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In this article the writer outlines how difficulties in the design and layout of tabular and diagrammatic materials in printed text can cause difficulties (1) for readers of these materials when they are record ing them on tape, and (2) for the listeners to the resulting tapes.

In this article the author outlines how recent approaches to designing printed text may have impli cations for the setting of braille. Two issues discussed in detail are: (1) ways of improving the comprehension of text; and (2) ways o f improving the layout o f text so that readers can more easily find their way around it.

This paper tests whether a real business cycle model can be built using a specific technological shock, a change in the depreciation rate, instead of an aggregate multiplicative shock. The model cannot duplicate standard business cycle facts.

Originally published: London, 1784. ; Authorship attributed to J. Hartley and another--Halkett & Laing, v. 3, p. 92. ; Catalogue . of Thomas Rowlandson . at the Grolier Club, ; Mode of access: Internet.

SUMMARYThis paper examines the distribution of economic research as catalogued in the Journal of Economic Literature across countries of the world and attempts to explain those patterns. We report the number of articles published on each country and estimate a series of regressions to understand this pattern. We find that measures of a country's size (physical and economic), connections with the outside world and data availability explain much of the pattern of research. We also find that tourism receipts, whether English is an official language, and the number of economic research institutions are significantly correlated with the amount of research done on a country. After controlling for all the variables, we find only three regions (all in Africa) with significantly less research published by economists in Journal of Economic Literature cataloged articles than North America.

The results presented in this paper give a comprehensive picture of the extent of publishing by economists. While it is obvious that the traditional emphasis on refereed journal articles captures only a part of economists' research output, to date it has been difficult to determine how large a part of that output was not being measured. This note provides the necessary perspective and presents information on the relative productivity of faculty at different institutional types and with different years of experience.

In the midst of the Great Depression, California engaged in a massive restructuring of its tax system, reducing reliance on the property tax and introducing sales and income taxes. Our analysis suggests that this restructuring, which included a voter referendum, was primarily driven by a desire to change the mix rather than the level of taxation. Nonetheless, by introducing new taxes that had a higher revenue elasticity than the existing taxes, California created a revenue system that allowed the rapid growth of spending to continue.

Plates designed by Thomas Rowlandson. ; By J. Hartley and another. Cf. Halkett and Laing. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Errata leaf inserted after p. xii.