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146: THE DEBT CRISIS, STUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND THE RURAL POOR

Jere Behrman

145: MACROECONOMIC POLICIES AND RURAL POVERTY: ISSUES AND RESEARCH STRATEGIES

Jere Behrman

144: JOB DISPLACEMENT, 1919-1986: HOW HAVE BLACK WORKERS FARED RELATIVE TO WHITE WORKERS ?

L.G. Kletzer

143: COMPLEX DEMOECONOMIC DYNAMICS

R.H. Day, K.H. Kim and D. Macunovich

142: APPLICATION OF GRANGER-SIMS CAUSALITY TESTS TO MONTHLY FERTILITY DATA, 1958-1984

D.J. Macunovich and Richard Easterlin

141: MONEY-BACK WARRANTIES VS. REPLACEMENT WARRANTIES: A SIMPLE COMPARAISON

D.P. Mann and J.P. Wissink

139: PERFORMANCE IN INTRDUCTORY COURSES: A PRODUCTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS

R. Sabot and J. Wakeman-Linn

138: WAGES AND THE INTENSITY OF LABOR EFFORT: EFFICIENCY WAGES VERSUS COMPENSATING PAYMENTS

David Fairris and Lee Alston

136: THE COSTS OF MISMANAGING COMMODITY BOOMS AND THE OPTIMAL POLICIES GIVEN UNCERTAINTY

C.B. Hill

135: RECENT TRENDS IN U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION COSTS AND PRICES: THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING

M.S. McPherson, M.O. Schapiro and Gordon Winston

134: COMPENSATING PAYMENTS AND HAZARDOUS WORK IN UNION AND NONUNION SETTINGS

David Fairris

133: HIDDEN ACTIONS AND HIDDEN CHARACTERISTICS IN WARRANTY MARKETS

D.P. Mann and J.P. Wissink

132: MONEY-BACK CONTRACTS WITH DOUBLE MORAL HAZARD

D.P. Mann and J.P. Wissink

131: EARNINGS AFTER JOB DISPLACEMENT: JOB TENURE, INDUSTRY, AND OCCUPATION

L.G. Kletzer

130: AN ECONOMIC INTERPRETATION OF A SENSE OF PLACE

R. Bolton

129: RETURNS TO SENIORITY AFTER PERMANENT JOB LOSS

L. Kletzer

128: SHOPFLOOR RELATIONS IN THE POSTWAR CAPITAL-LABOR ACCORD

David Fairris

127: GRADE INFLATION AND COURSE CHOICE

J. Wakeman-Linn and R. Sabot

126: INTEGRATING ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODELS: SOME PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS

R. Bolton

125: QUALITY DISCRIMINATION AND BIDIRECTIONAL QUALITY DISTORSION GENERATING THE DUPUIT OUTCOME

P. Srinagesh and R. Bradburd

124: DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMERCIAL POLICIES, EMPLOYMENT AND THE CURRENT ACCOUNT ASSUMING OPTIMIZING BEHAVIOR IN AN INTERTEMPORAL FRAMEWORK

C.B. Hill

123: THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT TRADE POLICIES IN OPEN ECONOMY MACROECONOMIC MODELS

C.B. Hill

122: MYOPIC DISCOUNTING: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

Gordon Winston and R.G. Woodburry

121: MONETARY POLICY AND ENDOGENOUS CREDIT RATIONING

J. Wakeman-Linn

120: DETERMINANTS OF THE RE-EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITIES OF DISPLACED WORKERS: DO WORKERS DISPLACED FROM HIGH-WAGE INDUSTRIES HAVE LONGER DURATIONS OF UNEMPLOYMENT?

L. Gladstein Kletzer

119: ALTERNATIVE NOTIONS OF CREDIT MARKET EQUILIBRIUM: THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR MONETARY POLICY

J. Wakeman-Linn

118: PROFITS, CONCENTRATION AND RAW MATERIALS-BASED MANUFACTURING

D.R. Ross

117: QUALITY DISTORSION BY A DISCRIMINATING MONOPOLIST

P. Srinagesh and R.M. Bradburd

115: FAMILY ABILITY TO PAY: A LIFETIME PESPECTIVE

M.S. McPherson

114: HOW CAN WE TELL IF FEDERAL STUDENT AID IS WORKING?

M.S. McPherson

113: SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF RELATIVE INCOME AND RELATIVE COHORT SIZE

M.O. Schapiro

rp-116: ON THE APPLICATIBILITY OF SHEPHARD'S LEMMA WHEN CAPITAL IS OPTIMALLY IDLE

P. Srinagesh, D.R. Ross and Gordon Winston