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New Mexico Labor Market Review 11-30-1989, 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 October of 1989. It is a report on the state's employment and economic activity.

Bureau Of Labor Stats News Multiple_11-06-1989, U.S. Department Of Labor

Historic Publications

The report analyzes trends by sex, age, marital status, occupation, industry, and reasons for moonlighting, highlighting the rapid growth of multiple jobholding during the 1980s.

A "Thriving State"? Reading A Private College Budget, Robinson G. Hollister

Economics Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

The Determinants Of Off-Budget Activity Of State And Local Governments, Michael L. Marlow, David Joulfaian

Economics

No Abstract

Mathematical Programming And Economic Theory, Herbert E. Scarf

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The paper discusses the analogy between economic institutions and algorithms for the solution of mathematical programming problems. The simplex method for solving linear programs can be interpreted as a search for market prices that equilibrate the demand for factors of production with their supply. An interpretation in terms of the internal organization of the large firm is offered for Lenstra’s integer programming algorithm.

The Great Flight Northward: Fsm Migration To Guam And The Northern Mariana Islands, Francis X. Hezel, Michael J. Levin

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Tourist Hotel Food And Beverage Imports In Fiji And Vanuatu, Larry Dwyer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Nancy Mcdowell's Review Of Harry H. Jackman's Copra Marketing And Price Stabilization In Papua New Guinea: A History To 1975, Nancy Mcdowell

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

New Mexico Labor Market Review 10-31-1989, 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 1989. It is a report on the state's employment and economic activity.

Economy Review And Outlook_10-26-1989, Brian Mcdonald

BBER Publications

The report summarizes New Mexico’s economic conditions in the late 1980s, emphasizing the state’s dependence on federal spending and mineral extraction, the collapse of mining employment, and emerging growth in manufacturing and tourism. It provides short‑ and long‑term forecasts for employment and income.

The Financial Instability Hypothesis: A Clarification, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Remarks prepared for "Conference on Reducing the Risks of Economic Crisis," National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (NBER), Cambridge, Mass.

Labor Productivity In Wood Products: Using Interviews To Supplement Statistical Estimates, Anthony M. Rufolo, Lois M. Bronfman, James G. Strathman

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

In 1986 the wood products industry in Oregon was producing more output than in 1979 but with about fifteen percent fewer workers. The employment decline in the wood products industry in Oregon can be traced to a variety of causes, including reductions in timber harvest and changes in output mix between the more labor-intensive plywood production and the less labor-intensive lumber production; but increasing labor productivity in the industry was a major factor. Despite substantial amounts of research regarding such productivity increases, there is still ample room for debate about the specific causes of the observed productivity improvement.

In section …

The Empirical Reliability Of Monetary Aggregates As Indicators, Michael R. Darby, Angelo R. Mascaro, Michael L. Marlow

Economics

It is widely believed that monetary aggregates have failed to predict economic performance over 1983-87. This paper observes that the traditional definition of money (M1 lessother checkable deposits, or M1A) shows no evidence of structural change, and yields lower prediction errors for both real GNP and inflation over 1983-87Q2 than the errors obtained using M1 or M2. If there is a mystery, it is not why MIA has done so well, but why economists abandoned it for M1 or what was once called M1B (currency, demand deposits, and other checkable deposits).

The Concept Of The Rules Of Public Order In The Political Thought Of Hizb Al-Tahrir, SaʻĪD Al- Hasan

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Observability And Optimality, John Geanakoplos, Heracles M. Polemarchakis

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Observability of an individual’s excess demand function for assets and commodities as all prices and revenue vary suffices in order to recover his von Neumann-Morgenstern utility function. This is generically the case, even when the asset market is incomplete and the cardinal utility indices state dependent, as long as there are at least two commodities traded in spot markets at each state of nature. On the contrary, if the response of individuals’ excess demand for assets as prices in spot commodity markets vary is not observable, recoverability fails when the asset market is incomplete. In particular, it is not possible …

Asymptotics For Linear Processes, Peter C.B. Phillips, Victor Solo

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

A method of deriving asymptotics for linear processes is introduced which uses an explicit algebraic decomposition of the linear filter. The method leads to substantial simplifications in the asymptotics and offers a unified approach to strong laws and central limit theory for linear processes. Sample means and sample covariances are covered. The results also accommodate both homogeneous and heterogeneous innovations as well as innovations with undefined means and variances.

Asymptotic And Finite Sample Distribution Theory For Iv Estimators And Tests In Partially Identified Structural Equations, In Choi, Peter C.B. Phillips

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

General formula for the finite sample and asymptotic distributions of the instrumental variable estimators and the Wald statistics in a simultaneous equation model are derived. It is assumed that the coefficient vectors of both endogenous and exogenous variables are only partially identified, even though the order condition for identification is satisfied. This work extends previous results in Phillips (1989) where the coefficient vector of the exogenous variables is partially identified and that of the endogenous variables is totally unidentified. The effect of partial identification on the finite sample and asymptotic distributions of the estimators and the Wald statistics is analyzed …

Solving Systems Of Simultaneous Equations In Economics, John Geanakoplos, Wayne Shafer

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We show that there is a broad range of systems of simultaneous equations that arise in economics as descriptions of equilibrium that can be solved in elementary fashion via degree theory. Some of these systems are not susceptible to analysis by standard Brouwer fixed point methods. Two of our applications are to general equilibrium with incomplete markets, and to nonconvex production with noncompetitive pricing rules.

