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The economics of consumer-managed firms
(1978)
This dissertation is concerned with identifying and delineating the organizational form, behavior and goals of a firm, owned and operated by its customers. The term consumer-managed firm, as used in this dissertation, ...
An empirical estimation of the parameters of the joint relative frequency function of consumer demand and planned income for the United States, 1952-75
(1978)
ADIn this dissertation I estimate the parameters of a specific joint relative frequency function of consumer demand and planned income proffered by R. L. Basmann. This is accomplished by assuming as specific linkage ...
An economic model of the demand and supply of votes : some tentative empirical results
(1976)
The electoral process is an integral part of democratic decision-making. It is traditionally viewed as the one means by which those governed make known their preferences regarding the rules by which they wish to be ...
The generalized handicap wager market for football bets : theory and evidence
(1977)
Gambling is a near universal past time that takes on many varied and interesting market forms. One such interesting market is the handicap wager market for football bets, an organized market in which bets are placed on ...
Predatory vertical integration and petroleum firms in economic space
(1978)
Allegations that the major oil companies engage in predatory vertical integration have been issued by the FTC and two subcommittees of the Unites States Senate. These allegations are shown to have theoretical foundation ...
An investigation on spatial price discrimination in three countries
(1976)
The economics of space, particularly the theory of spatial pricing, has remained largely outside the basic structure of traditional (nonspatial) economic theory. This isolation stems from the fact that most of the literature ...
A study of causal relationships, expectations, and the demand for money during three hyperinflations
(1978)
The theory of inflation and its effects on economic variables such as exchange rates and rates of change in the money stock has been developed to a large extent within the last twenty years. The recent inflationary pressure ...
A comparison of monetary aggregates as monetary policy targets
(1978)
The choice of the best monetary aggregate for use as the target variable in conducting monetary policy has been an unsettled question for many years in economics. The problem has recently become more important for two ...
Bank note issue and the supply of money
(1976, ©197)
The study of changes in the money supply and the effect of these changes on other important economic variables has constituted a significant portion of economic research since the establishment of economics as a separate ...
Three essays on unsettled questions in the economics of John Stuart Mill
(1978)
This Dissertation consists of three Essays which explore comprehensively important areas of the thought of John Stuart which have been either completely ignored or in need of reinterpretation. They are: (1) Mill, Socialism, ...