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A Note on Crawling Along the Ceiling

Review of Economic Studies 1959 27(1), 10
Journal Article A Note on Crawling Along the Ceiling Get access R. C. O. Matthews R. C. O. Matthews Cambridge Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 27, Issue 1, October 1959, Pages 10–15, https://doi.org/10.2307/2296046 Published: 01 October 1959

Credit Policy at the Discount Window

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1959 73(2), 207
Misconceptions concerning discount practices, 207. — How limitation of discounting is effected, 210. — Interaction with the tradition against borrowing, 212. — Conclusion. 214.

Credit Policy at the Discount Window: Reply

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1959 73(2), 337
Journal Article Credit Policy at the Discount Window: Reply Get access C. R. Whittlesey C. R. Whittlesey University of Pennsylvania Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 73, Issue 2, May 1959, Pages 337–338, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883731 Published: 01 May 1959

State and Regional Payments Mechanisms

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1959 73(4), 619
I. The payments mechanism for a single state, 619. — II. Importance of large holdings of generalized claims and an integrated capital market, 626. — III. Implications of this analysis for a group of nations, 629.

A Note on Interest Rates and the Demand for Money

The Review of Economics and Statistics 1959 41(3), 303
JN an article in thisREVIEW in I947, James Tobin' investigated the relationship between interest rates and the quantity of money in this country for the period I9I9-47. His results appeared to conform extremely well to the Keynesian liquidity-preference hypothesis which asserts that the demand for idle balances is a decreasing function of the interest rate, and that the interest-elasticity of demand for idle balances approaches infinity as the interest rate approaches its institutional floor. Tobin's data are shown as the dots in the graph in Chart i.

Recurrent Objections to the Minimax Strategy

The Review of Economics and Statistics 1959 41(1), 36
T HE minimax strategy is the foundation of the theory of games of von Neumann and Morgenstern. It may sound surprising that after a decade of discussion, objections based on certain misconceptions still prevail in the professional literature. Although one may take comfort in the thought that the impact of most theoretical development, such as that of modern physics, is often not appreciated till after decades, yet such persistent misunderstanding of this basic theorem should certainly be dispelled. Three papers deserve particular attention because they encompass a broad range of common criticisms. papers are: Hans Neisser, The Strategy of Expecting the Worst '; Carl Kaysen, The Minimax Rule of the of Games and the Choices of Strategies under Conditions of Uncertainty2; and Daniel Ellsberg, Theory of Reluctant Duelist. 3 To avoid repetition, I shall single out only certain aspects of each paper to illustrate my point, since some of the remarks can be directed to the others as well.