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Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: An Overview of Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data
Jackson, James K.; Foreign Affairs, Defense - 2008
losses have disproportionately negative impact on local communities. Economists generally argue that free and unimpeded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475015
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Perils of simplistic classifications of universities : a preliminary case study of economic departments
Gangopadhyay, Partha; Gangopadhyay, Renu - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2005
Universities represent a highly complex organizational structure that is beset with serious informational problems. A simplistic allocation rule based on university rankings is sometimes applied to fund disciplines/departments in order to promote efficiency. This study shows the pitfalls of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482131
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The incoherent emperor : a heterodox critique of neoclassical microeconomic theory
Lee, Frederic S.; Keen, Steve - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2004
It is somewhat common for heterodox economists to come to the defense of neoclassical microeconomic theory. This is due … to many reasons, but perhaps the commonest one is ignorance. It seems that most heterodox economists are not aware of the … many critiques or that as a collective they completely undermine neoclassical theory. The objective of the article is to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482282
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The two tribes of 'The Econ': A study of economists and economic media commentary in Australia
Millmow, Alex; Courvisanos, Jerry - 2007
current economic issues. This has implications for the acceptance of economic policy since these economists are apt to uphold … the interests of their employer. In contrast, academic economists suffer from a lack of recognition and reach in the media … generation of academic economists, in contrast to previous generations, is becoming reticent on matters of public policy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484643
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Scarcity and Growth in the New Millennium: Summary
Simpson, R. David; Toman, Michael A.; Ayres, Robert U. - 2004
In their 1963 classic Scarcity and Growth Howard Barnett and Chandler Morse argued that resource scarcity did not threaten economic growth. A second investigation in the late 1970s, Scarcity and Growth Reconsidered, reached largely the same conclusion. The 25 years since that work was published...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445434
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Innovation
Smith, KH - 2002
Innovation is novelty - it involves doing new things in new ways. So new products, new processes, new organizational methods, new services, and so on, are all part of innovation. Technological innovation transforms and improves the technical attributes and performance characteristics of products...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461386
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From the representative to the equilibrium firm : why Marshall was not a Marshallian
Hart, Neil; Arena, R.; Que?re?, Michel - University of Western Sydney; College of Law and Business; … - 2003
The representative firm has been a much-criticized concept, subject to conflicting interpretations with respect to both its configuration and its intended role in Marshall's Principles (the Principles).2 The concept found itself a focal point of much of the debate during the significant cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482225
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Distributing the Benefits from the Commons
Silvestre, Joaquim - 1993
"The common-property literature has often focused on the question of efficiency. Here we consider distributional issues instead. How should the benefits of the commons (say, a fishery) be distributed? We approach the question from the viewpoint of ownership rather than income redistribution. "A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468330
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Foundations for Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Ahn, Toh-Kyeong - 2001
"Institutional approaches to social dilemmas have so far focused on how to create incentive structures that channel individuals' behavior into socially desirable outcomes assuming that everyone is selfish. However, the presumption of universal selfishness is not only empirically invalid but may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468335
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Appropriation Externalities in the Commons: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Herr, Andrew - 1996
of the commons.' This dissertation combines the tools of game theory and experimental methods to gain a broader …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468337