Selected Faculty Publications and Papers

J. Ulyses Balderas

"Los Determinantes de las Remesas: el Caso de los Emigrantes Mexicanos en los Estados Unidos." Memorias del Seminario Permanente sobre Migracion Internacional. Nuevas Tendencias y Desafios de la Migracion Internacional , Volumen III, forthcoming

"Inflation and Relative Price Variability in Mexico: The Role of Remittances" (with Hiranya K. Nath), Applied Economics Letters (forthcoming)

"Empirical Study of the Crowding Out Hypothesis: A Case of Mexico," (with Kishore Kulkarni) Prajnan, vol. XXVII, no. 1 (October-December 1998), pp. 263-79

Milo Douglas Berg

"Racial Differences in Interest Rates," (with Donald L. Bumpass), Midwestern Business and Economic Review, Fall 2004

"Semi-parametric Estimation of Rational Expectation Models," (with Xiaofei Yan), Journal of Quantitative Economics, forthcoming (Word Doc Version)

"Estimating Cumulative Hydrocarbon Discovery," Journal of Quantitative Economics, vol. 16, no. 2 (July 2000) 45-52

"Instrumental Variable Estimation of Semi-parametric Dynamic Panel Data Models: Monte Carlo Results on Several New and Existing Estimators," (with Qi Li and Aman Ullah) in Advances in Econometrics, vol.15, Nonstationary Panels, Panel Cointegration, and Dynamic Panels, Badi H. Baltagi, editor, J.A.I. Press, 2000, pp. 297-315

"An Integrated Model of Oil Production," (with John R. Moroney) The Energy Journal, vol. 20, no.1, January 1999

"U. S. Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico, Chile, and Brazil," (with Bala Maniam) International Business and Ecology Research Yearbook, Grace Ann Rosile, editor, October 1998, pp. 167-172

"World Crude Oil Extraction and Exploration," (with Seung Won Kang), in Advances in the Economics of Energy and Resources, John R. Moroney, editor, J.A.I. Press, 1994

 

Edward F. Blackburne

"Estimation of Nonstationary Heterogeneous Panels." (with Mark W. Frank), The Stata Journal , vol. 7, no. 2, Second Quarter 2007

"Evidence of Perfectly Reversible Price Response in U.S. Gasoline Demand: A Semi-parametric Approach," in Advances in the Economics of Energy and Resources, John R. Moroney, editor, J.A.I. Press, 1997

Donald L. Bumpass

"Factors Influencing Governors' Salaries: An Update and Extension" (with M. Tuttle), The Journal of Economics , forthcoming

"Strictly Roots Natural Hair Care Salon -- 2001" (with P. Reed, A. Williams, V. Muehsam), In: Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases, 9th edition, edited by Fred R. David, Prentice Hall, (forthcoming 2003). Published in Southwest Case Research Association Proceedings, Volume 11 by College of Business Administration. The University of Texas--Tyler, March 2002.

"A Twentieth Century Tale of Inflation and Deception," (with D. Townsend), Durell Journal of Money and Banking, (Fall 1995) Vol. VII, No. 3, pp. 29-30.

" Estimating the Production Function and Testing Returns to Scale: Comment," (with G. Greenwade ), Journal of Economics (Fall 1994) XX, p.93.

" Energy Impacts on Real Wages and Output: U.S. Manufacturing 1948-1983," (with G. Greenwade), Journal of Economics, Vol. XI, 1985, 1-3; reprinted in Journal of Economics, Spring 1993, Vol. XIX, No. 1.

Marilyn Butler

"The Factors of Age and Sex on the Perception of Ethics," (with Sara A. Hart, W. Hadley Leavell, Balasundram Maniam) Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulator Issues, Vol 5, Number 1, 2002, pp. 47-65

"Fred R. David Champions Hydro-Lawn, Inc case study," (with Joe Kavanaugh, Misty Poissoit, and Leslie Toombs) Strategic Managment Cases 10th Edition, pp 178-87

Viera Chmelarova

"Exchange Rate Stabilization in Developed and Underdeveloped Capital Markets" (with Gunther Schnabl), European Central Bank Working Paper Series, No. 636 (June 2006)

"Nonlinearities in Capital-Skill Complementarity" (with Chris Papageorgiou), Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 55 - 86 (March 2005)

Mark W. Frank

"Inequality and Growth in the United States: Evidence from a New State-Level Panel of Income Inequality Measure" Economic Inquiry, forthcoming

"Media substitution in advertising: A spirited case study" International Journal of Industrial Organization, forthcoming

"Estimation of Nonstationary Heterogeneous Panels." (with Mark W. Frank), The Stata Journal , vol. 7, no. 2, Second Quarter 2007

"Regulation and Research Joint Ventures: Price-Caps versus Rate-of-Return Regulation." Currently under review.  

