December 2010

The purpose of the paper: "Planes versus Passengers: Effects of Airline Alliances on Traffic and Seats" is to shed light on two questions: Did airline alliances live up to air carriers' expectations? and who gained and who lost? To do this, data from the US Department of Transportation on airline departures, passengers, capacity (passengers/seats available) and net income are used. To see the paper click here. 

August 2009

Special Issue: Developing the African Continent which was published in the Journal of international Advances in Economic Research and Guest Edited by A. F. Ott.  Only the electronic versions are available at this moment. The physical copy will come out at the end of August 2009.

This special issue, “Developing the African Continent: Selected Issues,” is the outgrowth of a conference held in Gaborone, Botswana, August 19–21, 2008 sponsored by the Institute for Economic Policy Studies (IEPS). The theme of this conference was, “Developing the African Continent: Who is in Charge?”

The articles in this issue are the following:

 1) Introduction to the Special Issue by Attiat F. Ott  (click here to see PDF)

2) Keynote Address: U.S. Government's Efforts for Growth in Southern Africa by Tina Dooley-Jones (click here to see PDF)

3) Is Economic Integration The Solution to African Development? by Attiat F. Ott and Oswaldo Patino (click here to see PDF)

4) Is There a Link Between Exchange Rate Pass-Through and the Monetary Regime: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America by Naa Aneyeley Akofio-Sowah (click here to see PDF)

5) A Regional Perspective on Aid and FDI in Southern Africa by Henri Bezuidenhout (click here to see PDF)

6) Debt Relief Incentives in Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC): An Empirical Assessment by Dobdinga C. Fonchamnyo (click here to see PDF)

7) Does Corruption Persist In Sub-Saharan Africa? by Nicole Bissessar (click here to see PDF)

8) State-Sponsored Mass Killing in African Wars- Greed or Grievance? by Chyanda Querido (click here to see PDF)

June 2006
Attiat F. Ott’s new book released!
Attiat F. Ott and Richard Cebula, editors, The Elgar Companion on Public Economics, Elgar Publishing, UK.

February 2003
The Public Sector in the Global Economy: From the Driver’s Seat to the Back Seat, Elgar Publishing, UK.

September 2003
William E. Simon’s Contribution to Economic Policy
A Retrospective Look at the Simon Agenda, A Special issue of the Atlantic Economic Journal, Attiat F. Ott, guest editor. Contributions by Attiat F. Ott, Vlad Dolgopolov, Sheila Vegari, and Gladstone Hutchinson.

A Personal Reminiscence: The Seventh Vote
A Tribute to Nobel Laureate James Buchanan's 80th birthday, by Attiat F. Ott