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Subject: Need a Co-author in $-research???
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Is there anybody out there who needs a co-author or is willing
to co-author any finance/economics-related study?

I am a tenure track faculty member who needs to publish in 
refereed journals. So if you are interested, please e-mail me.
I do have access to some databases.

Thanks!

Prakash



From ghassan@ksu.ksu.edu Tue Aug  2 18:04:04 EDT 1994
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  Is there any advantage in conducting a Johansen Max Liklihood cointegration
test on two variables, instead of conductiing the traditional bivariate
cointegartion tests (CRDW, DF, ADF, etc ..) ? 



From SBMEADE@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU Tue Aug  2 18:04:07 EDT 1994
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Subject: Classic Reference for Artifacts?
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Does anyone have a reference for a classic article on estimation
artifacts?  I recently realized that for all the conversing
about artifacts that I do, I've never read an article on them.
 


From jaywl@vt.edu Tue Aug  2 18:04:11 EDT 1994
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I'm trying to impose some constraints on the parameters tried by the Maximum 
Likelihood algorithms in the statistical software GAUSS.  The package has a 
great variety of algorithms available, but what if the parameter is defined 
only to take positive values?  Any other hints on Maximum Likelihood 
Estimation in GAUSS?  Does anyone know of a discussion group, etc. on this 
package?

I'm using a friends account, so either email at rosey@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu or just
post your answer here...I'll get it.

Thanks



From tamura@ulis.ac.jp Tue Aug  2 18:04:13 EDT 1994
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Request for help.

Does anyone know papers about (empirical) economic analysis 
of Public Library Service ?

Thanks.

---

Hajime Tamura		tamura@ulis.ac.jp
University of library and Information Science
1-2,Kasuga,Tsukuba,IBARAKI,305,JAPAN




From rons@u.washington.edu Tue Aug  2 18:04:17 EDT 1994
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In article <jaywl.76.000FF466@vt.edu>, Jay Lindau <jaywl@vt.edu> wrote:

>Does anyone know of a discussion group, etc. on GAUSS?

Try gaussians@uclink.berkeley.edu.

-- 
Ronald Schoenberg  
 University of Washington 
  rons@u.washington.edu



From mfey@cco.caltech.edu Tue Aug  2 18:04:20 EDT 1994
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jaywl@vt.edu (Jay Lindau) writes:

>I'm trying to impose some constraints on the parameters tried by the Maximum 
>Likelihood algorithms in the statistical software GAUSS.  The package has a 
>great variety of algorithms available, but what if the parameter is defined 
>only to take positive values?  Any other hints on Maximum Likelihood 
>Estimation in GAUSS?  Does anyone know of a discussion group, etc. on this 
>package?

The quick and dirty method that I have been known to use is to just
throw in a penalty function for the parameter values that are 
illegal.  This usually does the trick.

Mark Fey

mfey@cco.caltech.edu



From mhanson@laffer.econ.lsa.umich.edu Tue Aug  2 18:04:23 EDT 1994
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In article <319cpe$b6v@news.duke.edu>, elway@unity.ncsu.edu writes:

|> Most universities in Canada have database access to CANSIM, which is 
|> composed of a base set of 6,000 or so series compiled by StatsCanada

	Is there any way for researchers at American Universities to access this
resource?  Does there exist an alternative means of access (say via telnet or
gopher)?



From DGS4@PSUVM.PSU.EDU Tue Aug  2 18:04:26 EDT 1994
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I am looking for some good recent (post-1990) references
on Hausman and other specification tests, particularly those
regarding violations of exogeneity.  References that deal
with the power and robustness of these tests are particularly
of interest.
 
 
 
Dennis G. Shea
Department of Health Policy & Administration
Penn State University
University Park PA 16801 (814) 863-2901



From pkk3@columbia.edu Tue Aug  2 18:04:29 EDT 1994
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From: pkk3@columbia.edu (Pravin Krishna)
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I am looking for the Customs Tariffs schedules of:

1) Turkey for 1983-1986 and

2) India for 1984-1989

I have already tried the following sources (without too much success):

1) The GATT Tariffs Division
2) The UNCTAD
3) The World Bank (India and Turkey Country Divisions)
4) The IMF

If anyone has any pointers on where I could get the data I need, please email 
me at

pkk3@columbia.edu

Thank You





From hancockd@cs.man.ac.uk Tue Aug  2 18:04:31 EDT 1994
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Hello there world!
	I'm new to the internet, and am interested in asking whether anyone can help me with
regards to finding sources of data and or statistics concerning foreign direct investment
(FDI), which I require for my postgrad work. Any data or potential sources of such data would
be much appreciated, while anything focussing on FDI either into or out of the UK would be
invaluable
	Anyone replying, could you please do so by E-Mail only to the address above, it's my
friends address. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.


	Rufus Fuerst



From mccainra@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu Tue Aug  2 18:04:34 EDT 1994
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From: mccainra@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu (Roger A. McCain)
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Some time back there was a query about Kaldor-Hicks compensation tests. I
don't recall the interchange, but recently reread the key papers for my own
purposes and found that my memory of them had been a bit foggy. Here's what
I got. If I am missing something, I'll be glad to hear.

Test 1: If the gainers (due to a change in government policy or other
change in the economic state of the world) could in principle  compensate
the losers and still be gainers on net, the the policy change is an
increase in efficiency. 

Test 2: If the losers could in principle "bribe" the gainers to forgo the
state change, and still be better off on net than they would be with the
new state of the world, the the change is a deterioration in efficiency. In
that case it is "efficient" to retain the old policy or state of the world.

Nicholas Kaldor proposed test 1 as the basis for a "scientific" policy
economics in "Welfare Porpositions of Economics and Interpersonal
Comparisons of Utility," Economic Journal, Sept. 1939, pp. 549-552. In the
very next issue of the Economic Journal, Hicks discussed the same test,
test 1, much more extensively. This was "The Foundations of Welfare
Economics," Dec. 1939, pp. 696-712. It was Tibor de Scitovszky who noted
the asymmetry of test 1 and suggested that test 2 ought also to be used --
a change in government policy chould be considered an improvement in
efficiency only if both the answer to test 1 is yes and the answer to test
2 no. That was "A Note on Welfare Propositions in Economics," Review of
Economic Studies, 1941, v. 9, pp. 77-88. Perhaps test 2 should be called
the Scitovszky Test. (Didn't he change the spelling of his name later on?)

Disagreements and paradoxes in the applications of the two tests could
arise from income effects. Coase and Coasians, who seem always to abstract
from income effects, treat the two tests as equivalent, and their
equivalence is crucial for the so-called "Coase Theorem." But I now suspect
that there is a deeper asymmetry, so that "market failure" could occur in
the absence of costs of transaction -- but only when test 2 is failed, that
is, when losers could "bribe" the gainers but the change of economic state
occurs anyway. 

Take patents, for example. If John invents a new kind of bicycle, without
patent protection, any one of a huge number of potential bicycle
manufacturers could imitate the invention. But in practice, only a fraction
of them will do it, with economic profits reduced to zero while most
potential producers remain out of the market. Imitation is the change in
the economic state of the world with which we are concerned, here. John is
the loser by it. 

Patent rights require the imitators to compensate John -- and if they can
do it, imitation is efficient. (John's monopoly power complicates the "only
if" part). It seems to me that a Coasian would have to argue that, in the
absence of patent rights, John could buy from the imitators their rights to
imitate, and that if this leaves John the loser on net, then imitation is
efficient. The problem is that John would have to buy off every potential
imitator, and the number of potential imitators is much larger than the
number of actual benefactors of imitation. John's losses due to imitation
could exceed the actual benefits of imitation, but not the potential
benefits. Thus, "market failure" could occur, in the form of inefficient
imitation, in the absence of patent rights. 

I hope this is comprehensible despite its "brevity!" The question that is
actually bothering me is this: are there cases in which test 1 could
present the same problem, in that the number of potential losers to be
compensated could be much larger than the number of actual losers if the
change were carried out? Or some such ... I don't think so, but ....
Examples? 





Roger A. McCain
Director, Honors Program                "The _positive_ theory of economics  
and Professor, Economics                exhibits a system in which people 
5016 MacAlister Hall                    cooperate with one another in  
Drexel University                       order to satisfy their wants."
Philadelphia, PA, 19104               
voice 215-895-1267                         J. R. Hicks, The Foundations of 
mccainra@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu              Welfare Economics, 1939



From thom@cgsvax.claremont.edu Tue Aug  2 18:04:37 EDT 1994
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Hello Folkes;

I have recently been given the charge of 
facilitating access to the CRSP databases here 
at Claremont Graduate School.  We subsrcibe to 
the DAILY STOCK RETURNS dataset and to the 
MONTHLY COMBINED MASTERS and RETURNS dataset.


Based upon source code provided by CRSP we 
provide users FORTRAN programs which they run 
to select stock returns data according 
IPERM number or primary SIC code of a stock.  We 
have not yet adapted a program to read price 
data from the the MONTHLY COMBINED MASTERS and 
RETURNS dataset.  We are 
interested in providing users with price data 
corresponding to returns data available via our 
existing code.  Also, the MASTERS and 
RETURNS dataset provides much interesting 
cross-sectional data we would also like to 
eventually provide.


Does anyone have a program(s) they would like 
to share?  Does anyone know of a library of 
CRSP reader programs?

I would like to share what I find, perhaps 
making the programs available via anonymous 
FTP.

Background on our system:  Currently users 
select data by running FORTRAN 77 programs 
provided by CRSP.  Data is read from a 
sequential binary files stored on our Mirco Vax 
4000.  We are running VAX FORTRAN version 5.0.  
Users frequently perform statistical analysis 
on the VAX using TSP, SHAZAM, or SPSS.  
Increasingly, clients port the data to PC where 
they tend to work with SPSS for Windows, Excel, 
or TSP.


Much thanks,
thom


 Thom Kerr
 Academic Applications Support
 Academic Computing Information and Technology
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From rjackson@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Tue Aug  2 18:04:40 EDT 1994
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Can anyone point me to an information number for DRI?

Thanks.

Randy Jackson
jackson+@osu.edu



From nmorin@weber.ucsd.edu Tue Aug  2 18:04:47 EDT 1994
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From: nmorin@weber.ucsd.edu (Norman Morin)
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In article <2E36AEC2@smtpw>, Antonie Kotze <AAK@rmbmain.rmb.co.za> wrote:

> Hi there
> 
> Can anyone help me with  some references to books and articles on GARCH and 
> EGARCH (their explanation and implementation)..
> 


There are many survey articles on the ARCH literature.  Bera and
Higgins had a nice one in a recent Journal of Economic Surveys (Vol 7, #4). 
When the fourth volume of the Handbook of Econometrics comes out, Engle
and Bollerslev will have a nice chapter on ARCH in it.  Here are a couple
other surveys off the top of my head:

Engle and Bollerslev (1986 (87?)), Journal of Economic Reviews
Bollerslev, Chou, Kroner (1992), Journal of Econometrics

The Bera et al. and the Bollerslev, Chou, Kroner papers have
monster bibliographies for ARCH-related papers.

The best textbook treatment I've seen thus far is in Hamilton's (1994)
_Time Series Analysis_ textbook (which isn't surprising, given
the uniformly high quality of the book).  Very much worth getting in
any event.  Davidson and MacKinnon (1992) go over it fairly briefly in
_Estimation and Inference in Econometrics_, but do a nice job, nonetheless.

--Norm

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From rshriner@aol.com Wed Aug 10 19:44:41 EDT 1994
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In article <31m505$4im@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
rjackson@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Randy W Jackson) writes:

"Can anyone point me to an information number for DRI?"


TRY 617/863-5100 or 800/541-9914




From akt2774@ritvax.isc.rit.edu Wed Aug 10 19:44:45 EDT 1994
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Hello.

I am seeking Internet documentation and/or access to the following econometric models employed by the Congressional Budget Office (per Robert Reischauer, 
Testimony, 3 February 1994):

	Data Resources, Inc.
	Washington University Macroeconomic Model
	McKibbin-Sachs Global Model
	INTERMOD (Canadian government)

If nothing else, I would appreciate an e-mail address.  Please send responses directly to my e-mail account.