"Regional Economic Growth: Do Neighboring Nations Matter?" Midwest Business and Economic Review, Fall 2003

"An Empirical Analysis of Electricity Regulation on Technical Change in Texas," The Review of Industrial Organization, Vol 22, No.4, pages 313-331, June 2003

"The Relationship of Inequality to Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. State-Level Data." ( with Donald G. Freeman) Pennsylvania Economic Review, vol. 11, no. 2, pages 24-36. Fall 2002

"The Duration of Advertising Effects in Beer Firms' Demand Functions." (with Barry J. Seldon).

"Conjectural Variations in Advertising and Pricing Among Beer Manufactures." (with R. Todd Jewell and Barry J. Seldon).

The Impact of Rate-of-Return Regulation on Technological Innovation, Ashgate Publishing: Aldershot , England . 2001.

"The Economic Consequences of the Welfare State: The Case of Sweden," Pennsylvania Economic Review, vol. 10, no. 2, pages 39-46. Fall 2001

"Schumpeter on Entrepreneurs and Innovation: A Reappraisal." Journal of the History of Economic Thought, vol. 10, no. 4, pages 505-516. December 1998

"The Determinants of Economic Growth: Synthesis and Analysis." UT-D Political Economy Working Papers 98-2, January 1998.

Donald G. Freeman

“Non-White Poverty and Macroeconomy: The Impact of Growth,” (with Gary Hoover and Walter Enders), American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 2008, 98:2, forthcoming.

"The Resource Curse and U.S. Regional Development." Applied Economics Letters , forthcoming.

"Differences in Inflation's Impact upon Productivity Across Inflation Regimes: the German Case." (with David Yerger), Journal of International Business Disciplines , forthcoming.

"Drunk Driving Legislation and Traffic Fatalities: New Evidence on BAC 08 Laws." Contemporary Economic Policy (July 2007)

"Threshold Effects Between German Inflation and Productivity Growth." (with David Yerger) Business Research Yearbook , 13 (2006)

"Drunk Driving Legislation and Traffic Fatalities: New Evidence on BAC 08 Laws." Contemporary Economic Policy (forthcoming).

"A Change-Point Analysis of the Growth Effects of State Banking Deregulation." Economic Enquiry (July 2005) pp. 601-13

"Are Regional Tastes Converging? The Case of Alcohol." Midwestern Business and Economic Review (Fall 2004) pp. 39-51.

"Trickling Down the Rising Tide: New Estimates of the Link between Poverty and the Macroeconomy," Southern Economic Journal (October 2003) pp.359-373

"Poverty and the Macroeconomy: Estimates from U.S. Regional Data," Contemporary Economic Policy (July 2003) pp. 358-371

"Is Health Care a Necessity or a Luxury? Pooled Estimates of Income Elasticity from U.S. State-Level Data," Applied Economics (March, 2003) pp. 495-502

"A Theoretical Model of Adolescent Suicide and Some Evidence from U.S. Data," (with Vijay K. Mathur) Health Economics (December, 2002) pp. 695-708

"Did State Bank Branch Deregulation Produce Large Growth Effects?" Economics Letters (May, 2002) pp. 383-389

"Interpreting Cross-Section and Time-Series Tests of Convergence: The Case of Labor Productivity in Manufacturing," (with David Yerger) Journal of Economics and Business.
(November/December, 2001) pp. 593-607

"Panel Tests of Okun's Law for Ten Industrial Countries," Economic Inquiry (October, 2001) pp. 511-523

"Sources of Fluctuations in Regional Growth," the Annals of Regional Science (June, 2001) pp. 249-266

