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Working Papers - 1992

This page lists the working papers in order of their RR Number, beginning with the most recent.
 

RR# 92-57
An Experimental Study of Two-Actor Accidents
By Lewis A. Kornhauser and Andrew Schotter [Paper] (No abstract available)

RR# 92-56
Exchange Rate Unification with Black Market Leakages: Russia 1992
By Linda S. Goldberg [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-55
Bargaining Over Government in a Stochastic Environment
By Antonio Merlo [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-54
Toward a Theory of Industrial Policy-Retainable Industries
By Ralph E. Gomory and William J. Baumol [Paper] (No abstract available)

RR# 92-53
How Representative Are Matched Cross Sections?
Evidence from the Current Population Survey
By Franco Peracchi and Finis Welch [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-52
Theory of Moves: Overview and Examples
By Steven J. Brams and Walter Mattli [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-51
Cycles of Conflict
By Steven J. Brams [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-50
Contracting Out: Theory and Policy
By Jonas Prager [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-49
The Conditional Distribution of Excess Returns: An Empirical Analysis
By Silverio Foresi and Franco Peracchi [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-48
Bargaining Through Agents: An Experimental Study
By Andrew Schotter, Blaine Snyder and Wei Zheng [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-47
Asymmetric Information and the Excess Volatility of Stock Prices
By Benjamin Eden and Boyan Jovanovic [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-46
The Role of Human Capital in Economic Development:
Evidence from Aggregate Cross-Country and Regional U.S. Data
By Jess Benhabib and Mark Spiegel [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-45
On The Economics of Musical Composition in Mozart’s Vienna
By William Baumol and Hilda Baumol [Paper] (No abstract available)

RR# 92-44
A Model of Cyclical International Capital Movements
By Andres Velasco [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-43
Animal Spirits, Capital Repatriation and Investment
By Andres Velasco [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-42
A Note on the Political Economy of Immigration
By Jess Benhabib [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-41
“Burden Sharing” in Sovereign Debt Reduction
By Mark M. Spiegel [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-40
Expenditure Decisions of Divorced Mothers and Income Composition
By Daniela Del Boca and Christopher J. Flinn [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-39
Political Party Negotiations, Income Distribution and Endogenous Growth
By Roberto Chang [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-38
Black-Market for Currency, Hoarding Activity and Policy Reforms
By Linda S. Goldberg and ll’dar Karimov [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-37
Multi-Defendant Settlements: The Impact of Joint and Several Liability
By Lewis A. Kornhauser and Richard L. Revesz [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-36
Labor Force Transitions of Older Workers
By Franco Peracchi and Finis Welch [Paper] (No abstract available)

RR# 92-34
A Stochastic Model of Sequential Bargaining with Complete Information and Transferable Utility
Antonio Merlo and Charles Wilson [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-33
Procedural Rationality and Learning in Games: An Experimental Study
By Antonio Merlo and Andrew Schotter [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-32
The Privatization of the New York City Subway
By Charles A.M. de Bartolome and James B. Ramsey [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-31
An Envy-Free Cake Division Algorithm
By Steven J. Brams and Alan D. Taylor [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-30
Intransigence in Negotiations: The Dynamics of Disagreement
By Steven J. Brams and Ann E. Doherty [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-29
A Ricardo Model with Economies of Scale (Revised)
By Ralph E. Gomory [Paper] (No abstract available)

RR# 92-28
A Reassessment of Dimension Calculations Using Some Monetary Data
By James B. Ramsey and Philip Rothman [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-27
Factors Behind Cross-Industry Differences in Technical Progress
By Richard R. Nelson and Edward N. Wolff [Paper] (No abstract available)

RR# 92-26
Bayesian Learning in Repeated Games Leads to Correlated Equilibria
By Yaw Nyarko [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-25
Bayesian Learning without Common Priors and Convergence to Nash Equilibria
By Yaw Nyarko [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-24
The Role of Human Capital and Political Instability in Economic Development
By Jess Benhabib and Mark M. Spiegel [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-23
Exports, Margins and Productivity Growth:
With an Application to the Canadian Softwood Lumber Industry
By Jeffrey I. Bernstein [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-22
Efficiency and Productivity Growth Comparisons of European
and U.S. Air Carriers: A First Look at the Data
By David H. Good, M. Ishaq Nadiri, Lars-Hendrick Roller and Robin C. Sickles [Paper] (No abstract available)

RR# 92-21
The Imperfect Price-Reversibility of World Oil Demand
By Dermot Gately  [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-20
Interpreting the “Many-Person Ramsey Tax Rule” of Optimal Tax Theory
By Charles A.M. de Bartolome [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-19
Fiscal Externality and Compensated Demand In Normative Tax Theory
By Charles A.M. de Bartolome [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-18
Fundamental Issues in the Justification of Profits
By Robin Cowan and Mario J. Rizzo [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-17
The Morality of Profits and the Struggle for Existence
By Mario J. Rizzo [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-16
Seasonal Economic Data as Approximate Harmonic Oscillators
By James B. Ramsey [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-15
Private Affluence, Public Squalor
By William J. Baumol [Paper] (No abstract available)

RR# 92-14
Economic Analysis of the Treatment of Malaria: A Case Study
By Charles A.M. de Bartolome and Stephen A. Vosti [Paper] (No abstract available)

RR# 92-13
Are Adjustment Costs for Labor Asymmetric?
An Econometric Test on Panel Data for Italy
By Fidel Jaramillo, Fabio Schiantarelli and Alessandro Sembenelli [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-12
Dynamics and Asymmetric Adjustment in Insider-Outsider Models
By F. Huizinga and Fabio Schiantarelli [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-11
Moscow Black Markets and Official Markets for Foreign Exchange:
How Much Flexibility in Flexible Rates?
By Linda S. Goldberg  [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-10
Scale Economies, The Regions of Multiple Trade Equilibria
and Gains from Acquisition of Industries
By Ralph E. Gomory and William J. Baumol [Paper] (No abstract available)

RR# 92-09
Oil Demands in the US and Japan: Why the Demand Reductions Caused By the
Price Increases of the 1970’s Won’t be Reversed by the Price Declines of the 1980’s
By Dermot Gately [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-08
Monetary Policy, Business Cycles and the Behavior of Small Manufacturing Firms
By Mark Gertler and Simon Gilchrist [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-07
Putting the Other Side “On Notice” Can Induce Compliance in Arms Control
By D. Marc Kilgour and Steven J. Brams [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-06
A Model of Fiscal Deficits and Delayed Fiscal Reforms
By Andres Velasco [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-05
Interior Quality Equilibrium and the Effect of a Government Subsidy
By Cheong-seog Seo [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-04
A Ricardo Model with Economies of Scale
By Ralph E. Gomory [Paper] (No abstract available)

RR# 92-03
Sovereign Risk Exposure with Potential Liquidation:
The Performance of Alternative Forms of External Finance
By Mark M. Spiegel [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-02
Two Stage Auctions II: Common-Value Strategies and the Winner’s Curse
By Steven J. Brams and Alan D. Taylor [Abstract][Paper]

RR# 92-01
Two Stage Auctions II: Private-Value Strategies
By Steven J. Brams and Alan D. Taylor [Abstract][Paper]