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Economics: Recent submissions

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    • Learning and the Behavior of Potential Entrants 

      Bhattacharya, Gautam (RAND, 1984-06-01)
      The possibility of cost reduction through learning by gathering experience is important in many industries where organizational efficiency in production and management is an important determinant of costs. In these industries, ...

    • Random sets and confidence procedures 

      Barnett, William A. (Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium, 1979-06-01)
      No abstract is available for this item.

    • The Differential Approach to Superlative Index Number Theory 

      Barnett, William A.; Choi, Ki-Hong; Sinclair, Tara M. (Cambridge University Press, 2003-09-01)
      Diewert’s “superlative” index numbers, defined to be exact for second-order aggregator functions, unify index number theory with aggregation theory but have been difficult to identify. We present a new approach to finding ...

    • Ownership Structure in Foreign Direct Investment Projects 

      Asiedu, Elizabeth; Esfahani, Hadi Salehi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 2001-03-13)
      This paper theoretically and empirically examines ownership structure in foreign direct investment (FDI) projects. We show that in choosing an ownership structure, foreign investors, local entrepreneurs, and government ...

    • Economics of Grade Reduction 

      Neff, Paul J. (University of Kansas, 1914-02-10)
      A Study of the General Principles of the Economics to Be Effected By the Reduction of Grades, the Elimination of Rise and Fall and Curvature, and the Bettering of the Other Physical Condition on the ST. Louis & San Francisco ...

    • The Minimum Wage for Women and Minors 

      Bodenhafer, Walter Blaine (The University of Kansas, 1915-06-01)
      The agitation for the regulation of the wages of women and minors in this country is of recent origin. The movement has, however, spread rapidly. Already eleven states have enacted laws providing for such regulation. ...

    • The Union-Nonunion Wage Differential: A Replication and Extension 

      Shulenburger, David E.; McLean, Robert; Rasch, Sara B. (Wiley, 1982-04-01)

    • The Construction Wage Determination Process in the 1970's 

      Shulenburger, David E.; McLean, Robert; Rasch, Sara E. (School of Business, University of Kansas, 1982)
      Review of wage determination in the US construction industry in the 1970's with regression estimation of various effects.

    • Funding and the Future of U.S. Public Research Universities 

      McPherson, Peter; Gobstein, Howard J.; Shulenburger, David E. (MIT Press Journals, 2010-03-01)
      Innovation through research is a critical element to a nation's success in the highly competitive global marketplace. University research provides the base from which an important part of the most competitive innovations ...

    • An Equilibrium Approach to the Aggregation of Beliefs 

      Jin, Yi; Zhang, Jianbo (Brill, 2013-06-01)
      This paper presents a new answer to the old question of how to aggregate individual beliefs. We construct a model which allows agents to take arbitrage opportunities against the aggregated belief by making contingent claims ...

    • A Closed Form Characterization of the Stationary Outcome in Multilateral Bargaining 

      Jin, Yi; Zhang, Jianbo (Brill, 2013-03-01)
      In this paper we consider infinite horizon multilateral bargaining with alternate offers. We prove that there exists only one stationary subgame perfect equilibrium outcome and it corresponds to the unique invariantmeasure ...

    • CISC controls and the union/non-union wage ratio 

      Shulenburger, David E.; McLean, Robert; Rasch, Sara B. (Elsevier, 1984-06)

    • Timber Resources and the Manufacture and Methods of Marketing Lumber in the United States 

      Hall, Ross E. (University of Kansas, 1914-04-01)

    • The State Tax Commission and Tax Reform In Kansas 

      Burke, Martin (University of Kansas, 1913-06-01)

    • Nonparametric Tests of Moment Condition Stability 

      Juhl, Ted P.; Xiao, Zhijie (Cambridge University Press, 2013-02-01)
      This paper considers testing for moment condition instability for a wide variety of models that arise in econometric applications. We propose a nonparametric test based on smoothing the moment conditions over time. The ...

    • Three Essays in Macroeconomics and Financial Economics 

      Kacaribu, Febrio (University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)
      This dissertation presents empirical analysis of linear and nonlinear models in macroeconomics and financial economics. It conveys the message about the substantial benefit in the analysis stems from a little departure ...

    • Forward Premium Puzzle 

      Tanamee, Danai (University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)
      Financial liberalizations in recent decades have prepared the way for the rapidly increasing number of studies related to the investigations of foreign exchange market efficiency in developing economies via testing for the ...

    • Essays on Real Exchange Rates and Theoretical Monetary Aggregation 

      Zheng, Mingming (University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)
      This dissertation is a collection of three essays focused on real exchange rates and theoretical monetary aggregation. The first essay focused on the convergence of real exchange rates' idiosyncratic effects after isolating ...

    • Essays on the Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth and Welfare: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa 

      Kamara, Yusufu Unisa (University of Kansas, 2014-05-31)
      This study examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows on economic growth and welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Following the growing consensus among scholars that the effects of FDI on growth in ...

    • The Genesis of the Silver Dollar 

      Harrington, Grant Wood (The University of Kansas, 1887)