Alternative Approaches To The Political Business Cycle, William D. Nordhaus

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper reviews the theory and evidence concerning Political Business Cycles (PBC), which are based on the obvious facts of democratic life that voters care about the economy while politicians care about power. The first section provides an overview of different approaches to political cycles, describing five models that have been used in different contexts. The next two sections review major theoretical issues, with attention to the “microfoundations” of politico-economic systems, an exploration of the implications of ideological parties for political equilibria, and a formal analysis of a number of different PBC models. The empirical sections begin with an analysis …

Estimating Long Run Economic Equilibria, Peter C.B. Phillips, Mico Loretan

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Our subject is econometric estimation and inference concerning long-run economic equilibria in models with stochastic trends. Our interest is focused on single equation specifications such as those employed in the Error Correction Model (ECM) methodology of David Hendry (1987, 1989 inter alia) and the semiparametric modified least squares method of Phillips and Hansen (1989). We start by reviewing the prescriptions for empirical time series research that are presently available. We argue that the diversity of choices is confusing to practitioners and obscures the fact that statistical theory is clear about optimal inference procedures. Part of the difficulty arises from the …

Testing For A Unit Root In The Presence Of Deterministic Trends, Peter C.B. Phillips, Peter Schmidt

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper provides a new unit root test based on an alternative parameterization which has previously been considered by Bhargava (1986). This parameterization allows for trend under both the null and the alternative, without introducing any parameters that are irrelevant under either. This is not so in the Dickey-Fuller parameterizations. The new test is extracted from the score or LM principle under the assumption that the errors are iid N(0, sigma squared (epsilon)), but our asymptotics hold under more general assumptions about the errors. Two forms of the test (a coefficient test and at t-test) are derived.

Structural Change And Employment Decline In Oregon's Wood Products Industry, James G. Strathman, Anthony M. Rufolo, Lois M. Bronfman

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

Employment in the wood products industry in Oregon has declined over the past decade despite a recent resurgence in demand for the industry's products. Reviewing employment and productivity data over the last decade, it is apparent that wood products employment in the state has been reduced as a result of productivity increases. Thus the industry processed more timber in 1986 than in 1979, but with about fifteen percent fewer workers. Continued reductions in wood products employment pose potentially serious adjustment problems because much of rural Oregon remains heavily dependent economically on the industry. There are also indications that timber supply …

Palestinian Labor In A Dependent Economy: Women Workers In The West Bank Clothing Industry, Randa George Siniora

Faculty Books

No abstract provided.

Welfare Implications Of Hdb Policy On The Public Housing Price Gradient, Sock Yong Phang

Research Collection School Of Economics

In Singapore, extensive government intervention in the housing market has resulted in much deviation from assumptions made in the simple neoclassical urban models. The monocentric model of urban structure is extended to incorporate a subsidized public housing market in which the government-determined price gradient is flatter than the private housing price gradients. The propositionthat the utility of public housing households varies inversely with residential location distance from the CBD is empirically tested by estimating net returns to public housing using resale market data. It was found that net returns decreased with distance from the CBD.

Organization Design And Development, Chang-Wang Chen

Theses

As our knowledge of the behavioral science continues to increase, so also does our use of that knowledge. One of the most rapidly expanding fields in the development and application of behavioral science knowledge is organization development (OD). Not only are the behavioral sciences receiving more attention in all types of organizations, but many different countries are also becoming more involved in the human aspects of work. The innovations undertaken by McDonald's and Yamazaki Baking in the area of job enrichment is one indication of such interest.

Human needs are changing rapidly, as is the world itself. In terms of …

Small Business Management : A Case Study In Taiwan, Lilly Chin

Theses

In this research, a case study concerning small business management was conducted in Taiwan, Republic of China.

Taylor's theory, Cost Accounting System and Japanese Quality Control methods were practiced in a real situation of Taiwan manufacture. The advantages and disadvantages of their use were evaluated.

Besides, it was found that the major problems facing small business in Taiwan were:

(1) Lack of sufficient professional knowledge for the policy makers.

(2) Shortage of business planning.

(3) Insufficiency of legal knowledge of international business

(4) Waste of material and labor.

In addition, differences and similarities between small business in Taiwan and in …

Self-Efficacy And Motivation : An Unexplored Relationship, Elizabeth Angela Dixon

Theses

There is a need for models of motivation which emphasize individual differences. Many studies cited in the literature indicate that differences in personality influence work performance, and the way individuals react to various job stimuli. As such, research efforts should be directed towards examining the interaction between specific personality traits such as self-efficacy and motivation. When studies of this nature are conducted, motivational strategies aimed at improving performance, can be designed with more attention to individual differences.

New Mexico Labor Market Review 09-30-1989, 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 1989. It is a report on the state's employment and economic activity.

Outline For Modern Money: Preconditions For A Successful Capitalism, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Original outline for proposed volume to be written for Bank of Etruria, Banca Popolare dell'Etruria e del Lazio.

Also attached is the outline when Minsky again took up the idea of the book, in 1993.

Publication List Economics Department 1984-89, Ardelle Lundeen

Economics Pamphlet Series (1985-2016)

The publications listed herein were prepared during January 1984 - September 1989 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.