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Conference On The 1992 Cable Tv Act - 1994, Wendy J. Gordon

Scholarship Chronologically

The CITI conference organizers have asked me to address the constitutionality of sections 12 and 19 of the new Cable Television Act. Speaking quite generally, these provisions purport to promote competition in the distribution of programming by prohibiting certain exclusive licenses and by prohibiting certain behaviors that could lead to exclusive licenses.

Draft Of Counter-Manifesto: Student-Edited Reviews And The Intellectual Properties Of Scholarship - 1994, Wendy J. Gordon

Scholarship Chronologically

In the great scheme of things, how important are the problems with law reviews? Jim Lindgren's essay is a bit overheated, even for someone playfully enamored of polemic as a literary form. But he does have a point: if law reviews are going to be published, the task should be done better than it is. That does not mean getting rid of student law reviews. Not even for Jim - but it does require patience and further inquiry into the nature of legal scholarship. This essay will have two parts. The first will be a response to James Lindgren. The …

Enhanced Human Capital Stock And The Military Experience: A Modest Policy Proposal, John Sondey

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

George Washington's sentiments on the obligations of citizens were clear. He regarded military service as the duty of every male citizen who enjoyed the privileges of democracy. He stressed that an army composed of citizen-soldiers was preferable, from a point of social cohesion and political stability, to one composed of professional soldiers - and cited the Swiss Army as the proper example (Graham, 1971). In spite of these perceived benefits, the United States has historically been of two minds with respect to providing for the national defense. That is, should the military be composed of professional soldiers, induced to enlist …

Public Policies For The Working Poor: The Earned Income Tax Credit Versus Minimum Wage Legislation, Richard V. Burkhauser, Andrew J. Glenn

Center for Policy Research

This paper first documents the decades-long erosion of the link between low wages and low household income. It then simulates the consequences of this determination on the relative gains of programs designed to help the working poor—minimum wage increases under the Fair Labor Standards Act and increases in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Using data from the Current Population Survey it is found that increases in the EITC between 1989 and 1992 were far more target-efficient than was the increase in the minimum wage from $3.35 to $4.25 and that the 1993 extension of the EITC is far more …

Constitutionalizing The Economy: German Neo-Liberalism, Competition Law And The "New" Europe, David J. Gerber

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Political Economy Of International Organizations And The New World Order: North-South Relations From A Southern Perspective, Alaadin M. Elgendy

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Economics Of Rich And Poor: The Political Economy Of Income Redistribution 1994-95, Department Of Economics

Werner Sichel Lecture Series

The Economics of Rich and Poor is the thirty-first Annual Public Lecture Series conducted by the Department of Economics at Western Michigan University. This series is co-sponsored by the Department of Economics and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. All lectures are open to the public.

Joint And Separate Score Tests For State Dependence And Unobserved Heterogeneity, Sanjiv Jaggia, Pravin K. Trivedi

Economics

The paper compares separate, conditional, and joint score tests of duration dependence and unobserved heterogeneity when the null is the exponential model and the alternative is the heterogeneous Weibull model. The score tests based on the conditional score function include the Neyman C(x) test as a special case. An examination of the non-null distribution of the joint test explains when all score tests have low power in the presence of multiple misspecifications. Monte Carlo experiments show that the conditional score tests are superior to the standard separate tests which confound unobserved heterogeneity and duration dependence.

1994 American Incentive System Almanac, Don P. Diffine Ph.D.

Belden Center Monographs

No abstract provided.

The 15th Anniversary, Don P. Diffine Ph.D.

Belden Center Monographs

No abstract provided.

Explaining The Growth Performances Of Asian Developing Economies, David Lim

Support & Other Units (THEi)

No matter how it is measured, the growth performance of the newly industrializing economies (NIEs) stands out. That of the Southeast Asian group, with the exception of the Philippines, and that of China is also impressive. The South Asian countries have done much less well, with countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America even further behind...

