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Automation Of The Directorate Of Research And Development Contracting At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Anthony W. Everidge

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

This thesis examines the automation of the Directorate of Research and Development Contracting at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Background information on the Directorate is given along with the previous methods of producing contractual documents. The central problem of the thesis is to determine if the benefits of automating the Directorate outweigh the costs. A cost benefit analysis was used to make this determination. Each cost and each benefit is discussed in great detail along with the methodology used to measure each particular cost and benefit. The results of the study showed that the net present value of all benefits was …

The Bears And Honey Pots: The Savings And Loan Debacle, Margaret Landman

Bridgewater Review

The recent experiences of the savings and loan industry, with the mounting insolvencies and losses, are giving the world a first-hand example of how a financial system should not operate. A number of economic factors, combined with a series of regulatory errors, have contributed to the substantial difficulties encountered by savings and loan institutions during the last decade.

Rational Choice: The Contrast Between Economics And Psychology, Vernon L. Smith

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

Rational Choice--the published record of a conference on economics and psychology--frames the issues as a contest between economic theory and the falsifying evidence from psychology. According to a third perspective, that of experimental economics, most standard theory provides a correct first approximation in predicting motivated behavior in laboratory experimental markets, but the theory is incomplete, particularly in articulating convergence processes in time and in ignoring decision cost. This view has roots in the work of Herbert Simon and Sidney Siegel, but it is not plainly represented in contemporary research in economic pyschology.

Off-Floor Trading, Disintegration And The Bid-Ask Spread In Experimental Markets, Joseph Campbell, Shawn Lamaster, Vernon L. Smith, Mark Van Boening

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

This article uses experimental methods to establish that greater uncertainty in the environment increases the naturally emerging bid-ask spread in double-auction trading. The opportunity to trade off floor is then introduced. Off-floor trading is greater in the environment with a wider bid-ask spread, increases with block trading, and increases still more with increasing subject experience. Finally, we find that the preponderance of off-floor trades are inside the bid-ask spread, supporting the hypothesis that a motive for such trades is to split privately the gain represented by the bid-ask spread without revealing publicly a willingness to make price concessions.

Public Policy Towards Unemployment: 1937-1941, Jill M. Hemphill

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

The following essay will examine what type of public policy, if any, was pursued to combat the high levels of unemployment that plagued the American economy from early 1937 until the signing of the Lend Lease Act in 1941. The writer will attempt to explain why Roosevelt failed to bring unemployment to a more acceptable level during these years. The following chapters include detailed analysis of federal relief programs, the isolationist movement, fiscal and monetary policy, all vital components of public policy towards unemployment.

Grievance Committee, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• • Collection includes an interoffice memorandum to Professor Shaikh from Alice Amsden regarding faculty promotion, dated October 10, 1991.

  • Typed document titled "Grievance Committee Proposal."

  • Letter from Judith Friedlander to Joan Lucariello concerning the school’s grievance procedures, dated September 8, 1994.

  • Memo from Joan Lucariello to Dean Judith Friedlander on grievance procedures, dated September 21, 1994.

  • Letter from Ira Katznelson to the grievance committee regarding procedures, dated September 19, 1986.

  • Handwritten notes related to grievance procedures.

  • Letter from Professor Shaikh to Judith Friedlander titled "Report of the Graduate Faculty Grievance Committee on the case of Thomas Palley," dated July 8, 1998. …

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Comment On Robert Gordon Growth Hypothesis, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Comment on Robert Gordon Growth Hypothesis(unpublished manuscript with handwritten annotations and comments), by Anwar Shaikh, PhD, undated.
  • Typed manuscript discussing Robert Gordon’s “End of Growth” hypothesis, including technological revolutions, productivity growth, inequality, profitability, industrial policy, long-wave theory, and international competition.
  • Handwritten annotations and marginal comments by Anwar Shaikh, PhD, on technological change, productivity growth, inequality, labor institutions, and long-wave economic theory.
  • References to Gordon’s arguments on productivity growth and technological revolutions in the United States economy.
  • Discussion of Kondratiev waves, Schumpeterian growth theory, and David Gordon’s social structures of accumulation framework.
  • Farewell to the Working Class: …

The Macroeconomics Of The Unofficial Foreign Exchange Market In Tanzania, D. Kaufmann, Stephen A. O'Connell

Economics Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Long Horizon Movements In Exchange Rates: Great Expectations, Minsok Pak

Honors Papers

Results in this paper show that applying specific techniques designed to analyze long run behavior of time series variables provides evidence that long run movements in exchange rates differ from random walks. Long run behavior, for both the DM/$ and Y/$ spot rates, exhibit a rather substantial mean reverting component, a temporary component similar to that found in stock prices (Fama and French [1988]; Poterba and Summers [1988]). That is to say, a divergence of observed market values from fundamental values cannot simply be interpreted as support for models of inefficient markets. Rather, these divergences may be temporary swings away …

The Political Economy Of The Latin American Debt Crisis, Stephen S. Golub

Economics Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Section 8 Comp + Fin, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Moore, B. J. (1991). Marx, Keynes, Kalecki and Kaldor on the rate of interest as a monetary phenomenon (Chap. 13) [Excerpt; photocopy]. In E. J. Nell & W. Semmler (Eds.), Nicholas Kaldor and mainstream economics: Confrontation or convergence? (pp. [insert pages if known]). Aldershot, England: Edward Elgar Publishing.

