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Here Is Where We Are, M. H. Baker

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Industrial chemistry in the Upper Midwest consists principally of compounding, formulating and specialty manufacturing rather than the production of basic chemicals. The economic position of industrial chemistry is, nevertheless, significant because many of the region's major corporations are employers of technically-trained personnel and are substantial chemical users. This paper provides a non-quantitative overview of chemical technology applications and developments in some of the area's key industries as a record of the past, a measure of current activity, and as a possible indicator for the future. The paper also notes that the large investment demands, complexity of regulations and distance from …

Grain Sales Of Russia--The Summer Of '72 Revisited, R. J. Charkins

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

A review of market conditions and price fluctuations since announcement in 1972 of large grain sales to Russia indicates that several major questions regarding the impact of those transactions still unresolved. The functioning of international grain trade is delineated and possible effects on various segments of the United States and world economy are considered.

Indiana State University Financial Report 1976, Indiana State University

Financial Reports

No abstract provided.

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. I, No. 4, Wku Latin American Studies

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies committee 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.

On The Measurement Of Capital-Intensity, David Lim

Support & Other Units (THEi)

The problem of the choice of technique in less developed countries has featured prominently in the literature on economic develop- ment I. This paper shows that despite such interest attempts to measure capital-intensity still leave much to be desired and argues that a modified capital-labour ratio, with capital adjusted for utilization and labour to refer to the number of production workers on the biggest shift, is the theoretically most suitable measure of capital-intensity...

Free Enterprise: The Greatest Story Never Told (Until Now), Don P. Diffine Ph.D.

Belden Center Books

The goal of this report, originally released under the title Students for Private Enterprise Education in 1976, has been to develop and use objective, responsible, and nonpartisan multi-media ways to put a little polish on each citizen's amateur status as his own personal economist, thereby counteracting much of the unearned anti-business bias so prevalent today.

On The Measurement Of Capital Utilisation In Less Developed Countries, David Lim

Support & Other Units (THEi)

The shortage of physical capital is often seen as the crucial constraint to growth in less developed countries (LDCs). Thus many development plans are based on the aggregate Harrod-Domar model where the growth of the economy is seen to depand only on the availability and the productivity of capital. A corollary of such a capital-centred approach to development is that the capital plant and machinery installed are utilized to the full. However, recent studies claim that capital under-utilization exists on a massive scale in manufacturing in LDCs and raise the possibility of a parabox in capital usage in capital-scarce LDCs. …

Export Instability And Economic Growth: A Return To Fundamentals, David Lim

Support & Other Units (THEi)

No abstract provided.

Capital Utilisation Of Local And Foreign Establishments In Malaysian Manufacturing, David Lim

Support & Other Units (THEi)

It is often argued that foreign firms operating in less developed countries have greater X-efficiency than their local counterparts. However, little empirical evidence has been presented to substantiate this claim. This paper attempts to fill part of this gap, first, by presenting data on the level of capital utilisation in Malaysian and foreign firms in Malaysian manufacturing and, second, by testing the importance of X-efficiency in determining differences in the utilisation levels of the two categories of firms...

Book Review. International Development Banks By John Syz, Henry J. Richardson Iii

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Correspondence + Replies, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Letter to Donald Harris discussing economic theories (July 15, 1976)

• Letter to Enrico Petazzoni discussing Marx’s theory of money (July 15, 1976)

• Letter to Makoto Itoh discussing the Fulbright Commission and a potential visit (July 15, 1976)

• Letter from Makoto Itoh discussing economic theories and a potential visit (June 8, 1976)

• Letter from Jesse Schwartz discussing a paper he is writing for a journal (June 22, 1976)

• Letter from Greg O’Hair requesting copies of Shaikh’s papers (October 20, 1976)

• Letter from Jim Eisenberg discussing his thesis research and thanking Shaikh for his help (December 13, 1976)

• Letter …

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Sales Law And Inflations, Alan Schwartz

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Economic Imperialism And Oligopolization Of Trade In The Gold Coast: 1886-1939, Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann

Political Science Faculty Publications

This article will deal with the mechanisms of the economic takeover of the Gold Coast, between approximately 1885 and 1939. Two aspects of the takeover are dealt with: the progressive oligopolization of trading, shipping, and banking in the colony, and the influence which oligopolistic British firms exerted on government policy. The oligopolization resulted in the underdevelopment of the African trading class and its inability to develop into a genuine capitalist class; while the pursuance of a government policy dedicated to maintaining Ghana's role as a peripheral import-export economy resulted in the internal economic underdevelopment of the colony.

Modeling The Offense Decision: A Critical Survey, John Heineke

Economics

In what follows we contrast the alternative model specifications which have been adopted by economists to explain criminal behavior. Four classes of models are presented, which, to our knowledge, include all models in the economic literature as special cases

Review Of The Lusitania By Colin Simpson, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Economic Imperialism And Oligopolization Of Trade In The Gold Coast: 1886-1939, Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann

Political Science Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Biblography On Migration With Emphasis_1976, Joseph E. Weiss

BBER Publications

This report surveys major scholarly and policy literature on internal migration, rural-to-urban movement, quality of life, demographic change, and Sunbelt growth. The work serves as a reference guide for researchers examining the social, economic, and political consequences of population redistribution.

A Bibliography Sources On Macroeconomic_1976, Erika Jones

BBER Publications

A Selected Bibliography of Sources on Macroeconomic Statistical Series: Historical Description, Analysis, and Methodology (1976) is a reference bibliography compiled by Erika Jones, Data Bank Supervisor, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Institute of Applied Research Services, University of New Mexico. The publication serves as a research guide to major sources of U.S. macroeconomic statistical data, emphasizing the history, methodology, construction, and interpretation of key economic indicators.

