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ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN THE NORTH AMERICAN IRON ORE MINING INDUSTRY
Raymond L. Raab, Donald N. SteinnesPast observers of the iron ore industry have asserted that significant economies of scale exist in the mining of iron ore which is enriched into taconite pellets. Quasi, long‐run…
A TEST OF PROSPECT THEORY: THE CORRELATION BETWEEN UNEXPLAINED VARIANCE OF RETURN AND TARGET RETURN IN THE COMMERCIAL BANKING INDUSTRY
Hazel J. JohnsonThis study analyzes the variability of rates of return for 11,772 U.S. commercial banks from 1979 through 1985. The objective is to determine whether variability that is not…
THE IMPACT OF THE MIDDLE EAST CRISIS ON INTERNATIONAL CLOSED‐END (COUNTRY) MUTUAL FUND PERFORMANCE
Stanley M. AtkinsonAn increasing number of investors are becoming more and more aware of the benefits of diversification in terms of expected returns and risks. These investors are looking to…
TESTING FOR PARAMETER STABILITY IN EXECUTIVE REMUNERATION FUNCTIONS
Andrew W. BraunsteinExecutive compensation equations are estimated separately for three groups of firms, under the contention that the determinants of executive remuneration may depend upon the form…
A STRATIFIED APPROACH TO THE RANKING OF ECONOMICS JOURNALS
Carl E. Enomoto, Soumendra N. GhoshThis paper presents rankings of economics journals taken from a recent survey of economics department heads. Different rankings were derived for those with different research…
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