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Is Emotive Theory The Philosopher's Stone Of The Ordinalist Revolution?, John B. Davis

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

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Exchange Rates And The Trade Balance In Argentina And Peru: Is There A J-Curve?, Steven C. Trost

Honors Papers

In this paper, I test whether quarterly data either supports or disproves the existence of such a J-curve in two Latin American countries -- Argentina and Peru. The time periods studied will be: for Peru, 1979 quarter 1 to 1991 quarter 2 and for Argentina, 1977 quarter 1 to 1990 quarter 4. Before completing the empirical part of this paper, I expected to find, if any, only a short deterioration in the trade balance following a depretiation of the real exchange rate in these two countries. With prices as well as other economic indicators changing daily, the reaction times of …

It's Time To Cut Government Regulations, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Melinda Warren

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Congress should establish a committee on regulatory reform. Changes that would be helpful include: 1) require benefit-cost analysis for new regulation; 2) enforce a fixed timetable for agencies to issue permits; 3) emphasize objectives sought rather than precise methods to be used; 4) use risk assessment for achieving environmental, health, and safety protection; and 5) promote regulatory justice.

Port Multipliers For Singapore: Impact On Income, Output, And Employment, Rex S. Toh, Sock-Yong Phang, Habibullah Khan

Research Collection School Of Economics

This article examines the contribution of the activities of the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), a government-owned statutory board which operates almost all of the port related activities in Singapore, to the prosperity of the entire country, by way of multiplier analysis. Input-output analysis is used to compute the income, output, and employment multipliers of port activities, broken down into direct, indirect, and induced effects. The policy implications on port investment and maritime policy follow.

Multiple Regression Analysis On The S & P 500 Index, Barry White

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

The purpose of this research was to determine which, if any, financial and economic variables significantly affect the closing value of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. The goal of finding the significant variables which affect the Standard & Poor's 500 Index was accomplished by performing a multiple regression analysis. This regression model used the closing quarterly value of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index as the dependent variable. The independent variables included the 90-day Treasury Bill rate, domestic corporate profits, and real disposable personal income. The data set for each of these variables was their closing quarterly value for …

Estimation Of Aggregate Formal Private Sector Investment, Sally Abdel Kader

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Models Of Inflation & The Costs Of Disinflation, Ahmed Gad Kamaly

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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The Impact Of External Shocks On The Egyptian Economy, Hala Ali Fares

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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External Labor Migration And The Egyptian Economy: A Short Run Cge Analysis, Jamila Yousuf Matar

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Adam Smith’S Unnaturally Natural (Nonetheless Naturally Unnatural) Use Of The Word Natural, Spencer J. Pack

Economics Faculty Publications

Natural and nature are complex words, fraught with ambiguity and contradiction. This paper does not attempt to give a complete account of Smith's use of these words. However, it does demonstrate that Smith did not necessarily approve of what he called "natural" or "nature". Economists and others who assume otherwise are in error. A study, analysis, and/or interpretation of Smith's work which depends upon this (at times unstated) assumption - that Smith necessarily approved of "nature" or the "natural"- needs to be read with great care; perhaps even incredulity.1

The European Bank For Reconstruction And Development: Legal And Policy Issues, John Linarelli

Scholarly Works

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Futures Contracting And Dividend Uncertainty In Experimental Asset Markets, David P. Porter, Vernon L. Smith

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

Prices in experimental asset markets tend to bubble and then crash to dividend value at the end of the asset's useful life. Explanations for this phenomenon are (1) that participants cannot form reliable future price expectations or (2) dividend risk aversion. We report the results of experiments to test these hypotheses. In one experimental series, a futures market is introduced so that participants can obtain information on future share prices. In another series of experiments, the per-period dividend is known with certainty. The futures market treatment had little effect on the character of bubble. The certain dividend treatment had little …

Recent Changes In Domestic Accessibility In The Canadian Airline Industry: The Pre- And Post-Deregulation Situation, Ruben Jose De Castro Furtado

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

In 1987 the Canadian National Transportation Act was amended. Airlines became free to enter/exit markets as they saw fit, and a network-wide reform of airline services began. This thesis examines the extent of network development since 1970, and attempts to determine the some of the spatial effects of the 1987 deregulation of the airline industry on nodal accessibility. Accessibility is a relative term and difficult to define explicitly. While it can be measured in distance or time, it may also be measured as the frequency of links between places over time. In this thesis the connectivity among places is used …

Urban-Rural Socio-Economic Links In African Countries: The Case Of Accra, Ghana, Edmund Nkansah Okoree

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

One of the most significant spin-offs of migration in developing countries is the remittance of cash and other resources from migrants to their family members remaining in the area of origin. Through remittances, income is redistributed from urban areas to rural areas. This results in an extension of social, economic, cultural and political fruits of urban life to rural households and communities. This study examines the types of links migrants in Accra, Ghana, maintain with their kin back home. Through a study of the flow of cash remittances and other resources between migrants in Accra and their area of origin, …

New Mexico Labor Market Review 12-30-1994, New Mexico Department Of Labor

Historic Publications

This issue of the New Mexico Labor Market Review presents November 1994 employment, unemployment, wage, and economic activity data for New Mexico, its counties, and metropolitan areas.

Marxian Economics: A Centenary Appraisal, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

International Conference. Karl Marx’s Third Volume of Capital: 1894-1994. Universita Degli Studi Di Bergamo, Dipartimento Di Scienze Economiche, Bergamo, Italy, Dec. 15-17, 1994. Plenary Session: Money (III), Sat. Dec. 17, 1994.