"Beer and the Business Cycle," Applied Economics Letters (January, 2001) pp 51-54

"Alternative Panel Estimates of Alcohol Demand, Taxation and the Business Cycle," Southern Economic Journal (October, 2000), pp. 325-344

"Does Inflation Lower Productivity? Time Series Evidence on the Impact of Inflation on Labor Productivity in 12 OECD Nations," (with David Yerger) Atlantic Economic Journal (September, 2000), pp. 315-332

"Regional Tests of Okun's Law," International Advances in Economic Research (August, 2000), pp. 557-570

"A Note on Economic Conditions and Alcohol Problems," Journal of Health Economics (October, 1999), pp. 661-670

"Grade Divergence as a Market Outcome," The Journal of Economic Education (Fall, 1999), pp. 344-351.

"Unit Roots in the Presence of Moving Average Errors: Tests of Consumer Price Inflation," Applied Economics Letters (September, 1998), pp 577-81.

"Determinants of Youth Suicide: The Easterlin-Holinger Cohort Hypothesis Re-Examined," American Journal of Economics and Sociology. (April, 1998), pp 183-200.

"Inflation and Total Factor Productivity," (with David Yerger) Applied Economics Letters (May, 1998), pp 271-74.

"Do Core Inflation Measures Forecast Inflation?" Economics Letters (February, 1998), pp. 143-47

"Inflation and Total Factor Productivity: The Case of Germany" (with David Yerger) Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv (March, 1997) pp 158-63.

Fidel Gonzalez

"Housing Demand in Mexico," (with Matias Fontenla) Journal of Housing Economics, forthcoming.

"Precautionary Principle, Robustness and Optimal Taxes for a Stock Pollutant with Multiplicative Risk," Environmental and Resource Economics, Volume 41, No. 1, 25:46, September 2008.

"Determinants of Housing Expenditure in Mexico." Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.

"Optimal Policy Response with Control Variable and Intercept Covariance." Computational Economics, Vol, 31, No. 1, 2008.

"Self-fulfilling and Fundamental Banking Crises: A Multinomial Logit Approach." (with M. Fontenla) Economics Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 17, 1-11, 2007.

"Uncertainty about the Persistence of Cost-Push Shocks and the Optimal Reaction of the Monetary Authority" (with Arnulfo Rodriguez and Jesus R Gonzalez Garcia) Banco de Mexico Working Paper No. 2007-05, 2007

"Robust Control: A Note on the Response of the Control to the Changes in the "Free" Parameter."(with Arnulfo Rodriguez) Economics Letters 89:294-299, 2005

"Robust Control: A Note on the Response of the Control to Changes in the "Free" Parameter Conditional on the Character of Nature." (with Arnulfo Rodriguez) Computational Economics 24:223-238, 2004.

Darren Grant

"Physician Financial Incentives and Cesarean Delivery: New Conclusions from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project," Journal of Health Economics, forthcoming.

"Dead on Arrival: Zero Tolerance Laws Don't Work," Economic Inquiry, forthcoming.

"Elemental Tests of the Traditional Rational Voting Model," (with Michael Toma) Public Choice, 137,1:173-195 (2008).

"Sanctions and Recidivism: An Evaluation of Physician Discipline by State Medical Boards," (with Kelly C. Alfred) Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 32, 5:867-885 (2007).

"Grades as Information." Economics of Education Review , 26, 2 (2007)

“Information and Sorting in the Market for Obstetrical Services.” Health
Economics, 14, 7: 703-719 (2005).

“Explaining Source of Payment Differences in U.S. Cesarean Rates:
Why Do Privately Insured Mothers Receive More Cesareans than Mothers Who
Are Not Privately Insured?” Health Care Management Science, 8, 1: 5-17 (2005)
(lead article).

“The Effect of Bicycle Helmet Legislation on Bicycling Fatalities.” (with Steven Rutner) Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23, 3: 595-611 (2004).

“Malpractice Experience and the Incidence of Cesarean Delivery: a Physician-level Longitudinal Analysis.” (with Melayne Morgan McInnes), Inquiry, 41, 2: 170-188 (2004).

