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State Anti-Smoking Legislation And The Demand For Cigarettes, Jean Mcintire

Honors Papers

This paper evaluates the effects of anti-smoking legislation on cigarette sales across the fifty states for the years 1975 through 1990. The relevance of this issue can be entertained from several perspectives as it pertains to both smokers and non-smokers contrasting the right to smoke with the right to breathe clean air. Anti-smoking legislation was initiated from early on in our country's legal history, not as a method of protecting non-smokers from the externalities imposed upon them by smokers with respect to their right to clean air, but rather in light of smoking's inherent fire hazards. The most significant development …

Price Value Deviations, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). Price value deviations: The surrogate production function story [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A. (1985, November 30). Simple approximation for price-value deviations [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A. (1985, December 3). Revised version: Simple approximation for price-value deviation [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A. (1994, September 27). Marx-reswitching: Deviations of vertically integrated capital-output from the standard [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A. (1994, September 11). Bounds for (any) prices [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A. (1985, February 18). Price-value deviations [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A. (1984, March 30). Direction of price-value deviations: Empirical [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Boxberger, G., & …

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Draft And Notes Of Exchange Rates And Rate Of Profit, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Handwritten notes citing Hinojosa, R. and Robinson, S. (1992) on labor issues in the North American Free Trade Area (December 7, 1993)

• Handwritten notes titled "Japan/US" outlining research topics (August 1994)

• Paper by Ajit Zacharias titled "Exchange Rate and Rates of Profit (Preliminary Draft)" (April 1994)

Bergamo Ltv - 12_94, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A. (1994, December 12). To-do list regarding 1972 data [Handwritten notes]. Manuscript in possession of the author.

• Shaikh, A. (1982, January 28). Comments on Alan Lipietz’s The “So Called Transformation Problem Revisited” [Handwritten notes]. Manuscript in possession of the author.

• Ochoa, E. M. (1983, November). The empirical strength of the labor theory of value [Paper with figures, data tables, and graph]. Manuscript in possession of the author.

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). Conversion of profit into average profit (Capital, Vol. III, Part II) [Handwritten notes]. Manuscript in possession of the author.

• Shaikh, A. …

Decreasing Cost And Profit Maximization In Cournot Duopoly Models, Kai Cheong Lei

Centre for Public Policy Studies : CPPS Working Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Decline In Corporate Profitability And Stock Prices, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Letter to Dimitri Papadimitriou, PhD, regarding research on the stock market and corporate profitability (5/27/1994)

• Annotated article by R. W. Kopcke titled “The Continuing Decline in Corporate Profitability and Stock Prices” from the New England Economic Review (July/August 1982)

Marx Book, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

Five documents compiled by Anwar M. Shaikh, PhD, of the Department of Economics, New School for Social Research. Materials span 1992–1994 and represent drafts, course materials, and a working paper related to Shaikh's research in Marxian political economy. All items are unpublished in the forms preserved here, with extensive handwritten annotations throughout.

Item 1. The economic analysis of capitalist systems (draft, n.d.). Title page, introduction, and chapter outline for a projected book-length treatment organized in five parts: (I) the structure of Marxian political economy; (II) commodities, money, and capital; (III) Marxist categories and national accounts; (IV) accumulation …

Evaluating Pooled Evidence From The Reemployment Bonus Experiments, Paul T. Decker, Christopher J. O'Leary

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

Social experiments conducted in Pennsylvania and Washington tested the effect of offering Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants a cash bonus for rapid reemployment. This paper combines data from the two experiments and uses a consistent framework to evaluate the experiments and determine with greater certainty the extent to which a reemployment bonus can affect economic outcomes. Bonus offers in each of the experiments generated statistically significant but relatively modest reductions in UI receipt. Since the estimated impacts on UI receipt were modest, the reemployment bonuses did not generate the UI savings necessary to pay for administering and paying the bonuses. Hence, …

The Cause Of The 1929-33 Great Collapse: A Marxian Interpretation, James Devine

Economics Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Economic Development In Nepal: Issues And Strategies, Ambika P. Adhikari, Kunjar M. Sharma

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

No abstract provided.

Marxian Value, Wages, Money, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes,

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1994, May 16). Notes on differential rent, absolute rent, and transfer of value [Handwritten notes]. Manuscript in possession of the author.

