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Testing The Existence Of Reputational Capital Among Major League Baseball Teams, Stuart Towne

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate the existence of reputational capital among Major League Baseball teams.

Previous studies have shown that there is a strong relationship between past performance and current attendance at professional baseball games. Using reputational capital as an explanation, this paper provides a general discussion of this relationship.

The discussion of reputational capital is followed by an empirical analysis which includes several model specifications designed to show the effects of past performance on current attendance. One series of models uses cross-sectional data to measure the effects in general across the league and another series of …

Wallerstein’S World-Systems Theory And The Cook Islands: A Critical Examination, Grant R. Simpson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Vol. 14 No. 1 (1990): Pacific Studies Full Issue, 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 Nongovernmental Organization Factor In Development: A View From The Solomon Islands, John Roughan

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

A Strategic Market Game Of A Finite Economy With A Mutual Bank, Martin Shubik, Jingang Zhao

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We introduce a strategic market game for an exchange economy not having enough commodity money. We show the existence of a non-cooperative equilibrium for any finite replication economy with a mutual bank, we then show that efficient trade can be achieved in the limiting economy by expanding the money supply through the use of fractional reserves, where the commodity money is demonetized and used for reserves. The means of exchange becomes bank credit backed in part, by “gold.” However, efficiency can not be achieved in general as a non-cooperative equilibrium of a finite player game or a finite exchange economy.

On The Convex Hull Of The Integer Points, Antal Balog, Imre Bárány

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Let P r denote the convex hull of the integer points in the disc of radius r . We prove that the number of vertices of P r is essentially r 2 /3 as r approaches infinity.

Student Newsletters 1990, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Volume IV of the Graduate Faculty Student Newsletter (11/7/1990)

• Economics Student Union Newsletter (December 1990)

Contributors: Vol 14 No. 1, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Contributors list of Vol. 14 (1990): Pacific Studies Full Issue 1

Books Received And Book Notices, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Book Listing for the Vol 14, No 1 Edition of the Pacific Studies Journal

Vol. 14 No. 1 (1990): 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 U.S. Economy And George Bush: A Midterm Review, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Following the Reagan presidency, the Bush, Sr. administration has been dealing with reducing huge budget deficits. Corporations will be facing increased foreign competition from the European Community and the Asian Rim nations. But, even with these difficulties, the American economy is still a model followed by other countries.

New Mexico Labor Market Review 10-31-1990, 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 September of 1990. It is a report on the state's employment and economic activity.

1990 Gallup Convention And Visitors_10-30-1990, John Temple

BBER Publications

The report was designed to measure visitor conversion rates, develop a visitor profile, and estimate tourism spending generated by bureau inquiries. The survey was based on a random sample of nearly 420 patron households drawn from more than 11,300 inquiries received during the previous year, with 117 completed responses returned. The results were considered statistically reliable at the 95% confidence level with a margin of error of approximately 10 percentage points.

Survey Of Santa Fe Convention_10-30-1990 (2), John L. Temple

BBER Publications

The study examined travel behavior, visitor demographics, spending patterns, accommodations, transportation choices, and visitor satisfaction among both past visitors and prospective visitors to Santa Fe.

Survey Of Santa Fe Convention_10-30-1990 (3), John L. Temple

BBER Publications

The study examined travel behavior, visitor demographics, spending patterns, accommodations, transportation choices, and visitor satisfaction among both past visitors and prospective visitors to Santa Fe.

Survey Of Santa Fe Convention_10-30-1990, John L. Temple

BBER Publications

The study examined travel behavior, visitor demographics, spending patterns, accommodations, transportation choices, and visitor satisfaction among both past visitors and prospective visitors to Santa Fe.

1990 Gallup Convention And Visitors_10-30-1990 (2), John Temple

BBER Publications

The report was designed to measure visitor conversion rates, develop a visitor profile, and estimate tourism spending generated by bureau inquiries. The survey was based on a random sample of nearly 420 patron households drawn from more than 11,300 inquiries received during the previous year, with 117 completed responses returned. The results were considered statistically reliable at the 95% confidence level with a margin of error of approximately 10 percentage points.

1990 Gallup Convention And Visitors Bureau Survey, John Temple

BBER Publications

This report details the findings of a visitor survey conducted in June 1990 to the Gallup area and the impacts of its patrons. On average, visitors in Gallup spent about $163 a day for about 1.9 days, resulting in a total impact of $580,400 to $2,734,600.