Thanks,

Neil Thomas
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York



From alex0008@gold.tc.umn.edu Wed Aug 10 19:44:49 EDT 1994
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On Mon, 1 Aug 1994 16:58:55 -0400, Roger A. McCain wrote:

>Some time back there was a query about Kaldor-Hicks compensation tests. I
>don't recall the interchange, but recently reread the key papers for my own
>purposes and found that my memory of them had been a bit foggy. Here's what
>I got. If I am missing something, I'll be glad to hear.
>
>Test 1: If the gainers (due to a change in government policy or other
>change in the economic state of the world) could in principle  compensate
>the losers and still be gainers on net, the the policy change is an
>increase in efficiency. 
>
>Test 2: If the losers could in principle "bribe" the gainers to forgo the
>state change, and still be better off on net than they would be with the
>new state of the world, the the change is a deterioration in efficiency. In
>that case it is "efficient" to retain the old policy or state of the world.
>
>
>Disagreements and paradoxes in the applications of the two tests could
>arise from income effects. Coase and Coasians, who seem always to abstract
>from income effects, treat the two tests as equivalent, and their
>equivalence is crucial for the so-called "Coase Theorem." But I now suspect
>that there is a deeper asymmetry, so that "market failure" could occur in
>the absence of costs of transaction -- but only when test 2 is failed, that
>is, when losers could "bribe" the gainers but the change of economic state
>occurs anyway. 

Thanks for your response.  I asked the origional question, and have learned 
a lot about it since then (although I had completely missed its relevance 
to the Coase Therom, I'll have to look into that.  Either of the two 
conditions can hold, while the other one fails, depending upon the 
Community indifference curves (CIC).  If the two cross then either the 
Hicks test is passed and the Kaldor test fails or vice versa.  A Scitovski 
(sorry, I've just changed the spelling worse than he did) set is one in 
which both tests are passed.  This does not require utility to be equal to 
income.  It only requires a CIC of Pareto equivelent points which crosses 
the CIC of other pareto equivelent points.  Any significantly different 
valuation of goods/quality of life/whatever could lead to crossing CICs).

Michael Alexander         
(A.K.A. Rednaxela)        
alex0008@gold.tc.umn.edu  



From pmalmi@roisrv.urova.fi Wed Aug 10 19:44:52 EDT 1994
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How are the governmental transaction costs (caused by the
arranging of compensation payments) taken care of in
Kaldor and/or Hicks tests?

1) Do the tests tell us to try to maximize the net benefit
   before compensation payments have been organized or

2) After the compensation payments have been organized
   (so that also some net benefit has been lost due to
    the inefficiency of bureaucracy in organizing the payments)

Please, someone give me a hint, even if the solution is an old one!
I did not get a clear answer by reading about the basics of CB-analysis.

Pasi Malmi, University of Lapland (Finland)



From gintis@econs.umass.edu Wed Aug 10 19:44:55 EDT 1994
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From: gintis@econs.umass.edu (HERBERT GINTIS)
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Subject: Advertising and Consumer Behavior
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	There was an inclusive discussion on the pkt list concerning
the effect of advertising on consumer behavior. I claimed that the
evidence was that advertising helped determine what brand of a good
was chosen by consumers, but not 'underlying' consumer preferences.
Others claimed that advertising 'creates wants.' My recollection of
the data on this is very poor (I remember some debates between Solow
and Galbraith in the 1970's). Are there any experts out there who know
what evidence exists on this issue?

Herbert Gintis
Department of Economics
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
gintis@econs.umass.edu



From mrnoise@econs.umass.edu Wed Aug 10 19:44:58 EDT 1994
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From: mrnoise@econs.umass.edu (Mr. Noise)
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Subject: IT & Productivity Gains
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Not long ago, in an article that has since expired at our site, someone asked
here for information on productivity gains due to information technology.  I
ran across some relevant information and wanted to pass on a possible lead:

CIO: THE MAGAZINE FOR INFORMATION EXECUTIVES is one of those lightweight
magazines that targets those in a profession with purchasing power.  I get it
for free, since apparently I'm the kind of person they think advertisers would
like to reach--you know the type of magazine I'm talking about.  It has lots of
chatty articles along the lines of "How IT Helps Retailers Inflate Their Bottom
Lines"; great for illustrations, but little hard data.

The July 1994 issue, however, mentions (p. 26) a recent study at UC-Irvine 
that "demonstrates that in Asia-Pacific countries, a strong correlation exists
between growth in IT spending and growth in GDP and productivity."  Jason
Dedrick, UCI research associate, is quoted.

CIO can be reached at 1-800-788-4605 (subscriptions) and 1-508-872-8200 
(editorial).  You're on your own with UC-Irvine.  ;-)

I hope that information is of some use the original poster.  I'd be interested
in hearing more on the subject...

Rob Szarka
UMASS-Amherst
mrnoise@econs.umass.edu
-- 
Mr. Noise <mrnoise@econs.umass.edu>  Sea of Noise  +1-203-886-1441
UMASS-Amherst      8^>=      "Shop as usual & avoid panic buying."
 Remember:  If codes are outlawed, only outlaws will have codes.



From gaard@superbowl.und.ac.za Wed Aug 10 19:45:01 EDT 1994
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From: gaard@superbowl.und.ac.za (Robert Klitgaard)
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Please help me find an excellent Ph.D. program in economics which enables 
one to focus on gender issues.  Currently I am a lecturer in economics at 
the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.  Thanks in advance.



From karthike@som.umass.edu Wed Aug 10 19:45:03 EDT 1994
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From: karthike@som.umass.edu (KARTHIKEYAN SANKARAN)
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Hi

I am looking for a paper by Baba, Yoshi, R.F. Engle, Kraft and Kroner (1989), 
"Multivariate simultaneous generalized ARCH." Is this paper published? If not
any idea if I can get it from some ftp site?

Thanks in advance.

Karthik



From svannorden@bank-banque-canada.ca Wed Aug 10 19:45:06 EDT 1994
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From: svannorden@bank-banque-canada.ca (Simon Van Norden)
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I've been doing some work with regime-switching models and have been wondering about their application to the question of credit-rationing.  There was work done on this question in the late-1960s and 1970s in a disequilbrium context by people like Modigliani and Sealy.  Does anyone know of 1990's work in this area?

Ken Kuttner of the Chicago FRB recently mentioned to me that Prof. Hoover at UCSD has a student (Stephen Perres) doing work on estimation of credit rationing models.  Is anyone familar with this work?  Does anyone have their e-mail addresses at UCSD?

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From STEC8033@iruccvax.ucc.ie Wed Aug 10 19:45:08 EDT 1994
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> I've been doing some work with regime-switching models and have been wondering
>  about their application to the question of credit-rationing. 

> Simon van Norden, PhD.    

Michael Athey (TA0MJA1@NIU.BITNET) has done quite a bit of work on credit
rationing.  He is a student of Steve Fazzari.
             Bill Sjostrom



From jbmillar@ucdavis.edu Wed Aug 10 19:45:11 EDT 1994
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: > I've been doing some work with regime-switching models
: > Simon van Norden, PhD.    

: Michael Athey (TA0MJA1@NIU.BITNET) has done quite a bit of work on credit
: rationing.  He is a student of Steve Fazzari.
:              Bill Sjostrom

Steve Perez, Hoover's student, recently completed his dissertation on 
credit market rationing.  Steve just left UCD for whatever state 
university is in Richmond, VA, but may still have an email address at 
UCD.  Millar



From g_tkacz@pavo.concordia.ca Wed Aug 10 19:45:13 EDT 1994
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In article <318qbh$1ku@shadow.ksu.ksu.edu>, ghassan@ksu.ksu.edu (Ghassan A. Moghnieh) writes...
> 
>  Is there any advantage in conducting a Johansen Max Liklihood cointegration
>test on two variables, instead of conductiing the traditional bivariate
>cointegartion tests (CRDW, DF, ADF, etc ..) ? 

Generally, the Johansen test is considered to be the most powerful.  See
Gonzalo, Journal of Econometrics, 1994, pp.203-233 for a good evaluation
of a number of cointegration tests.

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From e-day@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu Wed Aug 10 19:45:16 EDT 1994
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I am a real novice at this latest wrinkle in times series estimation, but
So far as I can make out, the major benefit of going the extra mile to do 
a more sophisticated cointegration test is to assure the paper's 
acceptance by a referee who is looking for a reason to reject the work.  
On an intuitive level, it seems to me that if one runs a regression in 
level form between two (or more variables) that individually possess a 
unit root, and the residuals are white noise, then there must have been 
at least one cointegrating vector that produced those residuals.  Isn't 
that all that the more sophisticated tests are trying to show?  

I'd sure like to know what the weight of opinion is concerning the 
general topic of unit root/cointegration estimation.  

A. Edward Day			"Inflation is the haunting pestilence of the
Department of Economics		 middle classes.  It is the hidden threat
University of Central Florida	 that disorganized government holds over
P. O. Box 25000			 those who try to plan, to save, to 
Orlando, FL  32707		 be prudent."   Theodore H. White
					

On 28 Jul 1994, Ghassan A. Moghnieh wrote:

> 
>   Is there any advantage in conducting a Johansen Max Liklihood cointegration
> test on two variables, instead of conductiing the traditional bivariate
> cointegartion tests (CRDW, DF, ADF, etc ..) ? 
> 
> 


From sykuta@wuecon.wustl.edu Wed Aug 10 19:45:18 EDT 1994
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Simon van Norden inquired about individuals doing some work on credit
rationing models.  Darryl Getter, a recent PhD at Washington Univ., wrote
his thesis on credit rationing.  He is in the process of moving to
Maryland for his new position at the U.S. Naval Academy.  You should be
able to contact him through e-mail at getter@wuecona.wustl.edu or through
snail mail at the Naval Academy econ department.

Hope this is helpful,
Michael
-- 


From kdonnes@eis.calstate.edu Wed Aug 10 19:45:21 EDT 1994
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I am looking for an article from the JPE in the 1980s on political 
economy of murder.  Specifically, the article dealt with Eichmann and 
bureaucratic behavior by Breton and/or Wintrobe. Please respond quickly 
either through the listserve or e-mail jechapm@eis.calstate.edu. Thank you.



From T.Devinney@unsw.edu.au Wed Aug 10 19:45:24 EDT 1994
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In article <TAMURA.94Jul29161450@ulisbos.ulis.ac.jp> tamura@ulis.ac.jp (Tamura Hajime) writes:
>
>Request for help.
>
>Does anyone know papers about (empirical) economic analysis 
>of Public Library Service ?
>

I would suggest contacting Malcom Getz at Vanderbilt University, 
Nashville TN 37205

He has done a lot of work in this area and could get you started

t. devinney



From FR8592A@american.edu Wed Aug 10 19:45:29 EDT 1994
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Does anybody know if there is a newsgroup or listserver for the econometric software TSP or, even better, a gopher site like 
the one for mathematica?
 
 


From johnl13@aol.com Wed Aug 10 19:45:31 EDT 1994
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Subject: Weighted least squares
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MicroTSP reports the R squared for both the weighted and unweighted data.
Which is more appropriate to report? The context of my question is a
Probit-based regression of market share (between 0 and 1) on various
independent variables, using a weight which recognizes that there will be
more variation in larger markets and where the probablity of purchasing
that product is close to 1/2.



From rmporter@unixg.ubc.ca Wed Aug 10 19:45:35 EDT 1994
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StatsCan has made some publications available on-line (but not much data; 
that would cost money, and constitute revenue lost).  CANSIM (its
interactive time-series matrix) is not available over the Internet, except
to "university base" users (see below).

Those account holders lucky enough to be on a node which offers CANSIM 
may access it readily (just type rdl cansim, and your off to a confusing 
world of numbers); others will have to find ingenius ways to obtain scrub 
accounts at host sites or means of convincing friends to use their 
accounts to retrieve and transfer data.

regards,

richard m porter
forest economics and policy analysis
university of british columbia
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CANSIM UNIVERSITY BASE - SUMMARY OF CONTENT

i.   About This Summary of Content

     The text contained in this section is an edited version of the
     Volume 1: Summary to the CANSIM Time Series Data Base.  CANSIM
     (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) is
     Statistics Canada's computerized data base and information
     retrieval system.  The data content of this commercially
     available data base is identical to the CANSIM University
     Base.  The Volume 1: Summary describes CANSIM data at the
     matrix level.  Each of the 6,000 matrices on the data base
     contains individual series which are related to each other in
     some coherent fashion.  A matrix number followed by a T
     indicates that all series within that matrix have been
     terminated and are inactive (no longer updated).  Contained
     within these matrices are some 550,000 time series.  Each time
     series represents a concept or variable for which data are
     stored over time.

