Using data as reported in the <italic>JEL</italic> in 2000 and 1985, the authors examine the pricing and other characteristics of books. There has been a substantial rise in book prices, even in real terms, between the two years, which the smaller rise in average page length appears insufficient to justify. A...

There are several measures which can be used to evaluate professional regard for economics journals. In this paper, I have focused on citations as a proxy for quality of material published, as revealed preference for the journals. The availability of the Social Sciences Citation Index has...

The results of this investigation into the relationship between political environment and economic well-being are both disappointing and encouraging. PHONE is the only measure of economic well-being which is unambiguously and positively associated with democracies. Why this is true remains a...