Digital Commons Network^™

The Economic Impact Of Proposed Air Quality Control Regulations On The New Mexico Potash Producers, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

BBER Publications

This report evaluates the economic and financial impact of proposed air quality control regulations on seven New Mexico potash producers. Prepared by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of New Mexico, the study analyzes the global and domestic potash markets alongside company-specific financial data, concluding that the compliance costs—ranging from $0.09 to $0.74 per capacity ton—will not cause any local producer to reduce or suspend operations due to strong corporate backings and a favorable world price outlook.

Impacts Of Energy Price Increases On Fertilizer Use And Crop Acreages, David L. Debertin, Angelos Pagoulatos, Fred O. Boadu

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

This paper examines the impacts of energy price increases of the use of fertilizer and the allocation of crop acreages between corn and soybeans. Regression analysis is used to estimate yield responses to alternative fertilization levels. A Linear Programming was used to allocate crop acreages under alternative assumptions with regard to fertilizer prices and yield responses.

The Advantages Of Local Extremes Of Systems When Considering Energy Supply Trends Toward Size And Complexity, Harold A. Kurstedt Jr., Arthur M. Squires, William A. Kramer

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

Recent discussions of new energy sources, including some debate concerning the relative merits of a number of approaches, reflect an emerging trend toward extremes in size and complexity of sources. This trend is justified as a fundamental premise for future energy development. The trend is related to similar trends in commerce, business, medical service, and transportation. The recent sharp increases in marginal energy costs, along with governmental intervention in the energy scene, are accelerating a focus on the concept of an energy park, at one extreme, and on small locally-controlled sources of energy, at the other A key to successful …

The Effect Of Crude Oil Prices On The Output Composition Of Refined Petroleum Products, Angelos Pagoulatos, David L. Debertin, Emilio Pagoulatos

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

In this study the crude petroleum market is linked to the market of refined petroleum products through a set of technological relationships. An econometric study is used to quantify the existing relevant variables. The price equations for each refined product are used to derive estimates of elasticities with respect to quantity supplied, price of domestic crude oil and price of imports.

Cost Accounting Regulations In Oil And Gas Industries, Lakshmi U. Tatikonda, Rao J. Tatikonda

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

The cost accounting methods that are currently used in the oil and gas Industry are very diverse. Since the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, increased attention was given to this issue, which resulted in the issuance of SFAS-19 by the FA SB and the SEC’s attempt to develop a new accounting method based on the value of their reserves. The pros and cons of the existing methods are discussed. Also discussed is the need for a uniform accounting procedure.

Input-Output Analysis Of Industrial Energy Consumption: Some Effects Of Changing Prices And Federal Regulation, John R. Griffith, Ruth Y. Griffith

UMR-MEC Conference on Energy / UMR-DNR Conference on Energy

Input-output data are used to indicate some possible effects on the industrial sector of government options relating to energy, and some results of the industrial conservation program are examined.

The Economics Of The Carter Administration, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

This is a copy of the article that Minsky wrote for the inaugural issue of The Journal of Post Keynesian Economics. A typed version of the article is also included.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 49, No. 4, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• Kerrick, Sara-Lois. Western's First Lady – Harriet Downing
• Bennett, Jo. Oral History, History on Tape
• Snodgrass, Jim. A Freshman Dabbles with Ethylene Gas and Has a Surprising Result – Steve Estok
• Bennett, Jo. Mark Twain Slept Here – Gene Rich
• Given, Ed. It's a Long Time to December – Gene Keady
• Gross, Jan. Shakertown, More Than a Memory
• Conway, Sheila. WKU Fine Arts Festival
• Armstrong, Don. Free Enterprise and Free People
• Highland, Jim. Joseph Cangemi in Venezuela, Latin American Connection
• Jack Corn Photographer
• Julian Carroll Addresses Graduates
• Regents Appoint …

The Jacksonians, Banking, And Economic Theory: A Reinterpretation, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Determinants And Control Of Money Stock In Nigeria, E. O. Akinnifesi, Toyin Phillips

Economic and Financial Review

The paper is divided into five sections. Section I reviews Central Bank's monetary control measures as adopted since 1959 thus highlighting the successes and limitations of the Policy instruments. Section II presents a brief review of the controversy between the "monetarists" and the " fiscalists" so as to provide some theoretical underpinnings for this study, while Section III actually deals with the specifications of the behavioural functions. The empirical results are presented in Section IV and the last section summarises the findings and the conclusions thereupon.

Devaluation And Balance Of Payments In Ecowas Countries: A Study Of Nigeria's Exchange Rate Policy, C. C. Ozumba

Economic and Financial Review

The purpose of this paper is to review Nigeria's exchange rate policy as outlined above, and in doing so, one finds it compelling, and hopefully rewarding, to take a general look at the exchange rate policies in selected African countries, focusing particularly on the effects of devaluation on balance of payments. Accordingly, the paper first presents an analytical framework in which a monetary approach is considered most useful. The next section introduces a simplified monetary model. Following that, there is a discussion of statistical testing and results. The final section considers the implications for policy in Nigeria, appraising in some …

The Political Economy Of International Cocoa Agreement, C. E. Nemedia

Economic and Financial Review

This paper attempts a critical analysis of this effort to obtain a solution to the problem of cocoa price instability through a workable international cocoa agreement. In section one, a brief review of world production and marketing of cocoa is given as a background.

