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Industrial Resources: Henry County, Kentucky Library Research Collection

Henry County

"Resources for Economic Development: Henry County, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with the cities of New Castle and Campbellsburg and the Eminence Chamber of Commerce, 1987. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, education and health facilitates, housing, communications, recreation, natural resources, markets and climate.

Industrial Resources: Montgomery County - Mount Sterling, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Montgomery County

"Resources for Economic Development: Mt. Sterling, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with the Mt. Sterling-Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, 1987. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Fayette County - Lexington, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Fayette County

"Resources for Economic Development: Lexington, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning, and the Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce, 1987. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Carlisle County, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Carlisle County

"Resources for Economic Development: Carlisle County, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning, and the Carlisle County Chamber of Commerce, 1987. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Oldham County - Lagrange And Buckner, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Oldham County

"Resources for Economic Development: LaGrange and Buckner, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with the Oldham County Chamber of Commerce and the Oldham County Industrial and Economic Development Foundation, 1987. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Shelby County - Shelbyville, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Shelby County

"Resources for Economic Development: Shelbyville, Kentucky" prepared by the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and the Shelby County Industrial and Development Corporation, 1987. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

Industrial Resources: Barren County - Glasgow, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Barren County

"Resources For Economic Development: Glasgow, Kentucky" prepared by the Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce, the Glasgow-Barren County Industrial Development and Economic Authority, and the Kentucky Department of Economic Development, Division of Research and Planning, 1987. The report includes, but is not limited to, information about: population, labor market, local manufacturing, transportation, utilities, fuel, water, sewage, industrial sites, local government and services, taxes, educational and health facilities, housing, communication, recreation, natural resources, markets, and climate.

The Presidential Business Cycle In The U.S.: A Theoretical And Empirical Examination, Ranjit S. Dighe

Honors Papers

The idea of a politically-motivated business cycle is basically a conspiracy theory: "office-motivated" politicians, seeking to exploit the well-documented relationship between favorable economic news and votes for the incumbent president and his party, manipulate the timing of business cycles for their own electoral gain. This manipulation, theorists maintain, is effected through the use of any of several policy instruments including discretionary federal spending, government transfer payments, and the average tax rate, as well as pressure on the central bank to pursue a more accommodating monetary policy.

Theories of such a cycle seem to fall in and out of favor with …

An Experimental Evaluation Of Weakest-Link/Best-Shot Models Of Public Goods, Glenn W. Harrison, Jack Hirshleifer

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Export Instability, Investment And Economic Growth In Developing Countries, David Lim

Support & Other Units (THEi)

Export instability is often seen to be detrimental to the economic growth of those developing countries which have a large export sector and which depend on a few primary products for this export. One of the arguments against export instability is that it produces instability in government revenue which leads to instability in government expenditure. This instability in government expenditure is then seen to affect economic growth adversely in two ways...

Publication List Economics Department: 1984 - 1986, Department Of Economics

Economics Pamphlet Series (1985-2016)

The publications listed herein were prepared during 1984 - 1986 by the faculty and graduate students in the Economics Department at South Dakota State University in the course of their research, extension, and teaching duties. The publications are arranged by the basic areas of concentration in the department: agricultural marketing, farm and ranch management, energy and water resource development, and rural development and public affairs.

A Second Chance: Meeting The Needs Of Adult Learners, Elizabeth F. Fideler

New England Journal of Public Policy

Changing demographics and economic factors are focusing national attention on adult learning as a major resource for solving many of the nation 's social and economic dilemmas. However, adult learners, the poor especially, face obstacles to educational advancement even where tuition is waived or incentive grants are given. Despite the considerable recent growth of adult education, the vast number of those who need it the most are not as yet participating. This article examines adult-education practices and participation in general — in the areas of literacy, occupational education, and higher learning — and conditions in Massachusetts in particular. It explains …

Assorted Non-Shaikh 6, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Barth, J. R., Iden, G. R., & Russek, F. S. (1986). The economic consequences of federal deficits: An examination of the net wealth and instability issues. Southern Economic Journal, 52(1), 27–50.

• Cox, W. M. (1984). What is the rule for financing public debt?

• Turnovsky, S. J., & Wohar, M. E. (1987). Alternative modes of deficit financing and endogenous monetary and fiscal policy in the USA, 1923–1982. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2(1), 1–25.

• Sargent, T. J., & Wallace, N. (1981). Some unpleasant monetarist arithmetic. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review, 5(3), 1–17.

• Sargent, T., & Miller, P. …

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Are We A Nation Of Tax Cheaters? New Econometric Evidence On Tax Compliance, Jeffrey A. Dubin, Michael J. Graetz, Louis L. Wilde

Faculty Scholarship

In 1982, then Commissioner of Internal Revenue Roscoe Egger reported to Congress that legal sector noncompliance with the Federal Income Tax statutes generated an "income tax gap" of $81 billion in 1981, up from $29 billion in 1973. He further projected a gap of $120 billion for 1985 (U.S. Congress, 1982). Perceptions of accelerating noncompliance inspired a crisis mentality within the Internal Revenue Service, Congress, and the tax bar.

The IRS responded in part by funding a major independent study of tax noncompliance via the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Bar Foundation initiated an investigation of its own …

Locating In Searcy, Arkansas: A Facts Book For Business And Industry - Individuals And Families, Don P. Diffine Ph.D.

