Browsing by Subject "Major economics"
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)This dissertation is concerned with the efficient allocation of risk bearing, and the corresponding efficient distribution of profits, in economies where individuals are differentiated by their preferences towards risk. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)This dissertation asks whether banking is unique in avoiding the costs associated with economic regulation or its inability to prove stable if left unregulated. Chapter II describes the inflexibility and inefficient ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)This dissertation investigates the impact of the recently proposed 'competitive rules' on investment in the petroleum pipeline industry. Specifically this study investigates the impact of the second competitive rule, ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)This dissertation is an empirical, comparative study of the impact of two different approaches, the joint estimation approach and the alternative selection approach, in dealing with econometric models of a typical ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)This study is concerned with consumers in the traditional sector of Iran who are highly influenced by Islamic rules and regulations, especially those prohibiting the charging of interest on loans. This constraint has been ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1979)While the currency-deposit ratio plays an important role in monetary economics, only a limited amount of research has been done on it. The work that has been done has approached the subject from the demand side. A ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1974)The subject of this dissertation deals with the individual's allocation of time between market and non-market uses. A theory of the individual's demand for non-market time is the focus of chapter three. The individual ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)In the past two decades, there has been great controversy in theoretical discussions on the effect of market organization on the durability of durable goods. Modern view is one where both a monopolist and a competitive ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)The purpose of this dissertation is to characterize the job-separation behavior of new entry-level employees. The specific case considered is that of enlistees in the U.S. Air Force, from September 1974 to August 1977. Two ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)The purpose of this research is to investigate the functional incidence of a tax on land values and compare it with the incidence of a tax on reproducible capital. First, the nature of the supply of land and the role of ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)In this dissertation, Industrial Policy proposals are critically analyzed and a theoretical methodology developed which may be used to structure the policy debate. The methodology draws heavily from existing international ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)Most models of the demand for on-the-job training do not consider on-the-job training in the context of the demand for other inputs. Furthermore, the impact on employee retention of industry structure, employee characteristics, ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1979)Previous research by economists in the area of regulation has been primarily concerned with the effects of rate of return regulation on the firm's price and output decisions. This has proven to be inadequate in assisting ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)This dissertation investigates two controversial issues concerning the effects of a percentage depletion allowance upon vertically integrated mineral firms and industries. One controversial issue concerns the effect of ...
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Efficiency in the air transportation industry 1971-86 : an economic capacity utilization perspective (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1996)This is an empirical study of efficiency in the domestic airline industry both at the firm level as well as over time. A panel of 23 airlines observed over the period 1971- 1986 is utilized. The performance metric is assumed ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1985)The objective of this dissertation is to examine the productivity growth of the steam generated fossil-fueled electric utility industry during the 1951 - 1978 period. This dissertation presents three alternative measures ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1987)Defining monetary aggregates that are stable functions of a few economic variables, such as income and interest rates, is desirable for policy purposes. Defining weighted aggregates has proven useful for this purpose. ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1980)This work is a contribution to the empirical literature on the pattern of price adjustment in a competitive non-tatonnoment environment. The model of this environment allows for an analysis of the price strategy of firms ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1972)This dissertation is an empirical test of a theory of spatial pricing policy. The theory to be examined is one developed by Professor M. L. Greenhut in A Theory of the Firm in Economic Space. It is a theory of the firm ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)This dissertation consists of two essays on experiments on the problem of equilibrium selection. The literature includes a variety of models in which multiple equilibria arise. One approach to the selection problem is to ...