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Business Climate A Comparison Of Select_Sep 1986, David Boldt, Brian Mcdonald

BBER Publications

The report compares the business climates of ten western metropolitan areas, including Albuquerque, Austin, Tucson, Salt Lake City, and Sacramento, using measures such as market access, taxes, labor costs, education, defense spending, cost of living, and quality of life. The report concludes that factors such as labor costs, educational attainment, access to markets, and defense expenditures appear to be more influential in economic growth and business attraction than taxes alone.

Bark Or Bite Perspectives On Economic Sanctions For Foreign Policy Objectives, Rodney W. Skotty

Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations

Economic sanctions have been used throughout history to coerce target nations to acquiesce in the objectives of nations that impose them. The record of achievement, using sanctions as a tool of foreign policy, has been poor. Regardless, nations continue to use economic sanctions to attain their goals despite their relative ineffectiveness. And as nations apply sanctions frequently to resolve international conflicts, such frequency tends to impair the credibility of sanctions as an implement of foreign policy. The fact that they are imposed frequently, also reflects that they are used to rectify lesser violations of the international norm. In view of …

Is The Party About To End?, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

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

The Fiji Labor Trade In Comparative Perspective, 1864-1914, Ralph Shlomowitz

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Next Threshold: Higher Skills And The New England Economy, John C. Hoy

New England Journal of Public Policy

The history of the New England regional economy — its attenuated post-World War II decline and subsequent aggressive renewal — reveals an intensifying relationship between economic resurgence, the supply and continuing demand for professional manpower, and the results of academic research and development. The New England region has "outproduced" the rest of the nation in supplying professionally trained men and women, a leading factor not fully appreciated by those describing the region's robust economic health in the decade since Neal Peirce wrote The New England States. New England's "oversupply" in professional fields has given the high-tech and sophisticated services …

The Evolution Of Financial Institutions And The Performance Of The Economy, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

No abstract provided.

Lessons From Nigeria's Recent Monetary And Fiscal Policy Experience, G. O. Okah

Economic and Financial Review

The paper examined, together, the impact of monetary and fiscal policy measures with a view to judging the actual results against the stated policy objectives. The purpose of such exercise would be to provide some basis for drawing useful lessons which will serve as a guide for future design of macro-economic management and control strategies that are more relevant to the Nigerian economic environment. To do this, one needs some form of discussion framework as is done in Part I of this paper. In Part II recent policy objectives and the measures taken to pursue those objectives are summarised. An …

Problems Of Measuring Unemployment In Nigeria, H. A. Ajani, H. N. Okonta

Economic and Financial Review

Much as unemployment is dreaded in all market economies, the problems associated with its measurement in Nigeria are sometimes not addressed, if ever appreciated. To facilitate international comparison, uniform measurement methods have considerably narrowed down the difference in the concept of unemployment. Nevertheless, unemployment index seems to disguise the extent of the problem in Nigeria. Unless the desire to work for a wage is explicitly expressed, it is difficult to identify the unemployed. In other words, if the job-seeker is regarded as someone actively seeking wage employment, the concept of unemployment becomes less relevant in the context of a developing …

Unemployment And Economic Development In Nigeria - Analysis And Policy Implications, E. O. Akinnifesi

Economic and Financial Review

This paper discusses the dynamics of the unemployment problem within the development perspective of a post-independent Nigeria. It is argued that while successive governments seemed to have recognised the problem, the solutions so far adopted have resulted in mere palliatives. Several factors accounting for unemployment have included: colonialism and the white-collar job syndrome, choice of technique in industries, structure of economic organisation, migration patterns, urbanisation, population growth, educational structure, and business cycles. Of the possible consequences of unemployment, the study highlights those having social, health, political and economic dimensions such as stress, suicide, parasuicide, armed robbery, coup d'etats, inflation, etc. …

The Impact Of River Basin Development Authorities On Nigerian Agriculture: A Case Study Of Niger River Basin Development Authority, E. D. Balogun, E. U. Ukeje

