Progress in Economics Research: Volume II

Preface; Creating a Sustainable EMU: A Proposal for a Semi-Automatic Stabilisation Mechanism; Taxing a Polluting Monopoly with Private Information; Health Insurance: A Primer; Economic Integration of China's Hong Kong & Macao: Regional & International Dimensions; Incomes & Spending of the Polish Population in 2006: Regional Differences in the Structure of Consumption in a Multivariate Approach; Foreign Investment in U.S. Securities (James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade & Finance, Congressional Research Service); Licensing in a Vertical Structure; Generating Social Welfare Functions on Restricted Domains by Prolog; Not Only Economic, but also Social Hubris? Is Child Mortality in the Wealthiest OECD Nations a Case to Answer for "Anglo-American" Countries & their Approach to Accounting & Business?; Offshoring & Global Standards: Some Issues (Commentary); The Impact of the Temporary Short-Sale Ban on Liquidity & Efficiency; Taxation & the Rise of Alco-Pops in Australia; Foreign Holdings of Federal Debt; Model Independent Economics Based on Swarm Engineering; Computational Applications in Consumer Search Models; The Banking Crisis & its Risks: Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities; European Double-Barrier Options with a Compound Poisson Component; Enhanced Indexation & Cardinality Constraints; Short & Long-Run Effects on Trade on Growth & Welfare; Index.