“The Effect of Implicit Contracts on the Movement of Wages over the
Business Cycle: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Surveys,” Industrial
& Labor Relations Review, 56, 3: 393-408 (2003).

“A Comparison of the Cyclical Behavior of Union and Nonunion Wages
in the United States.” The Journal of Human Resources, 36, 1: 31-57 (2001).

“Race and Cesarean Delivery in Florida.” The Review of Black Political
Economy, 28, 1: 37-47 (2000).

“Recycling and Market Power: A More General Model and Re-evaluation
of the Evidence.” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 17, 1: 59-80
(1999).

“Searching for the Downsian Voter with a Simple Structural Model,”
Economics and Politics, 10, 2: 107-126 (1998) (lead article).

William B. Green

Natalie D. Hegwood

"Are Real GDP Levels Trend, Difference, or Regime-Wise Trend Stationary? Evidence from Panel Data Tests Incorporating Structural Change." (with David Papell) Southern Economic Journal , Volume 74, Number 1.

 

"Purchasing Power Parity under the Gold Standard," (with David Papell) Southern Economic Journal,69(1): 72-91 (2002)

"Quasi Purchasing Power Parity," (with David Papell) International Journal of Finance and Economics, 3: 279-289 (1998)

Lirong Liu

John Miller

"Comparative Study of Women Small Business Owners in the Americas." In E. Sundin , P. Kyrö , and A. Aaltio, (Eds.) The dialogue of woman entrepreneurship and social capital. Copenhagen Business School Press and the University of Tampere: Finland (Chapter 8, pages 185-211), forthcoming.

"Successful Women in the United States of America." (with Jo Ann Duffy and Suzy Fox) Successful Professional Women of the Americas: From Polar Winds to Tropical Breezes, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK (Chapter 8, pages 149-160), 2006.

"The Big Picture from Polar Winds to Tropical Breezes," with Betty Jo Punnett and Donald Wood, Successful Professional Women of the Americas: From Polar Winds to Tropical Breezes, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK (Chapter 13, pages 220-227), 2006.

"An Empirical Test of an IPO Performance Prediction Model: Are there 'Blue Chips' among IPOS?" (with Robert Stretcher) pted for publication in the Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal.

"Conceptualizing the Hijacking Threat to Civil Aviation" (2007) with Adam Dulin accepted for publication in Criminal Justice Review .

"TACTS R : Developing a New Critical Thinking Assessment Instrument" (2007) with Frank Fair, Valerie Muehsam, Wendy McCoy, accepted for publication in Inquiry.

"Successful Women of the Americas: The Same or Different?" (2006) with Duffy, J.A.,  Fox, S., Oppenheimer, R. Santos, N., Gregory, A, Lituchy, T. Olivas Lujan,  M., Monserrat, S. and Punnett, B J., Management Research News , Volume 29, Numbers 9 and 10, pp. 552-572.

Mitchell J. Muehsam

Valerie P. Muehsam

Hiranya K. Nath

“Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies.” Comparative Economic Studies, forthcoming.

“Information Services in the U.S. Economy: Value, Jobs and Management Implications.” (with Uday M. Apte and Uday S. Karmarkar), California Management Review, Vol. 50, No.3, 12-30 (Spring 2008).

“Inflation and Relative Price Variability in Mexico: The Role of Remittances.” (with J. Ulyses Balderas), Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 15, No.3, 181-185 (January 2008)

“Trade, Growth, and Wage Inequality in Bangladesh.” (with Khawaja A Mamun), Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Vol. 16,No.4,505-528 (December 2007)

“Diminishing Marginal Impatience: Its Promises for Asset Pricing.” (with Jayanta Sarkar) Applied Financial Economics Letters, Vol.2,No.1,61-64 (January 2006)

“Small Menu Costs and Large Business Cycles: An Extension of the Mankiw Model.” (with Robert Stretcher) Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, Vol.6, No. 2, 21-32 (November 2005)

“Export-led Growth in Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis.” (with Khawaja A Mamun) Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 12, No. 6, 361-364 (May 2005)

“Assessing Cross-Industry Effects of B2B e-Commerce.” (with Uday M. Apte) Journal of Strategic E-Commerce, Vol.2, No.2, 51-80 (December 2004)

“Relative Importance of Sectoral and Aggregate Sources of Price Changes.”  Applied Economics, Vol. 36 No.16, 1781-96 (September 2004)

“Inflation and Relative Price Variability: Short-Run vs Long-Run.” Economics Letters, Vol. 82 No.3, 363-69 (March 2004).

