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KYKLOS International Review for Social Sciences Internationale Zeitschrift fiir Sozialwissenschaften Revue internationale des sciences sociales Vol. 57 — 2004 founded in 1947 by Edgar Salin KYKLOS gegriindet 1947 von Edgar Salin fondé 1947 par Edgar Salin Publisher/Verlag/Edition Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag CH-4051 Basel/Switzerland Editor/Herausgeber/Editeur René L. Frey, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum der Universitat Basel (WWZ) Managing Editors/Redaktoren/Rédacteurs René L. Frey Bruno S. Frey Reiner Eichenberger Internet http://www.kyklos-review.ch/kyklos/ Academic Editorial Board/Wissenschaftliche Beratung/Comité scientifique William J. Baumol Ernst Helmstadter Kurt Rothschild Hans Besters Jiirg Niehans Carl Christian von Weizsacker Gottfried Bombach _Luigi Pasinetti INDEX — INHALTSVERZEICHNIS — SOMMAIRE Articles Ahmed, Eliza and Valerie Braithwaite: When Tax Collectors Become Collectors for Child Support and Student Loans: Jeopardizing the Revenue Base? .......... Andreozzi, Luciano: A Note on Paradoxes in Economics Beiner, Stefan, Wolfgang Drobetz, Frank Schmid and Heinz Zimmermann: Is Board Size an Independent Corporate Governance Mechanism? Brzoska, Michael: Taxation of the Global Arms Trade? An Overview of the Issues Busse, Matthias: Transnational Corporations and Repression of Political Rights and Civil Liberties: An Empirical Analysis ..... 2.0.0.0 cccccccccccccccnccces Cameron, Sam and Andy Thorpe: Legislating for Economic Sclerosis: Are Lawyers a Baleful Influence on Growth Rates? Castronova, Edward: The Price of Bodies: A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthetic World Coupé, Tom: What Do We Know about Ourselves? On the Economics of Economics Coyne, Christopher J. and Peter T. Leeson: Read All About It! Understanding the Role of Media in Economic Development De Groot, Henri L. F., Gert-Jan Linders, Piet Rietveld and Uma Subramanian: The Institutional Determinants of Bilateral Trade Patterns De Jasay, Anthony, Werner Giith, Hartmut Kliemt and Axel Ockenfels: Take or Leave? Distribution in Asymmetric One-Off Conflict Dudley, Leonard and Ulrich Witt: Arms and the Man: World War I and the Rise of the Welfare State Frick, Bernd: Does Ownership Matter? Empirical Evidence from the German Wine Industry Garcia-Quevedo, José: Do Public Subsidies Complement Business R&D? A Meta- Analysis of the Econometric Evidence Grolleau, Gilles, Tarik Lakhal and Naoufel Mzoughi: Does Ethical Activism Lead to ET ae Hanousek, Jan and Filip Palda: Quality of Government Services and the Civic Duty to Pay Taxes in the Czech and Slovak Republics, and other Transition Countries Hasan, Rana and M. G. Quibria: Industry Matters for Poverty: A Critique of Agricultural Fundamentalism Heine, Klaus and Karsten Mause: Policy Advice as an Investment Problem Hsiung, Bingyuan: Coase Theorem and the Taiwan Strait Conflict Klodt, Henning: Border Effects in Passenger Air Traffic Lallemand, Thierry, Robert Plasman and Frangois Rycx: Intra-Firm Wage Dispersion and Firm Performance: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data Liebig, Thomas and Alfonso Sousa-Poza: Migration, Self-Selection and Income Inequality: An International Analysis INDEX — INHALTSVERZEICHNIS —~ SOMMAIRE Opper, Sonja: The Political Economy of Privatization: Empirical Evidence from Transition Economies Pellegrini, Lorenzo and Reyer Gerlagh: Corruption’s Effect on Growth and its Transmission Channels Riach, Peter A. and Judith Rich: Deceptive Field Experiments of Discrimination: Are they Ethical? Skidmore, Mark, Hideki Toya and David Merriman: Convergence in Government Spending: Theory and Cross-Country Evidence Stenkula, Mikael: The Euro Cash Changeover Process Torgler, Benno: The Economics of the FIFA Football Worldcup Notes Laband, David N. and Robert D. Tollison: Dry Holes in Economic Research: Reply Mayer, Thomas: Dry Holes in Economic Research: Comment