     This Internet version of the CANSIM Time Series Directory is
     limited to the Volume 1 matrix summary and supporting
     reference and inquiry information.  Access to the series level
     description of Volume II (Active Matrices) and Volume III
     (Inactive Matrices) is available to CANSIM University Base
     subribers on-line through their University Distributor.  A
     print version of the entire directory is available from
     Statistics Canada at a cost of $220 ($220 U.S. for U.S. or
     foreign purchasers).  A key-word searchable version of the
     directory is available on CD-ROM (StatCan: CANSIM Directory
     Disc) at a cost of $99 ($99 U.S. for U.S. or foreign
     purchaser).


From LSAARINE@valt.helsinki.fi Wed Aug 10 19:45:38 EDT 1994
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 >Subject: Re: Canadian trade

 >In article <319cpe$b6v@news.duke.edu>, elway@unity.ncsu.edu writes:
 >
 >|> Most universities in Canada have database access to CANSIM, ...

Try gophering to talon.statcan.ca and searching with a keyword "CANSIM" 
from there.

  - Lasse


From brookfld@netcom.com Wed Aug 10 19:45:41 EDT 1994
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Brookfield Economics Institute (U.S.A.) Limited works with companies who want 
to improve their sales and marketing efficiency.

We work with manufacturers and distributors in the medical and dental 
markets.

Our clients ask us to oversee surveys, analyze marketing and sales efforts, 
and study lead generation and sales efforts from a statistical point of view.

We are looking for an individual to retain from time to time, in connection 
with this work.

You must have a working knowledge of bootstrap and resampling, as well as 
analytical statistical techniques. You should have good writing skills. You 
should have a background working both in academic and commercial/industrial 
assignments.

Please email your curriculum vitae or resume to me. Please include your 
hourly requirements. This is a part-time, on-demand situation, on an hourly 
basis, and you are free to accept or turn down any assignment as it arises. If 
you are accepted, your name will be added to our consulting faculty list.

If you have questions, send email to me at brookfld@netcom.com

--Richard Geller, Executive Director


BROOKFIELD ECONOMICS INSTITUTE
		(U.S.A.) Limited


From sternber@haas.berkeley.edu Wed Aug 10 19:45:43 EDT 1994
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Subject: Math Cad 5.1
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Anyone have an opinion on MathCad, especially
on its suitability to manipulating systems of
difference equations (e.g. VAR models) ? 



From mijan@pipeline.com Wed Aug 10 19:45:46 EDT 1994
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>|> Most universities in Canada have database access to 
>CANSIM, which is |> composed of a base set of 6,000 or 
>so series compiled by StatsCanada

>	Is there any way for researchers at American 
>Universities to access this  resource?  Does there 
>exist an alternative means of access (say via telnet or 
> gopher)?

Yes.  StatCan licenses this service to a few U.S. providers, 
who then charge for connection to the database, which is 
updated monthly or quarterly by StatCan.  Call the main number 
at StatCan in Ottawa and ask for the people who handle CANSIM.  
They'll send you lists of services and prices (unfortunately 
it's not free).  They also make their time series available on 
CD-ROM.

Good luck.


From marcelo@leland.Stanford.EDU Wed Aug 10 19:45:49 EDT 1994
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From: marcelo@leland.Stanford.EDU (Marcelo Clerici-Arias)
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I am looking for papers and/or data on hourly/weekly human productivity.
I am particularly interested in research that shows how productivity 
changes with different lengths of the working day and the working week
(for example, whether the productivity of the tenth hour is higher or
lower than the ninth--or even negative).

Thank you,

Marcelo Clerici
-- 
Marcelo Clerici-Arias
Department of Economics
Stanford University
marcelo@leland.stanford.edu



From jeffk@panix.com Wed Aug 10 19:45:51 EDT 1994
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Keywords: Conference Board Advertising Index


Would anyone have any information on something called the "Conference Board Help-Wanted Advertising Index"?  I am doing some research on unemployement and would like to tap into this resource.

Thank you in advance for any help.

- Jeff K (jeffk@panix.com) 



From fontenay@aol.com Wed Aug 10 19:45:54 EDT 1994
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In article <2u55nq$ia2@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>, harmatz@cc.umanitoba.ca
(Triad) writes:

September 2-3, 1994 in Khania, Crete, Greece, the International
Telecommunications Society (ITS)'s European Regional Conference.

Contact: jurgen.muller@itu.ch

January 9-11, 1995 in Boulder, CO: An International Telecommunications
Society (ITS)'s Symposium "STRATEGIC ALLIANCES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
CONTRIBUTIONS OF GAME THEORY

Contact me or Bill Sharkey (wsharkey@aol.com)



From ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu Wed Aug 10 19:45:57 EDT 1994
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From: ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch)
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After searching for a long time, I am still looking for *daily* data from  
South Africa on a number of simple series from *1980-1990*:

	* Interest Rates (any reasonable)
	* Credit Spread (interest for commercial companies)
	* stock index series (perhaps industrials plus mining)
	* currency exchange rates.

We are just about so desparate as to start inputting the data by hand. Any  
alternative would be highly appreciated.

Ivo Welch			ivo@128.97.74.50 = next.agsm.ucla.edu
Asst Prof of Finance		iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu
AGSM at UCLA			



From fein0005@gold.tc.umn.edu Wed Aug 10 19:46:00 EDT 1994
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Subject: US & Canadian Tariff Levels
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I am looking for information on US and Canadian tariff levels prior to the
implementation of the Free Trade Agreement (1989).  I already have tariff
schedules for both countries from the Tokyo Round, but am more interested
in information on CHANGES in tariffs by sector during the 1980's.         
    



From chaki@ccs.neu.edu Wed Aug 10 19:46:02 EDT 1994
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From: chaki@ccs.neu.edu (Chaki Ng)
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Subject: Ph.D. Programs in Computational Economics
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Can someone give me info on good programs in Computational Economics?  

Please, if you know, give me some sources of finding more about parallel
computing for economics.  For example, journals (I can only find something out
from "Computational Economics") and researchers in U.S.  Thanks


-Chaki
-- 
Chaki Ng

(617) 373-2651
chaki@ccs.neu.edu


From AAK@rmbmain.rmb.co.za Wed Aug 10 19:46:05 EDT 1994
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Hi there
I am looking for information on the new VIX index. This index tracks the 
implied volatility of the S&P 100 calls and puts. It is reported by REUTERS 
and CBOE plans to unveil options on this index soon. This is all I know 
about it.

I would like to know how this index is constructed?

Thanks for the help

Antonie Kotze
aak@rmbmain.rmb.co.za



From klund@haas.berkeley.edu Wed Aug 10 19:46:08 EDT 1994
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From: klund@haas.berkeley.edu (Kyle Lundstedt)
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The subject says it all.  I'm looking for a copy of the Standard  
Industrial Classification (SIC) codes in some kind of electronic format  
(ASCII, SAS, whatever).

Thanks for the help,
Kyle

--
Kyle Lundstedt
PhD Program, Finance and Real Estate
Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley
Reply To:  klund@haas.berkeley.edu



From hancockd@cs.man.ac.uk Wed Aug 10 19:46:11 EDT 1994
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From: hancockd@cs.man.ac.uk (David Hancock)
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Subject: foreign direct investment
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	Hi there, I'm new round here, and I'm looking for data on foreign direct investment
(FDI), to help me with my MPhil research. If there is anyone out there who either has access
to or knows where I could find such information, if you could tell me about it , it would
make me extremely happy, especially if it is data concerning FDI either into or out of the UK.
Please respond via email to my friend at the above address, I hope you can help me.  
	

	Thanks a lot,

	Rufus Fuerst



From kim_sh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Wed Aug 10 19:46:15 EDT 1994
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From: kim_sh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Sung Hyun Kim)
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I am looking for publications (textbooks or monographs preferred) which
deal with game theoretical approach to legislature.. I imagine the mechanism
design literature may be the one I am seeking.  If so, is there any well-written
book on the subject?  Or any other interesting books, especially written by
the scholars of law?
 I do know many introductory textbooks on game theory, so don't tell me 
to look at , say, Fudenberg and Tirole.   I am seeking these references for
a person who is studying law in a graduate school in Korea.
 Thank you.             

-- 
 Sung Hyun Kim ; kim_sh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu ; johns hopkins university



From STANTONK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA Wed Aug 10 19:46:20 EDT 1994
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From: Ken <STANTONK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
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See also: Engle, R.F. and V.K. Ng, 1991, Measuring and testing the impact
of news on volatility, NBER working paper #3681. If memory serves, this
has some nice compact descriptions of various GARCH forms and some useful
comparisons of performance in modeling financial time series.

Ken.Stanton@QueensU.CA



From csm@zew.zew-mannheim.de Wed Aug 10 19:46:23 EDT 1994
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Hello,

In article <94217.174558STANTONK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Ken 
<STANTONK@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:

>See also: Engle, R.F. and V.K. Ng, 1991, Measuring and testing the impact
>of news on volatility, NBER working paper #3681. 

this working paper has meanwhile been published in:
Journal of Finance, Vol. 48, No. 5, 1993, 1749-1778.

-- Christian

Christian Schmitt (csm@zew.zew-mannheim.de)
ZEW - Center for European Economic Research
International Finance Dept.
P.O. Box 10 34 43
D-68034 Mannheim
Germany



From econ-apt@fermi.clas.virginia.edu Thu Aug 18 18:02:16 EDT 1994
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There are expressions for the derivative of a matrix expression
with respect to the vec() of  a matrix in that expression.
It seems like there is some simplification that could be 
done when the matrix is symmetric, say involving the vector
half (vech) operator.  Any references, insights to this 
question would be greatly appreciated.

Charlie Kramer



From ponicki@econ.Berkeley.EDU Thu Aug 18 18:02:20 EDT 1994
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From: ponicki@econ.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Ponicki)
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Subject: Variable price elasticities
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I am looking for a good reference about how one might expect
price elasticities of demand to vary over wide ranges of price.

Most empirical studies assume a constant elasticity, which
perhaps is close enough to the truth when dealing with small
variations in price.  However, if one wants to see the effect on
demand of a quadrupling of price, the constant elasticity
assumption could lead to large prediction errors.

For typical consumer goods, I would expect that demand might be
inelastic at very low prices, since the money price of a good
would be a small part of the total cost (including time) of
obtaining and consuming the good.  As price rises, however, the
money price should become a larger proportion of total cost, and
thus a 1% price change might have a larger impact on quantity
demanded.  I'm not sure what changes in elasticity to expect as
prices continue to rise, however.

I have searched the ECONLIT CD-ROM database, and found only three
studies on the variable elasticity of gasoline or electricity
use.  I would be especially interested in learning of any
theoretical or empirical papers (or even textbook treatments)
that discuss variable elasticities over price for non-durable
consumables.  Any ideas?

Thanks.

Bill Ponicki



From LB39@ibm3090.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de Thu Aug 18 18:02:22 EDT 1994
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In article <2E479FDE@smtpw>,
Antonie Kotze <AAK@rmbmain.rmb.co.za> writes:

>Hi there
>I am looking for information on the new VIX index. This index tracks the
>implied volatility of the S&P 100 calls and puts. It is reported by REUTERS
>and CBOE plans to unveil options on this index soon. This is all I know
>about it.
>
>I would like to know how this index is constructed?
>
>Thanks for the help
>
>Antonie Kotze
>aak@rmbmain.rmb.co.za
>

Hi Antonie,

the VIX was invented by R.E. Whaley (with Fleming, J.; Ostdieck, B.).
There is a working paper:

Time Series Properties of the CBOE Market Volatility Index.
Working paper,
Futures and Options Research Center,
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, 1993.
(Durham, NC 27706).

