Re: rewards from higher Education

2002-07-10 Thread markjohn™
try studies by levin. i just forgot his first name, in economics of education. At 11:56 AM 10-07-02 +0200, you wrote: >i remember reading something recently in the Economist on the rewards >from public investment in higher education not being so high after all >(one of Bryans old points as I reme

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2002-07-08 Thread markjohn™
Armchairs: Could you please describe in layman's how does fiat money work? It is money based on regulation right? But is there a regulation that determines its value? Thanks

Re: Quantity/Bulk discounts

2002-07-08 Thread markjohn™
how about by that of church and ware? any comments? At 09:37 PM 08-07-02 +0100, you wrote: > > The industrial organization textbook by Carlton and Perloff is good on > > issues of price discrimination, quantity discounts etc. > > > > Alex > > >Sadly, I find Advanced Industrial Economics, by Steph

Re: high school economics

2002-06-27 Thread markjohn™
> >Judging from the market for texts, I am probably alone in believing that >most micro texts have it wrong. At the principles level we do not need to >be producing students who have a tenuous understanding of what Ph.D. >economics students learn. Instead, we should be teaching students how to

Re: double vs. single entry

2002-06-27 Thread markjohn™
After journalizing transactions, and later posting it to its ledger accounts, a worksheet is made to detect errors in computation. Such is the case when the bookkeeper forgets to maintain a double entry in all journalizing or posting, the total amount of the accounts would not be equal to zero

high school economics

2002-06-23 Thread markjohn™
Hey Peeps. Got a question to the teachers in this group. High school economics is the first foray in to the field of economics for almost all students in the Philippines (and some other countries) and the last for some. What would you recommend, a course that shows economics concisely (and th

Re: Grade Inflation

2002-04-12 Thread markjohn™
And also, I know maybe only a few (or none) of the people subscribing to this group is a psychologist. But how true are those "personal attributes" test that employers give to perspective employees? Those that you have to check "traits others think about me" and "traits i think i have" or som

Re: Grade Inflation

2002-04-12 Thread markjohn™
Nice one Anton. At 07:46 PM 4/11/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Alex Tabarrok wrote: > >Yes, as I tell my children, "Son, don't worry about those grades - > > even a C student can become President one day." > >And if their hearts are set on more serious careers? > >-- >Anton Sherwood, http://www.og

Re: Grade Inflation

2002-04-12 Thread markjohn™
Has anyone done a study on this: Which matters more for employers? Someone who's got high grades and studies in a so-so school or above-median (but not so high) and studies in an ivy league? At 07:17 AM 4/10/2002 -0700, you wrote: >--- "Robert A. Book" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Isn't thi

Re: Grade Inflation

2002-04-09 Thread markjohn™
It's a bad thing but one reason is maybe that Universities would not want to be compared to each other in terms of test scores. Tests are hardcore evidences of which school is good and which school is not. At 09:00 AM 4/9/2002 -0700, you wrote: >It seems to me that an effective remedy to grade

Re: Margarine - silly business regulations

2002-04-01 Thread markjohn™
Sorry for my ignorance but what's really the fuss over butter and margarine? Is butter made from better milk or something? At 09:47 AM 4/1/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Almost from the time it was invented margarine came under attack from >butter manufacturers and farmers. In the late 1880s there we

Re: Photographers

2002-01-24 Thread markjohn™
I just got my graduation pics for college. And I am really pissed off with they way these photographers keep the negatives and charge an enormous price for reprints. Anyway, would it be because of Adverse Selection. When you fix yourselves for a photo shoot for graduation, you literally fix yo

Increased Demand for an Economics Degree

2001-12-04 Thread markjohn™
Dear Professors: With the recession going on, suddenly, more high school students would want to take economics as a degree. This hypothesis stemmed from the observation that more people I know would want to take it. Is there any "economic" answer to this? Or this is just a plain observation no

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2001-10-31 Thread markjohn™
Armchairs, Biases out, which school is the best place to study economics and why?

Re: random nobel

2001-10-12 Thread markjohn
ieve that is the Spence of the original cite for signaling behavior in labor markets. > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/10/01 12:00PM >>> > who is spence? > > > > - Original Message - > From: markjohn* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001 0:46 am > > > stiglitz, akerlof, spence > > > > > > >

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2001-10-10 Thread markjohn™
well, it seems like ackerlof won! and joe stiglitz! - a good choice.

Re: Currency crises

2001-02-15 Thread markjohn®
do you know his email? =) At 01:54 PM 2/14/01 -0800, you wrote: >Maybe you should ask George Soros! ;) > >Alex Robson >UC Irvine > >On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, [iso-8859-1] markjohn® wrote: > > > is fixing exchange rates a good policy during currency crises? > >

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2001-02-14 Thread markjohn®
is fixing exchange rates a good policy during currency crises?

Re: Keynes in China

2001-02-05 Thread markjohn®
but being in china for 2 summers. as i can see that as time goes on, they're becoming a bit more liberal on things At 06:20 PM 2/4/01 -0800, you wrote: >On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, fabio guillermo rojas wrote: > > > > > A new graduate student in my department told me that at Beijing > > University, ec

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2001-02-02 Thread markjohn®
do you know where i could data about the air pollution indices of certain cities in Asia?

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2001-01-31 Thread markjohn®
i would like to ask to all the economists out there if the railroad system of the country really matters in its development, even with the other good transport facilities like better paved roads and freight.

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2001-01-10 Thread markjohn®
hi i'm currently a student of international economics. may i ask what is the best reason why comparative advantage is the best gauge for international trade. i've read salvatore's, krugman and obstfeld's, and appleyard and field's books but i can't seem to find the perfect answer.