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EViews forum

2008-10-01T19:20:16Z

Users of EViews may be interested in the new EViews Forum established
by EViews' vendor, Quantitative Micro Software. The url is
[link]
-Dick Startz

MACRO QUERY:Cost-Push + Demand-Pull inflation and "elasticity"-- does it apply ?

2008-09-20T08:41:22Z

Hi,
I am trying to explain Cost-Push inflation .Can the concept of
elasticity be used in Macroeconomics ?
If so , how is elasticity relevant in demand-pull and cost-pull
inflation ?
So far I have avoided using the term (I think it only pertains to
Microeconomics ) and instead have talked about the multiplier effect

new economic model

2008-09-09T18:00:13Z

I am working on a new economic model with money issuance based on the
needs of people instead of supply and demand of business. You can see
it at
[link]
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
thank you
andrew vecsey

composed disturbance

2008-06-12T04:43:42Z

dear sirs
The disturbance is composed of two influences: Vit are random
variables assumed to be iid N(0, σ
v2) and independent of Uit, which are non-negative random variables
assumed to account for the cost of inefficiency in production. The
later are assumed to be independently distributed as truncations at

American governmental finance system can collapse

2008-06-05T06:19:02Z

=========
I need some research help with this, as I am still debugging the collapse
model and its causes and aftereffects.
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== One way the American governmental finance system can collapse ==
The US < > NZ ANZAC Treaty relationship has essentially evolved into the US
trying to bully a small nation (NZ) into obeying an obscure and unimportant

Need bubble simulation/model

2008-06-03T14:45:06Z

I'm looking for a simulation model: an algorithm or perhaps even
just some anlyses from which I can buld my own algorithm of a
economic bubble.
For eg. typical unsound pyramid schemes, like they had in
Albania, or the classical [in history] Dutch tulip bubble.
Or perhaps the current petro-bubble ?
I'm wondering what the major parameters are that determine it's

Looking for something

2008-06-01T19:38:13Z

I'm looking for NYSE data from 1920-1930. I'd like the daily close,
volume, advances, declines, and volumes on those too. New highs and
new lows would also be helpful. Where do I find this sort of data?
Copyright has expired.

How many "Reserve Banks" are private entities (like the US Fed Reserve) vs Crown entities (like say NZ)?

2008-05-24T01:36:58Z

How many "Reserve Banks" are private entities (like the US Fed Reserve) vs
Crown entities (like say NZ)?
Is there some sort of Wikipedia catagory for them (private or public or
crown)?

call for chapters

2008-05-11T20:42:52Z

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: July 1, 2008
Sustainable Economic Development and the Influence of Information
Technologies: Dynamics of Knowledge Society Transformation
A book edited by
Dr. Muhammed KARATAS, Mugla University, Turkey
and
Dr. Mustafa Zihni TUNCA, Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey

Informal labor definition based on ISIC or ISCO codes

2008-05-07T13:59:58Z

Hi,
recently, I stumbled over a definition of informal labor in developing
countries based on ISCI or ISCO codes but even after a couple of hours
of working I couldn't find it again. Does anyone of you know of such a
definition and can point me to it?
Many thanks,
Bob

Economic Impact of Tax Holiday

2008-04-28T18:07:02Z

“I have an idea to help improve the current mortgage market crisis.
I
believe government should allow a onetime distribution from 401k,
traditional IRA, or Roth IRA without tax or penalty as long as the
distribution is used to pay down a first mortgage loan balance on the
owners' primary residence. Allowing this would add billions of

The Economist Has No Clothes: Scientific American (Apr 08)

2008-04-05T21:48:37Z

The Economist Has No Clothes: Scientific American (Apr 08)
Discover why it's impossible to solve global environmental problems
with existing economic theory. Both these pieces are GREAT!!! Read
them both!!!
The Economist Has No Clothes
Unscientific assumptions in economic theory are undermining efforts to

Fed facing a 'Money Trap?

2008-03-27T06:19:33Z

Reading thru this article, how does all this affect the average middle class bozo like myself?
[link]
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Fed facing a 'Money Trap'
John Maynard Keynes suggested that, when interest rates are very low, monetary policy does not work, there is a so-called "liquidity trap". Speculators anticipate that interest rates will go up and bond and asset prices will fall. Therefore, speculators transform their wealth holdings into the most liquid asset, money (cash), rendering monetary policy ineffective. It is often argued that a liquidity trap occurred during the Great Depression. Between August 1929 and March 1933 the Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) increased the monetary base (money in circulation plus bank reserves) by 41% and yet the money supply (M1) decreased by 29% as people started hoarding cash because of bank failures.

Bragging rights

2008-03-07T15:54:37Z

Early last year, I predicted a growth in the US economy for the year
(in RGDP) of 2.3%.
I based this on the consistent dependance of economic growth on the
year during the terms of Republican presidents. The prediction was
greeted by a good deal of scoffing. The (preliminary) results are in.
2.2%
Not bad.

Homothetic preferences and linear demand function in wealth

2008-03-06T08:13:36Z

Can somebody point me to a proof that with homothetic preferences the
demand function is linear in wealth?
I have the one using the indirect utiliy function and Roy's theorem but
I 'm looking for a more "direct" one.
Daniel