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Planning For Energy Conservation, David A. Bainbridge Jan 1976

Planning For Energy Conservation, David A. Bainbridge

David A Bainbridge

City planning can provide multiple benefits by considering energy conservation, solar orientation and local resource harvesting. Narrower streets reduce construction costs, reduce urban heat island impacts and are safer. Above ground drainage reduces costs and returns rainwater to groundwater.


Trade Integration In The Council Of Mutual Economic Assistance: Creation And Diversion 1954-1970, Joseph Pelzman Jan 1976

Trade Integration In The Council Of Mutual Economic Assistance: Creation And Diversion 1954-1970, Joseph Pelzman

Joseph Pelzman

No abstract provided.


Wealth And Cash Asset Proportions, Philip E. Graves Jan 1976

Wealth And Cash Asset Proportions, Philip E. Graves

PHILIP E GRAVES

This paper has no abstract.


Regulation Of Externalities, Ted C. Bergstrom Jan 1976

Regulation Of Externalities, Ted C. Bergstrom

Ted C Bergstrom

This paper presents a general equilibrium model with marketable pollution permits. It shows that competitive equilibrium with marketable permits is "conditionally optimal" in the sense that no Pareto improvement can be achieved without changing pollution standards. The paper also explores mechanisms for choosing efficient aggregate pollution levels.


Review Of The Lusitania By Colin Simpson, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel Jan 1976

Review Of The Lusitania By Colin Simpson, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

No abstract provided.


Subdivision Exactions And Congestion Externalities (With Noel Edelson) Dec 1975

Subdivision Exactions And Congestion Externalities (With Noel Edelson)

Richard Adelstein

A model of congestion in housing and pricing policy to address it.


Illinois Zoning: On The Verge Of A New Era, Stephen Siegel Dec 1975

Illinois Zoning: On The Verge Of A New Era, Stephen Siegel

Stephen Siegel

No abstract provided.


The Logic Of Protest Action, Herman L. Boschken Jan 1975

The Logic Of Protest Action, Herman L. Boschken

Herman L. Boschken

In recent years, there has been a noticeable growth in political protest involving groups of widely diverging interests. The rising incidence of protest seems paradoxical to the apparent growth of affluence in society. This paper attempts to resolve this paradox by contending that most forms of protest are a function of the degree of separation between (a) the values and goals of those controlling collective decision processes and (b) the diversity of interests and aspirations in segmented society at large. Through protest action, disenfranchised groups are able to impose "external" costs on "establishment" regimes that lead to alteration of the …


What Is The Public Interest, Robert D. Cooter Dec 1974

What Is The Public Interest, Robert D. Cooter

Robert Cooter

The proper foundation of welfare economics is a characterization of the fundamental principles embodied in our moral and legal framework, which constitutes a conception of the public interest. We may use a conception of the public interest as a predictive or expiratory device. We may also use a conception of the public interest as a guide to making policy. Welfare economics should formulate and analyze different conceptions of the public interest. There will always be tension over which one is right, but that does not initiate an academic inquiry.


Operation Keelhaul—Exposed, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel Nov 1974

Operation Keelhaul—Exposed, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

No abstract provided.


The Principles Of Tax Reform, Warren Coats Jan 1974

The Principles Of Tax Reform, Warren Coats

Warren Coats

Any change in tax laws benefit some and harm others, which is why "improving" the tax code is so difficult. A broad understanding and consensus on what features are fair and least distorting of the economies efficiency provides the best hope for achieving meaningful reform. These principles are not difficult to understand.


Just Compensation And The Assassin's Bequest: A Utilitarian Approach, Richard Adelstein Dec 1973

Just Compensation And The Assassin's Bequest: A Utilitarian Approach, Richard Adelstein

Richard Adelstein

An analysis of Porter v. United States (1973), a case involving the value of items owned by Lee Harvey Oswald.


The Use Of Markets To Control Pollution, Ted C. Bergstrom Jan 1973

The Use Of Markets To Control Pollution, Ted C. Bergstrom

Ted C Bergstrom

No abstract provided.


Human Capital In An Economic Growth Model, Ted C. Bergstrom Aug 1967

Human Capital In An Economic Growth Model, Ted C. Bergstrom

Ted C Bergstrom

This is my Stanford Ph D thesis. It incorporates "human capital" into an economic growth model. Human capital accumulates because it is a luxury consumption good.


The Role Of The Chinese In Lao Society, Joel Halpern Jan 1961

The Role Of The Chinese In Lao Society, Joel Halpern

Joel M. Halpern

No abstract provided.


The Natural Economy Of Laos, Joel Halpern Jan 1961

The Natural Economy Of Laos, Joel Halpern

Joel M. Halpern

This paper surveys the situation existing prior to 1960 and does not consider changes that have occurrer since the outbreak of the Lao civil war. For agricultural statistics see Laos Project Paper No. 9


The Rural And Urban Economies In Laos, Joel Halpern Jan 1961

The Rural And Urban Economies In Laos, Joel Halpern

Joel M. Halpern

No abstract provided.


Some Perspectives On Crime And Criminal Justice Policy, John Donohue Jan 1007

Some Perspectives On Crime And Criminal Justice Policy, John Donohue

John Donohue

No abstract provided.