> 2) for some bibliographic entries (books in particular) it puts the
> initial while not in articles, so I get things like R. Feenstra (2004)
> for a book. Is there a way to tell it never to put initials
You probably have two entries for people with the same last name and
different spellings for the first name or middle initial. If that
author is really unique withing your references section, then check
the other entries and be sure that the spellings are exactly the same--
including middle name or middle initial. http://groups.google.com/group/latexusersgroup/browse_thread/thread/4994d6946494a9d5?pli=1