For your interest the following article may be more of interest
(with a short description of the VIX in the appendix):

Whaley, Robert E.:
Derivatives on Market Volatility: Hedging Tools long overdue.
In: Journal of Derivatives 1 (Fall 1993), pp. 71-84.

I would be personally interested in vour own interest in the VIX!

Heinrich Schuetz



From n.a.c.Schilder@bsk.utwente.nl Thu Aug 18 18:02:25 EDT 1994
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On 10 Aug 1994 15:43:29 GMT, David Hancock wrote:

>	Hi there, I'm new round here, and I'm looking for data on foreign direct investment
>(FDI), to help me with my MPhil research. If there is anyone out there who either has access
>to or knows where I could find such information, if you could tell me about it , it would
>make me extremely happy, especially if it is data concerning FDI either into or out of the UK.
>Please respond via email to my friend at the above address, I hope you can help me.  
>	

The most easily accessible figures - and low-cost - can be obtained from 
the European Commission documents. A series called European Economy 
contains a lot of data that might be useful. The recently published 
"Panorama of European Industry" is another valuable source of information. 
Every University Library with a section on Europe probably has these 
sources available close at hand.
=======================================================================
n.a.c.schilder@bsk.utwente.nl          "Look at the bright side"
Ph.D.Student                           Tel.+31-53.89.3224
University of Twente                   Fax.+31-53.35.6695
P.O.Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
=======================================================================



From LSAARINE@valt.helsinki.fi Thu Aug 18 18:02:28 EDT 1994
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> Subject: SIC Codes on the Net
> 
> The subject says it all.  I'm looking for a copy of the Standard  
> Industrial Classification (SIC) codes in some kind of electronic format  
> (ASCII, SAS, whatever).

They are found on the gopher akasha.tic.com

The URL is gopher://akasha.tic.com:70/00/survey/sic


  - Lasse

Lauri.Saarinen@Helsinki.Fi
University of Helsinki
Department of Economics
http://www.helsinki.fi/~lsaarine/econ.html




From hughes@wuecona.wustl.edu Thu Aug 18 18:02:31 EDT 1994
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From: hughes@wuecona.wustl.edu (Samuel Hughes)
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Subject: Tele. R&D data?
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Does anyone have information as to where I could locate data on
telecommunications R&D?  Any starting point would be appreciated, but I am
specifically looking for individual yearly company expenditures.  Most of
the firms in Compustat appear to omit this data in their yearly reports.

Thanks in advance!

-- 
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From jbmillar@ucdavis.edu Thu Aug 18 18:02:34 EDT 1994
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Theodore Sternberg (sternber@haas.berkeley.edu) wrote:
: Anyone have an opinion on MathCad, especially
: on its suitability to manipulating systems of
: difference equations (e.g. VAR models) ? 
: I've been using Mathcad 4.0 for solving non-linear systems in general 
equilibrium models.  Mathcad is not as versatile as Mathematica but is 
much easier to use; furthermore, the printout looks like a document from 
a word processor. It is much easier to create math expressions in Mathcad 
than, say, AmiPro.  Mathcad uses systems of difference equations to 
calculate numerical solutions to systems of differential equations.  The 
Electronic Books can give you good ideas on how to set up a solution to a 
problem; try the Numerical Methods Handbook.  Maybe someone at Mathsoft 
can give you specific information re VAR models.  Call 1-800-MATHCAD.
                                                       Millar



From thompson@atlas.socsci.umn.edu Thu Aug 18 18:02:36 EDT 1994
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kim_sh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Sung Hyun Kim) writes:

>I am looking for publications (textbooks or monographs preferred) which
>deal with game theoretical approach to legislature.. I imagine the mechanism
>design literature may be the one I am seeking.  If so, is there any well-written
>book on the subject?  Or any other interesting books, especially written by
>the scholars of law?
> I do know many introductory textbooks on game theory, so don't tell me 
>to look at , say, Fudenberg and Tirole.

My colleague, Antonio Merlo is quite knowledgable in this area.  (His
Ph.D. dissertation was on an emperical game theoretical model of the
Italian political system, attempting to explain the pattern of
government formation/dissolution.)  You can reach him at

	merlo@atlas.socsci.umn.edu
--
T. Scott Thompson              email:  thompson@atlas.socsci.umn.edu
Department of Economics        phone:  (612) 625-0119
University of Minnesota        fax:    (612) 624-0209



From eco_dlb@SHSU.edu Thu Aug 18 18:02:39 EDT 1994
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         SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) Codes:

01	Agricultural production - Crops
02	Agricultural production - Livestock
07	Agricultural services
08	Forestry
09	Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping
10	Metal mining
12	Coal mining
13	Oil and Gas extraction
14	Nonmetallic minerals, except Fuels
15	General Building Contractors
16	Heavy Construction, except Building
17	Special Trade Contractors
20	Food and kindred products
21	Tobacco products
22	Textile Mill products
23	Apparel and other textile products
24	Lumber and Wood products
25	Furniture and Fixtures
26	Paper and allied products
27	Printing and publishing
28	Chemicals and allied products
29	Petroleum and Coal products
30	Rubber and Misc. Plastics products
31	Leather and Leather Products
32	Stone, Clay, and Glass products
33	Primary metal industries
34	Fabricated metal products

35	Industrial Machinery and equipment
        357     Computer and Office equipment
                3571    Electronic computers
                3572    Computer storage devices
                3575    Computer terminals
                3577    Computer peripheral equipment, nec
                3578    Calculating and accounting equipment
                3579    Office machines, nec

36	Electronic and other electric equipment
        361     Electric distribution equipment
        362	Electrical Industrial apparatus
        363	Household appliances
        364	Electric lighting and wiring equipment
        365	Household audio and video equipment

        366	Communications equipment
                3661	Telephone and telegraph apparatus
                3663	Radio and TV communications equipment
                3669	Communications equipment, nec

        367	Electronic components and accessories
                3671	Electron tubes
                3672	Printed circuit boards
                3674	Semiconductors and related devices
                3675	Electronic capacitors
                3676	Electronic resistors
                3677	Electronic coils and transformers
                3678	Electronic connectors
                3679	Electronic components, nec

       369	Misc. electrical equipment and supplies
                3691	Storage batteries
                3695	Magnetic and optical recording media
                3699	Electrical equipment and supplies

37	Transportation equipment
38	Instruments and related products
39	Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
40	Railroad transportation
41	Local and Interurban passenger transit
42	Trucking and Warehousing
43	U.S. Postal Service
44	Water Transportation
45	Transportation by Air
46	Pipelines, except Natural Gas
47	Transportation services

48	Communications
        481	Telephone Communications
                4812	Radio-telephone communications
                4813	Telephone communications, exc. radio
        482	Telegraph and other communications
        483	Radio and television broadcasting
        484	Cable and other pay TV services
        489	Communications services, nec

49	Electric, Gas, and Sanitary services
50	Wholesale Trade - Durable goods
                5045	Wholesale computer vendors

51	Wholesale Trade - Nondurable goods
52	Building Materials and Garden supplies
53	General Merchandise stores
54	Food stores
55	Automotive Dealers and Service Stations
56	Apparel and Accessory stores
57	Furniture and Homefurnishings stores
                5734	Retail computer vendors and software stores

58	Eating and Drinking places
59	Miscellaneous Retail
                5961	Mail-order houses

60	Depository Institutions
61	Nondepository Institutions
62	Security and Commodity brokers
63	Insurance Carriers
64	Insurance Agents, Brokers, and Service
65	Real Estate
67	Holding and other investment offices
70	Hotels and other lodging places
72	Personal Services
73	Business Services
75	Auto Repair, Services, and Parking
76	Miscellaneous Repair services
78	Motion Pictures
79	Amusement and Recreation Services
80	Health Services
81	Legal Services
82	Educational Services
83	Social Services
84	Museums, Botanical and Zoological gardens
86	Membership Organizations
87	Engineering and Management services
88	Private Households
89	Services, NEC
91	Executive, Legislative, and General government
92	Justice, Public Order, and Safety
93	Finance, Taxation, and Monetary Policy
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From R.Trevor@agsm.unsw.edu.au Thu Aug 18 18:02:42 EDT 1994
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In article <31ohq7$1dg@titan.ucs.umass.edu>, karthike@som.umass.edu
(KARTHIKEYAN SANKARAN) wrote:

> I am looking for a paper by Baba, Yoshi, R.F. Engle, Kraft and Kroner (1989), 
> "Multivariate simultaneous generalized ARCH." Is this paper published? If not
> any idea if I can get it from some ftp site?

There have been numerous revisions. Its now just Engle and Kroner
(although the BEKK name will remain to avoid confusion) and its
forthcoming in Journal of Econometrics (from memory...I'm at home at the
moment).

If you want a copy just call up Rob (at UC San Deigo) or Ken (at Arizona).

Rob

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From R.Trevor@agsm.unsw.edu.au Thu Aug 18 18:02:44 EDT 1994
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In article <326i41$rdb@narnia.ccs.neu.edu>, chaki@ccs.neu.edu (Chaki Ng) wrote:

> Can someone give me info on good programs in Computational Economics?  

Carnegie-Mellon (the B School, not the dept) have started a program (at
Masters level) for computational finance. I don't know whether they have a
corresponding PhD program.

Rob

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From jfr&bdm@rulreb.leidenuniv.nl Thu Aug 18 18:02:49 EDT 1994
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I've done some empirical work on public libraries myself. In fact, I did my 
graduation thesis on this subject. I could not find many empirical papers 
about public libraries, but there are some. I will list them below. This 
list also includes studies on scientific libraries. This does not matter. 
Public and scientific libraries operate in the same way. The basic 
differences are the outputs. Recently I reduced my 50-page thesis to a 
20-page article in English which will be presented at the 8th international 
congress on cultural economics in Witten, Germany on the 24-27th of August.
In this paper we (me and my co-author) estimate a output distance function 
(= production function with more than 1 output) using panel data of 45 
Dutch public libraries from 1976-1990. We also examine the effects of 
different forms of regulation.


Debora Moolenaar               JFR&BDM@RULREB.LEIDENUNIV.NL


References:

Bookstein, A. 1981, "An economic model of library service", Library 
Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 410-428.

Cooper, M.D. 1979, "The economics of library size: A preliminary inquiry", 
Library Trends, vol. 28, summer 1979, pp. 63-78.

DeBoer, L. 1992, "Economies of scale and input substitution in public 
libraries", Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 32, pp. 257-268.

Feldstein, K.F. 1976, "The economics of public libraries", Ph.D. 
Dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Goddard, H.C. 1973, "Analysis of social production functions: The public 
library", Public Finance Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 191-204.

Goudriaan, R., Moolenaar, D.E.G. 1994, "Regulation and Library 
Performance", Paper prepared for the 8th Internationl Congress on Cultural 
Economics.

Hayes, R.M. 1979, "The management of library resources: the blance between 
capital and staff in providing services", Library Research, vol. 1, pp. 
119-142.

Hayes, R.M., Borko, H. 1983, "Mathematical models of information system 
use", Information Processing & Management, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 173-186.

Kantor, P.B. 1981, "Levels of output related to cost of operation of 
scientific and technical libraries", Library Research, vol. 3, pp. 1-28.

Kantor, P.B. 1983, "Cost and productivity in library operations", in: 
Vondran, R.F., Caputo, A., Wasserman, C., Diener, R.A.V. (eds), 
"Productivity in the Information Age: Proceedings of the 46th ASIS annual 
meeting", vol. 20, American Society for Information Science, New York.

Karunaratne, N.D., Lamberton, D.McL., Murnane, P.F., Sayner, R.A. 1976, 
"Cost analysis of public libraries in Australia", Academy Press Pty. Ltd., 
Brisbane

Van House, N.A. 1984, "Research on the economics of libraries", Library 
Trends, vol. 32, pp. 407-423.

The Social and Cultural Planning Office in the Netherlands has also done 
some economic studies on public libraries. However, I don't know if they 
have any publications in English. But you could make some inquiries.
The adress is
P.O. Box 37, 2280 AA  Rijswijk ZH, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 70 3198700




From AAK@rmbmain.rmb.co.za Thu Aug 18 18:02:52 EDT 1994
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Hi
Can anyone help me with the following time series (or give me the address of 
some place where I can offload it):
The monthend indices --
 Dow Jones industrial
 S&P 500
 Dividend yield for Dow
 Dividend yield for S&P 500
 USA CPI all goods

I am looking for the series from the early 1900's (as early as possible!!!)

