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A conditional analysis of movers' housing responses
(Elsevier, 1990-09)
Movers' responses to the five-year trend in income prior to the move are studied using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the new Slopes-Only option in the Search program in OSIRIS. Other events around the ...
A North-South Model of Taxation and Capital Flows
(1990-01)
This paper presents a simple two-country model of the role of taxation in capital flows between developed countries ("The North") and developing countries ("The South"). The Southern country is assumed to be unable to ...
The quality dimension in army retention
(Elsevier, 1990)
Despite the relatively "egalitarian" (little pay for performance) structure of military compensation, those who do better on tests of proficiency in their military occupation are likely to re-enlist t those who do worse, ...
Pragmatic issues in conversions of database applications
(Elsevier, 1990-10)
The need to convert database applications from one DBMS to another arises frequently. This paper presents a cost/benefit evaluation model for the database conversion problem, applies this model to several situations involving ...
Private Pressure for Social Change in South Africa: The Impact of the Sullivan Principles
(1990-08)
During the 1970s and 1980s, the Sullivan Principles represented an effort to bring moral pressure to bear on the operations in South Africa of large US companies--pressure to induce them to discontinue their discriminatory ...
Optional time-of-use pricing can be pareto superior or pareto inferior
(Elsevier, 1990-08)
Many public utilities offer a choice between time-of-use and flat rates. Two points are established: (1) optional TOU (time-of-use) schedules exist that Pareto dominate both mandatory flat and mandatory TOU rates; but, (2) ...
Dividend (Vol. 21, No. 3, Fall, 1990)
(Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1990)
The Impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on Foreign Direct Investment To and From the United States
(1990-01)
Since the passage of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, foreign direct investment (FDI) both into and from the United States has surged. Inward FDI reached an all-time high of $58.4 billion in 1988, continuing a secular increase ...
Enclosure, land improvement, and the price of capital : A Reply to Jones
(Elsevier, 1990-07)