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A Modeling System For Applied General Equilibrium Analysis, Thomas Rutherford

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Numerical modeling in the Arrow-Debreu framework has emerged as a consistent approach for economic analysis. A major disadvantage of the applied general equilibrium (AGE) framework has been the high degree of technical expertise required for formulating and solving these models. This paper describes a micro-computer for AGE modeling. The system, named MPS/GE, combines an efficient solution algorithm with an interactive user-interface. Using MPS/GE, models containing up to 300 prices and activities can be formulated and solved on an IBM PC. This makes AGE modeling accessible to a wider group of policy analysts and educators than was previously the case.

Toward A Physical Theory Of Economic Activities, Tran Huu Dung

Economics Faculty Publications

A critical survey of all definitions of economics shows that, logically, a study of economic activities from a physical point of view must be considered an integral part of the discipline. One such study could reveal the nature of value-in-use often overlooked in economic theory.

It is posited that the process of use can be taken as the basic analytical building block of whose variations and combinations all economic activities can be shown to be composed. Each use can appear in one of three forms: pure use, consumption, and production (or productive use). The physical criterion on which this distinction …

Economics Of Population Policies: A Cost-Benefit Analysis For Family Planning Program In Egypt, Hamdy Abdo El-Hinnawy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Appraisal Of The Role Of Foreign Financial Institutions In Ldcs, Al-Mansour Al-Tarzi

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Committee On Requirements, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

• Proposed Economics class list for 1978–79 (5/19/78)

• Minutes from the Committee on Admissions and Requirements meeting (11/7/78)

• Memo from William B. Steerman to student Harold Osuagwu's oral exam committee regarding his exam failure (10/24/78)

• Oral exam report for Harold Osuagwu (11/30/77)

• Complaint letters by Harold Osuagwu to Professor Robert Heilbroner and to Joseph Greenbaum alleging racial discrimination (4/28/78)

• Exhibits from Harold Osuagwu’s oral exam committee

• Second oral exam report and letter from Robert Heilbroner to Harold Osuagwu informing him of his failed grade (4/12/78)

• Letter from Robert Heilbroner to Osuagwu responding to the charge of racial discrimination (5/3/78)

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How Bad Can Good Data Really Be?, William (Bill) H. Williams

Publications and Research

Bias has different sources. Measurement errors create "bad" data and biased estimates. But selection biases occur even with "good" data and can be both subtle and large in magnitude.

Import Demand For Wheat: Japanese And Selected Eec Markets, Enayatollah Fakhrai

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The growing importance of trade internationally as well as for the United States (U.S.) spawned a body of literature concerning import demand, export supply, and trade balance. Most of the empirical work to date has employed estimates of commodity import demand functions derived from traditional linear and log-linear functional forms. These specifications of import demand impose separability restrictions on the consumer's choice between domestic and foreign goods, in addition to confining import demand elasticities to constant values. The policy recommendations made on the basis of the import demand elasticities derived from these traditional models may be misleading. In this study, …

An Analysis Of The Effects Of The Impacts Of Oil Shale Development On The Economy Of The Uintah Basin, David Zachary Kaufman

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The development of oil shale resources will have a significant impact on the Uintah Basin in Utah. To analyze this impact, this study used a regionalized imput-output model. The input-output table for the State of Utah was revised to fit the Uintah Basin, using the RAS technique.

The scarcity of water in the Basin may cause a shift of water use from irrigated agriculture to oil shale. This reduction in agricultural production was estimated, using demand curves for water in agriculture and an intergen programming model which generated minimum water requirements for shale developments from 25,000 barrels per day to …

Nonresident Enrollment Demand At Utah State University, William G. Workman

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The determination of the level of student registration fees at colleges and universities in many cases appears to be made without adequate consideration given to probable enrollment responses and to the associated implications for tuition revenues. This study was aimed at reducing this information gap at Utah State University and focused specifically on past sensitivities of students from neighboring western states to changes in the nonresident charges at USU. The analytical framework employed in this investigation specified a causal link between the proportion of the college-attending populations from these states choosing to enroll at USU and comparative tuition levels.

The …

Conservation According To The Pure Theory Of Exhaustible Resources, George Lymbouris

Economics Theses & Dissertations

The objective of this thesis is to develop a theory for defining optimal conservation and applying definition to the prevailing rate of domestic petroleum production. Optimal conservation is defined as action designed to achieve or to maintain, from the point of view of society as a whole, the maximum present value of natural resources (or of a natural resource). The proper "action" is defined according to the pure theory of exhaustible resources. The literature survey is a chronological series of articles concerning this theory.

