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1998 Issues

Issue 6, November/December 1998
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• Telecom in North Texas: A Case Study in Agglomeration
  Marci Rossell and Meredith Walker
• Is Unemployment Too Low?
  Jason Saving
• Europe: Risk and Reward Under Monetary Unification
  Justin Marion
• Regional Update
  Sheila Dolmas

Issue 5, September/October 1998
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• Immigration and the Economy—Part II
  Lucinda Vargas and Beverly Fox Kellam
• Grading TIPS—An "I" for "Incomplete"
  Joseph Haslag
• Border Bottlenecks Hamper Trade
  Keith Phillips and Jay Campbell
• Regional Update
  Mine K. Yücel

Issue 4, July/August 1998
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• Immigration and the Economy – Part I
  Beverly Fox Kellam and Lucinda Vargas
• What's New About the Economy? Some Lessons From the Current Expansion
  Evan F. Koenig
• Latin American Central Banking: Does Independence Make a Difference?
  David M. Gould and Justin Marion
• Regional Update
  Mine K. Yücel

Issue 3, May/June 1998
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• Electricity Deregulation Likely to Benefit Consumers: Later, If Not Sooner
  Stephen P.A. Brown and Sheila Dolmas
• The New Labor Paradigm: More Market-Responsive Rules of Work and Pay
  John V. Duca
• Financial Crisis and Structural Reform Plans in Korea
  Jahyeong Koo
• Regional Update
  Ricardo Llaudes

Issue 2, March/April 1998
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• What Does the Asian Crisis Mean for the U.S. Economy?
  John V. Duca, David M. Gould and Lori L. Taylor
• Regional Update
  John Benedetto

Issue 1, January/February 1998
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• The 1997 Texas Economy Beats Expectations
  Sheila Dolmas and Mine K. Yücel
• Regional Roundup
  Keith R. Phillips, Fiona Sigalla, Robert W. Gilmer and Lucinda Vargas
• Counting Our Chickens
  Robert Formaini
• The Asian Meltdown
  William C. Gruben
• Regional Update
  Justin Marion