More On Modes Of Production: A Synthesis Of Some Debates Contextualized For The Philippines, Kathleen Nadeau

Anthropology Faculty Publications

A look into modes of production is one of many possible entry points for the study of society and economy. It was not well developed by Marx who only alluded to it here and there in his works. He introduced the idea in Capital. (1977, Vols. 1, 1974 II, and III), A Contribution to a Critique of Political Economy (1970), and in Pre- Capitalist Economic Formations (1964). While one can read this concept in his other texts, for example in German Ideology (1970), it is from the previously mentioned ones that others, most notably Althusser and Balibar in their Reading …

International Exporting Business Experience Through The Greene County Pilot Export Assistance Program, Jian Wang

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

The Greene County Pilot Export Assistance Project, an academic-corporate-government partnership program, is a dynamic program to assist small and medium-sized companies realizing export potentiality and capturing a share of international markets. This program is an ongoing program that is expected to last from one to two years. My part consisted of a one quarter study of the export assistance programs, processes and outcomes for selected Greene County firms, that were interested in expanding their existing export markets or have exportable products or services ready for the international market. The project entails training in the use of National Trade Data Bank …

Adam Smith’S Invisible/Visible Hand/Chain/Chaos, Spencer J. Pack

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Vehicle Quota System In Singapore: An Assessment, Winston T. H. Koh, David K. C. Lee

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This paper reviews the developments since the vehicle quota system was introduced in Singapore in May 1990. We discuss the bidding strategies for the certificates of entitlement (COE) under both the transferable and nontransferable auctions, as well as the equity of the present system and the desirability of transferable COEs. We argue that the COE auction should be made discriminatory and propose an alternative system of COE auction that we feel is both equitable and at the same time politically acceptable. We also survey developments in market competition in the car industry.

The Effect Of Working On Campus On First Year Retention Rates And First Year Grade Point Averages Of Fall 1992 Direct From High School Freshmen At Wright State University, Lee Mortimer

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

The nation's colleges and universities are aware of the growing dropout problem. Research to date has focused on the importance of social integration of students as well as the type of students who initially enroll as two major components of student success.

This study attempted to analyze models that combined both academic preparation and social integration (in this case student employment on campus), to study Fall Quarter 1992 direct from high school full time degree freshmen.

The results were very consistent with the relevant literature in that first year retention as well as first year grade point averages were linked …

Evaluating Pooled Evidence From The Reemployment Bonus Experiments, Paul T. Decker, Christopher J. O'Leary

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

Social experiments conducted in Pennsylvania and Washington tested the effect of offering Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants a cash bonus for rapid reemployment. This paper combines data from the two experiments and uses a consistent framework to evaluate the experiments and determine with greater certainty the extent to which a reemployment bonus can affect economic outcomes. Bonus offers in each of the experiments generated statistically significant but relatively modest reductions in UI receipt. Since the estimated impacts on UI receipt were modest, the reemployment bonuses did not generate the UI savings necessary to pay for administering and paying the bonuses. Hence, …

Human Capital And Economic Development, Sisay Asefa Editor, Wei-Chiao Huang Editor

Upjohn Press

Six essays are presented that explore human capital and its relationship to issues such as demographics, population growth, families, workplace training and economic progress.

Why The Wind Changed: Intellectual Leadership In Western Law, Ugo Mattei

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Male And Female Effort Levels: An Experimental Comparison, Joanne E. Guennewig

Masters Theses

This paper is an experimental economic study that serves two main functions. The first of these is to provide a replication of the findings of Schotter and Weigelt: that when an equal opportunity or affirmative action program is imposed, the effort levels of all employees tend to increase and not just the effort of the parties discriminated against. Secondly, this study looks into the differences between the effort levels shown by men and women in similar situations.

The hypothesis of this paper is that while the effort of all individuals is lowered in the presence of discrimination, the effort levels …

Ge6205, Section 7, Trade, Xr, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Pages 20–25 of Wray, L. R. (2007). The employer of last resort programme: Could it work for developing countries? Geneva: ILO, heavily annotated with handwritten notes by Professor Shaikh

• Excerpts from Collier, P. (2007). The bottom billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it. Oxford University Press

• WinZip order confirmation (8/11/2008) and email from WinZip Computing regarding registration information (7/7/2008)

• Duplicate excerpts from Collier, P. (2007). The bottom billion: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it. Oxford University Press