Thanks
Antonie Kotze
aak@rmbmain.rmb.co.za



From vishu@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu Thu Aug 18 18:02:55 EDT 1994
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I need help in finding information about the Gauss Seidel algorithm and
the software packages that can accomodate the same.  I will appreciate it a
lot if someone can give me some pointers in this regard.

Vishwanath



From mjantti@ra.abo.fi Thu Aug 18 18:02:58 EDT 1994
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To all:

I would like to be able to match members of the rotating
half panels in the March CPS Public Use Microsample in two
consecutive years. I seem to recall that there exists a
"standard" algorithm for this purpose.

If anyone has any information of such an algorithm, or has
matched households in consecutive CPS:s, could you please
let me know.

Regards,

Markus Jantti			|		Department of Economics
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From qingz@wappo.cse.ucsc.edu Thu Aug 18 18:03:00 EDT 1994
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 Hi, I am a first year master student in Applied Economics 
at UC Santa Cruz, now I am thinking about my thesis topic. 
I am interested in derivative security, however I am not 
very familar with it. Now I am reading John Hull's book 
about option and future security. Is 
there anyone familar with this kind of research? 
Also I am wondering about the data
avalability. Your suggestions will be really appreciated!

Huiling Song


From khirano@husc7.harvard.edu Thu Aug 18 18:03:06 EDT 1994
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From: khirano@husc7.harvard.edu (Keisuke Hirano)
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I am looking for sources of data related to the effects of advertising 
(especially television) on individual or household consumption. The data 
sources need not be free or accessible via Internet. If you can help, 
please send email to khirano@husc.harvard.edu. Thanks in advance.

Keisuke Hirano
Department of Economics
Harvard University


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If anyone knows of such a program, or a program with such flexibility, 
please e-mail me. Thank you in advance.
SMS



From mdimand@minerva.cis.yale.edu Thu Aug 18 18:03:14 EDT 1994
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	Is anyone familiar with the economist Indra Mohan Kapoor, some  
of whose articles are listed in the Journal of Economic Articles? Please 
email me.

	Mary Ann Dimand



From tfleishe@carbon.denver.colorado.edu Mon Aug 29 20:26:53 EDT 1994
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Try Ordeshook's Game Theory and Political Theory published by
Cambridge in approx. 1986


Trey Fleisher



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One good introductory game theoretic book on the legislature
or political science is Ordeshook: Game theory and political
science (Cambridge University Press).  And Schotter or
Brams may have written books on related issues.  Perhaps
Shubik's two books (MIT press) would have some chapters
related to legislative issues.
-- 
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Also arijit@maroon.tc.umn.edu



From sbj@netcom.com Mon Aug 29 20:27:11 EDT 1994
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Quing Zhu (qingz@wappo.cse.ucsc.edu) wrote:

:  Hi, I am a first year master student in Applied Economics 
: at UC Santa Cruz, now I am thinking about my thesis topic. 
: I am interested in derivative security, however I am not 
: very familar with it. Now I am reading John Hull's book 
: about option and future security. Is 
: there anyone familar with this kind of research? 
: Also I am wondering about the data
: avalability. Your suggestions will be really appreciated!

Futures and options are a good starting point as this will give a 
fundamental grounding in what a derivative is.  However, you'll need to 
be more familiar with the much larger array of derivative products such 
as swaps, and all it's relatives.  A good easy to read book is 
'Understanding Swaps', by Jack Marshall <President of the International 
Association of Financial Engineers>, and Ken Kapner.  I'm also 
considering entering into a phd program in this field.  While I don't 
deal with this topic on a day to day basic on my job, it is a frequent 
topic of discussion.  Do you know which aspect interests you more?
-- 

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The Hull book had some errors. I hope we're talking about the same
book (he has two - I mean the advanced one). I called him and he
told me to look in the second edition for corrections!
I also strongly suggest Hal Varian's Mathematica finance book
because it gives you the tools to rederive important equations for
specialiaised or more advanced results.
He even gives you an Ito Lemma function!
-- 
Vasos-Peter John Panagiotopoulos II, Bioengineer-Financier, Columbia'81+
New York City. Listed in Marquis' Who's Who in Finance & Industry.
Bach-Mozart Fan. Eurytano-Kastorian Ancestry. Reagan-Quayle Republican.



From rhill@UNBSJ.CA Mon Aug 29 20:27:29 EDT 1994
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If anyone is aware of any Canadian or American empirical work examining the 
extent of income sharing within the family, I'd be interested in a 
reference. 
 A common assumption in empirical work is that income is shared equally, but 
this is sometimes made while suggesting that other studies suggest this may 
well not be the case. The assumption is important in determining a 
reasonable measure of lifetime income for men and women. With equal sharing, 
women and men end up with very similar age-income profiles, despite 
differences in wages and participation in the labour market. 
                                                rhill@unbsj.ca
                                        Rod Hill, Economics, 
                                     U of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Cda



From DGS4@PSUVM.PSU.EDU Mon Aug 29 20:27:39 EDT 1994
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In article <rhill.30.00162D23@UNBSJ.CA>, rhill@UNBSJ.CA (ROD HILL) says:
>
>If anyone is aware of any Canadian or American empirical work examining the
>extent of income sharing within the family, I'd be interested in a
>reference.
> A common assumption in empirical work is that income is shared equally, but
>this is sometimes made while suggesting that other studies suggest this may
>well not be the case. The assumption is important in determining a
>reasonable measure of lifetime income for men and women. With equal sharing,
>women and men end up with very similar age-income profiles, despite
>differences in wages and participation in the labour market.

Since I'm at home it's tough to give exact references, but Laurence
Kotlikoff has had several papers on income sharing in families (the
family as an insurance arrangement, sort of).  I thin Lazear has
also written a few things on this.
The Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation
(SIPP) has been used to study this--Census has a few data
publications on it.


Dennis G. Shea
Department of Health Policy & Administration
Penn State University
University Park PA 16801 (814) 863-2901



From JACOBSON@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU Mon Aug 29 20:27:45 EDT 1994
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There are several studies on family and/or household patterns of resource 
management. I cite a few in my article "What's Fair? Concepts of Financial
Management in Stepfamily Households," in Journal of Divorce and Remarriage,
1993, 19, 221-238.
I'd appreciate seeing other references either here or at my email address,
Jacobson@binah.cc.brandeis.edu.



From rout@unixg.ubc.ca Mon Aug 29 20:27:53 EDT 1994
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Chaki Ng (chaki@ccs.neu.edu) wrote:
: Can someone give me info on good programs in Computational Economics?  

: Please, if you know, give me some sources of finding more about parallel
: computing for economics.  For example, journals (I can only find something out
: from "Computational Economics") and researchers in U.S.  Thanks

You might try the two articles by Roy Radner.  I do not think they are 
exactly what you want, but the references might help.  The articles 
address parallelism as a reason for hierarchy.

Radner, 1992, Hierarchy: The economics of managing, _Journal of Economic 
Literature_, 30, 1382-1415.

Radner, 1993, The Organization of Decentralized Information Processing, 
_Econometrica_, v61, 1109-1146.

Hope that helps.

Bryan
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From pmn@rmbmain.rmb.co.za Mon Aug 29 20:27:59 EDT 1994
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I would gratefully appreciate it if any-one could point me in the direction of
any references and practical examples of portfolio benchmarking.

Thanks
Paul Nailand
PMN@RMBMAIN.RMB.CO.ZA



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In message <1994Aug9.071115.10997@roisrv.urova.fi>  writes:
> 
> How are the governmental transaction costs (caused by the
> arranging of compensation payments) taken care of in
> Kaldor and/or Hicks tests?

Interesting question. The original papers give no hint that either Kaldor or 
Hicks thought about the issue of transaction costs.
> 
> 1) Do the tests tell us to try to maximize the net benefit
>    before compensation payments have been organized or
> 
> 2) After the compensation payments have been organized
>    (so that also some net benefit has been lost due to
>     the inefficiency of bureaucracy in organizing the payments)
> 
If they didn't address the issue, you can propose your own criterion for a 
modified compensation test with transaction costs; but I would think that you 
should take the transaction costs into account if and only if compensation is to
be paid. 

However I doubt that transaction costs would loom large in most practical 
applications. A bigger issue is that if compensation were to be paid it would 
mean creation of a target (the compensation payments) for rent-seeking 
activities by everyone who would prefer that the payments go to them. The social
cost of the rent-seeking is likely to be far larger than the bureaucratic costs 
of administering the compensation scheme, and the precise size of the cost of 
rent-seeking is difficult to determine empirically.


Ed Foster (foster@mailbox.mail.umn.edu)
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Economics
University of Minnesota
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From rcramer1@mason1.gmu.edu Mon Aug 29 20:28:12 EDT 1994
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From: rcramer1@mason1.gmu.edu (Ryan J Cramer)
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Subject: GMU - International Executive Seminars
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FYI: Educational Opportunities
==============================

George Mason University Executive Seminar Series "The Global Economy
and Emerging Markets" and an Overseas Seminar to India
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A  series  of  two-day  executive  seminars  will be held over the next
several months,  focusing on global business  with an emphasis on trade
and finance.  The seminars  will provide participants with  information
and  tools to  compete successfully  in the global marketplace.  Topics
will include:  fundamentals  of the  global economy,  money  management
in emerging markets, global politics and competition, and understanding
the latest trade agreements.

The overseas  trip to India will include meetings with local businesses
and government officials.

For more information, contact Christine Gibbs,  George Mason University
Executive Programs, 703-733-2804 or address: cgibbs1@mason1.gmu.edu
 
-- 
Ryan Cramer / Renaissance'94 | George Mason University, Fairfax VA
(rcramer1@mason1.gmu.edu)    | Data Connection BBS, (703) 847-0861



From fls@sunSITE.unc.edu Mon Aug 29 20:28:16 EDT 1994
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From: fls@sunSITE.unc.edu (Forrest Smith)
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Howdy ya'll,

I've been studying up on lattice random fields and find that most
research and applications utilizing these models appear in the 
following areas (but not limited to by any means):
   Mining engineering
   Civil engineering
   Geology
   Hydrology
   Environmental Sciences
   Geostatistics

My specific area of interest involves spatial statistics and spatial
data analysis particularly applying these concepts to image processing.

My question is:  Are there any Matlab M-files available that do the
                 the following tasks?

                    1) Generate 2-D Gaussian (and Non-gaussian) lattice
                       random fields.

                    2) Maximum likelihood estimation of spatial dependence
                       parameters.

                    3) Spatial prediction and kriging.

                    4) Variogram estimation.

Thanks in advance.   

Thomas
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|    R. Thomas Derryberry      Texas Instruments     derry@lobby.ti.com     |
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From acrisw@morakot.nectec.or.th Mon Aug 29 20:28:23 EDT 1994
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From: acrisw@morakot.nectec.or.th (Myshkin)
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Do anyone know of an newsgroup, WWW or FTP site containing information 
related to the software program, GAUSS?  If you do, would you mind 
dropping me a line.

Thanks,

Andrew Criswell
acrisw@morakot.nectec.or.th



From izvorski@econ.yale.edu Mon Aug 29 20:28:29 EDT 1994
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From: izvorski@econ.yale.edu (Ivailo Izvorski)
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Is someone familiar with panel data studies measuring the
coefficient of (relative) risk aversion? Thanks,

-- 
Ivailo Izvorski   
izvorski@econ.yale.edu; adress: Department of Economics, 
Yale University, 28 Hillhouse Avenue; New Haven, CT 06520



From thuyer@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Mon Aug 29 20:28:34 EDT 1994
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I am looking for information RE:  Australia's financing of post-secondary
education.  In particular, explanation of method and rationale with
relevant empirical evidence.  Any source of information welcome.

