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Working Papers

2009

1. Honesty and Integrity in Economics
   Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics

2006

2. The Empirical Significance of Econometric Models
   Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics

2005

3. The Effect of Changes in Reserve Requirements during the 1930s: The Evidence from Nonmember Banks
   Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in The Journal of Economic History (2006)

2004

4. The Influence of Friedman's Methodological Essay
   Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics

2003

5. The Monetarist Policy Debate: An Informal Survey
   Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics

2002

6. Do Chagnes in Asset Prices Denote Changes in Wealth
   Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics
7. Income Smoothing and Self Control: The Case of Schoolteachers
   Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (2005)
8. The Macroeconomic Loss Function: A Critical Note
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
   Also in Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics (2002) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Applied Economics Letters (2003)

2001

9. A Frequent Misuse of Significance Tests
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
   Also in Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics (2001)
   Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
10. Misinterpreting a Failure to Disconfirm as a Confirmation: A Recurrent Misreading of Significance Tests
    Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics

2000

11. Improving Communication in Economics: A Task for Methodologists
    Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Methodology (2001)
12. The Role of Ideology in Disagreements among Economists: A Quantitative Analysis
    Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics

1995

13. Monetarism
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics (1995)
    See also Journal Article in World Economics (2004)

1994

14. Should China Tolerate High Inflation?
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
15. Where There Is Much Light There Is Olso Much Shade: The Dark Side of Economic Modeling
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1993

16. How Much do Micro Foundations Matter?
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
    Also in Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs (1993)
17. In Defence of Serious Economics: A Review of Terence Hutchison; Changing Aims in Economics
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich
18. Indexed Bonds and Heterogeneous Agents
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo Group Munich View citations
    Also in Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs (1993)
    See also Journal Article in Contemporary Economic Policy (1998)
19. Methodology and the Practicing Economist
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
20. Why is there so Much Disagreement Among Economists?
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Methodology (1994)

1992

21. Monetarism and Its Rhetoric
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
22. What Economists Think of Their Econometrics?
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
23. What do Signicance Test Signify?
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1990

24. FRIEDMAN'S METHODOLOGY OF POSITIVE ECONOMICS: A MINIMALIST VIEW
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1989

25. "FLUCTUATIONS IN THE MONETARY GROWTH RATE DURING THE QUASI-MONETARIST EXPERIMENT
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
26. FORECAST ERRORS AND STABILIZATION POLICY
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
27. GNP TARGETING-- WHAT ARE THE ISSUES?
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
28. THE TWILIGHT OF MONETARIST DEBATE
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1988

29. BASE VELOCITY, M-1 VELOCITY AND FINANCIAL INNOVATIONS
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
30. INTERPRETING FEDERAL RESERVE BEHAVIOR
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Behavioral Economics (1988)
31. MONETARISM IN A WORLD WITHOUT "MONEY"
    Working Papers, California Davis - Institute of Governmental Affairs

1986

32. The European Monetary System: Recent Developments
    IMF Occasional Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations

Undated

33. BOETTKE'S AUSTRIAN CRITIQUE OF MAINSTREAM ECONOMICS: AN EMPIRICIST'S RESPONSE
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
34. DATA MINING: A RECONSIDERATION
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Methodology (2000)
35. MONETARISTS AND KEYNESIANS ON CENTRAL BANKING: A STUDY OF A FAILED DEBATE
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics View citations
36. Some Practical Aspects of Pluralism in Economics Truth is so important, however, that it behooves us not to jump to conclusions about it (Samuels, 1997)
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
37. THE DOMAIN OF THEORIES AND TESTS BY THE REALISM OF ASSUMPTIONS
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
38. THE RHETORIC OF FRIEDMAN'S QUANTITY THEORY MANIFESTO
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Methodology (1997)
39. Using Government Documents to Assess the Influence of Academic Research on Macroeconomic Policy
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics View citations
40. WHAT REMAINS OF THE MONETARIST COUNTER-REVOLUTION?
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
41. WHY WAS THE FED SO INFLATIONARY IN THE 1960S AND 1970S?
    Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2009

1. Honesty and Integrity in Academic Economics
   Challenge, 2009, 52, (4), 16-24

2006

2. The Effect of Changes in Reserve Requirements During the 1930s: The Evidence from Nonmember Banks
   The Journal of Economic History, 2006, 66, (02), 417-432
   See also Working Paper (2005)

2005

3. Income Smoothing and Self-Control: The Case of Schoolteachers
   Economic Inquiry, 2005, 43, (4), 823-830
   See also Working Paper (2002)
4. Information, Knowledge, Understanding and Wisdom
   Econ Journal Watch, 2005, 2, (1), 66-69
5. Michael A. Bernstein, A Perilous Progress, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ (2004) 376 + xii pp., index, US$ 19.95, ISBN 0-691-11967-8
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2005, 56, (3), 441-444

2004

6. Dry Holes in Economic Research: Comment
   Kyklos, 2004, 57, (4), 621-626 View citations
7. Monetarism
   World Economics, 2004, 5, (2), 147-185
   See also Working Paper (1995)

