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Aids And New England Hospitals, Jesse Green, Neil Wintfeld, Madeleine Singer, Kevin Schulman

New England Journal of Public Policy

The Centers for Disease Control projects that nine thousand persons with AIDS will be alive in New England in 1991, representing a sevenfold increase from 1986. Our analysis indicates that more than 2 percent of medical/surgical beds in New England will be used for AIDS care by 1991, representing 766 fully occupied hospital beds. The direct cost of providing hospital care to New England's AIDS patients is projected to be $195.2 million in 1991, reflecting 3 percent of all hospital inpatient costs in the region.

AIDS treatment is very unevenly distributed among hospitals in New England. Just twenty hospitals (8 …

'Small Profits': Strukturmerkmale Und Entwicklungsprobleme Der Urbanen Individualwirtschaft In Der Vr China, Wolfgang Jamann, Thomas Menkhoff

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This article intends to analyse recent structural patterns, development problems and the reasons for rehabilitation of the urban private economy in the People’s Republic of China since 1978. The authors start from the thesis that the so-called “private sector” in China is not comparable with its “out”-differentiated counterpart in Western industrial countries, but is interlaced, in a complex way, with informal, partly illegitimate activities, interpersonal relation-networks (“guanxi”) or economic transactions of state/collective factories. The article illustrates the subordinate situation of the individual labourers in terms of their political regulation by (sometimes restrictive) licence procedures, taxes and fees; resource supply problems …

Microfoundations - Business, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Kurz, H. D. (1986). ‘Normal’ positions and capital utilisation. Political Economy, off-print. Unpublished manuscript.

• Betancourt, R. (1987). Capital utilization. In J. Eatwell, M. Milgate, & P. Newman (Eds.), The New Palgrave: A dictionary of economics (pp. XXX–XXX). London, UK: Macmillan.

• Winston, G. C. (1974, December). The theory of capital utilization and idleness. Journal of Economic Literature, 12(4), 1150–1167.

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). Handwritten notes summarizing R. F. Harrod’s argument on imperfect competition from Economic essays (1952). Unpublished manuscript.

• Harrod, R. F. (1952). The law of decreasing costs. In Economic essays (pp. XXX–XXX). London, UK: Allen & …

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Illegal Aliens: Their Employment And Employers, Barry R. Chiswick

Upjohn Press

This study develops and tests hypotheses about the characteristics of the employment of illegal aliens, including wages, investments in job training, job mobility, and workplace and employer characteristics.

Are Acquiring Firm Shareholders Better Off After An Acquisition Than They Were Before?, Ellen B. Magenheim, D. C. Mueller

Economics Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

The Economic Value Of Water Resources: The Lake Bemidji Survey, Roderick Henry, Robert Ley, Patrick Welle

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Aspects Of Countertrade And Development, William Rieber

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

Countertrade or international barter has enjoyed a flourish of activity during the 1980s. Some authors have suggested that countertrade is an effective development tool for third world countries and indeed represents the beginning of a rearrangement of the international economic order in favor of lesser developed. countries....On the other hand, others have suggested that countertrade is an aberration reflecting a misguided understanding of international trade and finance by LDC policymakers.

Medical Care Of Aids In New England: Costs And Implications, Stewart J. Landers, George R. Seage Iii

New England Journal of Public Policy

This article presents an overview of cost issues related to AIDS. Data from the Massachusetts Cost of AIDS Study are combined with epidemiological projections to estimate the cost of treating people diagnosed with AIDS in New England. Aggregate inpatient, ambulatory, and home care costs are estimated to be $96.9 million and $524.8 million through 1987 and 1991, respectively. These estimates represent a relatively small percentage of total health care costs for all illnesses over the same time period.

The authors find that the cost of treating AIDS does not affect all health care providers uniformly and therefore argue that appropriate …

Value-Added Per Worker, Capital Accumulation And Technical Progress In A Small, Open Economy: An Explanation, Hian Teck Hoon

Research Collection School Of Economics

Within the context of industrial restructuring, it is not uncommon to use terms, such as 'higher value-added per worker', or 'low or high value added activities', and 'high technology' industries. The present note attempts to use the theoretical work in the field of international trade to sharpen our understanding of the relationships among the concepts of value added per worker, capital accumulation, and technical progress. We show that for a large country, capital accumulation raises the real value added per worker in both industries. With neutral technical progress occurring in the L-intensive industry, it is possible for the terms of …

Amnesty For State Tax Evaders: Lessons From The California Experience, Steven E. Crane, Farrokh Nourzad

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

City Size, Quality Of Life, And The Urbanization Deflator Of The Gnp: 1910-1984, David E. Clark, James R. Kahn, Haim Ofek

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Infant Mortality-Fertility Debate: Some International Evidence, Abdur Chowdhury

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Review Of "Casino Capitalism", Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

A Review of: Susan Strange. Casino Capitalism. Oxford and New York, NY: Blackwell, 1986, pp. 1883-1885, Book Reviews, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XXV, Dec. 1987.

