1-9 Back by popular demand : Fifth District utilities seeking permits for new nuclear capacity
by Charles Gerena - 1-10 Jargon alert : Monopoly
by Aaron Steelman - 1-11 Research spotlight : Why regulations fail - yet persist
by Aaron Steelman - 1-12 Policy update: Freer trade in textiles change import sources
by Betty Joyce Nash - 1-34 From the classroom to the workplace. So where are the jobs?
by Julia R. Taylor - 1-56 Opinion : The economics of bankruptcy
by Kartik B. Athreya - 2-7 Federal Reserve: How not to stop inflation
by Milton Friedman - 8-9 Moving on : GM plant closure frees up prime parcel
by Doug Campbell - 13-18 Lights out : three years after the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, questions are mounting about unintended consequences for hundreds of U.S. firms
by Doug Campbell - 19-21 Tobacco buyout : the invisible hand plants first crop
by Betty Joyce Nash - 22-25 Redevelopment boot camp : to survive the latest round of base realignments and closures, military-centric communities will have to find ways to turn barracks and bombing ranges into something marketable
by Charles Gerena - 26-29 A menu of options : a Richmond Fed economist says that giving financial institutions limited choice about how they are regulated may produce a more stable and efficient banking system
by Andrew T. Foerster - 30-33 Youth movement : Blacksburg, Va., and Morgantown, W.Va., are counting on their local universities to create good-paying jobs that will keep kids from leaving town after graduation. But is that realistic?
by Doug Campbell - 35-38 Making it on the reservation : the eastern band of the Cherokee Indians shares the economic problems that afflict tribes nationwide and the beleaguered rural communities of western North Carolina
by Charles Gerena - 39-41 Economic history : High tech down south
by Doug Campbell - 42-45 Interview : Robert Whaples
by Aaron Steelman - 46-47 Book review : The relentless pursuit of incentives. \\"Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything\\" by Stephen D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
by Aaron Steelman - 48-49 Regional/District economic developments : District economic overview
by Robert L. Lacy - 50-55 Regional/District economic developments : State economic conditions
by Andrea Holland
2005, Volume 9, Issue Spr
- 1-1 Noteworthy : Encouraging homeownership - at what cost?
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 1-5 Policy update : Betting on the future to finance the present
by Charles Gerena - 1-6 Jargon alert : Zero-sum game
by Eric R. Nielsen - 1-7 Research spotlight : An economist considers the causes of terrorism
by Andrew T. Foerster - 1-8 Bean ball : the designated hitter and moral hazard
by Doug Campbell - 1-9 Fact or fiction? : Looking for the Social Security trust fund
by Doug Campbell - 1-9 Online banking : customer satisfaction rises, but privacy concerns remain
by Julia R. Taylor - 1-52 Opinion : Evil empire
by Charles Gerena - 2-4 Federal Reserve : New times, new functions
by Jennifer Wang - 8-9 Land of the economically free : Virginia ranks third in new study
by Jennifer Wang - 10-15 Homeward bound : housing markets work just fine for most people. But certain markets in the Fifth District aren't producing homes and apartments that working families can afford
by Charles Gerena - 16-19 Searching for the hidden economy : economists believe as much as 10 percent of the U.S. economy is \\"underground.\\" Is that such a bad thing?
by Doug Campbell - 20-23 Sticky situation : some prices are slow to change. Are they sticky enough to affect monetary policy?
by Doug Campbell - 24-25 The dollar dilemma : the falling dollar has made American goods more attractive to consumers abroad, but not everyone is happy about the currency's slide
by Betty Joyce Nash & Jennifer Wang - 26-29 The identity business : biometrics cluster sharpens West Virginia's economic image
by Betty Joyce Nash - 30-31 The future of community banking : a decade ago, small banks were being gobbled up by big banks, but those days seem to be over. What are they doing now?