• A graph titled Real effective exchange …

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Stock Market, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Letter from Sanjay Mongia of the Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College to Elizabeth Wollman regarding data on stock prices and profits (8/1/1994)

• Morgan Stanley research page with graph titled Stock Prices Follow Profits (8/1/1994)

• Data tables from the Levy Forecasting Center on nonfinancial corporate profits, corporate tax liabilities, and the S&P 500 Industrial Index (8/1/1994)

• Notes titled Industry Forecast Profits and Markets Jan–March ’94 (8/1/1994)

• Handwritten notes titled Stock Mkt with equations (8/30/1994)

• Handwritten notes with equations (7/2/1994)

• Handwritten notes titled Stock Notes (1992)

• Handwritten notes titled 3. Basic System related to stock dynamics

• Handwritten notes on stock …

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The Unctad Liner Code: A Dead Letter?, Sock-Yong Phang, Rex S. Toh

Research Collection School Of Economics

The UNCTAD Code of conduct for Liner Conferences entered into force in 1983. The Code's cargo allocation scheme or '40-40-20 rule' aims to provide shipping lines of developing countries with a fair change to compete for the carriage of their seabourne trade. However, the Code has not been effective in meeting its stated objectives for a variety of reasons. Amongst the administrative difficulties are (i) the complications introduced by the EEC's Brussels Package, (ii) the definition of national lines, (iii) the unit of measurement for cargo allocation purposes, and (iv) the monitoring of cargo movements. The tremendous growth in non-conference …

Inflation In Russia: 1989-Present, Jeffrey L. Fuhrman

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

The primary purpose of this paper is to review the literature that analyzes Russia's economic transition and the causes of the inflation. Next, the paper analyzes what role the inflation plays in the current process of reform of the Russian economy. Finally, drawing from the experiences of other nations with similar histories, previous and possible policy options to remedy the inflation are discussed.

China And The Gatt Agreement On Government Procurement, John Linarelli

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

An Empirical Analysis Of Factors That Distinguish Those Who Evade On Their Tax Return From Those Who Choose Not To File A Return, Steven E. Crane, Farrokh Nourzad

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

This paper presents an empirical model distinguishing evaders who cheat by filing fraudulent income tax returns from those who do not file. Using a maximum-likelihood procedure that corrects for sample selection bias, and data from Michigan's amnesty program, we estimate a linear probability model which relates the probability of filing to various economic and demographic characteristics. The results indicate that higher true income and automatic withholding raise the probability of filing, while males and single individuals are less likely to file. The evidence regarding a grouping of occupations often thought to be association with evasion is inconclusive.

Pluralism In Social Economics, John B. Davis

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Substitutability Of Equities And Consumer Durable Goods: A Portfolio-Choice Approach, Dale J. Knapp, Farrokh Nourzad

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

Using the analytical approach made famous by Chetty [4] and quarterly data covering the period from 1963.4 through 1991.3, we estimate elasticities of substitution between common stocks and residential housing and between stocks and government bonds, Treasury bills, money, the sum of savings and time deposits, and corporate paper. We also test whether these elasticities changed following the 1987 stock market crash.

We find that there is virtually no substitutability between stocks and other financial assets. Moreover, we find no evidence that asset holders are willing to substitute between stocks and housing. This last finding contradicts Runkle's suggestion that as …

International Trade And The Equilibrium Rate Of Unemployment In A Heckscher-Ohlin World Economy, Hian Teck Hoon

Research Collection School Of Economics

This paper develops a (stylized Asia-America) Heckscher-Ohlin world economy in which the equilibrium rate of unemployment is endogenous. We examine the impact of various economic shocks on unemployment in the global economy. Harrod-neutral or Hicks-neutral technical progress across all industries in Asia leads to a terms of trade improvement for America but raises America's unemployment rate. Introducing a third country such as the block of former socialist economies results in higher unemployment for both Asia and America. Protection in America lowers American equilibrium unemployment but raises Asia's unemployment.

New Mexico Labor Market Review 12-31-1993, New Mexico Department Of Labor

Historic Publications

This issue of the New Mexico Labor Market Review presents November 1993 employment, unemployment, wage, and economic activity data for New Mexico, its counties, and metropolitan areas.