Economic and Financial Review

The paper traced the history of water resource development in Nigeria, and assessed the impact of the Niger River Basin Development Authority (NRBDA) on crop production in the region. The analysis of available data showed that although the NRBDA's activities resulted in improvements in crop yields, and farm incomes of beneficiaries, the impact on regional output and area cultivated was marginal since it accrued to only very few farmers. Moreover, the cost of generating such increments was outrageously high when compared to the incremental costs incurred by alternative development institutions in respect of similar activities. The NRBDA was not without …

College Relations : A Total Recruiting Strategy, Donald Roderick Hunt

Theses

Problem Statement

The MMH Corporation has a very experienced but older engineering population. It is management's desire to replace the engineering population as its members retire by two methods:

1. The recruitment of experienced engineers with key skills for various critical positions.

2. The development of an aggressive and effective College Relations Program targeted at key universities to attract a steady stream of new talent into the engineering populations.

Research Objectives

A. To determine what areas of a volatile marketplace MMH intends to compete in.

B. To determine what attracts the best new college graduates to a certain company as …

Inflation And Tax Evasion: An Empirical Analysis, Steven E. Crane, Farrokh Nourzad

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

This paper contains an analysis of the effect of inflation on aggregate tax evasion in the United States over the period 1947-81. It is found that tax evasion in both absolute and relative terms is positively related to the inflation rate. Further, the results indicate that aggregate evasion has risen in both absolute and relative terms with increases in the marginal tax rate, but has fallen with increases in the detection probability, the penalty rate, and the wage share of income. Finally, evasion has risen in absolute terms but has fallen in relative terms when real true income has risen.

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. X, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

The Effect Of Commercial Practice Restrictions: The Case Of Optometry, Deborah Haas-Wilson

Economics: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

New Russian Books On The Pacific, 1982-1983, Patricia Polansky

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Population, Migration, And Problems Of Atoll Development In The South Pacific, John Connell

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Monetary And Fiscal Impacts On Economic Activity In Bangladesh: A Note, Abdur Chowdhury

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Clerical Employment And Technological Change: A Review Of Recent Trends And Projections, H. Allan Hunt, Timothy L. Hunt

Reports

No abstract provided.

Labor Supply Response To Welfare Programs: A Dynamic Analysis, David M. Blau, Philip K. Robins

Economics Articles and Papers

Previous static analyses of the work disincentive effects of welfare programs are extended to a dynamic context. Using a sample of continuous longitudinal labor market histories, estimates are derived for welfare-nonwelfare differences in labor market flows among the states of employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. The estimates are used to identify the main sources of the lower employment and labor force participation rates and higher unemployment rate of welfare recipients. The findings indicate that welfare programs have substantial effects on virtually every labor market transition examined but that the primary source of the static work disincentive effect is slower entry into …

The Democrats Victory, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Handwritten, apparently intended for the St. Louis Journalism Review

All Democratic Party Needs Is To Implement Old Ideas, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

One of the ongoing columns "The Economy from the Not-So Ivory Tower."

Private Sector Shrinkage And The Growth Of Industrialized Economies, Michael L. Marlow

Economics

Industrialized nations have experienced growing public sectors over this century. Measured as a share of total product, growing absorptions of resources by governments have altered the private-public sector mixes of industrialized economies. As displayed in Table 1, the average level of the public sector's share of gross domestic product (GDP) has risen from .32 to .40 over 1960 to 1980, respectively. Much of public sector growth stems from a rapid acceleration in public outlays on social expenditure: The average ratio of social expenditure to GDP has risen from .14 to .24 over the same period.

