Economics Letters

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Volume 1, issue 4, 1978

A limit theorem for an approximate core of a large but finite economy pp. 297-302

M. Khan and Salim Rashid

A method for constructing an intertemporal utility function from a Friedmanian consumption function pp. 303-309

Lawrence J. Lau

Paying the expected externality for a price quote achieves bargaining efficiency pp. 311-313

Kaylan Chatterjee, John W. Pratt and Richard Zeckhauser

A note on first degree stochastic dominance pp. 315-319

L. P. Hansen, Charles Holt and Dan Peled

A note on optimal growth and intertemporally dependent preferences pp. 321-324

Jess Benhabib

Two procedures for decentralized planning with prices and quantitative indices pp. 325-329

Pierre Picard

Mixed estimation as generated data pp. 331-335

Gary Smith

Jeffreys-Bayes posterior odds ratio and the Akaike information criterion for discriminating between models pp. 337-342

Arnold Zellner

Some properties of the simple disequilibrium model with covariance pp. 343-346

Stephen M. Goldfeld and Richard E. Quandt

Non-convexities from probing in adaptive control problems pp. 347-351

David Kendrick

On a monotonicity property of the Klein-Rubin true cost-of-living index pp. 353-355

Colm McCarthy

Inflation and its variability: Some comments and the Dutch case pp. 357-360

Bert Balk

The demand for traded and non-traded goods in the U.S pp. 361-364

Kenneth Clements

The transmission of economic activity: Evidence for the U.S. and its trading partners pp. 365-369

Graeme Wells, W. G. Magill and B. S. Felmingham

On patterns of dynamic interdependence in a two-country world under flexible exchange rates pp. 371-377

Masanao Aoki

Wage causality in the aukrust-efo model: The Australian case pp. 379-382

William T. S. Toh

Evidence on intergenerational income mobility in Britain pp. 383-388

Anthony Atkinson, C. G. Trinder and A. K. Maynard

Extreme values for Gini coefficients calculated from grouped data pp. 389-393

David Murray

A matrix-based industrial location model pp. 395-398

Seppo Eriksson and Esko Toiviainen

Volume 1, issue 3, 1978

Why is demand homogeneity so often rejected? pp. 187-191

Kenneth Laitinen

Qualiflex: A flexible multiple-criteria method pp. 193-197

Jean Paelinck

Factor prices may be constant but factor returns are not pp. 199-203

David Bradford

Discriminating between rational expectation models: Some evidence pp. 205-210

Steven M. Sheffrin

Optimal search behaviour in a model with increasing costs pp. 211-215

Peter Rice

A theorem on the identifiability of the von Neumann-Morgenstern utility function from asset demands pp. 217-220

Jerry Green, Lawrence J. Lau and Heraklis M. Polemarchakis

Inflation, taxation, and risk taking pp. 221-224

David G. Hartman

A dynamic model of the interaction between state and private sector pp. 225-229

Frans van Winden and Bernard van Praag

Increasing returns, exhaustible resources, and optimal growth pp. 231-235

John M. Hartwick

A note on temporal aggregation and serial correlation pp. 237-242

Gabriel A. Hawawini

A note on the compatibility of a system of difference equations and a time-independent linear equation pp. 243-247

Lawrence J. Lau

A differential approach to U.S. import demand pp. 249-252

Henri Theil and Kenneth Clements

Explaining aggregate investment in Britain: The importance of Tobin's Q pp. 253-257

Nicholas Oulton

Television advertising and profitability pp. 259-264

Mark John Hirschey

Uncertainty, extraction costs and the order of resource depletion pp. 265-269

David de Meza and Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg

Contribution to unemployment of insurance-induced labour force participation: Canada - 1972 pp. 271-274

Shmuel Sharir and Peter J. Kuch

The ex-post behavior of firms offering optimal employment contracts pp. 275-278

Guillermo Calvo

Male-female wage differentials: Additional evidence pp. 279-284

B. F. Kiker

An income distribution model for Mexico pp. 285-287

Arthur J. Mann

On optimal community formations pp. 289-293

Elhanan Helpman

Volume 1, issue 2, 1978

On two types of stability in the dynamic Leontief model pp. 105-109

Albert E. Steenge

Note on the relation between quantity and price anomalies under externalities pp. 111-115

Eytan Sheshinski

Backward looking and forward looking solutions to monetary models of inflation with rational expectations pp. 117-119

