Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

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87: On the Appraisal of Cyclical Turning Point Predictors

Arthur M. Okun

86: Manufacturers' Inventories, Sales Expectations, and the Acceleration Principle

Michael Lovell

85: Investment, Replacement, and an Index of Technology

Benton F. Massell

84: Comment on 'Interindustry Economics' by Chenery and Clark

Alan Manne

83: Analysis of a Production Problem by Dynamic Programming

Martin J. Beckmann

82: Theory of an Efficient Several-Person Firm

Jacob Marschak

81: Stationary Ordinal Utility and Impatience

Tjalling Koopmans

80: Lagrange Multipliers Revisited

Morton Slater

79: Some Examples of Global Instability of the Competitive Equilibrium

Herbert Scarf

78: Consumers' Propensities to Hold Liquid Assets

Harold W. Guthrie

77: The Error of Forecast for Multivariate Regression Models

John W. Hooper and Arnold Zellner

76: Topological Methods in Cardinal Utility Theory

Gerard Debreu

75: Some Team Models of a Sales Organization

C.B. McGuire

74: Binary Choice Constraints on Random Utility Indicators

Jacob Marschak

73: On the Job Shop Scheduling Problem

Alan Manne

72: On 'An Identity in Arithmetic'

Gerard Debreu

71: Comparisons of Information Structures

C.B. McGuire

70: Remarks on the Economics of Information

Jacob Marschak

69: Consumer Expenditures and the Capital Account

James Tobin and Harold W. Watts

68: A Dynamic Programming Model of the Consumption Function

Martin J. Beckmann

67: A Few Remarks on the Assortment Problem

Wieslaw Sadowski

66: Random Orderings and Stochastic Theories of Response

H.D. Block and Jacob Marschak

65: Efficient and Viable Organizational Forms

Jacob Marschak

64: A Capital-Intensive Approach to the Small Sample Properties of Various Simultaneous Equation Estimators

Robert Summers

63: Financial Intermediaries and the Effectiveness of Monetary Controls

James Tobin and William C. Brainard

62: Linear Programming and Sequential Decision Models

Alan Manne

61: Testing for Neutrality of Technological Change. (Is Technological Change Neutral?)

Sidney Winter

60: A Theory of Life Insurance Company Portfolio Selection

Leroy S. Wehrle

59: Economic Theory of Teams. Chapter 5

Jacob Marschak and Roy Radner

59: Economic Theory of Teams. Chapter 3

Jacob Marschak and Roy Radner

59: Economic Theory of Teams. Chapter 2

Jacob Marschak and Roy Radner

59: Economic Theory of Teams. Chapter 1

Jacob Marschak and Roy Radner

58: Capital Formation and Technological Change

Benton F. Massell

57: Cardinal Utility for Even-chance Mixtures of Pairs of Sure Prospects

Gerard Debreu

56: Consumer Conformity in a Sample of College Students

Donald D. Hester

55: Limit Distributions of Failure Time for Series -- Parallel Systems

Roy Radner

54: Capacity Expansion and Probabilistic Growth

Alan Manne

53: Some Models of a Sales Organization

C.B. McGuire

52: Estimation of an Index of Site Productivity

George M. Furnival and Richard Rosett

51: Returns to Scale in Business Administration

Martin J. Beckmann

50: An Inventory Model for Repair Parts -- Approximations in the Case of Variable Delivery Time

Martin J. Beckmann

50: An Inventory Policy for Repair Parts

Martin J. Beckmann

49: The Measurement of Capacity

Lawrence Klein

48: On Incentives to Forecasters and to Decision Makers Under Uncertainty

John Harsanyi

47: An Analysis of the Distribution of Wages and Salaries in Great Britain

T.P. Hill

46: Bargaining in Ignorance of the Opponents' Utility Function

John Harsanyi

45: A Review of Some Economic Forecasts

Arthur M. Okun

44: Restatement of the Theory of Normal Backwardation

Hendrik Houthakker

43: Measures of Relative Income for Testing Theories of Consumer Behavior

Harold W. Guthrie

42: Random Orderings

H.D. Block and Jacob Marschak

41: On the Predictive Value of Consumer Intentions and Attitudes

James Tobin

40: The Value of Anticipations Data in Forecasting National Product

Arthur M. Okun

39: Stochastic Choice and Cardinal Utility

Gerard Debreu

38: Long-Run Income Expectations and Consumer Saving

Harold W. Watts

37: A Target Assignment Problem

Alan Manne

36: Consumer Response to Innovation: Television

Thomas F. Dernburg

35: Working Wives: An Econometric Study

Richard Rosett

34: The Estimation of Distributed Lags

Lawrence Klein

33: Alternative Forecasts of Saving 1947-56

James Tobin

30: The Estimation of Relationships in which the Dependent Variable Is Subject to Inertia

Richard Rosett

29: A Note on Least Squares Bias in Household Expenditure Analysis

Robert Summers

28: Minimax Estimation for Linear Regressions

Roy Radner

27: A Simplex Method for the Portfolio Selection Problem

Harry Markowitz

26: Water Storage Policy in a Simplified Hydroelectric System

Tjalling Koopmans

25: On the Two Bin Inventory Policy: An Application of the Arrow-Harris-Marschak Model

Martin J. Beckmann and Richard F. Muth

24: Consumer Debt and Spending: Some Evidence from Analysis of a Survey

James Tobin

23: Programming of Economic Lot Sizes

Alan Manne

22: Experimental Tests of Stochastic Decision Theory

Jacob Marschak and Donald Davidson

21: Theory of Teams: Introduction

Jacob Marschak

21: A New Approach to the Aggregation Problem

Fritz C. Holte

20: A Flow Model of Communication Towards an Economic Theory of Information

Martin J. Beckmann

19: The Theory of Backwardation for a Stationary Economy with Random Stocks

Martin J. Beckmann

18: A Theory of the Movement and Solution of Problems within an Organization

Roy Radner

17: Plant and Equipment Expenditures Surveys: Intentions and Fulfillment

Robert A. Levin

16: A Note on the Modigliani-Hohn Production Smoothing Model

Alan Manne

15: A Simple Analysis of the Leontief System

Lionel McKenzie

14: Liquidity Preference as Behavior Towards Risk

James Tobin

13: The Application of Linear Programming to Team Decision Problems

Roy Radner

13: A Direct Approach to the Slutsky Relation

Lionel McKenzie

12: The Klein-Goldberger Forecasts for 1951, 1952 and 1954, Compared with Naive-Model Forecasts

Tjalling Koopmans

11: The Efficiency of Estimation in Econometric Models

Lawrence Klein

10: Market Equilibrium

Gerard Debreu

9: An Econometric Investigation of the Lifetime Size Distribution of Average Annual Income

Robert Summers

8: On the Allocation of Personnel in Teams

Martin J. Beckmann

7: Suggested Experiments on Tastes and Beliefs

Jacob Marschak

6: Remarks on the Rationale of Leadership

Jacob Marschak

5: Team Decision Problems

Roy Radner and Jacob Marschak

4: Assignment Problems and the Location of Economic Activities

Tjalling Koopmans and Martin J. Beckmann

3: Estimation of Relationships for Limited Dependent Variables

James Tobin

2: Comments on Organizational Aspects of the Inventory Control Problem

Richard F. Muth

1: The Application of Multivariate Probit Analysis to Economic Survey Data

James Tobin