East Malaysia In Malaysian Development Planning, David Lim

Support & Other Units (THEi)

Malaysia consists of Peninsular Malaysia and the two East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. Development planning in Peninsular Malaysia began as early as 1950, while the first plan for the whole of the Malaysian federation founded in 1963 was published in 1966. Have the two East Malaysian states been integrated properly into the various Malaysian plans? Or have they, with their somewhat different economic, political and social backgrounds, been treated as a nuisance element and appeared in the plans only as an afterthought? In any case, is the planning experience of Peninsular Malaysia relevant for solving the problems of …

Major Themes In Economics, V.2, 1986, Katsuyuki Ohbayashi, Eric Nielsen, Katherine Calhoun, Neal Jon Hoffman

Major Themes in Economics (Original Series, 1985-1986)

Table of Contents:

• Investing in the Hotel Business in China - Katsuyuki Ohbayashi ... p.1
• Diagnostic Related Groups: Dirty Rotten Guys or Dynamic Reduction in Government Expenditures - Eric Nielsen ... p.10
• Where's the Beef in Japan? Or, Why Isn't Japan Importing More U.S. Beef? - Katherine Calhoun ... p.23
• Book Review: The Theory of the Leisure Class, by Thorstein Veblen - Neal Jon Hoffman ... p.38

Essays On Legal And Illegal Immigration, Susan Pozo Editor

Upjohn Press

Immigration is an issue drawing increased attention among policymakers and citizens. These essays provide an economic perspective to the effects of immigration on the labor markets in the United States.

Rhode Island: The Defeat Of The Greenhouse Compact, Ira Magaziner

New England Journal of Public Policy

Rhode Island has not shared equally in New England's economic resurgence of recent years. A major reevaluation of the state's economic malaise in 1982-84 resulted in a $250 million program called the Greenhouse Compact to improve business in the state. Initially supported in polls by a two-to-one margin, the Compact was defeated overwhelmingly when it went to a statewide referendum. The timing of the referendum and mistakes in the public relations strategy and in the structure of the Compact all played a role in the outcome, but post-election polls showed that defeat, based on a massive shift of undecided voters, …

St. Johns River Streamboats, Edward A. Mueller

Books

This book features the history of steamboats on the St. John's River, events related to steamboats, landings, and the vessels themselves.

Studies In Brownsville History, Milo Kearney

Studies in Rio Grande Valley Regional History Series

Annotated Bibliography of the History of Brownsville and the Adjacent Area / George R. Gause, Jr. -- The Coahuiltecan legacy of South Texas / Roberto M. Salmon and Juanita Elizondo Garza -- Cihuacoatl is alive and well in Brownsville / George K. Green -- The Valley’s first settlers / told by San Juanita Vela de Lozano to Peter Gawenda -- The watermaidens / told by ‘Jefe’ in the Market Square barbershop, written down by Peter Gawenda -- The Indian maidens / told by Felipe Lozano recorded by Peter Gawenda -- Brownsville’s Santanderino strain / Milo Kearney -- Steamboats on the …

Joint Production Conference, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Steedman, Ian. 1975. Positive profits with negative surplus value. Economic Journal, volume 85, issue 337. London: Macmillan Journals for the Royal Economic Society. The photocopy in this folder includes an apparent duplicate of the article's concluding page bound ahead of the main text.
• Anwar Shaikh, PhD. Handwritten bibliographic reference notes on productivity, national-income accounting, and related economics literature. Unpublished notes, undated, listing citations to works including pieces in the National Tax Journal, Monthly Labor Review, the Journal of Accounting Research, the Review of Income and Wealth, the Oxford Economic Papers, and the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. …

Eco 205 Schemes Of Reproduction, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1979, Spring). Schemes of reproduction [Handwritten notes for Eco 205, including Section IV.1 on metamorphoses of capital and their circuits; unpublished manuscript].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1986, October 7). Schemes of reprod.: Visual presentation [Handwritten notes for Eco 205; unpublished manuscript].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1983, December 8). Use-values, value, & price in schemes of reprod. [Handwritten notes; unpublished manuscript].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1986, October). Schemes of reprod. [Sketches for Eco 205; unpublished manuscript].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1979, October). Schemes of reproduction & forms of value [Typed tables, including corrected and …