Recently added articles from The American Journal of Economics and Sociology:
Smith and living wages: arguments in support of a mandated living wage.(Adam Smith )(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; ... The distribution of income, the level of wages, and other factors affecting living standards are among the most important topics of discussion, not only in the United States during the current election cycle but also throughout the world. Of further concern are the interactions among the ...
Paradigms and novelty in economics: the history of economic thought as a source of enlightenment.(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; ... The development of the discipline of economics might best be understood by using the concept of paradigm. Indeed, Richard Schmalensee (1991: 115-116) has done this when, building on Thomas Kuhn's ideas of normal science and paradigm shifts, he speculated on the future of economics: ...
Corruption's effect on business venturing within the United States.(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; ... I Introduction As REGARDS CORRUPTION, (1) there seems to be two countrywide equilibria. Developing countries seem caught in a world with poor institutions and much corruption, while developed countries have better institutions and less corruption (Acemoglu, Johnson, ...
Too much competition in higher education? Some conceptual remarks on the excessive-signaling hypothesis.(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; ... I Introduction: The Business of Attracting Students WITHIN THE ECONOMICS of higher education, there is a small but influential literature that examines the outcomes of competitive processes on markets for higher educational services. In a series of papers, Frank ...
The market, the firm, and the economics profession.(Report)
Nov 01, 2009; ... I Introduction THE GROWING MATHEMATICAL and statistical sophistication of academic economic research is undeniable. Coelho and McClure (2005) and Grubel and Boland (1986) provide evidence of increasing sophistication, if any is needed, through time-series analysis of ...