Credit And Finance In The Emerging “Great Europe”, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Remarks prepared for a meeting of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena Forum, Siena, Italy. Nov. 23, 1990.

In addition to the main article, three other copies are presented: One showing handwritten edits to the pages, the next also showing postit notes on those same pages, and a third is an earlier draft of this paper dated 13 October 1990.

The Victory Of Capitalism, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

No abstract provided.

Free Bank Failures In New York And Wisconsin: A Portfolio Analysis, Andrew J. Economopoulos

Business and Economics Faculty Publications

Rolnick and Weber found that a sharp decline in asset prices led to bank panics and, ultimately, bank failures during the free banking era. An examination of New York and Wisconsin free bank portfolios prior to a fall in asset prices indicates banks that weathered the turmoil held significantly different portfolios than closed banks. In general, solvent banks held more loans and specie, and issued more deposits and less bank notes than closed banks.

Estimation Of Multinomial Models Using Weak Monotonicity Assumptions, Rosa L. Matzkin

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper introduces a semiparametric method of estimating multinomial models that imposes extremely weak monotonicity assumptions about a function of observable characteristics. Previous methods have imposed stronger, typically parametric, conditions on this function. The only assumptions made in this paper about the function of characteristics are its monotonicity, upper-semicontinuity, and uniform boundedness. The method is applicable, among others, to polychotomous choice models. The estimation method is shown to be strongly consistent. A technique to calculate the estimator is provided.

The Price For The Widow's Cruse: Or The Value Of An Infinitely Productive Asset, Martin Shubik

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper considers two basic problems: The first is the necessity for introducing government money (as contrasted with individual credit) and an infinitely lived government in an overlapping generations economy. The second concerns the evaluation of the price of an infinitely productive asset in an economy without a natural discount factor.

Least Concavity And The Distribution-Free Estimation Of Non-Parametric Concave Functions, Rosa L. Matzkin

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper studies the estimation of fully nonparametric models in which we can not identify the values of a symmetric function that we seek to estimate. I develop a method of consistently estimating a representative of a concave and monotone nonparametric systematic function. This representative possesses the same isovalue sets as the systematic function. The method proceeds by characterizing each set of observationally equivalent concave functions by a unique “least concave” representative. The least concave representative of the equivalence class to which the systematic function belongs is estimated by maximizing a criterion function over a compact set of least concave …

Debt Crisis In The West African Sub-Region: Which Way Out?, M A. Uduebo

Bullion

The resolution of the debt problem has continued to engage the attention of the international community. In reaction to the problem, many debtor countries have adopted structural adjustment programmes and various proposals have been espoused and, in some cases, implemented. Nevertheless, the debt crisis is far from being resolved. It is now patently clear that a more realistic solution to the problem is needed in the 1990s to break the debt trap. This forum graced by eminent bankers, offers another opportunity to re-examine the salient issues and proffer new ideas and suggestions on how best to address the situation. The …

Changes In Income Distribution In Poor Agricultural Nations: Malawi And Madagascar, Frederic L. Pryor

Economics Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

The Slowdown In Soviet Defense Expenditures: Comment, Abdur Chowdhury, Josef C. Brada, Ronald L. Graves

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

The reason for the apparently opposing results in Brada and Graves' (1988) attempt to explain the reasons for the slowdown in USSR defense expenditures in the mid-1970s is that their analysis suffers from a serious serial correlation problem. The majority of the regressions display Durbin-Watson statistics that reject the null hypothesis of no autocorrelation. A reestimation of their results, after correcting for serial correlation, changes some of their major conclusions regarding the factors influencing Soviet defense spending. The corrected results indicate that no structural break occurred in the mid-1970s. These results suggest that there has been no change in Soviet …

The Changing U.S. Economic Outlook, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Economist Murray Weidenbaum presents his outlook on the U.S. economy as it transitions from the longest peacetime expansion in its history to an economic recession.

New Mexico Labor Market Review 09-30-1990, 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 August of 1990. It is a report on the state's employment and economic activity.

Inefficiency Of Strategy-Proof Allocation Mechanisms In Pure Exchange Economies, Lin Zhou

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

In this paper I prove that in the standard model of 2 times n ( n > 2) pure exchange economies there is no allocation mechanism that is efficient, non-inversely-dictatorial, and strategy-proof. This strengthens two previous results on this subject by Hurwicz and by Dasgupta, Hammond, and Maskin.