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Working Papers

2011

1. Affordability of Highly Selective Colleges and Universities II
   Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (3)

2008

2. Low-Income Students and Highly Selective Private Colleges: Searching and Recruiting
   Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College

2007

3. A Note on How Well Available Income Information Identifies Low-Income Students
   Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (1)

2005

4. Access to the Most Selective Private Colleges by High-Ability, Low-Income Students: Are They Out There?
   Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (5)

2004

5. Affordability: Family Incomes and Net Prices at Highly Selective Private Colleges and Universities
   Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Affordability: Family Incomes and Net Prices at Highly Selective Private Colleges and Universities, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2005) View citations (11) (2005)
6. Who Cares? How Students View Faculty and Other Adults in US Higher Education
   Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College

2003

7. Peer Effects in Higher Education
   Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (29)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (38)
   See also Chapter Peer Effects in Higher Education, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (45) (2004)
8. Toward a Theory of Tuition: Prices, Peer Wages, and Competition in Higher Education
   Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (2)

2002

9. Impatience and grades: Delay-discount rates correlate negatively with college GPA
   Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (2)

2001

10. "Grow" the College? Why Bigger May Be Far From Better
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College
11. Access: Net Prices, Affordability, and Equity At A Highly Selective College
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College
    See also Journal Article Access: Net prices, affordability, and equity at a highly selective college, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2006) View citations (6) (2006)
12. Saving, Wealth, Performance, and Revenues in US Colleges and Universities
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (1)

2000

13. Economic Stratification and Hierarchy Among U.S. Colleges and Universities
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (2)
14. The Positional Arms Race in Higher Education
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (10)
15. Where is Aggressive Price Competition Taking Higher Education?
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (7)

1999

16. Students Educating Students: The Emerging Role of Peer Effects in Higher Education
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (5)

1998

17. A Guide to Measuring College Costs
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College
18. For-Profit Higher Education: Godzilla or Chicken Little?
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College
19. What's Been Happening to Higher Education? Facts, Trends, and Data
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (1)

1997

20. College Costs: Subsidies, Intuition, and Policy
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (1)
21. Subsidies, Costs, Tuition and Aid in US Higher Education
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (3)
22. Why Can't a College be More Like a Firm?
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (7)

1996

23. Physical Capital and Capital Costs in US Colleges and Universities: 1993
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (2)
24. The Economic Analogy
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College
25. The Economic Structure of Higher Education: Subsidies, Customer-Inputs, and Hierarchy
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (3)

1995

26. Capital and Capital Service Costs in 2700 US Colleges and Universities
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (2)
27. Costs, Prices, Subsidies, and Aid in U.S. Higher Education
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (13)

1994

28. A Note on the Logic and Structure of Global Accounting: Tautologies to Accounts
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College
29. The Decline in Undergraduate Teaching: Moral Failure or Market Pressures?
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College
30. The Economic Performance of Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore and Wellesley 1988-9 to 1992-3: A Global Comparison
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (2)

1993

31. Maintaining Collegiate Wealth: Global Accounts, Fund Accounting, and Rules of Thumb
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (1)

1992

32. Hostility, Trust, and Maximization: An Economic View of Higher Education in 1992
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College
33. New Dangers in Old Traditions: The Reporting of Economic Performance in Colleges and Universities
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College

1991

34. Organizing Economic Information for Colleges and Universities: An Alternative to Fund Accounting
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (1)
35. The Economics of Cost, Price and Quality in U.S. Higher Education
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (1)
36. Why Are Capital Costs Ignored by Colleges and Universities and What Are the Prospects for Change?
    Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College View citations (1)

1989

37. RECENT TRENDS IN U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION COSTS AND PRICES: THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College
    See also Journal Article Recent Trends in U.S. Higher Education Costs and Prices: The Role of Government Funding, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1989) View citations (7) (1989)

1988

38. MYOPIC DISCOUNTING: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College
39. ON THE APPLICATIBILITY OF SHEPHARD'S LEMMA WHEN CAPITAL IS OPTIMALLY IDLE
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, Williams College

1977

40. Increasing manufacturing employment through fuller utilization of capacity in Nigeria
    ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization

1971

41. Conflict of Interest and the Quality of Project Information
    PIDE-Working Papers, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

Journal Articles

2006

1. Access: Net prices, affordability, and equity at a highly selective college
   Economics of Education Review, 2006, 25, (1), 29-41 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Access: Net Prices, Affordability, and Equity At A Highly Selective College, Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education (2001) (2001)

2005

2. Affordability: Family Incomes and Net Prices at Highly Selective Private Colleges and Universities
   Journal of Human Resources, 2005, 40, (4), 769-790 View citations (11)
   See also Working Paper Affordability: Family Incomes and Net Prices at Highly Selective Private Colleges and Universities, Williams Project on the Economics of Higher Education (2004) View citations (2) (2004)

