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Mutual Forbearance In Experimental Conglomerate Markets, Owen R. Phillips, Charles F. Mason

Charles F Mason

We conduct economic experiments to gauge the level of cooperation between conglomerate rivals. First we run control experiments to observe cooperation between subjects acting as duopolists in one of two markets. In the control experiments, subject pairs choose a quantity x_i (or y_i) from a payoff matrix in a repeated game. Relatively less cooperation is observed in the Y market than in the X market. A second series of experiments then combines the two payoff matrices to create a conglomerate setting. Facing each other in two markets, opponents now choose an (x_i, y_i) …

Review Of Derek Bickerton, Language And Species, Barbara Johnstone, Henry W. Johnstone Jr.

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.

Review Of Deborah Tannen, Talking Voices: Repetition, Dialogue, And Imagery In Conversational Discourse, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.

Review Of Ahmed Moutaouakil, Pragmatic Functions In A Functional Grammar Of Arabic, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.

Who's Afraid Of Multiple Realizability?: Functionalism, Reductionism, And Connectionism, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

Philosophers have argued that on the prevailing theory of mind, functionalism, the fact that mental states are multiply realizable or can be instantiated in a variety of different physical forms, at least in principle, shows that materialism or physical is probably false. A similar argument rejects the relevance to psychology of connectionism, which holds that mental states are embodied and and constituted by connectionist neural networks. These arguments, I argue, fall before reductios ad absurdam, proving too much -- they apply as well to genes, which are multiply realizable, but the reduction of which to DNA is one the core …

General Equilibrium Of A Regional Economy With A Financial Sector - Part Ii: A Simple Behavioral Model, Merritt R. Hughes

Merritt R Hughes

Simple behavioral assumptions are incorporated into an accounting framework that provides linked budget and balance sheets for sectors of a regional economy. A short-run Keynesian-type model is developed where quantities rather than prices adjust, and where regional prices and interest rates are equal to national levels. The analysis highlight the importance of the financial services sector as an active factor in regional growth. Consumer deposits and debt preferences, and limitations imposed on credit extension by the financial services sector can have important effects on the regional economy as evidenced by changes in the export multiplier.

Distortionary Taxes And The Provision Of Public Goods, Charles Ballard, Don Fullerton

Don Fullerton

No abstract provided.

A General Equilibrium Model Of Housing, Taxes, And Portfolio Choice, James Berkovec, Don Fullerton

Don Fullerton

We describe a model in which rental and owner housing are risky assets, tenure choice is endogenous, and each household is constrained to consume the same amount of owner housing that it has in its investment portfolio. At each iteration in the search for an equilibrium, we determine the new taxable income for each of 3,578 households (from the Survey of Consumer Finances), and we use statutory schedules to find the marginal rate and tax paid. Equilibrium net rates of return are major determinants of the amount of owner housing, but a logit model indicates that demographic factors are the …

Where Judicial Politics Are Legislative Politics: The French Constitutional Council, Alec Stone Sweet

Alec Stone Sweet

No abstract provided.

Ticcih Congress 1990, The International Committee For The Conservation Of The Industrial Heritage

The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage

No abstract provided.

Controlling The Abandonment Of Automobiles: Mandatory Deposits Vs Fines, Dwight Lee, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton

PHILIP E GRAVES

There is no abstract, but the paper describes first-best solutions to the abandonment of automobiles, arguing that litter fines are inefficient with or without a mandatory deposit. However, the latter can generate first-best optimality.

Specialization And Size Of Technological Activities In Industrial Countries: The Analysis Of Patent Data, Mario Pianta, Daniele Archibugi

Mario Pianta

The determinants and directton of the technological specialization of advanced countries are investtgated in thus paper using patent counts and citations as technology indicators.

Expectations, Impressions, And Judgments Of Physically Attractive Students: A Review, Miles Patterson, Vicki Ritts, Mark E. Tubbs

Miles Patterson

Contemporary Radical Right Wing Violence In Canada: A Quantitative Analysis, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Benefits Transfer: Conceptual Problems In Estimating Water Quality Benefits Using Existing Studies, William H. Desvouges, Michael C. Naughton, George R. Parsons

George Parsons

Us Congress - Syllabus & Complete Lectures (Spring 1992), David R. Mayhew

David Mayhew