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Minnesota Housing Report [1986 4th Quarter], George R. Karvel Dr.

Minnesota Housing Reports

The Minnesota Housing Report is compiled on the basis of monthly housing reports furnished to the Minnesota Real Estate Research Center at St. Cloud State University. Funding to permit preparation of the Minnesota Housing Report is provided by the Educational Foundation of the Minnesota Association of REALTORS and St. Cloud State University.

The reports are supplied by fourteen cooperating local real estate boards representing 71.5 percent of Minnesota's population. The boards represent various areas of the state and thus provide a picture of housing diversity between regions as well as housing trends within regions.

Information presented for the state or …

Changing Patterns Of Water Use In The West: Pressures On The System, David H. Getches

Western Water: Expanding Uses/Finite Supplies (Summer Conference, June 2-4)

17 pages.

Minnesota Housing Report [1986 2nd Quarter], George R. Karvel Dr.

Minnesota Housing Reports

The Minnesota Housing Report is compiled on the basis of monthly housing reports furnished to the Minnesota Real Estate Research Center at St. Cloud State University. Funding to permit preparation of the Minnesota Housing Report is provided by the Educational Foundation of the Minnesota Association of REALTORS and St. Cloud State University.

The reports are supplied by fourteen cooperating local real estate boards representing 71.5 percent of Minnesota's population. The boards represent various areas of the state and thus provide a picture of housing diversity between regions as well as housing trends within regions.

Information presented for the state or …

Australian Agriculture - A Broad Introduction, Peter Mckerrow

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Australia's rural sector confines to be a major economic force in country areas and to make an important contribution to the national economy.

The rural sector is dynamic in nature and its resilience will ensure it will continue to meet challenges and remain a viable and important sector.

Minnesota Housing Report [1986 1st Quarter], George R. Karvel Dr.

Minnesota Housing Reports

The Minnesota Housing Report is compiled on the basis of monthly housing reports furnished to the Minnesota Real Estate Research Center at St. Cloud State University. Funding to permit preparation of the Minnesota Housing Report is provided by the Educational Foundation of the Minnesota Association of REALTORS and St. Cloud State University.

The reports are supplied by fourteen cooperating local real estate boards representing 71.5 percent of Minnesota's population. The boards represent various areas of the state and thus provide a picture of housing diversity between regions as well as housing trends within regions.

Information presented for the state or …

Combining The Learning Curve Concept With Economic Lot Sizing, James C. Goodwin Jr., Jack S. Goodwin

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

Simple concepts familiar to most operations management students are frequently not integrated as a result of the complexity generated by their combination. This expository note demonstrates a method for combining the economic lot size concept with the learning curve and using a simple computer algorithm for solution purposes. It avoids the traditional trade-off of reality and accuracy for expediency.

Issues And Implications Of Implementing Surcharges To Improve The U.S. Balance Of Trade, J. Patrick Raines, Lewis A. Litteral

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, increasing positive balances on the services account provided a substantial offset to negative balances in merchandise trade, and, consequently, the cumulative current balance was a positive $3.8 billion for the period 1970-80. Since 1981, the progressively smaller balances in services have been insufficient to offset the increasingly negative merchandise trade balances. Table 1-1 shows the deterioration in U.S. international accounts during this period.

The Neglected Institutionalism Of Schumpeter's And Knight's Views Of Rationality, J. Patrick Raines, Clarence R. Jung Jr.

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

The concept of rationality is both the origination point and the Achilles' heel of the study of human behavior in economics. The rationalist view of human nature is arguably the most pressing issue facing contemporary economics. Fields of knowledge other than economics have developed alternative theories of human activity to the neoclassical's pure economic man. They include Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Kenneth Boulding's "grants economy," and John Rawls' original position doctrine. Within economics, the Institutionalists have been the leading critics of the assumption that behavior in the economic sphere is rationally directed.

A consensus view of rationality does not …

Gray-Market Imports: Causes, Consequences And Responses, Michael S. Knoll

All Faculty Scholarship

This article explores the issue of gray-market imports. The author explains the four causes of gray-market imports and explores the possibility of private remedies in order to stem the flow of these imports. The article then turns to the possibility of protection in the public sector by discussing pertinent statutory provisions and the development of the case law in this area.

Developments In Law - Toxic Waste Litigation, Howard F. Chang

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Duties To Offset Competitive Advantages, Richard B. Dagen, Michael S. Knoll

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.