Professor Of Economics

Libertarianism is unique; it belongs neither to the right nor the left: a critique of the views of Long, Holcombe, and Baden on the left, Hoppe, Feser and Paul on the right By (2008)

Dr. Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth, Eminent Scholar, Endowed Chair, Professor Of Economics

Libertarianism is unique; it belongs neither to the right nor the left: a critique of the views of Long, Holcombe, and Baden on the left, Hoppe, Feser and Paul on the right The present paper defends...

Market Design Inc. (2008)

Peter Cramton, Professor Of Economics

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My Case for Coauthoring By (2008)

Dr. Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth, Eminent Scholar, Endowed Chair, Professor Of Economics

The benefits of co authoring vastly outweigh the costs in my own case. So much so that I have engaged in this form of publication on numerous occasions. The present paper (single authored) sets out...

and (2008)

Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth, Eminent Scholar, Endowed Chair, Professor Of Economics, Christopher Westley, ...

AOL IM: alexpad73 1 Internal vs. external explanations: a new perspective on the history of economic thought Abstract: The present paper is devoted to showing that all externalist explanations for...

Assessing Monetary Policy Effects Using Daily Fed Funds Futures Contracts (2007)

James D. Hamilton, Professor Of Economics

This paper develops a generalization of the formulas proposed by Kuttner (2001) and others for purposes of measuring the effects of a change in the fed funds target on Treasury yields of different...

Manuscript number 07-009 (2006)

Jel Codes E, James D. Hamilton, Professor Of Economics

This paper has benefitted from helpful suggestions by anonymous referees. This paper explores the properties of daily changes in the prices for near-term fed funds futures contracts. The paper finds...

Constructivist and ecological rationality in economics (2003)

Vernon L. Smith, Professor Of Economics

When we leave our closet, and engage in the common affairs of life, (reason’s) conclusions seem to vanish, like the phantoms of the night on the appearance of the morning; and ‘tis difficult for...

A Helping the Working Poor: Employer- vs. Employee-Based Subsidies (1999)

Stacy Dickert-Conlin, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Professor Of Economics

In the United States and Europe there has been renewed interest in subsidizing firms that employ disadvantaged workers as a means of addressing poverty and other social problems. In contrast, the...