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Efficiency Mages. Mark-Up Pricing And Effective Demand, Peter Skott
Efficiency Mages. Mark-Up Pricing And Effective Demand, Peter Skott
Peter Skott
The combination of an efficiency wage approach with the explicit consideration of pricinq and product market conditions leads to the existence of a unique NAIRU. The value of the NAIRU can be influenced by a variety of supply side policies but aqqreqate demand policies may also play a role. The effort function will be related to workers' waqe aspirations and if waqe aspirations depend on past outcomes of the distributional struqqle then an important element of hysteresis is introduced into the system. Expansionary demand policies which increase employment will be asaociated with unanticipated inflation. Real waqes will fall below the …
Land Use Laws And Policies Route 146 Corridor Overlay Districts, Umass Amherst Center Economic Development
Land Use Laws And Policies Route 146 Corridor Overlay Districts, Umass Amherst Center Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
The reason for this report was to draft a bylaw for the town of Millbury, Massachusetts. The bylaw would address a four mile stretch of road that connects Route 146 to the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Impacts Of Land Use Laws And Policies Massachusetts State Superfund Program, Umass Amherst Center Economic Development
Impacts Of Land Use Laws And Policies Massachusetts State Superfund Program, Umass Amherst Center Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
The reason for this report was to examine the Massachusetts state Superfund law, and the statutory remedies that Massachusetts relies on to recover the cost associated with the cleanup of oil and hazardous materials released into the environment.
Food Safety Policy Fights: A U.S. Perspective, Julie Caswell
Food Safety Policy Fights: A U.S. Perspective, Julie Caswell
Julie Caswell
Perspective is very important in understanding the area of food safety. This importance is illustrated by a favorite cartoon of mine that features an older, experienced mouse giving advice to a young mouse. The older mouse, in wrapping up, says to the younger, "... and stay away from scientists— they cause cancer." Facing an avalanche of infor-mation on links between diet and health, consumers may, in frustration, sympathize with the mouse's view, and are having some difficulty sorting out which are the important cause-and-effect relation-ships. Government and industry also are struggling to develop a coherent approach to food safety and …
Book Review Of America's Ailing Cities: Fiscal Health And The Design Of Urban Policy, John Mullin
Book Review Of America's Ailing Cities: Fiscal Health And The Design Of Urban Policy, John Mullin
John R. Mullin
Over the past decade it has become increasingly clear that many of our larger cities are slowly and steadily moving toward fiscal hard times. Often this trend has been hidden by the polish, glitter, and glitz of showplace downtowns, shopping plazas, and highrise office complexes. Other times it has been hidden by defrayed maintenance of infrastructure, a subtle erosion of services to specific sub-groups in the community, or the collapse of capital improvement planning.