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Turkish Economic Development: The First Five Year Plan, 1963-67
(1969)
This article evaluates the effectiveness of Turkey's First Five Year Development Plan (1963-67) in achieving both its domestic and its international objectives.
A Comment on Peter Kilby: Industrial Relations and Wage Determination
(1968)
The purpose of this note is to demonstrate, first, that the alleged union power to raise wages is illusory; and second, that even if this were not the case, several of the policy recommendations are ill-conceived.
Toward an Integrated Theory of Tariffs
(1969-08)
Economists have long recognized that the effects of a single tariff are numerous. In his textbook on international trade C.P. Kindleberger cites eight: on production, consumption, government tax revenue, terms of trade, ...
Wage Structure in Less Developed Countries
(1968-01)
This paper focuses on a limited number of issues that are either most discussed in the literature or are particularly important from the policy point of view: one aspect of inter-industry wage structure--the impact of high ...
Determinants of Investment Behavior: United States Railroads, 1872-1941
(MIT Press, 1966-05)
Analysis of the volatile combustion products of vinyl plastics
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1969-02)
The extensive use of plastics for insulation and building materials has created interest in the possible toxicity of their combustion products. Three poly(vinyl chloride) homopolymers, a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate ...
Quantitative Measurement of Development Performance
(1969-04)
This paper consists of two parts. The first, written in April, 1969, by Peter Eckstein of CRED, is a critique of the "econometric model of development" presented in the December, 1968, American Economic Review. The second ...