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• 1. Testing for the stationarity and the stability of equilibrium Mototsugu Fukushige, Michio Hatanaka, and Yasuji Koto; 2. Time series with strong dependence P. M. Robinson; 3. Recursive linear models of dynamic economies Lars Peter Hansen and Thomas J. Sargent; 4. The selection problem Charles F. Manski; 5. Quantile regression, censoring, and the structure of wages Gary Chamberlain; 6. The economics of seasonal cycles Jeffrey A. Miron; Comment Svend Hylleberg; 7. On the economics and econometrics of seasonality Eric Ghysels; Comment Denise Osborn.