Robert Flood and Peter Garber

On macroeconomic instability from a monetarist policy rule pp. 121-124

Bennett McCallum

A note on a theorem by Professor Chow pp. 125-127

Kajal Lahiri

Discounting and Bayesian spectral analysis pp. 129-132

Claes Hagg

A simple method of estimating price elasticities in international trade pp. 133-137

Kenneth Clements and Henri Theil

Money-demand and the efficacy of fiscal policy pp. 139-143

Saul H. Hymans and John A. Gardner

The user cost of money pp. 145-149

William Barnett

Heterogeneous inflationary expectations, Fisher's theory of interest and the allocative efficiency of the bond market pp. 151-155

Alex Cukierman

Conditions for short-run stability of a small open economy under flexible exchange rates pp. 157-162

Masanao Aoki

Valuation of assets on a markov state space pp. 163-166

Uri Dothan and Joseph T. Williams

Preferences and the labour supply of married women pp. 167-168

A. McGlone and R. J. Ruffell

The dynamics of marginal wage-cost subsidies pp. 169-172

Louis Phlips

Individual welfare functions and social reference spaces pp. 173-177

Arie Kapteyn, Bernard van Praag and Floor G. Van Herwaarden

New results on the preference independence transformation pp. 179-181

Christopher Flinn, Kenneth Laitinen and Henri Theil

The estimation of the impact of residential zoning on land values pp. 183-185

John McDonald

Volume 1, issue 1, 1978

Editor's note pp. 1-2

Jerry Green

Publisher's note pp. 3-3

Ellen M. van Koten

More on economies with a finite set of Walrasian equilibria pp. 5-8

H. M. Polemarchakis

A note on locally constant income elasticities pp. 5-9

Hal Varian

A note on locally constant income elasticities pp. 9-13

Hal Varian

A counterexample on adding utilities pp. 11-13

G. Yuval

Differential information and informational equilibrium pp. 15-19

H. M. Shefrin

A counterexample on adding utilities pp. 15-17

G. Yuval

Price-making in a competitive market pp. 19-22

James Bradfield and Edward Zabel

A note on disequilibrium growth theory pp. 21-25

Takatoshi Ito

Unanticipated money, output, and prices in the small economy pp. 23-27

W. Michael Cox and Halbert White

Purchasing power parity as an approximation to the equilibrium exchange ratio pp. 27-31

Hendrik S. Houthakker

Sequential structure of futures markets and the value of improving information: An example pp. 29-32

Jerry Green

Differential information and informational equilibrium pp. 33-37

H. M. Shefrin

Towards a consistent comparison of alternative exchange rate systems pp. 33-36

Elhanan Helpman and Assaf Razin

A decomposition theorem for income redistribution policies pp. 37-39

Nancy L. Stokey

The effect of population growth on wealth and saving in the Modigliani-Brumberg life cycle model pp. 39-43

Gary Smith

More on economies with a finite set of Walrasian equilibria pp. 41-44

H. M. Polemarchakis

A note on disequilibrium growth theory pp. 45-49

Takatoshi Ito

Money, growth, and the stability of the steady state under myopic perfect foresight pp. 45-48

John Z. Drabicki and Akira Takayama

Money, inflation, and optimal economic growth pp. 49-52

John Z. Drabicki and Akira Takayama

Money, growth, and the stability of the steady state under myopic perfect foresight pp. 51-54

John Z. Drabicki and Akira Takayama

Money, inflation, and optimal economic growth pp. 55-58

John Z. Drabicki and Akira Takayama

Spatial econometrics pp. 59-63

Jean Paelinck

The theory of tariffs in a monetary economy pp. 65-69

Richard K. Anderson and Akira Takayama

Purchasing power parity as an approximation to the equilibrium exchange ratio pp. 71-75

Hendrik S. Houthakker

Towards a consistent comparison of alternative exchange rate systems pp. 77-80

Elhanan Helpman and Assaf Razin

Market structure and the extent of suboptimal capacity, 1963-1972 pp. 81-83

Larry L. Duetsch

Investing returns from depleting renewable resource stocks and intergenerational equity pp. 85-88

John M. Hartwick

A decomposition theorem for income redistribution policies pp. 89-91

Nancy L. Stokey

The dynamics of preference formation pp. 93-98

Arie Kapteyn, Tom Wansbeek and Jeannine Buyze

Women's lib explanation of paradoxical results in estimations of the value of travel time and subsequent biases in cost-benefit studies pp. 99-103

H. Glejser