by Doug Campbell - 32-35 Economic history : Washstands, sideboards, and parlor suites : making furniture and progress in North Carolina's Piedmont
by Robert L. Lacy - 36-41 Interview : Thomas Schelling
by Aaron Steelman - 42-43 Book review : America the unusual : \\"Fighting poverty in the U.S. and Europe : a world of difference\\" by Alberto Alesina and Edward L. Glaeser
by Aaron Steelman - 44-51 Regional/District economic developments
by Doug Campbell & Andrea Holland & Robert L. Lacy
2005, Volume 9, Issue Fall
- 1-1 Noteworthy : The promise and peril of government intervention
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 1-5 Universities open doors : Gulf coast students migrate to Fifth District
by Megan Martorana & Betty Joyce Nash - 1-8 BRAC hits D.C. : Walter Reed's closure would free up premium real estate
by Charles Gerena - 1-9 Jargon alert : Deadweight loss
by Eric R. Nielsen - 1-10 Research spotlight : Mind games
by Eric R. Nielsen - 1-11 Policy update : CAFTA to have mixed effects on region's firms
by Betty Joyce Nash - 1-39 Around the Fed : How oil price changes affect the economy
by Doug Campbell - 1-51 Regional/District economic developments : Hurricane Katrina disrupts District economy
by Robert L. Lacy - 1-60 Opinion : Bubble talk
by Raymond E. Owens - 2-4 Federal Reserve : After Greenspan : choosing the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve
by Andrew T. Foerster - 5-6 We want you! : West Virginia mines finally need more workers
by Charles Gerena - 6-7 \\"Biopolis\\" in Kannapolis : research campus set for N.C. textile town
by Betty Joyce Nash - 7-8 Fired up : states force payments from small cigarette firms
by Betty Joyce Nash - 12-16 Minds matter : early childhood education meets economic development
by Betty Joyce Nash - 17-20 Nature vs. nurture
by Charles Gerena - 21-24 House of cards?
by Doug Campbell - 25-29 The economics of eminent domain
by Doug Campbell - 30-33 To work or not to work?
by Charles Gerena - 34-35 Poles apart
by Aaron Steelman - 36-38 Why economists still worry about bank runs
by Doug Campbell - 40-43 Economic history : Monetary policy in the Confederacy
by Eric R. Nielsen - 44-45 Book review : Calculated risk: "Fischer Black and the revolutionary idea of finance" by Perry Mehrling
by Eric R. Nielsen - 46-50 Interview : Robert Moffitt
by Aaron Steelman - 52-59 Regional/District economic development : District economic overview and State economic conditions
by Andrea Holmes & Robert L. Lacy
2004, Volume 8, Issue Win
- 1-1 Noteworthy : If free trade is so good, why don't we have more of it?
by Alfred Broaddus - 1-4 Checks enter the electronic age
by John R. Walter - 1-8 Hey y'all : the disappearing southerner
by Amanda White Gibson - 1-9 Report ranks cities : sunbelt metro areas score well
by Aaron Steelman - 1-10 Jargon alert : Jobless recovery
by Aaron Steelman - 1-11 Research spotlight : Faith and economics
by Aaron Steelman - 1-48 Opinion : is Greenspan a Wicksellian?