“Relative Price Changes as Supply Shocks: Evidence from U.S. Cities.” Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 41, Nos. 3 & 4 (2004)

Book Chapters and Other Publications

“Size, Structure and Growth of the U.S. Information Economy.” (with Uday M. Apte) In U.M. Apte and U.S. Karmakar (eds): Managing in the Information Economy: Current Research Issues, Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, Norwell, MA, (2007) 

“The Rise of an Enclave Economy.” In Alokesh Barua (ed): India’s Northeast: Development Issues in a Historical Perspective, New Delhi: Manohar – Centre De Sciences Humaines, 121- 140 (2005)   

“Service Industries in Today's Information Economy.” (with Uday M. Apte) In Proceedings of the Service Operations Management Association (August 2000)

Troy Quast

"Does the Form of Doctor Compensation Affect the Quality of Care in Medicaid MCOs?" (with David Sappington and Besty Shenkman) Health Economics ( forthcoming).

"Are Elected Regulators More Political than Appointed Regulators?" Journal of regulatory Economics (forthcoming).

Isabel C Ruiz

"Volatility persistence,Long memory and Time-Varying Unconditional Mean:Evidence from Ten Equity Indices" (with David McMillan), Quarterly Review of Economis and Finance, forthcoming.

"Linkages among Latin American Foreign Exchange Markets: A Long-Run Perspective in the Presence of Structural Breaks." Applied Economic Letter s , forthcoming.

"Long-Run Trends and Exchange Rates in Latin America : Evidence from High Frequency Data." Academy of Economics and Finance Papers and Proceedings , 2006. Forthcoming.

"Convergence Hypothesis: Evidence from Panel Unit Root Test with Spatial Dependence." (With L. Liu) Revista Ecos de Economía , Forthcoming.

"The Price Puzzle Revisited: Evidence from Colombia ." (With B. Solomon) Revista Ecos de Economía , No.22, 2005, pp.45-55.

"Exchange Rate as a Determinant of Foreign Direct Investment: Does it Really Matter? Theoretical Aspects, Literature Review and Applied Proposal." Revista Ecos de Economía , No.21, 2005, pp.155-171.

"Empirical Analysis on the Real Effects of Inflation and Exchange Rate Uncertainty: The Case of Colombia ." Revista Ecos de Economía , No.20, 2005, pp.7-28.

"About the Theory and Empirical Analysis of the Persistence of Profits and its Applicability to Colombia ."  Revista Ecos de Economía , No.17, 2002, pp.65-76.

George E. Samuels

"Okun's Law: Measurement Considerations." Papers and Proceedings, Academy of Economics and Finance, Vol. 30, February 2006, pp. 277-280.

"What is Expansionary Monetary Policy?" Texas Labor Market Review, April 2002

"Carriebean Migration," (with Antonio Jorge and Raul Moncarz) Proceedings of the International Trade and Finance Association, May 1998

"Another Look at Import Structure and Economic Growth," Working Paper, Center for Business and Economic Development, Sam Houston State University, No. 94,06E/BA, June 1994

"Fringe Benefits: An Ordering," Journal of Forensic Economics, Winter 1991

"Calculating Damages: Real or Nominal Rates," Journal of Forensic Economics, Spring/Summer 1990

"Airline Deregulation: Its Effects and the Competitive Environment," International Journal of Transport Economics, June 1990

"Foreign Debt and Economic Development: IMF Policy Issues," in K Fatemi (ed) International Trade and Finance: A North American Perspective, Praeger (1988): 100-07

"Government Production and Regulation: Realities in the U.S.," Edgar Ortiz (ed): Public Enterprise: Current Issues, Center for Research and Teaching Economics (1987): 492-98.