Timothy Huyer -- Dept of Economics -- University of Alberta



From andrewco@netcom.com Mon Aug 29 20:28:37 EDT 1994
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On 20 Aug 1994, Timothy Huyer wrote:

> I am looking for information RE:  Australia's financing of post-secondary
> education.  In particular, explanation of method and rationale with
> relevant empirical evidence.  Any source of information welcome.
> 
> Timothy Huyer -- Dept of Economics -- University of Alberta
> 

I believe there are one or more Australian educators on the Education 
Policy Analysis discussion group who may be able to answer some of your 
questions.  For information on how to subscribe to this listserver, you 
can contact its administrator, Gene Glass, at Glass@asu.edu.

--Andrew

Andrew J. Coulson
The Center for Applied Philosophy
AndrewCo@Netcom.Com



From shink@iastate.edu Mon Aug 29 20:28:44 EDT 1994
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From: shink@iastate.edu (Shinichiro Kondo)
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hello, whoever reads this article in this news group.
i am not quite sure if this post is appropriate to this group.

a friend of mine and i are now looking for information regarding
ethanol as fuel. as some might know, in brazil ethanol is used
as 'gas' for cars, instead of normal gasoline. corn, one of their
major agricultual products, is made into very fine particle, and
after several steps (which are unknown to me in detail), ethanol
can be extracted. the friend of mine said that it was possible
to use other agricultual products than corn. but we are not sure
which ones. and now, he needs to estimate the productivity and
efficiency when a company makes ethanol from whatever original
products are.

here, i would like to ask any one of you reading this who are
familiar with this subject to give the following information to
us:

1. what kinds of agricultual materials can be reproduced as ethanol?
2. what are the industrial and chemical steps used?
3. what are specific chemical reactions behind them? 

well, these must be too specific. and some might say, 'those are things
you have to investigate by yourself!' yes, maybe right. how about:

4. what journals/magazines/books can we refer to? any specific papers?
(any types of journals are fine, from very general articles to very
technical ones.)

please do not post your answers, but send your info to either of
the following addresses:  shink@iastate.edu
                          tkuwahar@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

i'd appreciate for your kind help. 
and thank you for your attention to this article.

shinichiro kondo
iowa state university




From benedikt@vitruvius.ar.utexas.edu Mon Aug 29 20:28:50 EDT 1994
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I am interested in any empirical research into bidding behavior at
auctions, specifically, bid-price sequences to final price, number of
bidders over time, and the relation of total number of active bidders to
final price.  Many other  relationships can be sought, and I would
appreciate any pointers to real-acution



From benedikt@vitruvius.ar.utexas.edu Mon Aug 29 20:28:50 EDT 1994
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I am interested in any empirical research into bidding behavior at
auctions, specifically, bid-price sequences to final price, number of
bidders over time, and the relation of total number of active bidders to
final price.  Many other  relationships can be sought, and I would
appreciate any pointers to real-acution



From waldo@phantom.com Mon Aug 29 20:29:00 EDT 1994
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From: waldo@phantom.com (Waldo Wasserman)
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Subject: Exchange Rates in 20th Century
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I wonder if anybody here could help me.  I need to locate a reference 
book or article which gives the exchange rate between the US dollar and 
various European currencies from around 1920 to the present.

Please e-mail me if you can help, as I don't usually take this 
Newsgroup.  Thanks in advance for any help.



From HFRANT@BPA.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Aug 29 20:29:04 EDT 1994
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Subject: State 'n local texts
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  Can anyone recommend a good text on state and local public finance
for undergrad/MBA/MPA students?  I used Musgrave and Musgrave last time,
but that's a big expensive book that's pretty light on state and local.
  Howard Frant
  University of Arizona



From JTREACY@DESIRE.WRIGHT.EDU Mon Aug 29 20:29:08 EDT 1994
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  Can anyone recommend a good text on state and local public finance
for undergrad/MBA/MPA students?  I used Musgrave and Musgrave last time,
but that's a big expensive book that's pretty light on state and local.

Treacy: Harry K. Raimondo, Economics of State and Local Government, Praeger;New 
York, 1992 goes over well in my Senior and Graduate class. 
jTreacy@desire.wright.edu 

Try _Fiscal Administration_, by John Mikesell (3rd. ed., 1991; Brooks/
Cole).  It's strong on budgeting and revenue raising.  A fourth edition is 
due soon.  It's much more of a public administration text than an economics 
text.  

Mike Digby

__________________
Mike Digby
Dep't of Government
Georgia College


Along the same lines of the Mikesell book is Thomas Lynch's Public Budgeting
in America, 3rd Ed., Prentice-Hall.  Its somewhat light on state and local,
but the process is basically the same.  Some other possibilities might be to
put together a selection of readings from leading S&L texts(Dye; Bowman and
Kearney; and Harrigan).  Actually this may be better, since the only texts I
can think of are perhaps to in-depth or more federal than local budgeting.

Good luck!

Jefferson G. Edgens
Instructor
State and Local Govt, Dept of Social Science
Lansing Community College
Lansing, Michigan


From bevan@tahi.isor.vuw.ac.nz Mon Aug 29 20:28:55 EDT 1994
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From: bevan@tahi.isor.vuw.ac.nz (Bevan Blair)
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Subject: Nikkei Stock Index
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Has anyone out there got any information on how the Tokyo Stock exchange
calculates the Nikkei Index or know of any sites where this information
may be stored. Any help will be most appreciated.

Cheers

Bevan
-- 
Bevan Blair (bevan@isor.vuw.ac.nz) 
Institute of Statistics and Operations Research Ph. +64 4 472-1000 xt 8699
Victoria University of Wellington 
P.O.Box 600, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND



From mcarmody@sescva.esc.edu Mon Aug 29 20:29:13 EDT 1994
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Subject: income sharing
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There is an interesting paper by David Kotz entitled "Household Labor,
Wage Labor, and the Transformation of the Family" in the current issue of
the Review of Radical Political Economics, June 1994, Vol 26 #2, 24-56.

Matt Carmody
Empire State College/SUNY
Graduate Studies Program



From KN0478A@american.edu Mon Aug 29 20:29:16 EDT 1994
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From: KN0478A@american.edu (Kirsten Alexander)
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Subject: Seeking Armenian Economists
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Sorry to be a off the point, but this is a tricky search!  I will
be training our staff economists to use Internet over the next few months
and will suggest they start reading this group.

I am scouting for economists from Armenia or with Armenian language
skills for a research project.  An Armenian-born/raised economist
with a Western PhD and experience in giving seminars would be ideal.  
The project is short term (3-4 months).  We are currently assembling 
a team for our proposal to a major international organization.  
Please send any suggestions/contacts/resumes as soon as possible to:

Kirsten_Alexander@abtassoc.com

p.s. Language skills *are* essential on this one, although I'd be happy 
to hear from Russian-speaking economists.  We will also be looking for
economists with experience in Kyrgyztan for a social safety net
project there in the very near future.



From budcook@mcs.com Mon Aug 29 20:29:21 EDT 1994
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From: budcook@mcs.com (Sholom Gliksman)
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I am interested in local government use of consumption taxes, 
particularly county use of gasoline and beer taxes.  Would someone
please provide me with pointers to local governments that are
particularly active in this area.

Thank you

Sholom Gliksman
Cook County Budget Department
budcook@mcs.com      312-443-3486



From anastas@ccsg.tau.ac.il Mon Aug 29 20:29:49 EDT 1994
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From: anastas@ccsg.tau.ac.il (shayn barak student)
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Subject: Reputation, Chain Store Paradox and Centepede Game
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Hello!
 I am seeking information for a paper I am writing on the subject of
 the Chain Store Paradox (a.k.a the Chain Store Game) and the
 Centipede game, and especially on the subject of reputation earned
 via signalling in the two games.
 I am aware that this subject is quite narrow and specific as far as
 bibliographic availability might be available, and I would like to
 state that two sources have been found already (in case anyone else
 would like to study this subject):

 Rosenthal, R.W. (1981), "Games of Perfect Information, Predatory Pricing 
 and the Chain-Store Paradox", Journal of Economic Theory 25, 92 - 100

 Osborne, Martin J. and Rubinstein, Ariel, A Course in Game Theory, MIT 
 Press, Cambridge, (1994), pp.  105  --  108

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Barak Shein

email: anastas@ccsg.tau.ac.il
Compuserve email: 100274,2757



From jojo@leland.Stanford.EDU Mon Aug 29 20:29:26 EDT 1994
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From: jojo@leland.Stanford.EDU (Joanne Spetz)
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Subject: Wage data for CA counties
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I'm looking for data on average or median wages, preferably by
skill level or industry group, for Califonia counties in 1981,
1986, and 1989 (1980, 1985, and 1990 would do).  I have looked
at some CA publications and have yet to find the right data.
Any suggestions?  Is there a gopher site?

Thanks,
Joanne
-- 
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Joanne Spetz			Department of Economics
jojo@leland.stanford.edu	Stanford University  (415) 725-8921
"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours."  -R.Bach



From anastas@ccsg.tau.ac.il Mon Aug 29 20:29:53 EDT 1994
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From: anastas@ccsg.tau.ac.il (shayn barak student)
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Subject: Reputation, Chain Store Paradox and Centepede Game
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Hello!
 I am seeking information for a paper I am writing on the subject of
 the Chain Store Paradox (a.k.a the Chain Store Game) and the
 Centipede game, and especially on the subject of reputation earned
 via signalling in the two games.
 I am aware that this subject is quite narrow and specific as far as
 bibliographic availability might be available, and I would like to
 state that two sources have been found already (in case anyone else
 would like to study this subject):

 Rosenthal, R.W. (1981), "Games of Perfect Information, Predatory Pricing 
 and the Chain-Store Paradox", Journal of Economic Theory 25, 92 - 100

 Osborne, Martin J. and Rubinstein, Ariel, A Course in Game Theory, MIT 
 Press, Cambridge, (1994), pp.  105  --  108

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Barak Shein

email: anastas@ccsg.tau.ac.il
Compuserve email: 100274,2757



From W.C.H.Wehrmeyer@ukc.ac.uk Mon Aug 29 20:29:30 EDT 1994
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Subject: **Call for Papers** Human Resource Management and Environment
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******************************************************************
GMI - THE JOURNAL OF CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY AND PRACTICE
******************************************************************
*                        CALL FOR PAPERS                         *
*                                                                *
*           SPECIAl EDITION "HRM AND THE ENVIRONMENT"            *
******************************************************************

GMI Journal of Corporate Environmental Strategy and Practice,
founded in 1993 has now published its seventh Volume. It is unique in
that it is reaching a global audience of professionals, academics and
business leaders committed to advancing theory and practice in the
field of Environmental Management.

During 1995 it is proposed to publish a Special Issue of the GMI
Journal dedicated to Human Resource Management and the Environment.

Background:
One of the emerging critical success factors in Environmental
Management is the integration of Human Resource Management
practices with the often novel requirements and implications
Environmental Management warrants. Supporting Environmental
Management with appropriate Human Resources has become as
relevant as the effects Environmental Action has on motivation, morale
and commitment of staff to the corporation.

The Editorial Board invites contributions which are relevant to the
Special Issue, have practical relevance for the business context,
stimulate the development and the discussion about this emerging
field, or report appropriate case studies in this area. A list of possible
topics may include, but is certainly not limited to:
-  Training Needs for Achieving BS7750
-  Environmental vetting of Job Candidates
-  Putting Environmental Issues into Reward Structures
-  Environmental Skills Requirements
-  Fostering and evaluating Environmental Corporate Cultures
-  Quality Assessment of Environmental HRM Communications
-  Problem-solving tools for strategic Environmental Management
-  Ethical Investments for Pension Funds?
-  Training Needs for Environmental Management
-  What is successful Environmental HRM?
-  Environmental Performance-related pay
-  Safety, Health and Environment (SHE)
-  Motivation for Environmental Management.

