Solid Neon Sources for Plasmas and X-Ray Lasers. (2002)
Dixon,R. H., Ford,J. L., Lee,T. N., Elton,R. C.
A thin layer of frozen neon is condensed onto a cryogenically cooled substrate for use in generating a neon plasma for x-ray laser research. The freezing process and quasi-equilibrium state of the...
Device for Cryogenically Fabricating Source Material for Plasma X-Ray Lasers. (1998)
Elton,R. C., Dixon,R. H., Ford,J. L.
This patent describes a device for fabricating a target of a lasing material and a pump material for lasing at X-ray wavelengths wherein one of the materials occurs naturally as a gas. A substrate of...
Physical dissolution and formulation properties of solid dispersions. (1980)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Council for National Academic Awards, 1980.
No 4 on reel of 8.
Bende-Nabende, A., Ford, J.L., Sen, S.
We employ the total factor productivity (TFP) index in growth accounting as a proxy for productivity growth to compare patterns and sources of output growth for a group of proximate countries in...
Revenue Risks, Risk Attitudes and the Optimal Output and Insurance Cover pf a Competitive Firm.
Ford, J.L., Mpuku, H.C., Pattanaik, P.K.
risk ; competition ; enterprises
The demand for International Reserves in China: An ECM Model with Domestic Monetary Disequilibrium.
monetary policy ; economic equilibrium ; economic models
risk ; economic theory
Shakle's Theory of Decision Making under Unceratinty: The Findings of a Laboratory Experiment.
decision making ; uncertainty ; information
In this paper we consider the relationship between output, the price level and the Central Bank's broad money aggregate, M2, which is a simple sum of six 'monies'. We consider by way of comparison a...
Bende-Nabende, A., Ford, J.L., Slater, J.R.
Empirical studies based on structural models have demonstrated that FDI stimulates the economic growth process of developing host countries through its positive spillover effects. In this study we...
Growth in the pacific Rim countries has become the focus of much interest for both governments and economists. This paper has been partly prompted by that fact but also but also by the...
This paper provides a preliminary investigation of the monetary instruments used by the central bank of China, Taiwan. Final and intermediate targets are identified. An illustrative estimate of the...
A. Bende-Nabende, J. L. Ford, B. Santoso, S. Sen
In this empirical study, it is considered whether FDI has directly induced long-run effects on output in a selection of East Asian countries or whether such an influence, if any, has been transmitted...
Financial Innovation and Divisia Monetary Aggregates.
Ford, J L, Peng, W S, Mullineux, Andy W
Rapid financial innovation in the U.K. has altered the relative liquidity and productivity of financial assets. This paper shows that even a sophisticated (Divisia) monetary index does not adequately...
The Demand for International Reserves in China: An ECM Model with Domestic Monetary Disequilibrium.
This paper employs a version of the error correction model to investigate the demand for international reserves in a typical planned economy, China. Disturbances from the domestic markets are...
J L Ford, Bagus Santoso, N J Horsewood
This paper examines the extent to which the Asian currency crises can be accounted for by the macroeconomic fundamentals suggested by first and second generation models, exclusive of the ideas of the...
Shackle on Expectation, Investment, the Business Cycle and Economic Development.
expectations ; investments ; income
Dickinson, D.G., Ford, J.L., Huang, G.
economic models ; debt ; demand
uncertainty ; information
MONETARY POLICY;COINTEGRATION;ECONOMIC MODELS
Market Structure, Concentration and Performance: Jordanian Banking System, 1980-1993.
Al-Karasneh, I., Cadle, P.J., Ford, J.L.
This paper evaluates the impact on the performance (profitability) of the bannking system in Jordan of aspects of market structure. It considers the Struture-conduct performance and the efficient...
Bende-Nabende, A., Ford, J.L., Slater, J.R.
Until three decades ago, FDI was associated with negative perceptions, but recent experiences have brought an awareness that it stimulates the economic growth process through its positive spillover...
Economic Development, Financial Development and Liberalization: Taiwan, 1960-1995,
This paper considers the causal relationship between economic and financial development, making some allowance for financial liberalization. The measures of financial development (and variants...
Shackle's theory of decision-making under uncertainty and the background to it are outlined. Its major prediction about action-choice is set out and proved. An experimental design to test its...
Ford, J.L., Cadle, P.J., Kataoka, Y.
This paper evaluates the predictive powerof the term structure of short-temr interest rates in the Tokyo money market. The econometrics show tha the information contained in yield spreads affects the...
This paper considers the link between financial and economic development. It does so by using cointegration and ECM modelling. The test procedures used to suggest that the structure of the...
This paper focuses on the relationship between the monetary base and monetary aggregates in Japan via the money multiplier.
Portfolio Behaviour of Islamic Banks: A Case Study for Iran, 1984-1994.
Kagigi, K.A., Ford, J.L., Cadle, P.J., Makiyan, S.N.
In this paper we investigate the portfolio behaviour of Iranian Banks consequent upon their having to comply with the Sharia.
Bende-Nabende, A., Ford, J.L., Sen, S., Slater, J.
In this paper, we attempt to establish whether FDI has directly induced long-run effects on output in a selection of APEC countries or whether such an influence, if any, has been transmitted...
Bende-Nabende, A., Ford, J.L., Sen, S., Slater, J.
This study builds on the existing literature by investigating the long-run locational determinants of FDI flows to Pacific Asia under the broad categories of cost-related, investment environment...
The aggregation error in Divisia monetary aggregates : Some findings for the U.K. 1963-1980
Bailey, R. W., Driscoll, M. J., Ford, J. L., Mullineux, A. W.
Measures of Country Risk: A Linear Probablity Analysis.
risk ; international trade ; economic models ; probability
economic theory ; projections ; decision making
Shackle's Axioms for Potential Surprise and Beleif: A Preliminary Experimental Assessmant.
uncertainty ; economic theory
FINANCIAL POLICY;ECONOMIC MODELS
Bank Behaviour and the Channel of Monetary Policy in Japan.
This paper investigates whether there are differential effects of monetary policy across bank size and business size in Japan, to test the presence of the "bank lending channel" of monetary policy.
Economic Development, Financial Development and Deregulation: Japan, 1960-1996.
This paper is an econometric study of the links between financial and economic development, taking cognisance of financial deregulation, for Japan.
The information content of monetary aggregates in the U.K.
Bailey, R. W., Driscoll, M. J., Ford, J. L., Mullineux, A. W.