A General Survey Of The Experiences Of Some Less-Developed Countries (Ldcs) Under The Structural Adjustment Programme (Sap), O. J. Nnanna

Economic and Financial Review

This paper is a review of the impact of Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) on the economies of ten less developed countries (LDCs). It analysed the performance of some selected macroeconomic variables both before and after SAP was adopted in the selected countries. Based on available data, the several and collective lesson of experience confirmed that the impact of SAP varied not only amongst countries, but also within the various sectors in the same economic entity. Overall, it may be concluded that the broad theoretical objective of SAP was achieved mainly on the external sectors of the countries surveyed, while it …

What Is The Effect Of Random Variation In State Unemployment Rates?, Edward W. Hill

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

Examines national Current Population Survey data to indicate the impact of sample size on the standard error of subpopulations in the sample and to show how these errors can influence policy conclusions. Examines the unemployment rate cross-sectionally for 11 states to demonstrate that the monthly unemployment rate should not be used to make fine distinctions between the states.

Takeovers And Stockholders: Winners And Losers, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Stephen Vogt

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Corporate acquisitions normally cause negative returns for the shareholders of the acquiring firm. Targeted firm shareholders usually are the winners. The acquiring firms need to consider what is in the best interests for their shareholders when considering acquiring another firm.

Recession - But Not Depression - In Offing, Part 2, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

One of the ongoing columns “The Economy from the Not-so Ivory Tower.”

Government Financial Policy And Capital, Dean D. Croushore

Economics Faculty Publications

Economists have long been concerned about the best way to finance government deficits. Finding the proper fiscal policy and monetary policy mix is a crucial decision. When government debt grows too fast, interest rates rise and capital is crowded out. If the money growth rate is excessive, inflation occurs.

The study of this issue at the theoretical level requires a model which incorporates the following features: (1) modeling money and bonds as endogenous financial assets, whose rates of return are determined in general equilibrium, (2) examination of the utility maxi mization decisions of individuals, so that welfare analysis of alternative …

Youth Employment And Training Programs: A Review And A Reply, Robinson G. Hollister

Economics Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Recession - But Not Depression - In Offing, Part 1, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

One of the ongoing columns “The Economy from the Not-so Ivory Tower.”

The Effects Of A Cpf Cut: A Note, Hian Teck Hoon

Research Collection School Of Economics

No abstract provided.

Review Of "Financial Crises And The World Banking System", Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Review of: Forest Capie and Geoffrey Wood, Eds. Financial Crises and the World Banking System, pp. 1341-1342, Book Reviews, Journal of Economic Literature, Sept. 25, 1987.

Vol. 11 No. 1 (1987): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Vol. 11 No. 1 (1987): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

Evolution Of Time Constructs And Their Impact On Socioeconomic Planning, F. Gregory Hayden

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

The primary focus of the institutionalist perspective is instrumentalist problem solving. Problems are delivered by the institutional process and solved by altering the social structure. To solve socioeconomic problems, planning is necessary. Important to any planning is the question of when actions and events are to occur. To effect new social structures, actions and events must be properly sequenced. An analytical core of sequencing events is time analysis. John R. Commons stated that, in addition to knowing what to do, the economist who has the power and responsibility for planning "must know what, when, how much and how far to …

On The Treatment Of Income Tax Rates In Empirical Analysis Of Tax Evasion, Steven E. Crane, Farrokh Nourzad

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

In this paper, it is argued that average tax rates exert an influence on income tax evasion separate from, and opposite to that of marginal tax rates. Failure to account for this effect in empirical evasion models biases the parameter estimate of the marginal rate in a predictable manner. Evidence from an aggregate empirical model of evasion in the US indicates that the marginal tax rate is positively related to evasion, whereas the average tax rate is negatively related. Further, exclusion of the average rate from the model does in fact bias the parameter estimate of the marginal tax rate.

Comparison Of Human Capital And Structural Models Of The Distribution Of Earnings: Evidence From Connecticut, A, Bradford F. Mills, Boris E. Bravo-Ureta

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

Culture, Cash, And Christianity: The German Colonial Experience And The Case Of The Rhenish Mission In New Guinea, Klaus J. Bade

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Investment Planning Model For Optimum Allocation Of Natural Gas: A Programming Approach, V Ranganathan, R Ramanathan

IIMB Management Review

Natural gas has been recognised for a long time as a primary source in most of the developed countries. However, the developing countries like India did not realisethe full potential in this area till reeently. This is all the more appalling since natural gas seems to be India’s predominant hydrocarbon resources. As per the Advisory Board on Energy, in 1976, an Indo-Soviet geological study team had concluded that 75% of India’s ultimate hydro-carbon reserves were in the form of natural gas.

Technology For Economic Development By P.D. Malgavkar, London: Oxford & Ibh Publishing, 1987., M R Gopalan

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.