3-500 word proposals for research articles and case study-based
analytical papers should be sent by 15 October to

Dr. Walter Wehrmeyer
Guest Editor GMI
The Durrell Institute
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent, CT2 7PD (UK)
email: W.C.H.Wehrmeyer@ukc.ac.uk



From anastas@ccsg.tau.ac.il Mon Aug 29 20:29:57 EDT 1994
Article: 1444 of sci.econ.research
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From: anastas@ccsg.tau.ac.il (shayn barak student)
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Subject: Reputation, Chain Store Paradox and Centepede Game
Date: 29 Aug 1994 22:32:47 GMT
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Hello!
 I am seeking information for a paper I am writing on the subject of
 the Chain Store Paradox (a.k.a the Chain Store Game) and the
 Centipede game, and especially on the subject of reputation earned
 via signalling in the two games.
 I am aware that this subject is quite narrow and specific as far as
 bibliographic availability might be available, and I would like to
 state that two sources have been found already (in case anyone else
 would like to study this subject):

 Rosenthal, R.W. (1981), "Games of Perfect Information, Predatory Pricing 
 and the Chain-Store Paradox", Journal of Economic Theory 25, 92 - 100

 Osborne, Martin J. and Rubinstein, Ariel, A Course in Game Theory, MIT 
 Press, Cambridge, (1994), pp.  105  --  108

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Barak Shein

email: anastas@ccsg.tau.ac.il
Compuserve email: 100274,2757



From aford@ozemail.com.au Mon Aug 29 20:30:05 EDT 1994
Article: 1446 of sci.econ.research
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From: ANDREW FORD <aford@ozemail.com.au>
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Subject: Japanese productivity constraints
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 23:57:00 +1000
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I am interested in having a look at any recent work done on how productivity 
constraints in Japan are likely to cap medium-term growth prospects, or would 
welcome any comment people may have on this issue.  In particular I am 
interested in the following factors likely to hold down Japanese productivity 
in the medium term:

- limitations on the size of the Japanese workforce due to demographic change 
etc; and

- limits on capital intensity.

I would appreciate any responses by email, not by use of the maillist.

Please respond to:

Andrew Ford
aford@ozemail.com.au





From dlatzko@wilkes1.wilkes.edu Mon Aug 29 20:30:12 EDT 1994
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From: dlatzko@wilkes1.wilkes.edu (David A Latzko)
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Subject: revenue sharing
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 13:19:02 -0400
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I would appreciate any references to recent (within last 10-12 years)
research on the impact of federal general revenue sharing on municipal
budgets. 

David Latzko
Economics Dept.
Wilkes Univ.
dlatzko@wilkes1.wilkes.edu



From fls@corp.sun.com Mon Aug 29 20:30:19 EDT 1994
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From: fls@corp.sun.com (Forrest Smith)
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Subject: Re: revenue sharing
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 94 15:13:16 EDT
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On Wed, 24 Aug 1994 13:19:02 -0400, David A Latzko wrote:

>
>I would appreciate any references to recent (within last 10-12 years)
>research on the impact of federal general revenue sharing on municipal
>budgets. 
>
>David Latzko
>Economics Dept.
>Wilkes Univ.
>dlatzko@wilkes1.wilkes.edu

GRS died October 1, 1986, so any recent research will be on the effects of 
its termination.  Try Vincent Marando's article in _State and Local 
Government Review_ 22, no. 3 (Fall 1990).  Before its demise, Richard 
Nathan and his colleagues at Brookings did a number of studies of the 
budgetary impact of GRS, one of which was _Monitoring Revenue Sharing_.  
You might also check with the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental 
Relations.

__________________
Mike Digby
Dep't of Government
Georgia College
Milledgeville, GA  31061



From lamxx011@maroon.tc.umn.edu Mon Aug 29 20:30:24 EDT 1994
Article: 1450 of sci.econ.research
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From: lamxx011@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Hin K Lam)
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Subject: Need reference on interrupted time series analysis
Date: 29 Aug 1994 22:33:55 GMT
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Keywords: time series analysis

Dear scholars,
I am doing a research that needs to use the technique of "interrupted time
series analysis". Baisically, it is a technique to assess the impact of an
intervention point on a time series variable.
The only reference I can find is a book by David McDowall et al.,
"Intrrupted Time Series Analysis," published by the Sage Publication in 1980.
Could the econometricians out there please suggest some more up-dated and
related references (books and articles) for me?
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Hin Kin Lam



From LSAARINE@valt.helsinki.fi Mon Aug 29 20:30:30 EDT 1994
Article: 1451 of sci.econ.research
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From: "LAURI SAARINEN (KATAL)" <LSAARINE@valt.helsinki.fi>
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Subject: GAUSS source code
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Hi,

Here's some more (forwarded) info about GAUSS. 

From:           "Alan G. Isaac" <AISAAC@AMERICAN.EDU>
Originally to:  CORRYFEE <CORRYFEE%HASARA11.bitnet@HEARN.nic.SURFnet.nl>
To:             Multiple recipients of list CORRYFEE <CORRYFEE%HASARA11.bitnet@FINHUTC.hut.fi>

This msg announces a resource for GAUSS users.
The AU Econ dpt is organizing a gopher archive of GAUSS source code
for public non-commerical use. At the moment it contains some
good optimization code, along with some routines for logit
and probit. Since it is source code, useful general purpose
utilites will often be available in specific applications.
The code is located on the American University gopher at
 gopher.american.edu
Oddly, despite the widespread use of GAUSS in econometrics, I am
not aware of any comparable resource. Submissions are encouraged.

Anyone may submit source code by e-mailing it to econ@american.edu.
The code should be extensively commented so that it's purpose and
strucure are readily discerned. The code must contain a clear
statement of authorship. Existing copyrights and patents must be
fully honored. In addition, attributions should be made in accord
with academic standards.

Any submission of code must include a header with the
following information:
  A claim to authorship and a date of last revision
                 (e.g., Written by Jane Doe 7/15/94).
  A statement that the code is written and submitted for public,
      non-commercial use.
  A disclaimer stating that there are no performance guarantees.
  A request for appropriate attribution should the code be used in
      a research project.
  A precise citation of any grant support of the code development.

In addition to this resource, the Economics Department gopher nest
contains a variety of links to economic data and other resources.

Accessing the GAUSS code using gopher menus:
work your way through the following menu structure.

Other Gopher and Information Servers
  North America
      USA
           Washington D.C.
                The American University
                    About Academic Departments
                       College of Arts & Sciences
                           Department of Economics
                              Software
                                  GAUSS

You can also gopher to main menu at
 gopher.american.edu
and then pick the following submenus:
About Academic Departments
     College of Arts & Sciences
           Department of Economics
               Software
                   GAUSS


[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
[]    * *      * *   *                                            []
[]   ** *     ** **  *       Alan G. Isaac, Associate Professor   []
[]  *.* *    *.* * * *       Economics, The American University   []
[] *  * *** *  * *  **       Washington, DC 20016-8029   U.S.A.   []
[] FAX:  (202)885-3790       Internet: AISAAC@AMERICAN.EDU        []
[] Phone:(202)885-3785       Bitnet:   AISAAC@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU   []



  - Lasse

Lauri Saarinen
Department of Economics
University of Helsinki
http://www.helsinki.fi/~lsaarine/econ.html




From cep@minerva.cis.yale.edu Mon Aug 29 20:30:39 EDT 1994
Article: 1452 of sci.econ.research
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From: cep@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Civic Education Project)
Newsgroups: sci.econ.research
Subject: Teach economics in Eastern Europe
Date: 25 Aug 1994 20:57:11 GMT
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Sorry to intrude, but we are getting ready for a new year of
recruitment and thought some of you might be interested in our
program.  If you are interested in teaching the social sciences in
eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union, please read the short
description below.  A longer description and information on
applying to CEP can be obtained by writing cep@minerva.cis.yale.edu
or the address below. 

Chris Owen
Program Officer
Civic Education Project

-------------------------------------------------------------

Civic Education Project is an international not-for-profit
organization devoted to the strengthening of democracy in Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union through the revitalization of the
social sciences in universities and institutes of higher education. 
Through its visiting professor program, CEP sends Western-trained
scholars to teach and advise at universities in Albania, Bulgaria,
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine.  Teaching assignments are
initially for one year, during which lecturers teach university-level
courses in economics, history, law, political science, public
administration, and sociology, and also work on outreach and
research. Lectures are conducted in English, and transportation,
housing, insurance, teaching materials and a living stipend are
provided to program participants.  Faculty and advanced graduate
students are encouraged to apply.  Write for a brochure/application
packet.  Applications are accepted starting November 1, 1994 for the
1995-96 program year.  An Equal Opportunity Employer. 

For more information on the Civic Education Project and its activities,
please contact:

Civic Education Project
P.O. Box 205445 Yale Station
New Haven, CT  06520
Tel: (203) 781-0263
Fax: (203) 781-0265
E-mail: cep@minerva.cis.yale.edu


---
Civic Education Project                    cep@minerva.cis.yale.edu
P.O. Box 5445 Yale Station                 Tel: (203) 781-0263
New Haven, CT  06520                       Fax: (203) 781-0265





From moore@econ.unt.edu Mon Aug 29 20:30:46 EDT 1994
Article: 1453 of sci.econ.research
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From: moore@econ.unt.edu (Eric T. Moore)
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Subject: Sources? U.S.-Canada Trade/Investment Data/Barriers
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 01:18:54 GMT
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I am attempting to collect data on the following:

	-percentage of Canadian exports going to the U.S.
	-percentage of U.S. exports going to Canada
	-level of direct foreign investment between the U.S. and Canada
	-rank of exports/FDI relative to other major trading partners
	-state of barriers to trade between Canada and the U.S.

I only need the most recent figures available, expressed in U.S. dollars.
Our library has limited amounts of trade data.  Is this data available 
somewhere on the internet? or is there a recent journal article that would 
have these figures?

Respond via e-mail (moore@econ.unt.edu) or to sci.econ.research.

Thanks in advance.:)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> Eric T. Moore        >> "Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed."
>> moore@econ.unt.edu   >>                         -Philip  Chesterfield
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


From kscha@highlander.cip.bwl.uni-muenchen.de Mon Aug 29 20:30:52 EDT 1994
Article: 1454 of sci.econ.research
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From: kscha@highlander.cip.bwl.uni-muenchen.de (Konrad Schachtner)
Newsgroups: sci.econ.research
Subject: Economicial use of the Internet
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 1994 14:51:00
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To whom it may concern.
I am studying economics at the University of Munich. At the moment I am working on a paper (sixty pages) about the internet and its economical use.
For this reason I am looking for specific papers, who might be useful for my analysis. Perhaps you might be able to help me with my further research. I would be delighted for any information.
Sincerely,
Konrad Schachtner.




From Goran.Lindgren@pcr.uu.se Mon Aug 29 20:31:00 EDT 1994
Article: 1455 of sci.econ.research
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From: Goran.Lindgren@pcr.uu.se (Goeran Lindgren)
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Subject: Data from World Dev. Rep. 94
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Dear Readers,
Does anyone know if the indicators in the statistical tables in the World
Bank's "World Development Report 1994" are available on the net anywhere? 
I am also very interested in the Human Development Index in "Human
Development Report 1994" from UNDP.
If not on any Gopher or ftp-server, maybe someone has scanned/typed them...
All help appreciated
Yours Sincerely
-- 
________________________________________________________________________
 Goeran Lindgren                                                      
 Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University        
 Box 514,  S-751 20 Uppsala,  Sweden                                  
 Phone +46 (0)18-18 23 57 Fax: +46 (0)18-69 51 02 Telex: 76982 UPACS S 
 E-mail: (Internet) Goran.Lindgren@pcr.uu.se                          
         (BITNET) Goran.Lindgren%pcr.uu.se@mvs.udac.uu.se 
         (NordNet/APC) glindgren@pns.apc.org                        
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From lasmith@athena.mit.edu Thu Sep  1 09:42:44 EDT 1994
Article: 1456 of sci.econ.research
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From: lasmith@athena.mit.edu (Lones A Smith)
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Subject: Any Good Ideas for Experimental Economics (eg. auctions) for Microeconomics?
Date: 26 Aug 1994 21:47:09 GMT
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Hi,
     Term is fast approaching and I want to try something new with my 
advanced senior undergrad micro class.  In the past,  I have run a mini 
exchange economy (and later one with production) with students 
submitting weekly trades, and the price determined by market clearing forces. 

But that was done outside of class, and to be honest, the equilibrating process
was tedious with so few tries (once a week) and less than 15 students.

I have seen discussed before in this group the whereabouts of the instructions 
for running various double auctions, and what not.  