2004

3. Differentiation Among US Colleges and Universities
   Review of Industrial Organization, 2004, 24, (4), 331-354 View citations (6)

1999

4. Subsidies, Hierarchy and Peers: The Awkward Economics of Higher Education
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1999, 13, (1), 13-36 View citations (152)

1997

5. Physical Capital and Capital Service Costs in U.S. Colleges and Universities: 1993
   Eastern Economic Journal, 1997, 23, (2), 165-189 View citations (5)

1991

6. Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences, Jon Elster. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, viii + 184 pages. - Philosophy of Social Science, Alexander Rosenberg. Dimensions of Philosophy Series. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1988, xiv + 218 pages
   Economics and Philosophy, 1991, 7, (2), 315-322

1989

7. Imperfectly rational choice: Rationality as the result of a costly activity
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1989, 12, (1), 67-86 View citations (6)
8. Recent Trends in U.S. Higher Education Costs and Prices: The Role of Government Funding
   American Economic Review, 1989, 79, (2), 253-57 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper RECENT TRENDS IN U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION COSTS AND PRICES: THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING, Department of Economics Working Papers (1989) (1989)

1987

9. Activity choice: A new approach to economic behavior
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1987, 8, (4), 567-585 View citations (11)

1986

10. Selfishness, altruism, and aationality: A theory of social choice: Howard Margolis, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1982) pp. xi+ 194, $29.50. Republished in paperback (Chicago University Press, Chicago, IL) $8.00
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1986, 7, (2), 213-216

1985

11. The Reasons for Being of Two Minds: A Comment on Schelling's "Enforcing Rules on Oneself."
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1985, 1, (2), 375-79

1983

12. The economics of academic tenure: A relational perspective
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1983, 4, (2-3), 163-184 View citations (15)

1982

13. Productivity-Reducing Supply-Side Policies
    Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 1982, 5, (2), 257-265

1980

14. Addiction and backsliding: A theory of compulsive consumption
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1980, 1, (4), 295-324 View citations (73)

1979

15. On Measuring Factor Proportions in Industries with Different Seasonal and Shift Patterns or Did the Leontief Paradox Ever Exist?
    Economic Journal, 1979, 89, (356), 897-904 View citations (1)
16. The appeal of inappropriate technologies: Self-inflicted wages, ethnic pride and corruption
    World Development, 1979, 7, (8-9), 835-845 View citations (2)

1978

17. Shift Working, Employment, and Economic Development: A Study of Industrial Workers in Pakistan
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1978, 26, (2), 227-44

1977

18. Capacity: An Integrated Micro and Macro Analysis
    American Economic Review, 1977, 67, (1), 418-22 View citations (3)

1974

19. Capital Utilisation in Economic Development: Reply
    Economic Journal, 1974, 84, (333), 167-70
20. Factor substitution, ex ante and ex post
    Journal of Development Economics, 1974, 1, (2), 145-163 View citations (6)
21. Investment and the Optimal Idleness of Capital
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1974, 41, (3), 419-428 View citations (5)
22. The Theory of Capital Utilization and Idleness
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1974, 12, (4), 1301-20 View citations (35)

1971

23. Capital Utilisation in Economic Development
    Economic Journal, 1971, 81, (321), 36-60 View citations (2)

1970

24. Overinvoicing,U nderutilization, and Distorted Industrial Growth
    The Pakistan Development Review, 1970, 10, (4), 405-421 View citations (2)

1967

25. Consumer Goods or Capital Goods-Supply Consistency in Development Planning
    The Pakistan Development Review, 1967, 7, (3), 348-378
26. Notes on the Concept of Import Substitution
    The Pakistan Development Review, 1967, 7, (1), 107-117 View citations (1)

1966

27. A Note on the Use-Classification of Four Digit Industries or How to Call a Spade a Spade
    The Pakistan Development Review, 1966, 6, (4), 592-597

1965

28. Professor Nurkse and the Marketing Boards
    The Pakistan Development Review, 1965, 5, (4), 631-637

1964

29. Patinkin, Perfect Competition, and Unemployment Disequilibria
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1964, 31, (2), 121-126 View citations (2)

Books

2008

1. The Timing of Economic Activities
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (6)

Edited books

2005

1. The Boundaries of Economics
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

1988

2. The Boundaries of Economics
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

Chapters

2004

1. Peer Effects in Higher Education
   A chapter in College Choices: The Economics of Where to Go, When to Go, and How to Pay For It, 2004, pp 395-424 View citations (45)
   See also Working Paper Peer Effects in Higher Education, Department of Economics, Williams College (2003) View citations (29) (2003)

1972

2. Overinvoicing and Industrial Efficiency
   Palgrave Macmillan