Weights in the Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index are determined by the market values of the included stocks' public floats. In November 1996, the exchange implemented a previously announced revision of its definition of the public float. This revision, which increased the floats and the index...

This paper presents an overview of the economics that lies behind social interaction models and briefly discusses the empirical approaches to social interactions. We present a simple model with local interactions, similar to Glaeser, Sacerdote and Scheinkman (1996) but using aa continuous action...

In this paper, the authors review studies that have evaluated the quality of retrospective data collected in the 1976-77 and 1988 Malaysian Family Life Surveys. The evaluations considered the internal consistency of the data, expected relationships between variables, comparisons with external...

The objective of this research is to develop, test and validate a measurement scale for the innovative intensity of a small company. The measurement scale must be applcable for all sectors of the economy.

In this paper, we review studies that have evaluated the quality of retrospective data collected in the 1976-77 and 1988 Malaysian Family Life Surveys. The evaluations considered the internal consistency of the data, expected relationships between variables, comparisons with external...

This paper looks at the notion of a NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rateof unemployment) and asks whether it continues to stand up to rigorous analysis in terms of both its theoretical underpinnings or of its empirical applicability.

During his honours research on an index of industrial production at the University of Western Australia, Salter gained an understanding of the composite commodity theorem. The applied work on the index of industrial production provided him with the analytic foundations for his two famous...

Google occupies a powerful position within the United States economy, a position which many have begun to consider too powerful. Google’s power is derived almost entirely from how it uses the billions of pieces of information it collects on its users—a collection of information known as big...

Historians and social scientists encounter a range of methodolofical difficulties in their investigation of the patterns of work, income generation and occupational identity. Perhaps the largest challenge arises from the use of occupational designations such as those recorded in a national...