29 Jun Agriculture in the Postbellum South: The Economics of Production and Supply
Agriculture in the Postbellum South: The Economics of Production and Supply....
Books and Papers
29 Jun Two Hidden Sources of Productivity Growth in American Agriculture, 1860-1930
"Two Hidden Sources of Productivity Growth in American Agriculture, 1860-1930" (with William N. Parker) Agricultural History 56, October 1982, pp. 648-62
Initial paragraph
Sustained productivity growth in modern agriculture depends largely upon two complex social processes of learning. In genetic and biochem- ical technology, scientists must learn how to adjust plant varieties and animal breeds to the various and changing conditions of the natural environment....
28 Jun Taxing Energy: Oil Severance Taxation and the Economy
Taxing Energy: Oil Severance Taxation and the Economy (with Robert T. Deacon, H.E. Frech, III, and M....
28 Jun Why Do Profitable Energy-Saving Investment Projects Languish?
"Why Do Profitable Energy-Saving Investment Projects Languish?" Journal of General Management 20, 1994...
21 Jun Modeling Technological Change in Energy Demand Forecasting: A Generalized Approach
"Modeling Technological Change in Energy Demand Forecasting: A Generalized Approach" (with John A. "Skip" Laitner) Technological Forecasting and Social Change 55, 1997
Abstract
Conventional economic modeling of energy demand has characterized technological choice as an investment decision driven primarily by the relationship between capital costs and operating costs. Yet the implementation of this approach has tended to yield unrealistically high estimates of the implicit discount rate governing...
20 Jun Doing Well by Doing Good: Technology Transfer to Protect the Ozone
"Doing Well by Doing Good: Technology Transfer to Protect the Ozone" (with Kai N....
30 Jun Accumulation and Discrimination in the Postbellum South
"Accumulation and Discrimination in the Postbellum South" Explorations in Economic History 16, 1979
Abstract
Economic inequality between blacks and whites in the postbellum South can be attributed to two factors: racial discrimination and the absence of any redistribution of tangible wealth to accompany emancipation. This paper shows that the freedmen's initial lack of property was the most important cause of race-related income differences. The initial wealth gap between...
23 Oct The Economics of Climate Change
Monograph published by Redefining Progress in October 1997.
Link to the Monograph
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