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The New York Free Banking Era: Deregulation Or Reregulation?, Andrew J. Economopoulos

Business and Economics Faculty Publications

The deregulation of the banking market is a frequently debated policy issue. Proponents of deregulation claim that free market forces would improve market efficiency. The basis for their argument is grounded in the work and tenets of Adam Smith. Deregulation opponents claim that a bank market left unfettered would disrupt the financial market; bank mismanagement, failures, and panics would pervade the market and cause distrust of the banking system . Opponents of deregulation derive their beliefs from actual historical experiences rather than theory . Many opponents point to a period of American banking history, called the Free Banking Era (1838-1863), …

The Economic Plateau, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Overall, the American economy in the late 1980s looks upbeat. But American business and labor still need to take the necessary actions for a stronger economy in the 1990s.

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

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

When a takeover or merger is being considered, boards of directors are responsible for making decisions that best benefit their shareholders.

The Role Of Railroad Contracts In Shipping South Dakota Grain, Charles E. Lamberton

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

The Lives And Times Of Resident Traders In Tuvalu: An Exercise In History From Below, Doug Munro

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Developments In The Financial System During The First Quarter Of 1987, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

Money supply as measured by both Ml and M2 declined in the first quarter of 1987 due mainly to declines in net foreign assets and ••other'' assets net of the banking system. Banking system credit, on the other hand increased although at a slower pace than in the last quarter of 1986. While both the money and capital markets remained active during the quarter, the tempo of activities slowed down considerably from the December 1986level.

Developments In The Agricultural Sector During The First Quarter Of 1987, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

Early rains in most southern parts of the country during the first quarter encouraged preliminary farming activities such as bush clearing and land tilling. In a number of areas, actual planting of some crops-maize, yam, okro, pepper and leaf vegetables- also began. In the northern parts, activity centred around dry-season farming involving the planting of wheat, rice and vegetables on irrigated lands. Other activities during the first quarter included harvesting and processing of cassava, rice; fruits and vegetables in the south, and maize, sorghum, millet and cotton in the northern states. A total of 99,295.1 tonnes of fertilizers were discharged …

Estimates Of Some Aspects Of Personal Wealth Distribution In Egypt, Heba Ezzeldin Helmy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Statistics (March 1987), Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

This is a statistical representation of economic activities in Nigeria in March, 1987

Vol. 10 No. 2 (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 …

The Atomization Of Tongan Society, Keith L. Morton

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

An Economic Approach To Hazardous Wastes, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

The author proposes that economic incentives may encourage the public to accept proposals for improving the environment and for locations for hazardous waste sites.

Economic Relations Between Asean And Australia, Mohamed Ariff, Ross Garnaut, Hal Hill, Eng Fong Pang

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Economic relations between the countries of ASEAN and Australia have developed rapidly in the past 25 years. All countries in the region share a powerful interest in the maintenance of a liberal international trading environment. There is also confineable scope for an expanded. mutually beneficial bilateral relationship if a range of barriers to commercial contact are removed. Public policy reforms, on a non-discriminatory basis are the key to such a relationship.

Sap Saps Industries: Nigerian Enterprises Groan Under Effects Of Sfem-Induced Policies, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

This is the fate facing a large chunk of Nigeria's industrial sector. Ironically it is government, for so long the protector of Nigerian manufacturers, that has now done an about turn. By its implementation of the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), it has ushered in what could be a totally retrogressive era for local industries

Tying Requirements In Markets With Many Sellers: The Contact Lens Industry, Deborah Haas-Wilson

Economics: Faculty Publications

The asymmetric information characterizing markets for professional services has been used to justify tying requirements and other restrictions on the business practices of professionals. In this paper the prices and quality effects of state restrictions that prohibit the fitting of contact lenses by independent opticians and thereby tie the sale of contact lenses to the services of ophthalmologists and optometrists are estimated. The results suggest that prices are significantly higher in markets with tying requirements, controlling for differences in quality and variations in other state commercial practice restrictions. The tying requirements and the commercial practice restrictions, however, appear to have …

Today's Challenges To Economic Freedom, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Murray Weidenbaum shows the benefits of having a free enterprise system.

Alternatives To Lay Off, Davidson Nwaneri Okere

Theses

In the recent years, there have been some changes in the American corporate life. These changes have been occasioned by some external factors which adversely affect the profitability of the companies. In order to address this problem, many corporations have resorted to cutbacks which more often than not, affect a great bulk of the human resources.

The purpose of this study therefore, is to explore the strategies which companies could use, rather than lay off, during business downturns; and still remain competitive and profitable.

Chapter one of this study focuses on what companies should do to help the affected workers …

Analysis And Evaluation Of The "Pay For Savings" Concept : The Residential Energy Conservation Action Program (Recap), Glenn Owen Steiger

Theses

Recently, electric utilities have developed and implemented many methods to induce their customers to reduce consumption of electricity. One of the most unique concepts was developed by the General Public Utilities Corporation. Simply, it is the "Pay for Savings" concept which pays energy conservation contractors for actual (measured) energy saved, and not for the retrofit measures used to accomplish the savings. GPU has developed a program, Residential Energy Conservation Action Program, as a vehicle for this concept.

