Article history: Accepted 30 October 2013 JEL classification: E62 O11 O41

Article history: Received 2 July 2007 Revised 16 September 2008 Available online 26 September 2008 JEL classification: E21 E25 E62

The reformulation of the median voter hypothesis and its testing proposed in Milanovic (2000) has been criticized from four different perspectives. The critiques are discussed and assessed. JEL classification: D31, E62

In the paper by Zhu et al. [Acta Cryst. (2006), E62, m983–m985], the metal atom was reported incorrectly. The authors of Zhu et al. (2006) have indicated that the metal atom in the reported complex was assigned incorrectly. The paper is therefore withdrawn from the published literature and associated databases.

The ‘noise trader’ model of De Long et al. provides a plausible account of the determination of the equity premium. Extension of the model to allow for privatization of publicly-owned assets yields insights into the positive political economy of privatization and into the normative question of how policies should be evaluated in the presence of mistaken beliefs. JEL Classification: E62

The crystal structure of the title compound in the paper by Sui, Fang, Luo, Chen & Zhou [Acta Cryst. (2006), E62, m1994-m1996] has been rerefined to allow for identification of a disordered dimethyl sulfoxide ligand.[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1107/S1600536806028832.].

Analytical expectational stability results are obtained for both Euler-equation and infinitehorizon adaptive learning in a simple stochastic growth model. The rational expectations equilibrium is stable under both types of learning, though there are differences in the learning dynamics. JEL Classification: E62, D84, E21, E43.

In the paper by Qiu [Acta Cryst. (2006), E62, m849–m850], the metal atom was reported incorrectly. The author of Qiu (2006) has indicated that the metal atom in the reported complex was assigned incorrectly. The paper is therefore withdrawn from the published literature.

Studies of the effect of government spending on unemployment are potentially confounded by reverse causality. To address the endogeneity problem, we exploit variation in a porkbarrel road-building program, and find that higher government expenditure on road-building substantially reduces local unemployment. JEL Codes: E24, E62, H30, H54,