W e use a number of aggregate indicators to construct an index of market size for each of eight illicit drugs. These indices can be constructed routinely on an annual basis and are suitable as a baseline against which to judge the impact of anti-drugs policies. KEYW ORDS Illicit drug markets; latent variables; cubic spline trend JEL CLASSIFICATION C43, C82, K42 *I am grateful to John Corkery an...

Only a single thorium fullerene, Th@C84, has been reported to date (Akiyama, K.; et al. J. Nucl. Radiochem. Sci. 2002, 3, 151-154). Although the system was characterized by UV-vis and XANES (X-ray absorption near edge structure) spectra, its structure and properties remain unknown. In this work we used the density functional calculations to identify molecular and electronic structure of the Th@...

The rent of shelter accounts for approximately a third of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Using a new housing rent index (RRI) developed by Ambrose, Coulson, and Yoshida (2014), we modify the CPI and compute the Taylor rule for the period from 2000 to 2010. With this timely rent index, Taylor rule becomes more consistent with the Federal funds rate than the conventional calculations. However, t...

This paper is the first of two from the Monetary Services Indices (MSI) Project at the Federal Reserve Bank ofSt. Louis. The second paper, Working Paper 96-008B, summarizes the methodology, construction and data sourcesfor the an extensive new database of monetary services indices, often referred to as Divisia monetary aggregates, for the United States. This paper surveys the microeconomic theo...

Although its etiology is poorly understood, infectious agents and immune system abnormalities have been consistently associated with an increased risk of nonHodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Several other factors, such as a family history of lymphoma, occupational and environmental exposures, and lifestyle factors (i.e., tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, and obesity) have also been implicated in this...

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