Economic Models, Estimation and Socioeconomic Systems

Introduction . A scientific autobiography (K.A. Fox). ECONOMIC MODELS, INSTITUTIONS, POLICY AND THEORY. Agricultural Economics . Public research in agriculture: An alternative institutional framework (G.C. Rausser and D. Zilberman). Agricultural economics: A transcendental allegory (H.F. Breimyer). Production Economics . Normative dimensions of production economics (G.L. Johnson). An extended Cobb-Douglas form for use in production economics (A. Charnes, W.W. Cooper and A.P. Schinnar). Farrell efficiency: Some generalizations and econometric implications (J.K. Sengupta). Demand Analysis . Income and price sensitivity in demand systems, part I: Income sensitivity (J.L. Seale, Jr. and H. Theil). Income and price sensitivity in demand systems, part II: Price sensitivity (H. Theil and J.L. Seale, Jr.). Dynamic Models. Cobweb chaos (R.H. Day and K.A. Hanson). Demand uncertainty and price stabilization (E.K. Choi and S. Johnson). Optimization in continuous time: Some dynamic programming models (M.J. Beckmann). Other Economic Models and Theory . Information, computers, and the structure of industry (W.J. Baumol). Pitfalls in macroeconomic model building (C.F. Christ). Toward resource value transfer economies (A. Charnes, S.C. Littlechild and J.J. Rousseau). The design and structure of econometric revolution: Classical, neo-classical and modern econometrics (T.K. Kaul). Causes and consequences of international resource transfer (V. Rao). ESTIMATION. Small area estimation as a measurement error problem (W.A. Fuller). An approximation to values of standard normal variable having alpha as right tail area (Y.-K Kim, Y.R. Park and T.K. Kaul). A Bayesian econometric methodology for estimation and prediction in conjoint analysis (A. Zellner and V.K. Verma). Soft modeling: The basic design and some extensions (H. Wold). SOCIOECONOMIC ACCOUNTS, MODELS AND SYSTEMS. The optimum economic and security order: A model (J. Tinbergen). Socioeconomic impact of structural adjustment in developing countries: Methodological questions and issues (E. Thorbecke). Objective consumption: The game model (P. van Moeseke and J. Goldsmith). The family and the value of human time (T.W. Schultz). Social accounts, taxonomies and models (J.R. Prescott). The relevance of the functional economic area concept for spatial planning in India (T.K. Kumar). Natural selection, economics and probability (A.M. Faden). Bibliography. The writings of Karl A. Fox. Indexes.