2003

8. Blueprint for Public Company Reform
   World Economics, 2003, 4, (4), 171-184
9. Fifty years of Milton Friedman's 'The methodology of positive economics': Introduction
   Journal of Economic Methodology, 2003, 10, (4), 493-494
10. The macroeconomic Loss Function: a Critical Note
    Applied Economics Letters, 2003, 10, (6), 347-349
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2001

11. Improving communication in economics: a task for methodologists
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2001, 8, (1), 77-84
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

12. Data mining: a reconsideration
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 2000, 7, (2), 183-194 View citations
    See also Working Paper

1999

13. The Domain of Hypotheses and the Realism of Assumptions
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1999, 6, (3), 319-30 View citations

1998

14. INDEXED BONDS AND HETEROGENEOUS AGENTS
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1998, 16, (1), 77-84
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1997

15. The Rhetoric of Friedman's Quantity Theory Manifesto
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1997, 4, (2), 199-220
    See also Working Paper

1995

16. Differences in Economics: Europe and the United States
    Kyklos, 1995, 48, (2), 241-49 View citations

1994

17. Expanding the Role of Methodology
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1994, 1, (2), 295-300
18. Why Is There So Much Disagreement among Economists?
    Journal of Economic Methodology, 1994, 1, (1), 1-13 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1993

19. Friedman's Methodology of Positive Economics: A Soft Reading
    Economic Inquiry, 1993, 31, (2), 213-23 View citations

1992

20. U.S. DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1992, 10, (3), 95-103

1990

21. Reply to O'Brien
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (04), 942-944

1988

22. Interpreting federal reserve behavior
    Journal of Behavioral Economics, 1988, 17, (4), 263-277
    See also Working Paper (1988)
23. MODIGLIANI ON MONETARISM: A RESPONSE
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1988, 6, (4), 19-24

1987

24. REPLACING THE FOMC BY A PC
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 1987, 5, (2), 31-43
25. U. S. monetary policy
    Proceedings, 1987, 201-225

1986

26. Regulating Banks: Comment
    Journal of Business, 1986, 59, (1), 87-96

1985

27. Political Shocks and Investment: Some Evidence from the 1930s
    The Journal of Economic History, 1985, 45, (04), 913-924

1984

28. Money and Inflation: Frank Hahn, (MIT Press, Cambridge, 1983) pp. xii + 116, $12.50
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1984, 14, (1), 127-130
29. The government budget constraint and standard macrotheory
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1984, 13, (3), 371-379 View citations

1983

30. Mortgage Rates and Regulation Q: A Note
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1983, 15, (1), 107-15

1982

31. A case study of Federal Reserve policymaking: Regulation Q in 1966
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 1982, 10, (2), 259-271
32. Financial Innovation-The Conflict between Micro and Macro Optimality
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (2), 29-34
33. Monetary Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom: A Review Article
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1982, 20, (4), 1528-39 View citations

1980

34. Competitive equality as a criterion for financial reform
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 1980, 4, (1), 7-15
35. David Hume and Monetarism
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1980, 95, (1), 89-101 View citations
36. Economics as a Hard Science: Realistic Goal or Wishful Thinking?
    Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (2), 165-78 View citations

1979

37. A Comparison of Unemployment Rates and Income Fluctuations Prior to the Great Depression and in the Postwar Period
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1979, 61, (1), 142-46
38. Monetary Policy: Assessing the Burns Years: Discussion
    Journal of Finance, 1979, 34, (2), 501-04

1978

39. Consumption in the Great Depression
    Journal of Political Economy, 1978, 86, (1), 139-45 View citations
40. Money and the Great Depression: A critique of professor Temin's thesis
    Explorations in Economic History, 1978, 15, (2), 127-145 View citations

1977

41. Professor Pesek's Criticism of Monetary Theory: A Comment
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1977, 15, (3), 908-14

1975

42. Personal Savings in the Postwar World: Implications for the Theory of Household Behavior: Discussion
    American Economic Review, 1975, 65, (2), 223-24
43. Selecting Economic Hypotheses by Goodness of Fit
    Economic Journal, 1975, 85, (340), 877-83 View citations
44. Should Large Banks Be Allowed to Fail?
    Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1975, 10, (04), 603-610 View citations

1972

45. Financial Guidelines and Credit Controls
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1972, 4, (2), 360-74
46. Tests of the Permanent Income Theory with Continuous Budgets
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1972, 4, (4), 757-78 View citations
47. The Federal Reserve's Policy Procedures: A Review of a Federal Reserve Study and an Ensuing Conference
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1972, 4, (3), 529-50 View citations
48. The Relative Efficacy of Monetary Policy in Selected Industrial and Less-Developed Countries: A Comment
    Economic Journal, 1972, 82, (328), 1368-71

1971

49. Our Financial Institutions: What Needs Changing?
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1971, 3, (1), 13-20
50. Scadding and Mitchell on Monetary Controls: Some Comments
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1971, 3, (2), 412-14

1964

51. Multiplier and Velocity Analysis: An Evaluation
    Journal of Political Economy, 1964, 72, 563

1959

52. Plant and Equiptment Lead Times
    Journal of Business, 1959, 33, 127 View citations