Where can I find these? Has anyone any strong feelings on what works best for them?

I would also be interested in a slightly faster paced version of the experiment I described above. We do not cover game theory per se in the course, so that rules out a wealth of other possible experiments. (Yes, I know that with so few 
students,  any experiment is best understood using game theory.)

Thanks,
Lones
-- 
Lones A. Smith, Economics, MIT E52-252C, Cambridge MA 02139
v-mail: (617) 253-0914
e-mail: lones@lones.mit.edu  (NeXT mail or the garden variety stuff)
        lasmith@athena.mit.edu   (if all else fails)



From dbm2@Ra.MsState.Edu Thu Sep  1 09:44:07 EDT 1994
Article: 1457 of sci.econ.research
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From: dbm2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Donald B. Moran)
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Subject: Papers Needed
Date: 26 Aug 1994 18:27:22 -0500
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Keywords: NAFTA
Content-Length: 262

I would greatly appreciate any papers on NAFTA.  Especially those that have a
'before & after' flavor.  By this I mean comparing what was said and what has
proven to be true.


Please mail me at dbm2@ra.msstate.edu if you think you may be of assistance.
Thanks.



From szabo@netcom.com Thu Sep  1 09:44:11 EDT 1994
Article: 1458 of sci.econ.research
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From: szabo@netcom.com (Nick Szabo)
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Subject: Contract Theory, Information, etc.
Date: 30 Aug 1994 14:34:23 GMT
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I'm engaging in a course of study on contract theory,
and am especially interested in the following issues --
if anybody has studied them, good references, discussion,
etc.

* incentive sharing vs. risk sharing, for example in
insurance contracts -- how are these two kinds of
sharings modeled and how do they interelate?
* what happens when agents are modeled as time and
space bounded Turing machines, rather than linear
functions or functions with infinite computing power?
* mechanism incentive compatibility theories that assume the 
mediator is also a self-interested agent, rather than trusted.
* propagation of information through markets via price
changes.
* discrepancy between learning pricing or bidding news sooner
than another agent vs. later.  For example, differential knowledge 
of competitors' bids during an auction.
* what are the characteristics of robust and fragile
contracts, respectively?
* contract theory applied to computer security, for example
determining if trust hierarchies or other computer security 
mechanisms are incentive compatible.
* analysis of incentives provided by common contractual clauses
such as liens, warranties, etc.
* breaking up large transactions into smaller ones,
to enable repeated games -- when is this feasible?
When is it desirable?
* the use of cut & choose, random decision making, and other
common subprotocols in agent strategies and mediator mechanisms.

much thanks,
-- 
Nick Szabo				szabo@netcom.com



From gstaman@indyvax.iupui.edu Thu Sep  1 09:44:15 EDT 1994
Article: 1459 of sci.econ.research
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From: gstaman@indyvax.iupui.edu
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Subject: Re: Bidding behavior at Auctions
Date: 27 Aug 94 06:33:10 -0500
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In article <338pma$lf7@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, Michael Benedikt <benedikt@vitruvius.ar.utexas.edu> writes:
> I am interested in any empirical research into bidding behavior at
> auctions, specifically, bid-price sequences to final price, number of
> bidders over time, and the relation of total number of active bidders to
> final price. 

One of the few books that Iknow about in this area is

Smith, Charles W.  Auctions:  The Social Construction of value.  The 
Free Press. 1989.> 



From thuss@nyx10.cs.du.edu Thu Sep  1 09:44:19 EDT 1994
Article: 1460 of sci.econ.research
Path: news.duke.edu!usenet
From: thuss@nyx10.cs.du.edu (todd huss)
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Subject: Exchange Rate Sources
Date: 27 Aug 1994 11:12:29 -0600
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I was wondering if anyone could suggest any sites that I could access via
telnet, mosaic, gopher etc... where I could get Current European Exchange 
rates with respect to the US dollar from? Thanks so much for any help! 
Please e-mail responses to either thuss@moose.uvm.edu or 
thuss@nyx10.cs.du.edu.
							Thanks!
							   Todd



From weimin@leland.stanford.edu Thu Sep  1 09:44:23 EDT 1994
Article: 1461 of sci.econ.research
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From: weimin@leland.stanford.edu (Weimin Gong)
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Subject: Re: Wage data for CA counties
Date: 28 Aug 1994 17:22:06 GMT
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You can ask ADS at Sweet Hall to load the tapes of 1980 and 1990
California Census data.

Weimin Gong
School of Education
Stanford University



From msanner@psycfrnd.interaccess.com Thu Sep  1 09:44:27 EDT 1994
Article: 1462 of sci.econ.research
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From: msanner@psycfrnd.interaccess.com (Matt J. Sanner)
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Subject: Employee suggestion compensation research
Date: 29 Aug 94 14:08:17 GMT
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I am doing research on an employee suggestion program. I need information 
on successful programs both domestic and foreign. The type of research I 
am looking for is:

JAPAN has about 70% participation in suggestion programs and the US has 
less than 1%. However the average value of a japanese suggestion is $132 
and the US is $6000. Even though the average Japanese suggestion is worth 
considerably less, the sheer volume comes out (at the end of the year) 
with a $2400 per year advantage over the US. 

What I need is information (articles or case studies, abstracts) proving 
this statement. I will gladly share the result of my research to any/all 
who can help me out.


Thanks in Advance

matt 

msanner@interaccess.com



From rascher@econ.Berkeley.EDU Thu Sep  1 09:44:30 EDT 1994
Article: 1463 of sci.econ.research
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From: rascher@econ.Berkeley.EDU (Dan Rascher)
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Subject: Econometrics question
Date: 29 Aug 1994 19:52:36 GMT
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Consider the 2 independent variable linear model y = ax + bz + u
and perform OLS and solve for the t-stat for b^.

Double the z values and perform OLS again.  What should happen
to the t-stat for b^ now?

Doubling all RHS variables changes nothing, but what if only one
is doubled?

Thanks,
Dan
-- 
Dan Rascher
GO BEARS!!



Article 1464 of sci.econ.research:
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From: fls@walras.econ.duke.edu <Forrest Smith>
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Subject: Graduate Economics Programs - Contacts
Date: 30 Aug 1994 22:33:18 GMT
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Contact information on the following schools' graduate economics
programs is included below.

For descriptive information about individual graduate programs,
see the accompanying FAQ.

[To have your program's information included in future postings
 of this article, or to modify existing information, send email to:
 fls@walras.econ.duke.edu]

Duke University
Florida State University
Fordham University
George Mason University
McMaster University
Michigan, University of
Minnesota, University of, Twin Cities campus
Mississippi State University
New York, State University of, At Buffalo
North Carolina, Univesity of, Greensboro
Pennsylvania, University of
Pompeau Fabra University
Princeton University
Queens University at Kingston, Ontario
Souther California, University of
Temple University
Vanderbilt University
Wisconsin-Madison, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of

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Duke University
	Anne Hobin
	Assistant the the Director of Graduate Studies
	Box 90097
	Department of Economics
	Duke University
	Durham, NC  27708-0097

	Phone: (919) 660-1847

	email: hobin@econ.duke.edu

Florida State University
	Professor James Cobbe 
        Graduate Director
	Department of Economics   
	Florida State University   
	Tallahassee Fl 32306-2045 USA!

	Phone: (904) 644 7091

	Fax: (904) 644 4535 

	email: jcobbe@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Fordham University
	Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
	Department of Economics
	E-530 Dealy Hall
	Bronx, NY  10458-5158
	(718) 817-4048

George Mason University     
	Tyler Cowen, Director
	Economics Graduate Studies
	Department of Economics
	Mail Stop 3G4
	George Mason University
	Fairfax, VA  22030-4444

	email: tcowen@gmu.edu

	Center for the Study of Market Processes Colleen Morretta
		cmorrett@gmu.edu
		4084 University Drive, Suite 208
		Fairfax, VA 22030
		(703) 934-6970

	Program on Social and Organizational Learning
		Priscilla Chamlee
		pchamlee@gmu.edu
		4084 University Drive, Suite 208
		Fairfax, VA 22030
		(703) 934-6970

	Center for the Study of Public Choice
		Janet Byrd
		George's Hall
		George Mason University
		Farifax, VA 22030
		(703) 993-2330

McMaster University,
     	Graduate Secretary,
     	Department of Economics,
     	McMaster University,
     	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
     	L8S 4M4

     	e-mail: muniana@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca

Michigan, University of
	graduate secretary:
	Mary.Braun@um.cc.umich.edu

Minnesota, University of, Twin Cities campus

	DGS:     Edward Foster
	e-mail:  foster@mailbox.mail.umn.edu
	Asst:    Jan Thompson
	e-mail:  jmthomp@atlas.socsci.umn.edu
	Mail:    Department of Economics
 	         1035 Management and Economics Building
       		 271 19th Avenue South
         	 Minneapolis, MN 55455
	phone:   612-625-6833

  
Mississippi State University:
	Mississippi State University
	Dr. R.H. Gilmer
	Director of Graduate Studies in Business
	Office of the Dean
	College of Business and Industry
	McCool Hall
	Mississippi State, MS  39762

	Phone: (601)325-2580

	E-Mail: rgilmer@cobilan.msstate.edu

New York, State University of, At Buffalo
	Dr. J. Thomas Romans
	Director of Graduate Studies
	Department of Economics
	State University of New York at Buffalo
	608 O'Brian Hall, North Campus
	Buffalo, New York 14260-1150

	Phone:  (716) 645-2116
	Dept Phone: (716) 645-2121

	e-mail:  R. Neiss, Secretary
		 V068MA26@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu

North Carolina, University of, Greensboro

	Masters Program Only

 	Dr. Terry Seaks - Director of Graduate Studies
        Economics Department
        University of North Carolina at Greensboro
        Bryan Buisiness and Economics Building
        Greensboro, N.C.    27412

	E-Mail: tgseaks@theil.uncg.edu

Pennsylvania, University of

	Regina Forlano
	Graduate Group Coordinator
	Department of Economics
	University of Pennsylvania
	3718  Locust Walk
	Philadelphia, PA  19104

	Phone: (215) 898-7701

Pompeu Fabra University:

        Pompeu Fabra University
        Dr. Massimo Motta
        Director of Master Programme in Economics and Business
        Dr. Albert Marcet
        Director of Doctoral Programme in Economics and Business
        Department of Economics
        Universitat Pompeu Fabra
        Balmes 132
        Barcelona 08008, Spain

        Phone: +34 3 48 49 745
        Fax:   +34 3 48 49 746
        Email: gpeb@upf.es

Princeton University
        Christine Alito
        Graduate Secretary
        Department of Economics
        Princeton University
        Princeton, NJ  08544-1021

        Phone:  (609) 258-4006

        email:  cpalito@pucc.princeton.edu

Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario

        Juanita Hamilton, Graduate Secretary
        Department of Economics
        Queen's University
        Kingston, Ontario, Canada
        K7L 3N6

        Internet: hamiltoj@qucdn.queensu.ca
 
Southern California, U. of
	Jeffrey Nugent, handles much of admissions and TA allocation

	E-mail:  nugent@almaak.usc.edu. 

  	Phone:  (213) 740-8335.

Temple University
	Dr. Andrew Buck
	Director of Graduate Studies
	811 Ritter Annex
	Temple University
	Philadelphia, PA  19122

	E-mail:  buck@astro.ocis.temple.edu
	
	Phone:  (215) 204-1985

Vanderbilt University

        J.S. Butler
        Director of Graduate Studies
        Department of Economics
        Vanderbilt University
        Nashville, TN  37235

	email:  butlerjs@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
	
Wisconsin-Madison, University of

	Graduate Office
	Departement of Economics
	University of Wisconsin-Madison
	1180 Observatory Drive
	Madison, WI 53706

	Email:  Georgia Wagner, Graduate Advisor
		gwagner@macc.wisc.edu

Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of

Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of

     	Professor John S. Heywood
     	Director of Graduate Studies
     	Department of Economics
     	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
     	PO Box 413
     	Milwaukee WI 53201-0413

     	Phone: (414) 229-4437

     	FAX:   (414) 229-3860

     	e-mail: heywood@convex.csd.uwm.edu