Belden Center Books

Compiled over a six-month period, under the auspices of the Searcy Chamber of Commerce, the 1987 edition of this book was a public service project, containing numerous new and expanded sections. This project was a relevant, practical and interesting experience for the Belden Center staff and, at the same time, it helped Searcy by providing a current and complete course of city information.

Worker Dislocation: Case Studies Of Causes And Cures, Robert F. Cook Editor

Upjohn Press

This book describes various projects to assist dislocated workers under Title III of the JTPA, and offers lessons on what has and hasn't worked.

Tax Base Sharing: Simulations For Kalamazoo County, Timothy L. Hunt

Upjohn Press

Uses historical data to simulate the effects of tax base sharing.

Commercialization Of Biotechnology, Daniel G. Miller

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Investment Opportunities In Biotechnology: Prospects And Strategies, Arthur R. Kydd

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Puerto Rico: Colonialism Revisited, Sherrie Baver

Publications and Research

Because Puerto Rico is not systematically consulted on issues central to its development and because this situation has become so obvious to all island officials during the last decade, elites across the entire Puerto Rican political spectrum felt pressured to ""come out of the colonial closet," tentatively in August 1977 and forthrightly in 1978.3 Every summer since, spokespersons from all political parties have gone before the UN Decolonization Committee to protest the status quo in Puerto Rico. Before 1977, only Puerto Rican Independentistas (who win only a small percentage in island elections), Cuba, and the Soviet Union had labeled Puerto …

Saving Plants And Jobs: Union-Management Negotiations In The Context Of Threatened Plant Closing, Paul F. Gerhart

Upjohn Press

Gerhart uses a case study approach to examine why plants become economically inviable as well as how to prevent this from happening prematurely.

Permanent Disability Benefits In Workers' Compensation, Monroe Berkowitz, John F. Burton

Upjohn Press

Berkowitz and Burton provide a detailed examination of the adequacy and equity of permanent partial disability benefits, and the efficiency of the system delivering those benefits. A ten-state study is presented that examines states' criteria for awarding scheduled and nonscheduled benefits. Three of those states are then used for a wage-loss study illustrating the relationship among workers' disability ratings, the workers' WC benefits, and losses of earnings caused by work-related injuries.

The Tragedy Of Black Lung: Federal Compensation For Occupational Disease, Peter S. Barth

Upjohn Press

This study details the development of the federal government's Black Lung program and evaluates its policy components.

Mature Industrial Communities: The Realities Of Reindustrialization, Jeanne H. Armstrong, John R. Mullin

New England Journal of Public Policy

This article analyzes the reindustrialization problems facing mature-industry communities in Massachusetts. The findings are based upon our planning consulting work and research projects involving forty cities and towns. The range of these communities includes those which have recovered, are on their way to recovery, and are stable; those which are declining; and those whose status is indeterminate. A variety of factors are reviewed, including unionization; work-force characteristics; the relationship between small and large plants; the characteristics of local companies; location; financing; the availability of land; and the role of local planning. Finally, we present recommendations concerning local action and possible …

On The Social Wage, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• On the “social wage”: Critiquing Bowles and Gintis and providing alternative measures of social welfare expenditures and taxes [Paper]. Shaikh, A. (1984, May). Unpublished manuscript.

• Figure 5.5—Social wage comparisons: Showing the social wage as a percentage of total wages for the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia [Chart for Economics 205]. Shaikh, A. (1987, April). Unpublished manuscript.

An Incentives Approach To Improving The Unemployment Compensation System, Paul L. Burgess, Jerry L. Kingston

Upjohn Press

Overpayments may account for up to 15 percent of all payments made under the unemployment compensation system. Burgess and Kingston propose that this overpayment serves as a clue to the more serious problems residing in the system. The authors focus on the lack of incentives (or the existence of disincentives) for improvement within the UC program structure for all participants - claimants, employers, and state UC agencies. Other issues they explore include the excessive complexity of the system and the difficulty of effectively monitoring claimant compliance with eligibility criteria.

Metropolitan Report - January 1987, Division Of Business And Economic Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of New Orleans

UNO Metropolitan Report (1986-2017)

No abstract provided.

Schumpeter Plus Optimism Equals Gilder (Ceteris Paribus), Spencer J. Pack

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Effect Of Airline Deregulation Upon The Demand For Intercity Bus Service, Daniel G. Greenberg

Honors Papers

This brief excerpt, although not particularly fascinating in its revelation, is exemplary of a far more complex aspect of modern American economic policy. During the 1930's, American regulatory fervor was at its peak. Fear of a repeated economic upheaval, like that of 1929, compounded with the exorbitant profits earned by the robber barons spawned government intervention. Consequently, regulation was imposed upon numerous industries, including air and bus transport.

Four decades later restrictions have been lifted not only in the airline industry but in the intercity bus industry as well. These changes are part of the new laissez faire govermnent of …

The Sensitivity Of Brazil's Balance Of Payments And Foreign Debt To Future Changes In World Economic Conditions: 1987-1991, David Rostov

Honors Papers

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the sensitivity of Brazil's balance of payments (including its foreign debt) to future changes in world economic conditions. To accomplish this, the determinants of the country's balance of payments will be isolated and then empirically studied. Based upon these results,forecasts will be made under three different economic scenarios. The intent will be to determine the affect that different sets of world conditions have upon Brazil's foreign debt and trade balance from 1987 to 1991.

The hypothesis of this study is that continued industrial country growth, coupled with low world interest rates, will …