An Attitudinal Evaluation Of Collaboration In The Community Economic Development Process In Southwestern Ontario, Lisa Susanne Mccormick

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Many small communities in Southwestern Ontario suffer from economic decline. Several areas have faced devastating plant closures and layoffs. In response, communities have been encouraged to adopt a community economic development strategy by senior levels of government. This strategy focuses on community participation, entrepreneurship and the retraining of the workforce. This thesis examines the accomplishments of eight predominantly rural areas in Southwestern Ontario. Attitudes and perceptions of sixty-four local actors involved in the CED process were evaluated. These eight areas received similar levels of funding and all have mechanisms in place for community economic development. However, the extent of CED …

Male And Female Effort Levels: An Experimental Comparison, Joanne E. Guennewig

Masters Theses

This paper is an experimental economic study that serves two main functions. The first of these is to provide a replication of the findings of Schotter and Weigelt: that when an equal opportunity or affirmative action program is imposed, the effort levels of all employees tend to increase and not just the effort of the parties discriminated against. Secondly, this study looks into the differences between the effort levels shown by men and women in similar situations.

The hypothesis of this paper is that while the effort of all individuals is lowered in the presence of discrimination, the effort levels …

(Review) Stewart Justman, The Autonomous Male Of Adam Smith, Spencer J. Pack

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

(Review) The Political Economy Of Israel, Spencer J. Pack

Economics Faculty Publications

The Political Economv of Israel: From Ideology to Stagnation by Yakir Plessner. Albany: State University of New York Press. 1994, 328 pp. $21.95.

Understanding Kaye Scholer: The Autonomous Citizen, The Managed Subject And The Role Of The Lawyer, Nancy Amoury Combs

Faculty Publications

The Office of Thrift Supervision's (OTS) unprecedented enforcement action against Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler (Kaye Scholer) prompted howls of protest from the legal community. OTS, it was claimed, was using its excessive power to redefine the role of the lawyer. This Comment confirms that OTS sought to impose duties on Kaye Scholer that conflict with professional ethics rules. The Comment then goes on to suggest that the conflict over professional responsibility in the Kaye Scholer case reflects, more fundamentally, a conflict over the role of the citizen, and the citizen's relationship with the state. Our adversarial system of …

The Substitutability Of Equities And Consumer Durable Goods: A Portfolio-Choice Approach, Dale J. Knapp, Farrokh Nourzad

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

Using the analytical approach made famous by Chetty [4] and quarterly data covering the period from 1963.4 through 1991.3, we estimate elasticities of substitution between common stocks and residential housing and between stocks and government bonds, Treasury bills, money, the sum of savings and time deposits, and corporate paper. We also test whether these elasticities changed following the 1987 stock market crash.

We find that there is virtually no substitutability between stocks and other financial assets. Moreover, we find no evidence that asset holders are willing to substitute between stocks and housing. This last finding contradicts Runkle's suggestion that as …

Pluralism In Social Economics, John B. Davis

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Locus Of Keynes's Philosophical Thinking In The General Theory: The Concept Of Convention, John B. Davis

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

An Empirical Analysis Of Factors That Distinguish Those Who Evade On Their Tax Return From Those Who Choose Not To File A Return, Steven E. Crane, Farrokh Nourzad

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

This paper presents an empirical model distinguishing evaders who cheat by filing fraudulent income tax returns from those who do not file. Using a maximum-likelihood procedure that corrects for sample selection bias, and data from Michigan's amnesty program, we estimate a linear probability model which relates the probability of filing to various economic and demographic characteristics. The results indicate that higher true income and automatic withholding raise the probability of filing, while males and single individuals are less likely to file. The evidence regarding a grouping of occupations often thought to be association with evasion is inconclusive.

Notes On And Copy Of Free Trade, Unemployment And Econ. Policy, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Shaikh, A. (1994, November 4). Free Trade, Unemployment, and Economic Policy (Draft)

• Handwritten notes titled "Free Trade Unemployment & Eco. Policy" (12/8/93)

• Handwritten notes titled "Structure of Alternate Approach to Trade & XR" (11/94)

• Handwritten notes discussing a formal model from Shaikh (1991)

• Handwritten notes titled "Implications for Free Trade, Employment & Growth"

• Handwritten notes on Dernburg, T. F. (1989), Global Macroeconomics (12/5/92)

• Handwritten notes titled "Amsden's Differences between Early & Late Industrializ'n (Econ. Seminar)" (11/12/90)

• Article titled "Why a Lower Dollar Didn't Work" by Ferdinand Protzman, The New York Times (11/30/92)

