Economics electronic theses and dissertations (MU)
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The electronic theses and dissertations of the Department of Economics.2024-03-28T13:13:30ZAmerican socialism and syndicalism
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/15498
American socialism and syndicalism
Swift, Charles Henry
Another word with which we have to deal when studying the problems of industrial reform is "Syndicalism." As yet the word is but vaguely known and its connotation is still somewhat of a mystery to the general public. This new movement, which originated in France and like Socialism with no definite formula or unified creed, departs from the teaching of the conservative Socialists on the question of democratic action. Though the word is not generally used in this country, still the basic principles which underlie Syndicalism are being advocated everywhere by the Revolutionary Socialists. This will be brought out more clearly as we study the more pronounced articles of faith of this strange movement.
Approved 2 June 1913, T B Veblen; Typescript; Last 27 leaves are blank; 1 folded illustration pasted in; M.A. University of Missouri 1913
1913-01-01T00:00:00ZAn analysis of income distribution effects of a gasoline tax : evidence from the U.S. micro-level data
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/4688
An analysis of income distribution effects of a gasoline tax : evidence from the U.S. micro-level data
Kim, Hyung-Gun, 1975-
This is a study of an income distributional effect of a gasoline tax, taking account of behavioral responses of households depending on income levels. We examine the price elasticities of gasoline demand and the tax burdens within income groups based on different transit services in residential areas. Empirical analyses are presented, adopting the Dubin-McFadden correction method, with the primary data drawn from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey. We find that households show different responses to higher price of gasoline based on their income and residential areas. In particular, households living in areas that have greater transit supply than the U.S. average show the responses that tend to enhance the regressivity of a gasoline tax.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file.; Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on September 26, 2007); Vita.; Thesis (Ph. D.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2007.
2007-01-01T00:00:00ZAn analysis of production costs and applications high cost of living and panics and depressions
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An analysis of production costs and applications high cost of living and panics and depressions
Comer, George P. (George Paul)
This discussion of Cost of Production, or as we choose to name it, Production Costs, will be made from the standpoint of the competitive or price economy. Other views of costs, such as labor costs, pain costs, and collectivists costs, however necessary they may be for certain purposes, are not the stress points in the present entrepreneur economy. We shall not only limit the first part of the discussion to the entrepreneur analysis but shall confine it chiefly to the one great reason why economists are concerned with cost of production; namely, to determine the limitations upon supply. Other aspects of the problem, ethical, sociological and the like, however important they may be for other purposes, will not be included, to any considerable extent, in the present presentation.
Approved as Masters Thesis, HJ Davenport; Includes a handwritten letter of approval from Maurice Parmelee to Walter Miller; Typescript; Last 30 leaves are blank; M.A. University of Missouri 1913
1913-01-01T00:00:00ZAnalysis of residential housing markets in large U.S. metropolitan areas
https://hdl.handle.net/10355/9887
Analysis of residential housing markets in large U.S. metropolitan areas
Lu, Yu, 1979-
The This paper consists of three essays focusing on the geography of U.S. residential housing markets, the role of housing attributes in the residential housing markets, as well as the housing tenure choices in large metropolitan areas. It conducts the clustering analysis to identify the geographic pattern of U.S. residential housing markets. Based on the housing prices and other relevant dwelling features, the K-means clustering analysis classifies the residential housing markets into three groups: a Coast group, a Central U.S. group and an in-between group. The clustering analysis rejects the hypothesis that the housing market associations between cities are random, and finds strong evidence of regional differences in housing price variations. The paper also applies the hedonic analysis to examine the relationship between prices of owner-occupied dwellings and housing attributes using American Housing Survey (AHS) data. The results show that both the housing attributes and the regional factors play an important role in determining the housing prices. The F-test verifies the disparity of housing attributes effects across regions. Moreover, the paper employs the logistic model to capture the association between household features and the tenure status. The Cox proportional hazard model is used to investigate the determinants of the timing of tenure change. The empirical results suggest that household demographics, household composition and economic status features considerably affect household's tenure choice, as well as the decision of the transition from housing rental to ownership.
entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file.; Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on January 27, 2011).; Thesis advisor: Dr. Shawn Ni.; Vita.; Ph. D. University of Missouri--Columbia 2009.
2009-01-01T00:00:00Z