Studies in Economics and Finance: Volume 8 Issue 1

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FIRM SIZE, LEADING FIRMS AND MOBILITY

LOUIS AMATO

Industrial organization economists have generally treated the firms operating within industries as fairly homogeneous. The firms are assumed to be similar in terms of the main…

PRICE FLEXIBILITY AND THE “LAW OF ONE PRICE” SOME EVIDENCE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CANADIAN AND U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRICES, 1956–1975

MICHAEL DAVID BORDO, EHSAN U. CHOUDHRI

How well does the “Law of One Price” operate across countries? Interest in this question has been stimulated by the Monetary Aproach to the Balance of Payments (Frenkel and…

BRANCH BANKING RESTRICTIONS, COMPETITION, AND COMMERCIAL BANK PROFITS: A CROSS‐SECTIONAL STUDY

J. DAVID DILTZ

Many states still limit or prohibit commercial bank branching. In addition, the McFadden Act prevents banks from branching across state lines. It has been suggested that…

THE PART‐TIME SOLDIER IN THE ALL‐VOLUNTEER FORCE

WILLIAM MCNAUGHT

The manning and readiness levels of the reserve forces have been a key issue in the debate of the efficacy of the All‐Volunteer Force (AVF) since the original recommendation for…

PREFERENCES FOR FED CHAIRMEN: FERRETING FOR FOLKLORE

WM. JR. STEWART MOUNTS, CLIFFORD B. SOWELL

In introductory macroeconomics students first learn of the role of the Federal Reserve in the inflationary scheme of things. This usually involves a discussion of monetary policy…

Cover of Studies in Economics and Finance

ISSN:

1086-7376

Online date, start – end:

1977

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Niklas Wagner