Robert S Goldfarb
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 706192 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Robert S Goldfarb |
| NOMBRES | Robert S |
| APELLIDO | Goldfarb |
| FIRMA | GOLDFARB R S |
| AFILIACIONES | George Washington University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 50 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1975 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Does ‘Civic Duty’ ‘Solve’ The Rational Choice Voter Turnout Puzzle
Rational choice models of voter turnout try to account for why people vote by including on the ‘benefits’ side of the cost-benefit calculus some term representing either the collective benefits of voting or the satisfaction the individual derives from the very act of voting, a strategy subject to a number of telling criticisms. After a background discussion of three competing perspectives on this rational choice strategy, which we term the ‘accep…
Economics at the millennium
Why Do Empirical Results Change? Forecasts as Tests of Rational Expectations
Research Article| December 01 2000 Why Do Empirical Results Change? Forecasts as Tests of Rational Expectations Robert S. Goldfarb; Robert S. Goldfarb Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google H. O. Stekler H. O. Stekler Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2000) 32 (Suppl_1): 95–116. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-32-Suppl_1-95 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tabl…
Does Studying Economics Discourage Cooperation? Watch What We Do, Not What We Say or How We Play
Based on what economics students say and how they play games, economics students appear less cooperative than other students. But appearances can be deceiving: the evidence in this paper indicates that the actual behavior of economics students is more cooperative than that of other students. The authors carried out a 'lost letter' experiment, in which envelopes containing currency were dropped in classrooms and the return rate measured. In this t…
Does Salaried Status Affect Human Capital Accumulation
Human capital studies do not usually consider whether an individual is paid an hourly wage or a salary. The authors of this paper develop a conceptual framework that explains why some workers are paid salaries and predicts that salaried workers will invest more in human capital than will hourly workers. In particular, this prediction hinges on the differing effort incentives facing hourly and salaried workers, and their employers, in jobs that ar…
Prevailing Wage Legislation
Interregional Wage Differential Dynamics
The relative efficiency of private and public transfers
Can remittances compensate for manpower outflows
Alternate rationales for severance pay compensation under airline deregulation
An Economic Evaluation of the Service Contract Act
The Service Contract Act of 1965 is one of three major laws requiring that "prevailing wages" be paid by private employers with federal contracts. This paper develops a preliminary cost-benefit framework for evaluating that Act. On the benefit side, the authors identify and analyze eight possible rationales for the Act, such as the desire to prevent low wages and to encourage collective bargaining. The authors find most of the rationales to be in…
The Davis-Bacon Act
The intensified controversy in recent years over the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires the payment of prevailing wages on federally funded construction projects, has resulted in several new studies of the effects of that act. This invited paper reviews the evidence presented in these recent studies on several aspects of the act, including how Davis-Bacon wage determinations compare to local construction wages as measured by sources other than the a…
An indirect test of efficient city sizes
Learning in government programs and the usefulness of cost-benefit analysis
Does Studying Economics Discourage Cooperation? Watch What We Do, Not What We Say or How We Play
Based on what economics students say and how they play games, economics students appear less cooperative than other students. But appearances can be deceiving: the evidence in this paper indicates that the actual behavior of economics students is more cooperative than that of other students. The authors carried out a 'lost letter' experiment, in which envelopes containing currency were dropped in classrooms and the return rate measured. In this t…
Does ‘Civic Duty’ ‘Solve’ The Rational Choice Voter Turnout Puzzle
Rational choice models of voter turnout try to account for why people vote by including on the ‘benefits’ side of the cost-benefit calculus some term representing either the collective benefits of voting or the satisfaction the individual derives from the very act of voting, a strategy subject to a number of telling criticisms. After a background discussion of three competing perspectives on this rational choice strategy, which we term the ‘accep…
Can remittances compensate for manpower outflows
An indirect test of efficient city sizes
The Davis-Bacon Act
