Professor Kenneth Button recently contributed the following book chapters: “Air Transportation Infrastructure in Developing Countries: Privatization and Deregulation,” in C. Winston and G. de Rus (eds), Aviation Infrastructure Performance: A Study in Comparative Political Economy, Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., April 2008.

“Extraction of Economic Rent under Various Slot Allocation Approaches” and “Auctions: What Can We Learn from Auction Theory for Slot Allocation?” in A. Czerny, P. Forsyth, D. Gillen, H.-M. Niemeier (eds), Airport Slots International Experiences and Options for Reform, German Aviation Research Seminar Series No. 3, Ashgate, Burlington, February 2008.

“Shipping Industry” and “Legacy Effects” in W. A. Darirty (ed), International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (second edition), Macmillan, Detroit, October 2007.

Fangmeng (Tim) Tian (PhD student) will have his term paper “Distribution and Effects of Foreign-born Talent in American Metropolitan Areas” published in the Applied Research in Economic Development, vol. 5, issue 1, May 2008.