Conservation According To The Pure Theory Of Exhaustible Resources, George Lymbouris

Economics Theses & Dissertations

The objective of this thesis is to develop a theory for defining optimal conservation and applying definition to the prevailing rate of domestic petroleum production. Optimal conservation is defined as action designed to achieve or to maintain, from the point of view of society as a whole, the maximum present value of natural resources (or of a natural resource). The proper "action" is defined according to the pure theory of exhaustible resources. The literature survey is a chronological series of articles concerning this theory.

Through building a model which shows that optimal conservation occurs when the marginal internal rate of …

An Analysis Of The Effects Of The Impacts Of Oil Shale Development On The Economy Of The Uintah Basin, David Zachary Kaufman

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The development of oil shale resources will have a significant impact on the Uintah Basin in Utah. To analyze this impact, this study used a regionalized imput-output model. The input-output table for the State of Utah was revised to fit the Uintah Basin, using the RAS technique.

The scarcity of water in the Basin may cause a shift of water use from irrigated agriculture to oil shale. This reduction in agricultural production was estimated, using demand curves for water in agriculture and an intergen programming model which generated minimum water requirements for shale developments from 25,000 barrels per day to …

Review Of Economics As A Coordination Problem: The Contributions Of Friedrich A. Hayek By Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr., Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Treatment Of Economic Issues In High School Government, Sociology, U.S. History And World History Texts, Robert S. Main

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

It is often argued that the declining support of free institutions which we have observed in our recent history is, in part, a result of economic illiteracy. That is, ignorance and misinformation about the workings of a voluntary exchange system and about the deleterious effects of governmental interference in that system lead to support of increased government intervention in the economy...

Errors In The Measurement Of Concentration And The Advertising-Concentration Controversy, Brian Brush

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Debate Over Saving, Investment And Capital Shortages, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This piece discusses the importance of saving and investment.

A Study Of The Feasibility Of Establishing A Handcrafted Wood Furniture Enterprise In North Central New Mexico: Final Report, Phase Iii, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

BBER Publications

This report evaluates the implementation phase of a feasibility study aimed at establishing a handcrafted wood furniture enterprise across north-central New Mexico. Jointly conducted by the University of New Mexico's Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) and the USDA Forest Service, the project outlines a decentralized organizational model designed to utilize localized artisan talent, secure regional financial backing, and tap into growing national markets for premium furniture.

Issues Affecting The Availability And Price Of Land For Agriculture, B. Delworth Gardner

Faculty Publications

This paper first reviews some data relating to agricultural land use nationally and then discusses the huge increases in land prices that have occurred in recent years and some of the implications for agriculture. The final section evaluates the need for public policy to preserve prime lands for agricultural use.

Socioeconomic Index Scores For Connecticut Towns, 1970, William H. Groff, John N. Wright

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

Growth, Distribution, And Social Change: Essays On The Economy Of The Republic Of China, Yuan-Li Wu, Kung-Chia Yeh

Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies

No abstract provided.

How Efficient Are Seeding Operations : Kondinin Work Study, E J. Roberts, C. R. Lester, J. E. Young

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

The efficiency of machinery and labour during seeding operations was studied in 1977 by the Kondinin and Districts Farm Improvement Group and the Department of Agriculture. The aim was to find what influenced efficiency during cropping.

Time spent on activities during the working day was measured, and it was found that repairs, maintenance, meals and other incidental jobs considerably reduced the time spent driving the tractor.

Each farmer participating in the study was given the results of his own farm compared to the group, indicating tasks most needing improvement.

Indiana State University Financial Report 1978, Indiana State University

Financial Reports

No abstract provided.

An Investigation To Determine The Impact Of Public Financing On The Joint Powers Authority, Louis M. Jarcho

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Monetary History Of America To 1789: A Historiographical Essay, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

"Sweat Labor" And Wages In Malaysian Manufacturing, David Lim

Support & Other Units (THEi)

References have often been made to the presence of "sweat labor" in manufacturing in less developed countries (LDCs) and of the need to introduce minimum-wage legislation to protect the interests of such employees. However, the data on the wages paid to such workers are almost nonexistent, and the discussion so far has been couched in general terms. I shall attempt to provide some of the empirical basis for the discussion in Malaysia.

Correspondence - Manila, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection contains:

• Letter from Edward Tower at Duke requesting Professor Shaikh’s reading lists (4/5/1980)

• Shaikh’s referee comments on Duncan Foley’s paper, On the transformation of surplus value into profit (5/19/1980)

• Letter from Erik Wright regarding his essay on the labor theory of value (undated)

• Note from Shaikh to Professor Van Ness explaining he could not attend the June conference in Denver due to work commitments (6/1/1979)

• Note from Van Ness asking Shaikh to submit a paper to the conference (5/21/1979)

• Letter from Shaikh to E. Tijerina encouraging him to pursue a scholar position at the New School while Shaikh …

  ---

  Go to article

Notes On Dobbs Theory Of Crisis, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes.

• Shaikh, A. (1978). Political economy and capitalism: Notes on Dobb’s theory of crisis. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2(2), 233–251. Oxford University Press.

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). “Choice of technique” and the falling rate of profit [Unpublished typewritten manuscript].

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). A retrospective on the debate on “choice of technique” and the falling rate of profit [Unpublished typewritten manuscript].

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). The theory of the falling rate of profit (Section 7.5) [Unpublished typewritten manuscript].

Banking In California: Some Evidence On Structure, 1878-1905, Lynne Doti

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

Doti’s thesis explains the contribution of state banks to nineteenth century financial history in the United States.