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Decentralized dynamic processes for finding equilibrium
(Elsevier, 1992-04)
This paper describes a class of decentralized dynamic processes designed to converge to equilibrium when the equilibrium equations are linear. These processes can also be viewed as distributed algorithms for solving systems ...
Should Patent Protection Be Extended to All Developing Countries?
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1990-12)
The significance of fathers for inner-city African-American teen mothers
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1995-04)
Using the accounts of family life in young women's life stories, this qualitative study examined experiences with biological fathers for a sample of inner-city African-American teen mothers and a comparable sample of young ...
Chronic job insecurity among automobile workers: Effects on job satisfaction and health
(Elsevier, 1994-05)
Work conditions characterized by uncertainty and ambiguity are potential stressors for employees. One such stressor is job insecurity. This longitudinal study of 207 automobile manufacturing workers indicates that chronic ...
Aligning simulation models: A case study and results
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-02)
This paper develops the concepts and methods of a process we will call “alignment of computational models” or “docking” for short. Alignment is needed to determine whether two models can produce the same results, which in ...
The possibility of factor price equalization, revisited
(Elsevier, 1994-02)
This paper derives a condition for factor price equalization (FPE) in a Heckscher-Ohlin model with many goods, factors, and countries. Using Dixit and Norman's integrated world economy (IWE), two sets, called lenses, are ...
The appropriate extent of intellectual property rights in art
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1995-06)
The paper examines whether intellectual property rights in art should be extended to the entire world. In earlier papers, the economics of patent rights have been examined and the argument made that world welfare is likely ...
Sectoral effects of reductions in NATO military expenditures in the major industrialized and developing countries
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1993-09)
We use the Michigan Model of World Production and Trade to assess the sectoral effects of (1) a 25 percent unilateral reduction of military expenditures in the individual NATO countries and (2) a 25 percent multilateral ...
Tax distortions to the choice of organizational form
(Elsevier, 1994-10)
Income from corporate and noncorporate firms is treated very differently under the tax law. In theory, given existing tax law, the noncorporate sector should consist of very profitable firms owned by low-tax-bracket investors ...
Diverging Populations and Endogenous Growth in a Model of Meaningless Trade
(Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1999-08)