1. Ten paradoxes facing African countries

   • Francesco Forte

   Articles Pages: 1 - 7

2. Developing countries' debt problems and growth prospects

   • Anne O. Krueger

   Articles Pages: 8 - 19

3. Discriminatory government procurement with a content requirement: Its protective effects and welfare costs

   • Mark G. Herander

   Articles Pages: 20 - 29

4. The secular behavior of aggregate retirement flows

   • John S. Lapp

   Articles Pages: 30 - 38

5. Employment effects of the steel trigger price mechanism on the steel and motor vehicle industries

   • Farhad Rassekh

   Articles Pages: 39 - 49

6. Hospital cost-shifting under fractional reimbursement

   • James R. Seldon

   Articles Pages: 50 - 58

7. Measurement of tax progressivity: A further application

   • Paul M. Sommers

   Articles Pages: 59 - 62

8. Twentieth International Atlantic Economic Conference August 29 – September 1, 1985 Washington, D.C.

   Report Pages: 63 - 64

9. Abstracts

   Abstract Pages: 65 - 119

10. Economics of suicide: Rational or irrational choice

    • Mwangi S. Kimenyi
    • William F. Shughart II

    Anthology Pages: 120 - 121

11. A problem with marginal analysis

    • Edward A. Schroeder
    • Rudolph Lindbeck

    Anthology Pages: 122 - 122

12. Testing the information content of U.S. monetary components

    • Rodolfo G. Ledesma

    Anthology Pages: 123 - 123

13. A reverse structural test for the degree of monopoly power

    • Sherrill Shaffer

    Anthology Pages: 124 - 124

14. The market for Atlantic salmon

    • M. Kabir
    • N. B. Ridler

    Anthology Pages: 125 - 125

15. Consumer expenditures with respect to transitory income

    • John D. Scholl

    Anthology Pages: 126 - 126

16. Book review

    • Ferdinando Meacci
    • Steven A. Y. Lin

    BookReview Pages: 127 - 132