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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 Economic Impact Of Western Kentucky University On The Bowling Green – Warren County Economy, Stephen Cooper

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The costs incurred by the community resulting from Western Kentucky University’s location – cost of educating children of university related personnel, cost of services provided by the local governments to the university community, and the lost property tax revenue resulting from the tax exemption of university property – were estimated as were the benefits enjoyed by the community as a result of the University’s location – local expenditures, local employment generated by the university’s presence, the university community’s impact on the local banking system’s credit base, and the occupational license tax receipts levied by the city on the university payroll. …

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

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

All Hazards Are Not Equal, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Hidden costs caused by government regulation can reduce the introduction of new products and can hamper innovation.

Cash Land Rent In South Dakota, Wallace Aanderud

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Energy And Agriculture, Ardelle Lundeen

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

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.

Statistical Section (June 1978), Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

This is the statistical representation of the economic activities in Nigeria in June 1978

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.

New Mexico Labor Market Review 06-01-1978, New Mexico Department Of Human Services

Historic Publications

The New Mexico Labor Market Review is a monthly publication presenting statistical data and analysis on labor market conditions throughout New Mexico. Issues examine statewide and regional trends in employment, unemployment, labor force estimates, industry activity, wages, occupational demand, and related economic conditions, often accompanied by feature articles on topics affecting the state’s economy. This issue covers April 1978.

Conference On Business And Economic Affairs, Henry De Groot

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

The Role For Active Monetary Policy In A Rational Expectations Model, Laurence Weiss

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Illinois Gross State Product, John B. Davis

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Impacts Of Government Regulation, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This paper studies the various costs incurred in the process of government regulation.

Cost Of Alternative Sources Of Water For Rural Families, Ardelle Lundeen

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

What's A Fair Price -- A Fair Rent For This Farmland?, Russell L. Berry

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Attitudes Of Income Maintenance Line Workers In The State Of Oregon About The Causes And Amelioration Of Poverty, Gene Lamar Stutzman

Dissertations and Theses

It has been of some interest to the profession of social work that eligible persons underutilize or fail to use social services and benefits to which they are legally entitled. A number of different reasons have been cited in the social work literature and otherwise generally accepted within the ranks of the social work profession as possible or probable causes of underutilization or lack of use. The variety of reasons includes client lack of knowledge about programs, lack of motivation on the part of eligible clients to apply for benefits and services, client unawareness about legal recourse in securing services, …

New Mexico Labor Market Review 05-02-1978, New Mexico Department Of Human Services

Historic Publications

The New Mexico Labor Market Review is a monthly publication presenting statistical data and analysis on labor market conditions throughout New Mexico. Issues examine statewide and regional trends in employment, unemployment, labor force estimates, industry activity, wages, occupational demand, and related economic conditions, often accompanied by feature articles on topics affecting the state’s economy. This issue covers March 1978.

A Modeling System For Applied General Equilibrium Analysis, Thomas Rutherford

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Numerical modeling in the Arrow-Debreu framework has emerged as a consistent approach for economic analysis. A major disadvantage of the applied general equilibrium (AGE) framework has been the high degree of technical expertise required for formulating and solving these models. This paper describes a micro-computer for AGE modeling. The system, named MPS/GE, combines an efficient solution algorithm with an interactive user-interface. Using MPS/GE, models containing up to 300 prices and activities can be formulated and solved on an IBM PC. This makes AGE modeling accessible to a wider group of policy analysts and educators than was previously the case.

Toward A Physical Theory Of Economic Activities, Tran Huu Dung

Economics Faculty Publications

A critical survey of all definitions of economics shows that, logically, a study of economic activities from a physical point of view must be considered an integral part of the discipline. One such study could reveal the nature of value-in-use often overlooked in economic theory.

It is posited that the process of use can be taken as the basic analytical building block of whose variations and combinations all economic activities can be shown to be composed. Each use can appear in one of three forms: pure use, consumption, and production (or productive use). The physical criterion on which this distinction …

Nonresident Enrollment Demand At Utah State University, William G. Workman

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The determination of the level of student registration fees at colleges and universities in many cases appears to be made without adequate consideration given to probable enrollment responses and to the associated implications for tuition revenues. This study was aimed at reducing this information gap at Utah State University and focused specifically on past sensitivities of students from neighboring western states to changes in the nonresident charges at USU. The analytical framework employed in this investigation specified a causal link between the proportion of the college-attending populations from these states choosing to enroll at USU and comparative tuition levels.

The …

Economics Of Population Policies: A Cost-Benefit Analysis For Family Planning Program In Egypt, Hamdy Abdo El-Hinnawy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Appraisal Of The Role Of Foreign Financial Institutions In Ldcs, Al-Mansour Al-Tarzi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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 …

Committee On Requirements, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Proposed Economics class list for 1978–79 (5/19/78)

• Minutes from the Committee on Admissions and Requirements meeting (11/7/78)

• Memo from William B. Steerman to student Harold Osuagwu's oral exam committee regarding his exam failure (10/24/78)

• Oral exam report for Harold Osuagwu (11/30/77)

• Complaint letters by Harold Osuagwu to Professor Robert Heilbroner and to Joseph Greenbaum alleging racial discrimination (4/28/78)

• Exhibits from Harold Osuagwu’s oral exam committee

• Second oral exam report and letter from Robert Heilbroner to Harold Osuagwu informing him of his failed grade (4/12/78)

• Letter from Robert Heilbroner to Osuagwu responding to the charge of racial discrimination (5/3/78)

• Letter from …

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How Bad Can Good Data Really Be?, William (Bill) H. Williams

Publications and Research

Bias has different sources. Measurement errors create "bad" data and biased estimates. But selection biases occur even with "good" data and can be both subtle and large in magnitude.

Import Demand For Wheat: Japanese And Selected Eec Markets, Enayatollah Fakhrai

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The growing importance of trade internationally as well as for the United States (U.S.) spawned a body of literature concerning import demand, export supply, and trade balance. Most of the empirical work to date has employed estimates of commodity import demand functions derived from traditional linear and log-linear functional forms. These specifications of import demand impose separability restrictions on the consumer's choice between domestic and foreign goods, in addition to confining import demand elasticities to constant values. The policy recommendations made on the basis of the import demand elasticities derived from these traditional models may be misleading. In this study, …

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 Potential Feasible Effective Rates Of Coal Taxation In The State Of New Mexico, James Samuel Shortle

Economics ETDs

In this study the impact of increasing the effective rate of taxation on coal production in the state of New Mexico is considered. Chapter One reviews the development of the coal industry in the state and the future prospects for coal development in the state. In Chapter Two the availability of coal in New Mexico is established and those areas in which development in coming years is most likely are identified. Chapter Three presents an overview of the economics of the coal industry and identifies a geographic region within which coal produced in New Mexico is most likely to be …