The Financial Instability Hypothesis: An Interpretation Of Keynes And An Alternative To "Standard Theory", Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

There are four versions of this paper given here. The first, some two years earlier than the other three, was prepared for the 1975 ASSA Conference and the Society of Government Economists, December 29, 1975. The second two versions, almost identical, were prepared for publication. They appeared in March/April 1977 issue of Challenge, and in the Winter, 1977 issue of the Nebraska Journal of Economics and Business. The archives also had the fourth version, differing only slightly from the published versions, that had no firm date.

The final archives here are an editorial letter from Wallace C. Peterson, …

Effects Of State And Federal Aid To Education, Taxes And Other Socio-Economic Factors On Certain Housing Values In Nebraska, Wallace W. Decatur

Student Work

There have been many studies, papers, articles, and theories which attempt to explain the effect of taxation on real estate values. Occasionally, someone will attempt to correlate some new, here-to-fore unrelated, factor to real estate values. The new factors are often utilized alone or in conjunction with previous study.

The Case For Economizing On Government Controls, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This paper points out the waste and hidden costs created by many government regulations.

Case For Free Enterprise, Henry De Groot

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Stages In Corporate Stability And The Risks Of Corporate Failure, Richard C. Edwards

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

Few would deny that the U.S. economy is today dominated by huge corporations. Much recent writing has proposed that these corporations form a stable and monopolistic (or oligopolistic) "core" around which a more competitive "peripheral" sector exists. Firms in the core are said to be "eternal," while firms in the periphery demonstrate the mortality and high turnover expected in competitive industries. In another context, Paul Baran and Paul Sweezy emphasized the permanence of big corporations when they noted:

The real capitalist today is not the individual businessman but the corporation. .. . The giant corporation of today is an engine …

Private Pensions And The Free Market, John Louis Dobra

Dissertations and Theses

In light of the retirement phenomena, the development and utilization of private pensions may be viewed as a market response based on individual and collective recognition of the need to plan to finance retirement from the labor force. This market response however, is shown to have produced a profusion of independent differential pension schemes which may vary with respect to their administrative mechanisms, the type and adequacy of benefits paid, the level at which contributions are made to the plan by participants and the basis of these contributions, and the adequacy of funding. As a result, it is not only …

A Study Of Local Union Business Agents In Portland, Oregon Area, Lillian L. Morrison

Dissertations and Theses

Labor unions are an integral part of the economy of the United States. At the grass roots, union influence and/or effectiveness depends on the local union organization, its management, and its relationship to and involvement in community affairs. This influence and involvement is focused on the local union leadership in the person of the business agent. A substantial body of literature exists on leadership in general as well as specific information about leadership in labor unions, and includes contributions from the fields of Sociology and Psychology as well as Economics. This research paper is a study of local union business …

A Study Of The Recreational Impact On Nolin Flood Control Reservoir In West Central Kentucky, Afolabi Adedibu

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purposes of this study are: (1) to consider factors that influenced the creation of Nolin Reservoir, and the selection of its recreation sites, (2) to consider the growth and the variations in attendance and participation in activities as a function of quantity and quality of available facilities and accessibility, and (3) to trace the changes that the creation of the reservoir has brought on the surrounding land use, value and ownership. Through the use of questionnaires, interviews and field investigations, the purposes were accomplished.

Nolin Reservoir was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers. After extensive study, the cost …

A Statistical & Cartographic Analysis Of The Size-Distribution Of Retail Grocery Stores In Bowling Green, Kentucky, Luke Hall

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to investigate the spatial distribution of retail grocery stores in Bowling Green, Kentucky using the formal element of store size as a controlling theme. This purpose was behaviorally accomplished through a cartographic analysis of the city wide arrangement and a statistical analysis measuring the degree and intensity of selected variables. A survey of pertinent literature was undertaken to discover locational trends and to uncover sixteen specific variables suggested to provide association with grocery store distribution. One general and six specific hypotheses were presented! all were rejected. The cartographic displays did, however, yield promising similarities …

A Comparison Of Economic, Demographic And Social Characteristics Of Migrants And Nonmigrants Of A Given Age Cohort Of Graduating Seniors Of Star Valley High School, 1946, 1947, Douglas D. Anderson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The hypothesis that migration from rural areas of declining population is selective of young, well-educated, achievement-oriented persons was tested on a cohort of graduating seniors from Star Valley (Wyoming) High School.

The 132 living members of the senior classes of 1946 and 1947 served as the population of study. The cohort approach was used to control such variables as age, high school education, rural area of origin and socio- cultural background.

Members of the population were located in their current places of residence through a number of tracking methods including checking high school reunion lists, contacting relatives, high school officials, …

An Evaluation Of Land Use Controls In Logan, Utah, William Earl Kuttler

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the role of economic, political, and religious power as it relates to a person's ability to get zoning decisions passed in his favor by the Logan City Commission and the Logan Planning and Zoning Commission. Data for the study was collected from the minutes of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Commission. The theory behind the incentives to seek zoning alterations is discussed prior to the actual work.

Financial Resources In A Fragile Financial Environment, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Paper prepared for the “Seventeenth Annual Forecasting Conference” of the New York Chapter of the American Statistical Assoc., New York, NY, April 18, 1975.

See also the entry in this Archive of the paper published in the journal Challenge, July/August 1975, with the same title.