by Thomas M. Humphrey - 2-4 Federal Reserve : Two-way street : the Board of Directors provides a vital link between Fifth District communities and Fed officials
by Charles Gerena - 6-7 Economic score debated : D.C. and Northern Virginia vie for baseball team
by Elaine Mandaleris - 7-8 Closing open doors : tighter border rules slow the flow of foreigners
by Charles Gerena - 8-9 The brain game : South Carolina invests big money in research facility
by Betty Joyce Nash - 12-18 Global pain local pain : the globalization of manufacturing has produced cheaper goods for everyone, but the trend has cost hundreds of thousands of jobs in the Fifth District
by Karl Rhodes - 19-23 Clearing troubled waters : parts of the Fifth District are taking the advice of economists and using markets to help clean waterways
by Betty Joyce Nash - 24-26 Dollars in the dirt : the economic value of living trees
by Betty Joyce Nash - 27-29 On hold : Fifth District call centers are shedding workers due to technological improvements and globalization
by Charles Gerena - 30-31 After the flood : insuring against natural disasters is risky business
by Betty Joyce Nash - 32-35 Interview : Randall Kroszner
by Aaron Steelman - 36-39 Economic history : Urban entrepreneurs : the origins of black business districts in Durham, Richmond, and Washington, D.C
by Charles Gerena - 40-41 District economic developments
by Robert L. Lacy - 42-47 Regional economic developments
by Andrea Holland
2004, Volume 8, Issue Sum
- 1-1 Noteworthy : Parting shots
by Alfred Broaddus - 1-2 Richmond Fed appoints new president
by anonymous - 1-6 Jargon alert : Elasticity
by Aaron Steelman - 1-7 Research spotlight : Learning to compete
by Aaron Steelman - 1-8 Losing power : Duke Power struggles with textile load loss
by Robert L. Lacy - 1-10 Deal solidifies regional presence : SunTrust enters the Carolinas
by Aaron Steelman - 1-11 Asphalt antidote : \\"living\\" roofs absorb runoff
by Jennifer Sparger - 1-31 What the doctor ordered? : the economics of drug reimportation
by Aaron Steelman - 1-35 Legislative update : Virginia budget brings fiscal fitness but not reform
by Betty Joyce Nash - 1-52 Opinion : hey, a little service here?
by Charles Gerena - 3-5 Federal Reserve : The Fed & the ECB : their regional structures are strikingly similar, but important differences remain
by John A. Weinberg - 8-9 Asian import : testing the Bay waters
by Charles Gerena - 9-10 Richmond retail : open-air centers compete for luxury shoppers
by Betty Joyce Nash - 10-11 More money for Moore : donation to fuel USC's effect on state economy
by Charles Gerena - 12-17 The road to recovery : retraining programs throughout the Fifth District are preparing displaced manufacturing workers for new niches in the global economy
by Karl Rhodes - 18-21 The down zoning effect : when rural communities lower the density of residential development, the merits of land conservation collide with market forces. What happens next?
by Charles Gerena - 22-25 Spanning the Chesapeake Bay : for 40 years, the world's largest bridge-tunnel has connected the Virginia mainland to the Delmarva Peninsula
by Charles Gerena - 26-27 On the outside looking in : millions of Americans do not use conventional banking services, but is that necessarily bad?
by Robert W. Kidd - 28-30 Blowing in the wind : North Carolina acts to cut upwind pollution
by Betty Joyce Nash - 32-34 Book review : Baseball science
by Aaron Steelman - 36-39 Interview : Kenneth Elinzga
by Aaron Steelman - 40-43 Economic history : Knowledge = power : historically black colleges and universities have helped African Americans tap into the potential of higher learning
by Charles Gerena - 44-45 District economic developments
by Robert L. Lacy - 46-51 Regional economic developments
by Andrea Holland
2004, Volume 8, Issue Spr
- 1-1 Noteworthy : Beyond money and banking : how Federal Reserve banks can inform broader economic policies
by Alfred Broaddus - 1-5 Legislative update : The mixed bag of Medicare drug coverage
by Charles Gerena - 1-6 Jargon alert : externality
by Aaron Steelman - 1-7 Research spotlight : Are criminals rational?
by Aaron Steelman - 1-8 Rallying for reform : lawmakers pressed on malpractice
by Charles Gerena - 1-9 Electric debate : is deregulation working?
by Robert L. Lacy - 1-9 Bad connection : Southwest Virginia loses call center
by Aaron Steelman - 1-48 Opinion : Is the market moral?
by Aaron Steelman - 2-4 Federal Reserve : Information, please?