• Davidson, P. (1991). Money: Cause or effect? Exogenous or endogenous? (Chap. 14) [Excerpt; photocopy]. In E. J. Nell & W. Semmler (Eds.), Nicholas Kaldor and mainstream economics: Confrontation or convergence? (pp. [insert pages if known]). Aldershot, England: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Sun Spots And Expectations: W. S. Jevons And The Theory Of Economic Fluctuations, Sandra J. Peart

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

W. Stanley Jevon’s statistical study of periodicity has received much scrutiny (Aldrich1987), but less attention has been given to his theoretical position on economic fluctuations, a circumstance which T.W. Hutchison justly finds surprising considering that “Jevons maintained that aggregate instability, and the distress it caused, presented profoundly serious problems, and devoted some of his most strenuous economic research to their explanation” (Hutchison 1988, p. 6). This paper takes up the challenge to examine the development of Jevon’s though on economic fluctuations from the early 1860s until his death in 1882.

I shall distinguish in what follows between Jevon’s “theory of …

Long Waves Further Research And Revisions, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1991, October). Long waves further research and revisions [Folder cover; unpublished manuscript].

• Malloy, M. (1993, June 16). Correction of Rodgers/BIE stocks used in long wave paper [Handwritten notes; unpublished manuscript].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1990, November 7). Capital stock data in millions of constant dollars [Annotated computer printouts; unpublished manuscript].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1990, October 10). Capital in manufacturing [Handwritten notes; unpublished manuscript].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (n.d.). Old and new gross stocks ratio for structure and equipment [Graphs; unpublished manuscript].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1989, January 12). ROP & capacity …

The Tax Treatment Of Fringe Benefits, Stephen A. Woodbury, Wei-Jang Huang

Upjohn Press

Woodbury and Huang use econometric models to investigate how changes in the tax treatment of fringe benefits can be expected to influence the level of benefits and compensation provided by employers, federal revenues, and income inequality.

Essays On The Economics Of Discrimination, Emily P. Hoffman Editor

Upjohn Press

This book explores the effects of discrimination on the economic outcomes of various societal groups.

The Bias Of A Least Squares Estimator Under A Unit Root, Karim M Abadir

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Educational And Family Planning In Egypt, Nivene El Koshairi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Contextual Analysis Of International Labor Migration, Rania Abdallah Said

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Inflation Money Credit And Inflation, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Earley, J. S., Parsons, R. J., & Thompson, F. A. (1976). Money, credit, and expenditure: A sources and uses of funds approach (The Bulletin 1976-3). New York University Graduate School of Business Administration, Center for the Study of Financial Institutions.
• Gowland, D. (1991). Money, inflation and unemployment (2nd ed.). Harvester Wheatsheaf.
• Saad-Filho, A. (n.d.). Credit money and inflation: A theoretical appraisal [Unpublished manuscript]. Department of Economics.
• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). Handwritten notes on money, credit, and expenditure [Unpublished manuscript]. Department of Economics, The New School for Social Research.
• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). Handwritten notes on money, inflation and unemployment …

Macro - Finance - Boards, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A. (1990, November 26). Keynesian/Kaleckian closure [Unpublished handwritten notes by Anwar Shaikh, PhD].

• Shaikh, A. (n.d.). Aggregate sources and uses of funds [Unpublished multi-page diagram with derivations; handwritten content credited to Anwar Shaikh, PhD].

• Shaikh, A. (1991, September 12). Logical structure of my models of accumulation [Unpublished handwritten notes by Anwar Shaikh, PhD].

• Shaikh, A. (1986, November 26). Basic balance sheet items [Unpublished handwritten notes by Anwar Shaikh, PhD].

• Shaikh, A. (1987, September 8). Growth rate and interest rate in steady state growth [Unpublished handwritten notes by Anwar Shaikh, PhD].

• …

Trade, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Graphs titled (all dated 9/1992 unless noted):

  • "Export Prices/Reg. Prices (pxi'/vli) (Relative to US) 1970 = 100" [Kravis, Moliwan(?)]

