Mathematical Models in Economics (1990)
M O L Bacharach, M A H Dempster & J L Enos (eds)
This volume was prepared to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Mathematical Economics Seminar at Oxford in 1988. It was dedicated to W M Gorman, who launched the seminar and inspired all its participants over the years, and was due for publication in 1990 by Oxford University Press. Unfortunately, the TeX script, masterfully prepared by Leslie Stockhausen of the School of Business Administration, Dalhousie University, was originally mislaid by the Press and subsequently lost at Dalhousie. An attempt to revive the publication of the volume in 2000 in light of the distinction of its contributors, all seminar participants, also failed. This is the year in which the introduction was completed.
By popular demand, the original version of the complete TeX script was scanned to make the volume available on the web. It is significant that many of the chapters, based on the events of the 1970's and early 1980's remain highly relevant in the current global economic situation in the 2000's. Author affiliations shown are those of 1990.
Individual contributions are available for download in PDF form - click on the chapter title to access them.
Part I: Theory
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Sorting out the differences between signalling and screening models
Joseph Stiglitz - Stanford University
Andrew Weiss - Boston University
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Random expectation, information and asset markets: an introduction
Margaret Bray - University of Cambridge
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Wage bargaining and adjustment to shocks
Alistair Ulph - University of Southampton
David Ulph - University of Bristol
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The costs of imperfect tax systems
J.A. Kay - St. Johns College, Oxford and London Business School
M.J. Keen - University of Essex
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On macroeconomics: comparative statics
M.A.H. Dempster - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia and Balliol College, Oxford
Otto A. Davis - Carnegie-Mellon University
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John Beath - University of Bristol
Yannis Katsoulacos - University of Liverpool
David Ulph - University of Bristol
Part II: Theory for Policy
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Monetary and fiscal policy in a 'Hartian' model of imperfect competition
Neil Rankin - University of Warwick (formerly of Queen Mary College, London
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Price expectations and the behaviour of the price level
R.M. Solow - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Price discrimination and patent policy
Jerry A. Hausman - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason - University of Michigan and NBER
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Industrial organization and competitive advantage in multinational industries
Michael A. Spence - Harvard University
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Policy reform, shadow prices and market prices
Jean Dreze - London School of Economics
Nicholas Stern - London School of Economics
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A model of optimal development for an under-employed economy
M.A.H. Dempster - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia and Balliol College, Oxford
J.L. Enos - Magdalene College, Oxford
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Money and the consumption goods market in China
Richard Portes - Birkbeck College, London
Anita Santorum - Birkbeck College, London
Part III: Policy
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International poverty projections
Sudhir Anand - St. Catherine's College, Oxford
Ravi Kanbur - University of Warwick and World Bank
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The effects of fiscal policy on international imbalances: Japan and the United States
John F. Helliwell - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC and Department of Finance, Ottawa