by Charles Gerena - 10-15 Working for health care : employer-sponsored health insurance is commonplace, but it's one of many factors distorting the market for medical services
by Betty Joyce Nash - 16-19 Putting on the brakes : certificate of need regulations try to steer health-care supplies, but it's hard to keep them from fishtailing
by Charles Gerena - 20-23 The baiting game : using economic incentives to attract new businesses isn't as simple as it seems
by Karl Rhodes - 24-26 No, thank you : how economics may help slow the onslaught of spam e-mail
by Aaron Steelman - 27-29 Unwelcome guests : a global economy grapples with the economic and ecological effects of invasive species
by Charles Gerena - 30-31 No more big four? : small cigarette manufacturers grab market share
by Robert W. Kidd - 32-35 Interview : James Buchanan
by Aaron Steelman - 36-39 Economic history : Sold, American! : how auction markets improved the tobacco trade and why they are becoming obsolete
by Charles Gerena - 40-41 District economic developments
by Robert L. Lacy - 42-47 Regional economic developments
by Andrea Holland
2004, Volume 8, Issue Fall
- 1-1 Noteworthy : Fed lending and moral hazard
by Jeffrey M. Lacker - 1-6 Jargon alert : Opportunity cost
by Eric R. Nielsen - 1-7 Research spotlight : The economics of happiness
by Eric R. Nielsen - 1-8 States move to prevent post-disaster price gouging
by Charles Gerena - 1-10 Saves time and money : check images replace paper
by Alice Femlee - 1-12 Malpractice insurance : conflict escalates
by Betty Joyce Nash - 1-48 Opinion : The paradox of voting
by Aaron Steelman - 2-5 Federal Reserve : The road to independence
by Eric R. Nielsen - 9-10 Serving the unbanked : La Cooperativa educates members
by Aileen Watson - 10-11 Grundy moves on : town relocates to avoid floods
by Jennifer Sparger - 11-12 Greyfield redevelopment : old malls seek new life
by Charles Gerena - 13-16 Why cities grow : economist Richard Florida argues that cities must attract young, talented workers - what he dubs the \\"creative class\\" - if they want to prosper. Is he right? And is there anything new about this theory?
by Aaron Steelman - 17-21 Appalachian diversification : in the heart of Appalachia, the people of Southwest Virginia are creating economic opportunities to replace coal jobs
by Karl Rhodes - 22-25 The fattening of America : as we benefit from greater convenience and efficiency, our waistlines are widening in the process
by Charles Gerena - 26-29 Above the minimum : living-wage statutes are designed to help low-income workers in Baltimore and other Fifth District communities, but do they get the job done?
by Charles Gerena & Julia R. Taylor - 30-34 Interview : Al Broaddus and Tom Humphrey
by Aaron Steelman - 35-37 Economic history : Labor pains : the long and often violent struggle for unionization in West Virginia's coalfields
by Betty Joyce Nash - 38-39 Book review : Market discipline
by H. S. Malek - 40-41 District economic developments
by Robert L. Lacy - 42-47 District economic developments
by Andrea Holland
2003, Volume 7, Issue Win
- 1-1 Noteworthy : Conquering the divide
by Alfred Broaddus - 1-5 Legislative update : Fast track to freer trade?
by Charles Gerena & Betty Joyce Nash - 1-6 Commerce and nature : business park thrives near bay
by Bridgette Craney - 1-8 Electricity markets : as utilities retreat from trading, bank steps in
by Charles Gerena - 1-9 Virginia history : economic impact of preservation
by Amanda White - 1-10 Jargon alert : Moral hazard
by Aaron Steelman - 1-11 Research spotlight : Progress report on welfare : Fifth District caseloads remain relatively stable, despite economic slowdown
by Elaine Mandaleris - 2-4 The Federal Reserve : the check business
by Betty Joyce Nash - 6-7 Mining update : regulation, prices seesaw in West Virginia's coal industry
by Charles Gerena - 7-8 Monsoon season : Virginia revenues plummet
by Betty Joyce Nash - 12-17 Beyond the turmoil : after a period of rapid and uneven growth, the telecommunications industry in the Fifth District is in the midst of a painful reorganization as service providers rethink how to meet customer demand
by Charles Gerena - 18-21 Going the extra mile : broadband internet comes to rural areas in the Fifth District
by Michael Steinberger - 22-25 Carolina vinifera : North Carolina, home of the first cultivated grape in the United States, is joining Virginia in cultivating a regional niche in winemaking
by Charles Gerena - 26-29 The agriculture bill's bountiful harvest : legislation boosts payments to Fifth District farmers
by Carl Brooks - 30-31 To join or not to join : the economic effects of \\"right-to-work\\" laws
by Aaron Steelman