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Studies in economic rationality : x-efficiency examined and extolled : essays written in the tradition of and to honor Harvey Leibenstein.
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ISBN: 0472101544 Year: 1990 Publisher: Ann Arbor University of Michigan press


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Intermediate microeconomics : a modern approach
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ISBN: 0393959244 9780393959246 Year: 1990 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Norton


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A course in microeconomic theory.
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ISBN: 0745007627 0745007619 9780745007625 9780745007618 Year: 1990 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) Harvester Wheatsheaf

Acting under uncertainty : multidisciplinary conceptions
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ISBN: 0792390636 9048157854 9401578737 Year: 1990 Volume: 1 Publisher: Boston Dordrecht; London Kluwer Academic Publishers

The measurement of durable goods prices
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ISBN: 0226304558 9786611223533 1281223530 0226304604 9780226304601 Year: 1990 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press,

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Abstract

American business has recently been under fire, charged with inflated pricing and an inability to compete in the international marketplace. However, the evidence presented in this volume shows that the business community has been unfairly maligned-official measures of inflation and the standard of living have failed to account for progress in the quality of business equipment and consumer goods. Businesses have actually achieved higher productivity at lower prices, and new goods are lighter, faster, more energy efficient, and more reliable than their predecessors. Robert J. Gordon has written the first full-scale work to treat the extent of quality changes over the entire range of durable goods, from autos to aircraft, computers to compressors, from televisions to tractors. He combines and extends existing methods of measurement, drawing data from industry sources, Consumer Reports, and the venerable Sears catalog. Beyond his important finding that the American economy is more sound than officially recognized, Gordon provides a wealth of anecdotes tracing the postwar history of technological progress. Bolstering his argument that improved quality must be accurately measured, Gordon notes, for example, that today's mid-range personal computers outperform the multimillion-dollar mainframes of the 1970's. This remarkable book will be essential reading for economists and those in the business community.

Comparisons of prices and real products in Latin America
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ISBN: 0444884092 1322472335 1483294587 Year: 1990 Volume: 194 Publisher: Amsterdam New York New York, N.Y., U.S.A. North-Holland Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.

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