  • "Export Prices/Reg. Prices (pxi'/vli) (Relative to US) 1970 = 100, Unit Values (IMF)"

  • "Tradables Prices/Reg. Prices (pi'/vli) (Relative to US) 1970 = 100"

  • "Tradables Prices (pi') (Relative to US) 1970 = 100"

  • "Export Prices (pxi') (Relative to US) 1970 = 100" and "Export Prices (pxi') (Relative to US) 1970 = 100, Unit Values"

  • "Rel Vertically Integrated ULC's (vli) [Relative to US]"

• Data tables from file XRGE1A.WK2 (9/20/92) including:

  • "1970=100, Relative to Germany"

  • "pi'/vli, Rel to Germany"

  • "pxi'/vli (Using Export Prices)"

• Handwritten …

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Investment & Borrowing Debt Finance + Accumulation, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A. (1987). Savings, interest & finance (Unpublished manuscript). Anwar Shaikh, PhD. (22-43_Inve... p. 2)
• Shaikh, A. (1980). Keynesian model & debt (Unpublished manuscript). Anwar Shaikh, PhD. (22-43_Inve... pp. 3-4)
• Shaikh, A. (1986). Debt along Keynesian balanced growth path (Unpublished manuscript). Anwar Shaikh, PhD. (22-43_Inve... pp. 5-6)
• Shaikh, A. (1986). Simple reprod. to balanced growth in Keynes (Unpublished manuscript). Anwar Shaikh, PhD. (22-43_Inve... pp. 7-8)
• Shaikh, A. (1985). Debt & invest (Unpublished manuscript). Anwar Shaikh, PhD. (22-43_Inve... pp. 9-17)
• Shaikh, A. (1985). Notes on invest & debt (Unpublished manuscript). Anwar Shaikh, PhD. (22-43_Inve... p. 18)
• Shaikh, A. …

The 1990 Economic Impact Of The Upjohn Company On Kalamazoo County, George A. Erickcek

Reports

No abstract provided.

Labor Unions And The Economic Performance Of Firms, Barry T. Hirsch

Upjohn Press

Hirsch develops a model of union rent-seeking in which the unions capture a share of quasi-rents that make up the normal ROI in long-lived capital and R&D. He finds that in response, firms adjust their investments in vulnerable tangible and intangible capital. Hirsch also attempts to explain the connection between the contraction of the size of unions which occurred in the 1970s and firms' lower profitability, diminished market value, and lower investment levels.

Inflation Major Inflations, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes.

• Capie, F. H. (Ed.). (1991). Major inflations in history [Book excerpts: title pages, table of contents, acknowledgements, and introduction]. Cheltenham, England: Edward Elgar Publishing.

• Capie, F. (1986). Conditions in which very rapid inflation has appeared. Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 24(1), 115–168.

• Robinson, J. (1938). The economics of inflation [Review of the book The economics of inflation, by C. Bresciani-Turroni, Trans. M. E. Sayers]. The Economic Journal, 48(191), 507–513.

• Maier, C. S. (1978). The politics of inflation in the twentieth century. In F. Hirsch & J. H. Goldthorpe (Eds.), …

Technological Development In Mississauga And Canada's Technology Triangle: A Calibrated Application Of The Product Life Cycle, J. Colin Wright

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

No abstract provided.

Still More Studies In Brownsville History, Milo Kearney

Studies in Rio Grande Valley Regional History Series

A historical sketch of Fort Brown / Bruce Aiken -- A brief history of Los Fresnos / James A. Keillor -- Olmito, Texas: a town of unfulfilled dreams / Tim Snyder -- Water as a magic element in the Rio Grande Valley’s history / Brian Robertson -- Brownsville’s sisters of the Incarnate Word / Rosalinda Olivares-Sosa -- Out marriage among Hispanics : Cameron County, 1870-1970 / Randy Davidson -- A history of Brownsville’s Cuban community / Michael Lopez -- A few comments on the history of Blacks in Brownsville / Cornelio Nouel -- The Brownsville Jewish community : from generation …

Inflation Budget Deficits, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes.

• Gowland, D. (1991). Debt management and government finance. In Money, inflation and unemployment: The role of money in the economy (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Harvester Wheatsheaf.

• Congdon, T. G. (1987). The link between budget deficits and inflation: Some contrasts between developed and developing countries. In M. J. Boskin, J. S. Flemming, & S. Gorini (Eds.), Private saving and public debt (pp. 40–71). Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell.

• Boskin, M. J., Flemming, J. S., & Gorini, S. (Eds.). (1987). Private saving and public debt [Book front matter: title pages, table of contents, and preface]. Oxford, …

Marx - Keynes - Kalecki - Harrod - Okishio, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (n.d.). Marx/Keynes/Kalecki/Harrod (Okishio) and aggregate sources and uses of funds [Folder cover]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1988, May 16). Overview and basic relations in Keynesian form [Handwritten notes for a Marx-Keynes Seminar]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1990, May). Aggregate sources and uses of funds [Diagram]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1991, April 19). Marx-Keynes [Handwritten notes covering Alvaro de Castro on Keynes’s theory of effective demand]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1991, April 19). Note: Show circuits of capital in expanding reproduction as a double helix [Handwritten note]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., …

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Middle States Review, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection contains:

An annotated excerpt from the Self-Study Report of the New School for Social Research prepared for the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools