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AUTOMATIC STABILIZERS DURING STAGFLATION
Title
AUTOMATIC STABILIZERS DURING STAGFLATION.
Creator
MCINTIRE, RICHARD MICHAEL., Florida Atlantic University, Redman, Milton, College of Business, Department of Economics
Abstract/Description
This thesis explored the impact of inflation upon fiscal automatic stabilizers during the 1973-75 recession. Our study confined itself to the three main devices purported to stabilize the U.S. economy automatically: (1) federal personal income tax liability, (2) corporate profits tax liability, and (3) unemployment compensation benefits. A recursive model, similar to that used by Dusenberry, Eckstein, and Fromm to study fiscal automatic stabilizers in the 1957-58 recession, was constructed....
Show moreThis thesis explored the impact of inflation upon fiscal automatic stabilizers during the 1973-75 recession. Our study confined itself to the three main devices purported to stabilize the U.S. economy automatically: (1) federal personal income tax liability, (2) corporate profits tax liability, and (3) unemployment compensation benefits. A recursive model, similar to that used by Dusenberry, Eckstein, and Fromm to study fiscal automatic stabilizers in the 1957-58 recession, was constructed. Our simulation results led us to conclude that there was a substantial reduction in output and employment due to the impact of inflation upon federal personal income tax liability in the 1973-75 recession. We reached a tentative conclusion that the effects of inflation upon output and employment via corporate profits tax liability were negligible. Finally, we concluded that the effects of inflation upon output and employment via unemployment compensation benefits paid were negligible in the recent stagflation.
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Date Issued
1978
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13919
Subject Headings
Economics, Mathematical, United States--Economic conditions--Mathematical models
Format
Document (PDF)
EXAMINATION OF PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE USING DIFFERENT TRADING RULES
Title
EXAMINATION OF PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE USING DIFFERENT TRADING RULES.
Creator
HENNIGS, GABRIEL PEREZ., Florida Atlantic University, Redman, Milton, College of Business, Department of Economics
Abstract/Description
This thesis uses a fundamentalist approach to portfolio selection similar to that proposed by Benjamin Graham. The purpose is to examine the existence of undervalued securities and to test a methodology designed to identify those that could be considered superior investments. The model designed to select, combine and evaluate performance on risk adjusted basis takes into consideration fundamental principles of modern portfolio theory. Specifically, this analysis evaluates the informational...
Show moreThis thesis uses a fundamentalist approach to portfolio selection similar to that proposed by Benjamin Graham. The purpose is to examine the existence of undervalued securities and to test a methodology designed to identify those that could be considered superior investments. The model designed to select, combine and evaluate performance on risk adjusted basis takes into consideration fundamental principles of modern portfolio theory. Specifically, this analysis evaluates the informational contribution of price earnings ratios, earnings growth and dividend payments. The hypothesis tested is that undervalued securities selected under the conditions here proposed can produce performance results consistently superior than those of a strategy based on passively holding a market portfolio.
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Date Issued
1984
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14228
Subject Headings
Portfolio management, Investment analysis
Format
Document (PDF)
INFLATION AND ECONOMIC STIMULUS
Title
INFLATION AND ECONOMIC STIMULUS.
Creator
MOONEY, JAY MORTON., Florida Atlantic University, Redman, Milton, College of Business, Department of Economics
Abstract/Description
This thesis examines the relationship between fiscal policy and monetary policy and the rate of inflation for the U.S. using annual data 1955 to 1979. A survey of macroeconomic theory of inflation is presented. The rate of inflation is shown to be dependent upon the rate of monetary and fiscal stimulus in the economy. A long run monetary growth model of the neoclassical type is examined which shows the relationship between inflation and economic stimulus to be very complex. An empirical...
Show moreThis thesis examines the relationship between fiscal policy and monetary policy and the rate of inflation for the U.S. using annual data 1955 to 1979. A survey of macroeconomic theory of inflation is presented. The rate of inflation is shown to be dependent upon the rate of monetary and fiscal stimulus in the economy. A long run monetary growth model of the neoclassical type is examined which shows the relationship between inflation and economic stimulus to be very complex. An empirical examination was done to examine the effects of monetary policy, fiscal policy and productivity on the rate of inflation.
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Date Issued
1981
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14046
Subject Headings
Inflation (Finance)--United States
Format
Document (PDF)
MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES AND THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
Title
MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES AND THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS.
Creator
OKTAR, MURAT RUSTU., Florida Atlantic University, Redman, Milton, College of Business, Department of Economics
Abstract/Description
This thesis deals with the effect of the fiscal and monetary policies in the models of the balance of payments for a small country model with and without nontraded goods. The first chapter provides an introduction. In Chapter Two, a balance of payments model which makes no distinction between traded and nontraded goods is examined under the fixed and flexible exchange rates. In Chapter Three, the definition of nontraded goods is given and the Dornbush model is analyzed in the case of demand...
Show moreThis thesis deals with the effect of the fiscal and monetary policies in the models of the balance of payments for a small country model with and without nontraded goods. The first chapter provides an introduction. In Chapter Two, a balance of payments model which makes no distinction between traded and nontraded goods is examined under the fixed and flexible exchange rates. In Chapter Three, the definition of nontraded goods is given and the Dornbush model is analyzed in the case of demand shift from the traded goods to nontraded goods and the transfer payments to the foreign country. In Chapter Four, a balance of payments model with nontraded goods is examined under the fixed and flexible exchange rates. The fifth chapter summarizes the previous chapters and gives some conclusions.
