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Providence, R.I., Yes, You've Come A Long Way, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"It was just three years ago that this writer described on these pages a "Saturday night out" in downtown Providence. The story demonstrated that a middle-aged couple could walk the city streets without being mugged, but more important, it revealed how little there was to see or do in the heart of the capital city.

Livestock Industry And Agricultural Policy, Gene Murra

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

The United States’ Economy In The 1980’S: The Financial Past And Present As A Guide To The Future, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

“Economics in the Eighties” Conference

Palazzo Della Spelline – Milan

Delivered: 17 December 1980

The United States’ Economy In The 1980’S: The Financial Past And Present As A Guide To The Future, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

“Economics in the Eighties” Conference, Palazzo Della Spelline, Milan, Italy.

Farm Price And Income Programs, Larry Janssen

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Toward A Fiscal Policy That Allows For Collective Wants, Lee Christie

Honors Projects

As economic development progressed and the role of government grew, economic analysis of the public sector became a major part of economic theory.

The Welfare Effects Of Reduced Us Tariff Restrictions On Imported Textile Products, Joseph Pelzman, Charles E. Bradberry

Joseph Pelzman

No abstract provided.

The Deregulation And Monetary Control Act Of 1980, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Public Policy And The Business Firm: Proceedings Of A Conference, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Murray Weidenbaum shows the impacts of expanding regulation on business firms.

National Savings, Economic Welfare, And The Structure Of Taxation, Alan J. Auerbach, Laurence Kotlikoff

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Housing Market With Indivisibility, Mamoru Kaneko

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

In this paper we present a model of rental housing market in which houses are treated as indivisible commodities. We provide a recursive equation which determines a competitive equilibrium and argue that we can regard the competitive equilibrium as a representative of the set of all competitive equilibria. Using this representative equilibrium, we provide several propositions on comparative statics, that is, we consider how the competitive rents change when certain parameters of the model change.

Person Game, Ludo Van Der Heyden

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

The Adequacy Of Savings, Laurence Kotlikoff, Avia Spivak, Lawrence H. Summers

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

On The Consistency Of Non-Linear Fiml, John J. Beggs

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Four Year State University Related Foundations, Timothy Arthur Reilley

Dissertations

The Purpose. The purpose of this study was to define the organizational and operational structures of four year state university related foundations. An additional purpose was to compile a listing of all four year state university related foundations in the United States.

Methodology. Data were obtained through the use of a questionnaire mailed to all four year state universities in the United States. The questionnaire was divided into two parts. Part one included a series of three demographic questions which identified the respondent at a certain level in each of three categories, number of students, kinds of degrees and number …

Characteristic Functions And The Tail Behavior Of Probability Distributions, Peter C.B. Phillips

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The theory of Fourier transforms of generalized functions is used to extract general formulas for the tail behavior of a probability distribution from the behavior of its characteristic function in the locality of the origin. The theory is applied to develop asymptotic formula for the tails of the stable distributions.

A Market Value Approach To Approximate Equilibria, Robert M. Anderson

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We consider the market value of excess demand as a measure of disequilibrium. We show that, in a fixed exchange economy, there exist approximate equilibria whose measures of disequilibrium depend only on the endowments and not on the preferences. A related bound on the norm of excess demand, depending on the endowments and the approximate equilibrium price, is also obtained. We show the existence of allocations which are nearly competitive, as measured by the largest proportion of demand given up at the allocation by any trader. We use these results to obtain, for very general sequences of exchange economies, allocations …

Additively Decompable Quasiconvex Functions, Gerard Debreu, Tjalling C. Koopmans

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

The Deregulation And Monetary Control Act Of 1980, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

No abstract provided.

Finance And Profits: The Changing Nature Of American Business Cycles, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Paper submitted by Minsky and included in the Compendium of Papers submitted to the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, "The Business Cycle and Public Policy, 1929-1980."

Changing Markets Require Different Style Of Houses, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"It touches on the heartstrings and evokes a sense of nostalgia: the scene of father and mother sitting near the fireplace with the children playing at their feet. Here it is, the typical family at home, secure, stable, symbolic of the American way of life. But is this picture really accurate?

Farm Structure And Agricultural Policy, Wallace G. Aanderud

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Providence Needs An Effective 'Land Bank' Policy, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Recent disclosures on the purchase of vacant lots in Providence by certain city officals have raised two serious questions, only one of which has been addressed."

Farm Food And Agricultural Policy Issues And South Dakota's Economy, John E. Thompson

Economics Commentator

No abstract provided.

Costs Of Regulation And Benefits Of Reform, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This article describes many of the direct and indirect costs of government regulation.

The Uncertain Recovery In 1981: The Carter Legacy And The Reagan Opportunity, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Murray Weidenbaum examines the economic prospects for 1981 and what issues the Reagan Administration will be facing in its first year.

A Necessary And Sufficient Condition For The Nonemptiness Of The Cores Of Partitioning Games, Mamoru Kaneko

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Let N be a finite set of players and let ρ be a class of coalitions of N. We consider games with and without sidepayments such that only the coalitions in pi play essential roles but not the others. For an arbitrary ρ, we get the class of all such games. The purpose of this note is to provide a necessary and sufficient condition with respect to pi for the nonemptiness of the cores of all games in the class.

‘Finance And Profits: The Changing Nature Of American Business Cycles, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Chapter V. Monetary Management and Institutions. "Finance and Profits: The Changing Nature of American Business Cycles," pp. 209-244, The Business Cycle and Public Policy, 1929-80: A Compendium of Papers Submitted to the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Congress of the United States. Nov. 28, 1980. 96th Congress, 2nd Session. Joint Committee Print. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1980.

Providence Home Rule, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"The opposition bumper stickers have already appeared. In bright fluorescent colors to catch the unsuspecting eye, the message is loud and clear--'Reject Home Rule Charter.' Why should there be this opposition, and who are the people against this progressive move toward better local government?"

Seeing Our Capital City As Outsiders View It, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"There it was, sandwiched between stories on 'Castles in Spain' and 'Arizona's Indian Country,' a feature piece on Providence, Rhode Island. Again, a national magazine, in this case the latest issue of Travel/Holiday, has chosen to single out our capital city as a place to visit, to explore and to enjoy."