This paper explores in some detail urban areas as the place of origin of fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa. The objectives of the paper are two-fold. First,we provide an overview of the role of urban areas in reproductive change by examining recent data on levels and trends of fertility...

This paper examines possible consequences of subsidies to R&D and to volume production proposed under the Clinton administration's flat panel display initiative.

technology transfer has moved from a contested and peripheral activity among America's research universities to an accepted, indeed valued, part of core missions in the span of about 15 years. The change has been accompanied by pronouncements by university presidents and boards of trustees,...

The predictive accuracy of various econometrics models, including random walks, vector autoregressive and vector error-correction models, are investigated using daily futures prices of 4 commodities (the S&P500 index, treasury bonds, gold and crude oil).