The intensified controversy in recent years over the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires the payment of prevailing wages on federally funded construction projects, has resulted in several new studies of the effects of that act. This invited paper reviews the evidence presented in these recent studies on several aspects of the act, including how Davis-Bacon wage determinations compare to local construction wages as measured by sources other than the a…
Does Salaried Status Affect Human Capital Accumulation
Human capital studies do not usually consider whether an individual is paid an hourly wage or a salary. The authors of this paper develop a conceptual framework that explains why some workers are paid salaries and predicts that salaried workers will invest more in human capital than will hourly workers. In particular, this prediction hinges on the differing effort incentives facing hourly and salaried workers, and their employers, in jobs that ar…
Interregional Wage Differential Dynamics
The relative efficiency of private and public transfers
An Economic Evaluation of the Service Contract Act
The Service Contract Act of 1965 is one of three major laws requiring that "prevailing wages" be paid by private employers with federal contracts. This paper develops a preliminary cost-benefit framework for evaluating that Act. On the benefit side, the authors identify and analyze eight possible rationales for the Act, such as the desire to prevent low wages and to encourage collective bargaining. The authors find most of the rationales to be in…
Learning in government programs and the usefulness of cost-benefit analysis
An indirect test of efficient city sizes
The Davis-Bacon Act
The intensified controversy in recent years over the Davis-Bacon Act, which requires the payment of prevailing wages on federally funded construction projects, has resulted in several new studies of the effects of that act. This invited paper reviews the evidence presented in these recent studies on several aspects of the act, including how Davis-Bacon wage determinations compare to local construction wages as measured by sources other than the a…
An Economic Evaluation of the Service Contract Act
The Service Contract Act of 1965 is one of three major laws requiring that "prevailing wages" be paid by private employers with federal contracts. This paper develops a preliminary cost-benefit framework for evaluating that Act. On the benefit side, the authors identify and analyze eight possible rationales for the Act, such as the desire to prevent low wages and to encourage collective bargaining. The authors find most of the rationales to be in…
Alternate rationales for severance pay compensation under airline deregulation
Can remittances compensate for manpower outflows
The relative efficiency of private and public transfers
Interregional Wage Differential Dynamics
Prevailing Wage Legislation
Does Salaried Status Affect Human Capital Accumulation
Human capital studies do not usually consider whether an individual is paid an hourly wage or a salary. The authors of this paper develop a conceptual framework that explains why some workers are paid salaries and predicts that salaried workers will invest more in human capital than will hourly workers. In particular, this prediction hinges on the differing effort incentives facing hourly and salaried workers, and their employers, in jobs that ar…
Does Studying Economics Discourage Cooperation? Watch What We Do, Not What We Say or How We Play
Based on what economics students say and how they play games, economics students appear less cooperative than other students. But appearances can be deceiving: the evidence in this paper indicates that the actual behavior of economics students is more cooperative than that of other students. The authors carried out a 'lost letter' experiment, in which envelopes containing currency were dropped in classrooms and the return rate measured. In this t…
Why Do Empirical Results Change? Forecasts as Tests of Rational Expectations
Research Article| December 01 2000 Why Do Empirical Results Change? Forecasts as Tests of Rational Expectations Robert S. Goldfarb; Robert S. Goldfarb Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google H. O. Stekler H. O. Stekler Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google History of Political Economy (2000) 32 (Suppl_1): 95–116. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182702-32-Suppl_1-95 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tabl…
Economics at the millennium
Does ‘Civic Duty’ ‘Solve’ The Rational Choice Voter Turnout Puzzle
Rational choice models of voter turnout try to account for why people vote by including on the ‘benefits’ side of the cost-benefit calculus some term representing either the collective benefits of voting or the satisfaction the individual derives from the very act of voting, a strategy subject to a number of telling criticisms. After a background discussion of three competing perspectives on this rational choice strategy, which we term the ‘accep…
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