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The Production of Economic Literature: An Interpretation

Journal of Economic Literature 1973
A preliminary draft of this paper was presented at the Decemnber, 1971 meetings of the Econometric Society. This paper has benefited from the perceptive comments of a number of readers; I am particularly indebted to Ronald Bodkin, Stewart Gillmor, Zvi Griliches, Sherwin Rosen and the referees. Assistance in data compilation was provided by Peter Brubaker, Maureen Donahoe, Charles Eckert, Marshall E. Goldman, Stephen Kalos, Lawrence Kenny, Richard LeClair, and Thurman Northcross. Computations were executed on the Wesleyan University IBM 1130 computer. Research support has been provided by Wesleyan University and National Science Foundation Research Grant GS 2903.

The Bias in Composite Performance Measures

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 1973 8(3), 505
Within the past decade, considerable progress has been made in measuring ex post portfolio performance. The two parameter risk-return dimension of investment performance as pioneered by Markowitz has been reduced to a single parameter which incorporates measures of both risk and return. Several different but related one-parameter measures of performance have been developed, notably by Sharpe [8], Treynor [11], and Jensen [3], and are commonly referred to as composite performance measures. Theoretically, the composite measures allow portfolios with different risks and returns to be compared directly.

Optimal Financing Policy for a Firm with Uncertain Fund Requirements

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 1973 8(5), 731
The earliest successes in developing asset management theory focusing predominantly on short-term optimization of physical stock flow systems are due to Masse [13]; Arrow, Harris, and Marschak [1]; and Whitin [22]. This led to the development of burgeoning literature on what has come to be known as “inventory theory” followed by its application to cash management problems by Baumol [2]. In contrast to the conventional static analysis of Tobin [19] and Markowitz [12], Baumol's model incorporates what Hicks [11] referred to as “frictions” or the adjustment costs. More recently the pioneering works by Miller and Orr [14] Eppen and Fama [3], Weitzman [20], and Sethi [4] have sought to extend this basic model by incorporating different cash flow and operating cost assumptions.

Systematic Job Search and Unemployment

Review of Economic Studies 1973 40(2), 191
Journal Article Systematic Job Search and Unemployment Get access S. C. Salop S. C. Salop Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 40, Issue 2, April 1973, Pages 191–201, https://doi.org/10.2307/2296647 Published: 01 April 1973

A User Cost Approach to New Automobile Purchases

Review of Economic Studies 1973 40(3), 377
Journal Article A User Cost Approach to New Automobile Purchases Get access Frank C. Wykoff Frank C. Wykoff Pomona College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, July 1973, Pages 377–390, https://doi.org/10.2307/2296457 Published: 01 July 1973

Foreward

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1973 87(4), 627
Journal Article Symposium: Time in Economic Life: Foreword Get access T. C. Schelling T. C. Schelling Guest Editor for the Symposium Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 87, Issue 4, November 1973, Pages 627–628, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882029 Published: 01 November 1973

Constitutional Democracy and Social Welfare

Quarterly Journal of Economics 1973 87(1), 60
I. The constitutional stage, 61. — II. The parliamentary stage, 64. — III. The allocation of decisions between the constitutional and parliamentary stages, 70. — IV. Summary of the theory, 77. — V. Implications for democratic reforms, 79.