• Handwritten notes titled "Trade, XR &" (12/8/93)

• Handwritten …

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Eatwell Plan To Restructure Department, Anwar Shaikh, John Eatwell Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Annotated memo from John Eatwell regarding a department restructuring plan

• Letter from John Eatwell to Tom Palley concerning a draft proposal for the department (5/28/94)

• Minutes from a meeting discussing John Eatwell’s restructuring plan (5/23/94)

• Document titled "Notes on the Eatwell Proposal for Restructuring" (5/20/94)

Stock Market, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Letter from Sanjay Mongia of the Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College to Elizabeth Wollman regarding data on stock prices and profits (8/1/1994)

• Morgan Stanley research page with graph titled Stock Prices Follow Profits (8/1/1994)

• Data tables from the Levy Forecasting Center on nonfinancial corporate profits, corporate tax liabilities, and the S&P 500 Industrial Index (8/1/1994)

• Notes titled Industry Forecast Profits and Markets Jan–March ’94 (8/1/1994)

• Handwritten notes titled Stock Mkt with equations (8/30/1994)

• Handwritten notes with equations (7/2/1994)

• Handwritten notes titled Stock Notes (1992)

• Handwritten notes titled 3. Basic System related to stock dynamics

• Handwritten notes on stock …

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The Demand Side Of Farmers' Markets In Kitchener-Waterloo: An Examination Of The Waterloo, St. Jacobs And Kitchener Farmers' Markets (Ontario), Dana Glenn Wells

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Farmers' markets have traditionally been outlets for a variety of everyday food items, many sold by local farmers. Today, many markets have changed from their original function, and now offer a variety of goods to a wider variety of people both demographically and geographically. In the Kitchener-Waterloo area, three farmers’ markets exist, the Kitchener Farmers’ Market, the Waterloo County Farmers’ Market and the St. Jacobs' Farmers Market. These markets, identified as recognisable farmers’ markets (Tunbridge 1992), differ from other market typologies including traditional markets, public markets and festival market places. Though broad in nature, farmers’ markets can be broken down …

Egyptian Securities Market, Jailan Wagih Shindy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Race, Poverty, And Enlistment: Some Evidence From The National Longitudinal Survey Of Youth, Michael Seeborg

Scholarly Publications

This paper explores the determinants of enlistment for a large sample of male youth drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Logit results indicate that the probability of enlistment is directly related to minority and poverty status while controlling for ability and a number of other socioeconomic background variables. In addition, an analysis of poverty transitions show that a very large percentage of enlistees in the early 1980s who were living in poverty at age 17 were successful in escaping poverty by 1990. An important conclusion is that the military can serve as a mechanism of upward economic mobility …

The Unctad Liner Code: A Dead Letter?, Sock-Yong Phang, Rex S. Toh

Research Collection School Of Economics

The UNCTAD Code of conduct for Liner Conferences entered into force in 1983. The Code's cargo allocation scheme or '40-40-20 rule' aims to provide shipping lines of developing countries with a fair change to compete for the carriage of their seabourne trade. However, the Code has not been effective in meeting its stated objectives for a variety of reasons. Amongst the administrative difficulties are (i) the complications introduced by the EEC's Brussels Package, (ii) the definition of national lines, (iii) the unit of measurement for cargo allocation purposes, and (iv) the monitoring of cargo movements. The tremendous growth in non-conference …

International Trade And The Equilibrium Rate Of Unemployment In A Heckscher-Ohlin World Economy, Hian Teck Hoon

Research Collection School Of Economics

This paper develops a (stylized Asia-America) Heckscher-Ohlin world economy in which the equilibrium rate of unemployment is endogenous. We examine the impact of various economic shocks on unemployment in the global economy. Harrod-neutral or Hicks-neutral technical progress across all industries in Asia leads to a terms of trade improvement for America but raises America's unemployment rate. Introducing a third country such as the block of former socialist economies results in higher unemployment for both Asia and America. Protection in America lowers American equilibrium unemployment but raises Asia's unemployment.

Inflation In Russia: 1989-Present, Jeffrey L. Fuhrman

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

The primary purpose of this paper is to review the literature that analyzes Russia's economic transition and the causes of the inflation. Next, the paper analyzes what role the inflation plays in the current process of reform of the Russian economy. Finally, drawing from the experiences of other nations with similar histories, previous and possible policy options to remedy the inflation are discussed.

Adam Smith Goes To Moscow, Walter Adams

Clemens Lecture Series

No abstract provided.