Through building a model which shows that optimal conservation occurs when the marginal internal rate of …

An Analysis Of Potential Feasible Effective Rates Of Coal Taxation In The State Of New Mexico, James Samuel Shortle

Economics ETDs

In this study the impact of increasing the effective rate of taxation on coal production in the state of New Mexico is considered. Chapter One reviews the development of the coal industry in the state and the future prospects for coal development in the state. In Chapter Two the availability of coal in New Mexico is established and those areas in which development in coming years is most likely are identified. Chapter Three presents an overview of the economics of the coal industry and identifies a geographic region within which coal produced in New Mexico is most likely to be …

1978 U.S. Grain Price And Foreign Trade Outlook, Arthur B. Sogn

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

The Dollar: U.S. Must Be Seen As An Ailing Bank, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Pages 1-4, in The Money Manager, (The Financial Weekly for Executives in Business and Finance. Published every Monday by The Bond Buyer. New York, NY), April 24, 1978.

This article was housed in the same file as the letter from Johnathan Aronson, dated 27 March in which Professor Aronson sent Minsky the outline for the book tentatively titled International Lending and Developing Nations, (co-editor Lawrence Franko), in which Minsky would have a chapter.

Impacts Of Reduced Water Allocations To Irrigated Agriculture In The Estancia Basin, New Mexico, Douglas Richard Franklin

Economics ETDs

The demand for water is increasing in the western United States. Coupled with growing emphasis on development of the western resources, the scarcity of water will create an expanding competitive market by industrial, municipal and agricultural users. New Mexico is faced with a question of how many more people it can support on its limited future supply of water. A change in water use must develop if New Mexico is to expand in population. This means less water for irrigation and more water for municipal use. The farmer cannot outbid industries or cities for this scarce resource. As water allocations …

Natural Resource Taxation In The Four Corners States, Mark Cahill Resta

Economics ETDs

This study develops natural resource tax revenue projections to the year 2000 for each of the significant natural resource taxes levied on the major extractive industries in the Four Corners states. Two estimates of revenues, a high and a low projection are preset ted to indicate an upper and lower bound to future natural resource tax revenue levels. The projections are intended for use only as an indication of the relative magnitude of the future revenues. Revenue projections are based on current state tax structures and on output, price and value of output projections of natural resource commodities. A description …

The Sfa Business Review Vol. 3 No. 3, M. Dudley Stewart Jr., Chester L. Allen, Don A. Evans, Patrick Michael Conn, Elick N. Maledon Jr., Janelle C. Ashley

SFA Business Review, 1975-1978

No abstract provided.

Review Of Economics As A Coordination Problem: The Contributions Of Friedrich A. Hayek By Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr., Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Treatment Of Economic Issues In High School Government, Sociology, U.S. History And World History Texts, Robert S. Main

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

It is often argued that the declining support of free institutions which we have observed in our recent history is, in part, a result of economic illiteracy. That is, ignorance and misinformation about the workings of a voluntary exchange system and about the deleterious effects of governmental interference in that system lead to support of increased government intervention in the economy...

Profitability And Growth In A Small Open Economy, Pentti J.K. Kouri

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Errors In The Measurement Of Concentration And The Advertising-Concentration Controversy, Brian Brush

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Is The Free Market Ethical?, Fred Foldvary

Faculty Publications

A market free of coercion is on firm moral ground.

The New Mexico Data Center: A Proposal, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research

BBER Publications

The first public draft of a proposal for expanded services to facilitate the use of census data in New Mexico.

Reducing The Hidden Cost Of Big Government, Testimony Before The Joint Economic Committee Of The U.S. Congress Priorities In Tax Policy, Testimony Before The U.S. Senate Committee On Finance, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

The largest and most rapid increase in government power over the private sector is not in the areas of taxation or government spending. Rather, it is the expansion of government regulation that impacts the everyday consumer, motorist, homeowner, worker, investor, taxpayer, and nation as a whole in distinct ways. It concludes by suggesting several initial reforms.

The Debate Over Saving, Investment And Capital Shortages, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This piece discusses the importance of saving and investment.

New Mexico Labor Market Review 03-31-1978, Employment Security Commission Of New Mexico

Historic Publications

The New Mexico Labor Market Review is a monthly publication presenting statistical data and analysis on labor market conditions throughout New Mexico. Issues examine statewide and regional trends in employment, unemployment, labor force estimates, industry activity, wages, occupational demand, and related economic conditions, often accompanied by feature articles on topics affecting the state’s economy. This issue covers February 1978.

Letter From Jonathan Aronson, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

This letter was housed with the article “The Dollar: U.S. Must Be Seen as an Ailing Bank”, pp. 1-4, in The Money Manager, April 24, 1978.

Some Specifics About The 1978 Farm Program, Artthur B. Sogn

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Major U.S. Exports In 1977 And Projected For 1978, Robert J. Antonides

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.

Facts And Figures _Jul-Sept 1977, Department Of Human Services

Historic Publications

A report provided by the Department of Human Services on number of establishments and workers per industry and size (by county in NM).

Market And Operations Analysis Of Golf Courses In Connecticut, Marvin Kottke

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.