I wish to let anyone interested know that I shall be receiving no e-mail messages between August 18 and December 28 of this year. Please do not send me any as my system will just overload. If you need to reach me during this period I shall be at 931 Batiment Aquitaine 26, rue Auguste Comte 92170 Vanves France tel and fax: 311-46-44-57-51. I can also be reached with a lag at my permanent professional address and fax: Department of Economics James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA fax: 703-568-3010. I shall be back after Dec. 28. Have a good fall, folks! Sorry if this inconvenienced anyone. Barkley Rosser