This thesis has attempted to describe the methodology used in implementing RECAP. More importantly, it has analyzed actual results of the program and …

Stress And Today's Working Woman, Tommie Mae Byers

Theses

The eighth wonder of the world is fast becoming the great American job machine The employment rate has declined in most industrial nations while 20 million jobs have been created in the U. S. during the past 10 years. The principal reason for this rise in job placements is the large influx of women into the labor force.

Two-thirds of the jobs created over the past decade have been seized by women. The post-industrial environment which has produced an extensive number of service-type businesses has substantially opened the job market for women. Financial experts will contend that an expanding labor …

A Study Of The Social Working Conditions Of Migrant Farmworkers In New Jersey, Lorna Janet Carpenter

Theses

This paper will not dwell on the multiplexity of statistical reports on migrant farmworkers in New Jersey. The paper will have a four fold purpose to describe in detail the significan extent of migrant labor within the agriculture system.

For purposes of the study the writer will discuss the following:

(1) The history of agriculture in New Jersey.

(2) The living and working conditions of migrant farmworkers.

(3) The factors that prohibits migrant farmworkers from entering the non-farm labor stream.

(4) The impact of technology in agriculture as it replaces human labor with farm mechanization.

It is the writer's opinion …

New Mexico Labor Market Review 01-30-1987, New Mexico Department Of Labor

Historic Publications

The New Mexico Labor Market Review was prepared by the New Mexico Department of Labor in cooperation with U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for December of 1986. It is a report on the state's employment and economic activity.

Have Land Prices Hit Bottom?, Brian H. Schmiesing

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Regional Variations In The Utilization Of Labor: Analysis Of Employment-Population Ratios For Selected Years, 1970-1984, A. Maureen O'Brien

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Consideration of the movement of jobs and people can highlight regional variations in economic performance. The employment-population ratio reflects these movements and measures the success of the economy at providing jobs. To investigate the uneven inter- and intraregional distribution of the effects of recession and recovery, this study compares employment-population ratios in the major regions of the nation, the state of Minnesota, and northeastern Minnesota with national trends. The results indicate that, relative to developments in the nation and the state, the recent recession of 1980-1982 was more severe and the recovery has been slower m northeastern Minnesota. The ability …

Investment Opportunities In U.S. Biotechnology Companies-High Upside Rewards Hand-In-Hand With Equally Great Downside Risk, Edward L. Mutsch

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Indiana State University Financial Report 1987, Indiana State University

Financial Reports

No abstract provided.

1987 Crop Enterprise Budgets, Selected Tillage Systems, Eastern Whitman County, Washington, Arthur J. Caplan, Herbert R. Hinman, Thomas Roy Hoffmann, Donald Mccool

Applied Economics Faculty Publications

This publication estimates 1987 costs, returns, and soil loss information for selected crops grown under alternative tillage systems in the 19- to 24-inch rainfall area (eastern region) of Whitman County, Washington (see map below). Production costs, returns, and profitability measures are calculated for winter wheat under conventional, minimum, and no-tillage schemes. The same three performance measures are calculated for dry peas, lentils, spring barley, and summer fallow-rapeseed under conventional tillage. Relative soil losses are also estimated for alternative tillage practices and crop rotations. The specific crop rotations evaluated are: (1) dry peas (CT) - winter wheat (CT); (2) dry peas …

Ambassador Clayton Yeutter United States Trade Representative April 20, 1987 The Shimoda Conference Oiso, Japan, Clayton K. Yeutter

Clayton K. Yeutter, United States Secretary of Agriculture: Papers

I am grateful to the Shimoda Conference for inviting me to address the issue of U.S.-Japanese trade. This is an important event, coming at a time when trade between our two countries is playing a more significant role in our overall relations than ever before. In some ways , individual trade issues are threatening to overshadow our long relationship as friends and allies. This must not be allowed to happen. Japan and the united States have too much at stake to let transitory problems come between us. We are the world's two largest free economies. We work together effectively to …

Transcript Of Ambassador Yeutter's Speech To The Brookings Instition's "Conference O~ Building A Canadian-American Fta," February 3, 1987, Clayton K. Yeutter

Clayton K. Yeutter, United States Secretary of Agriculture: Papers

MR. YEUTTER: Thank you, Bruce.- That was a very gracious introduction and much appreciated. I must say to you and your associates and colleagues here at Brookings that you are deserving of commendations and accolades for putting on this kind of program. It is an important issue, and I am very pleased that you and your institution have focused on it.

Measuring Market Power As Competition Over Time, Michael L. Marlow, George E. Wright

Economics

This paper suggests that the empirical measurement of market structure, particularly the reliance on concentration indexes as an indicator of noncompetitive market power, does not adequately reflect recent advances in theory. This paper integrates the literature of the interaction between market structure and firm behavior with dynamic measures of structure. Our estimation for the savings and loan industry suggests that continued application of traditional static measures in market structure-performance studies are apt to be misleading. We call for more investigation into measures of dynamic structure.

Organized Labor At The Crossroads 1987-88, Department Of Economics

Werner Sichel Lecture Series

"Organized Labor at the Crossroads" is the twenty-fourth Annual Public Lecture Series organized by the Department of Economics at Western Michigan University. This year's series is directed by Dr. WeiChiao Huang of the WMU Economics Department, and is co-sponsored by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research . All lectures are open to the public and no admission is charged. A question and answer session will follow each lecture.