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Date Issued
1982
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14109
Subject Headings
Balance of payments--Mathematical models, Fiscal policy--Mathematical models, Monetary policy--Mathematical models
Format
Document (PDF)
MONEY, OUTPUT, AND PRICES: A CROSS SPECTRAL ANALYSIS
Title
MONEY, OUTPUT, AND PRICES: A CROSS SPECTRAL ANALYSIS.
Creator
DMYTROW, ERIC DONALD., Florida Atlantic University, Redman, Milton, College of Business, Department of Economics
Abstract/Description
This thesis tests the transmission mechanism through which changes in the rate of growth of the money supply affect changes in output and prices. Cross-spectral analysis was used to test the transmission mechanism. The results support a neo-keynesian transmission mechanism which associates changes in the money supply with changes in investment.
Date Issued
1974
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/13646
Subject Headings
Legislators--United States, Economic assistance--Law and legislation, Voting
Format
Document (PDF)
REVENUE RESPONSIVENESS AND EQUITY: A STUDY OF THE FLORIDA TAX STRUCTURE
Title
REVENUE RESPONSIVENESS AND EQUITY: A STUDY OF THE FLORIDA TAX STRUCTURE.
Creator
PATNEAU, AUSTIN FRANK., Florida Atlantic University, Redman, Milton, College of Business, Department of Economics
Date Issued
1976
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13811
Subject Headings
Taxation--Florida, Revenue--Florida, Tax incidence--Florida
Format
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SPREAD-TRADING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURES MARKET: AN EXPOST ANALYSIS
Title
SPREAD-TRADING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURES MARKET: AN EXPOST ANALYSIS.
Creator
NORTHRUP, ALLEN ARTHUR., Florida Atlantic University, Redman, Milton, College of Business, Department of Economics
Abstract/Description
This thesis focuses on the futures market for GNMA pass-through certificates and Treasury bills. The main topic covered was the speculative strategy of spread-trading. The period from January 1976 through December 1977 was analyzed to ascertain whether spread-trade opportunities did exist. The results of the analysis did support the proposition that prof i table spread-trade opportunities were possible during the time studied. Contrary to conventional wisom, the profitability of spread...
Show moreThis thesis focuses on the futures market for GNMA pass-through certificates and Treasury bills. The main topic covered was the speculative strategy of spread-trading. The period from January 1976 through December 1977 was analyzed to ascertain whether spread-trade opportunities did exist. The results of the analysis did support the proposition that prof i table spread-trade opportunities were possible during the time studied. Contrary to conventional wisom, the profitability of spread-trading was found to be heavily dependent on the correct assessment by the speculator of the direction of movement of interest rates.
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Date Issued
1978
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13938
Subject Headings
Market surveys
Format
Document (PDF)
STABILIZATION POLICIES IN AN OPEN ECONOMY UNDER ALTERNATIVE EXCHANGE RATE AND WAGE RATE CONDITIONS
Title
STABILIZATION POLICIES IN AN OPEN ECONOMY UNDER ALTERNATIVE EXCHANGE RATE AND WAGE RATE CONDITIONS.
Creator
HORN, KLAUS-PETER., Florida Atlantic University, Redman, Milton, College of Business, Department of Economics
Abstract/Description
This thesis examines how the various instruments of monetary and fiscal policy work in the presence of fixed and flexible exchange rates. Based on the pioneering work of Mundell and Fleming, the traditional view assigns fiscal policy as being highly suitable for a fixed exchange rate regime, while stimulative monetary policy is effective in raising output under floating exchange rates. Once the implicit assumptions of constant prices and wages are relaxed, the conclusions of the original...
Show moreThis thesis examines how the various instruments of monetary and fiscal policy work in the presence of fixed and flexible exchange rates. Based on the pioneering work of Mundell and Fleming, the traditional view assigns fiscal policy as being highly suitable for a fixed exchange rate regime, while stimulative monetary policy is effective in raising output under floating exchange rates. Once the implicit assumptions of constant prices and wages are relaxed, the conclusions of the original model no longer hold. With the introduction of wage indexation as a mean to adjust nominal wages to changes in the price level, the initial results of policies of the Mundell-Fleming type are reversed. Finally, it was examined how the practical implications of policy actions of the United States and West Germany could be applied to the theoretical models.
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Date Issued
1987
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14386
Subject Headings
Monetary policy, Fiscal policy
Format
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TEACHING OF THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES COURSE: A BEHAVIORAL APPROACH
Title
THE TEACHING OF THE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES COURSE: A BEHAVIORAL APPROACH.
Creator
BEER, MAX P., Florida Atlantic University, Redman, Milton, College of Business, Department of Economics
Abstract/Description
The desire to render college curricula and college teaching more effective has resulted in ever increasing debates about content and method of instruction of the Economic Principles Course. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the behavioral approach to the subject matter of a one quarter macro-principles course. In addition to the question of method the problematical aspects of content and purpose are also examined. The question of what to teach and to whom to teach it has not been...
Show moreThe desire to render college curricula and college teaching more effective has resulted in ever increasing debates about content and method of instruction of the Economic Principles Course. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the behavioral approach to the subject matter of a one quarter macro-principles course. In addition to the question of method the problematical aspects of content and purpose are also examined. The question of what to teach and to whom to teach it has not been resolved and an attempt is made in this thesis to provide a rationale for the development of a substantive content which would provide the student with means to make relatable interpretive use of the knowledge gained.
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Date Issued
1972
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13524
Subject Headings
Economics--Study and teaching
Format
Document (PDF)