Three Monographs: International Monetary Fund; Treasury Systems; Military Conscription And Conscientious Objection, John Sondey

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

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Structural Changes In Cattle Feeding: S.D. Versus Neighboring Major Cattle Feeding States; Livestock Outlook, Donald C. Taylor, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Central Bank Of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin, December 1994, Central Bank Of Nigeria

CBN Statistical Bulletin

Financial data is compiled from various documents, such as balance sheets and financial statements, to meet legal and administrative requirements rather than economic analysis needs. The Finance and Accounts Department prepares the CBN accounting balance sheet data for the Research Department, using the monthly return of Assets and Liabilities and the summary trial balance as benchmarks. The Financial Statistics Office compiles the analytical CBN balance sheet without major reclassifications or rearrangements. Monetary survey accounts are produced by consolidating accounts of monetary authorities and deposit money banks. Monthly interest rate returns are used to compute weighted average lending and deposit interest …

Ua68/2 Intercambio Internacional, Vol. Xiii, No. 1, Wku Latin American Studies

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by WKU Latin American Studies program regarding science, politics and economic advances in Latin America as well as cooperative projects between WKU and universities across Latin America. The newsletter is written in both English and Spanish.

Markets, The Environment And Liberty: The Case Of Elephants And Air Quality, Gordon L. Brady, Michael L. Marlow

Economics

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The Topological Structure Of Maximal Lattice Free Convex Bodies: The General Case, Imre Bárány, Herbert E. Scarf, David F. Shallcross

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Given a generic m x n matrix A , the simplicial complex K ( A ) is defined to be the collection of simplices representing maximal lattice point free convex bodies of the form { x : Ax < b }. The main result of this paper is that the topological space associated with K ( A ) is homeomorphic with R m -1.

A Model Of Migration, Thomas Quint, Martin Shubik

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

A simple game-theoretic model of migration is proposed, in which the players are animals, the strategies are territories in a landscape to which they may migrate, and the payoffs for each animal are determined by its ultimate location and the number of other animals there. If the payoff to an animal is a decreasing function of the number of other animals sharing its territory, we show the resultant game has a pure strategy Nash equilibrium (PSNE). Furthermore, this PSNE is generated via “natural” myopic behavior on the part of the animals. Finally, we compare this type of game with congestion …

On The Number Of Nash Equilibria In A Bimatrix Game, Thomas Quint, Martin Shubik

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We show that if y is an odd integer between 1 and 2 n - 1, there is an n × n bimatrix game with exactly y Nash equilibria (NE). We conjecture that this 2 n - 1 is a tight upper for n < 3, and provide bounds on the number of NEs in m × n nondegenerate games when min( m,n ) < 4.

Review Of "The Political Economy Of Tax Reform" By T. Ito And A. O. Krueger, Larry E. Westphal

Economics Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Geauga County Growth Forecast: Study Of Expected Trends To The Year 2005, Donald T. Iannone, Ziona Austrian

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.

Io And K Stock Data, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Handwritten notes titled “BR, ABR, and Unbundling” (12/29/94)

• "README File for GPO by Industry Estimates" (1994)

• "IO Data Notes" (1/4/95)

• Econometric work titled “Ochoa 1984”

• Econometric results (2/25/95)

• Email from Edward Chilcote to Professor Shaikh, subject: “eigenvalue of k-stock matrix” (2/24/95)

• Email from Greg Bongen to Professor Shaikh, subject: “k-stock” (2/24/95)

• Handwritten letter to Professor Shaikh from “Becke” regarding the econometrics project (1/2/95)

• Document titled “Path 4: Deriving the Capital Stock Matrix K” (12/27/94)

• “Contents of BEA Detailed Industry Wealth Data Diskettes” (12/22/94)

• “Summary Input-Output Tables”

• Draft document on the econometric project (12/30/94)

• Fax from Edward Chilcote to Professor Shaikh …

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The Role Of The Central Bank In The Nigerian Economy., Paul A. Ogwuma

Bullion

This paper focus on the role of the Central Bank of Nigeria and its contributions in the face of the prevailing unstable macro-economic environment. The paper further provide a brief background on the general objectives of a central bank, especially from the international perspective. The paper projects that year 2000 will see the Central Bank of Nigeria becoming smaller both structurally and functionally. Shedding of some of its developmental activities which can effectively be taken over by other agencies with focus on its stabilization functions which can sustain price stability and restore full confidence to the financial sector. It further …

Allocation And Management Of Foreign Exchange: The Nigerian Experience., O. K. Anifowose

Bullion

This paper intends to discuss and review the various strategies adopted in the management of Nigeria's foreign exchange resources. Part I of the paper reviews the systems adopted before SAP (Structural Adjustment Programme) period as well as those practised from SAP to end of 1993. Part ll considers in broad terms the 1994 foreign exchange resource management policies. While Part lll describes the foreign exchange allocative mechanism adopted in 1994. Finally, part lV provides the summary and conclusion of the paper.

Sources And Management Of External Reserves In Nigeria., Newman C. Oputa

Bullion

Reserves are all those foreign assets of a country held by the monetary authorities which can be mobilized at period of external imbalances with else and certainty. External reserves are held in the form of "earning assets" notably government's foreign security or in the form of "non earning" liquid assets like gold bars in the vault of Central Banks. ln Nigeria the composition of the extremal reserve consists of gold, IMF reserve tranche, Special Drawing Rights (SDRS) and convertible currencies, The major sources of extremal reserves are derivable from the components of foreign exchange inflows which include: receipt from petroleum, …