"Pfeifer and Culver II: Forecasting Uniformity," Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 49, No. 10, November 1986

"Policy and U.S. - Mexico Trade Relations," Occasional Papers Series Dialogues, Latin American and Caribbean Center, 1984

"Imports Substitution Industrialization in Brazil and Mexico," with Raul Moncarz, Papers and Proceedings of the Southwest Federation of Administration Disciplines, March 1980

"Automobile Usage Demand and the Gasoline Tax," International Journal of Transport Economics, April 1978

Markland H. Tuttle

"The U.S. Current Account: The Impact of Household Wealth." (with G. Keener), Journal of Economics and Economic Education Review , forthcoming.

"Does Defense Spending Really Promote Aggregate Output in the U.S.?" (with J. Smith), Defense and Peace Economics , forthcoming.

"Factors Influencing Governors' Salaries: An Update and Extension." (with D. Bumpass), The Journal of Economics , forthcoming.

"Wealth and the Distribution of Income: Permanent and Transitory Effects." (with J. Gauger), Review of Income and Wealth , Series 52 (4), December 2006.

"Is the Current Account Narrowing the Yield Spread?" (with D. Berg), Academy of Economics and Finance Papers and Proceedings , forthcoming.

"Federal Reserve Dilemma: 1974." (with R. Stretcher), International Academy for Case Studies Proceedings , 13(2), 2006.

"Tax Base Elasticities: A Multi-State Analysis of Long Run and Short Run Dynamics." (with D. Bruce and W. Fox) Southern Economic Journal, vol. 73 (2006): 315-41

"Factors Influencing Governor's Salaries, 1961-2001." (with D. Bumpass) 2006 Academy of Economics and Finance Papers and Proceedings (forthcoming)

"Business Cycle Heterogeneity and Anecdotal Evidence of General Treatments for Specific Economic Problems." (with R. Stretcher) Proceedings of the Academy of Economics and Economic Education 8 (1), 2005.

"Changes in Income Concentration: Taxes or Macroeconomic Conditions?" (with Donald Bruce and Charles Garrison), Economic Inquiry, vol. 41, 2003

Carlos Vargas-Silva

Vargas-Silva, C. "Are Remittances Manna from Heaven? A look at the Business Cycle Properties of Remittances." The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, forthcoming.

Vargas-Silva, C., "Crime and Remittance Transfers." Eastern Economic Journal, Forthcoming.

Vargas-Silva, C., “The Tale of Three Amigos: Remittances, Exchange Rates and Money Demand in Mexico.” Review of Development Economics, Forthcoming.

Vargas-Silva, C.; Ruiz, I. and Shukralla, E., “Remittances, Institutions and Growth: A Panel Semi-Parametric Approach.” International Economic Journal, Forthcoming.

Vargas-Silva, C. and Ruiz, I. “Monetary Policy and International Remittances.” Journal of Developing Areas, Forthcoming.

Vargas-Silva, C., Chapter about “Exchange Rates” in the 21st Century Economist: A Handbook, SAGE Publications, Forthcoming.

Vargas-Silva, C.; Amuedo-Dorantes, C. and Pozo, S., “Remittances and the Macroeconomy: The Case of Small Island Developing States”, part of the United Nations, WIDER Project on Fragility and Development.

Vargas-Silva, C., “Monetary Policy and the U.S. Housing Market: A VAR Analysis Imposing Sign Restrictions.” Journal of Macroeconomics, 2008, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 977-990.

Vargas-Silva, C. “The Effect of Monetary Policy on Housing: A Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregression (FAVAR) Approach.” Applied Economics Letters, 2008, Vol. 15, No. 10, pp. 749 - 752.

Vargas-Silva, C. “Measuring the Macroeconomic Impact of Workers’ Remittances in a Data-Rich Environment.” Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2007, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 359 - 363.

Vargas-Silva, C., “Portfolio Reasons for Homeownership: The Case of Immigrants.” Revista Ecos de Economia (Colombian journal), 2006, No. 23, pp.73-86.

Vargas-Silva, C. and Peng, H., “Macroeconomic Determinants of Workers’ Remittances: Host versus Home Country’s Economic Conditions.” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2006, Vol. 15, No.1, pp.81-99.

Vargas-Silva, C., “The Determinants of International Remittances: Evidence from the Legalized Population.” Academy of Economics and Finance Papers and Proceedings, 2006, Vol. 30, pp.333-335.