Professor of Economics
Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois 61455
JA-Yunker@wiu.edu
|
|
James A. Yunker Professor of Economics Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois 61455 JA-Yunker@wiu.edu |
Economics 504 (Price Theory) Class Notes
Representative Writings Organized by Topic
World Government:
| "Preface" to Political Globalization: A New Vision of Federal World Government (University Press of America, 2007). | typeset publication version pdf file (147 kb) |
| "Rethinking World Government: A New Approach." Article originally published in the International Journal on World Peace (March 2000). Reprinted as Chapter 1 of the book with the same title (University Press of America, 2005). | typescript of publication version pdf file (99 kb) |
| "Effective Global Governance without Effective Global Government: A Contemporary Myth." Article originally published in World Futures (October 2004). Reprinted as Chapter 5 of Rethinking World Government (University Press of America, 2005). | typescript of publication version pdf file (127 kb) |
| "A Pragmatic Route to Genuine Global Governance." Chapter 9 from Errol E. Harris and James A. Yunker, editors, Toward Genuine Global Governance: Critical Reactions to 'Our Global Neighborhood' (Westport, CT: Praeger, 1999). | typescript of publication version html file (104 kb) |
| "A New Perspective on
International Organization." Chapter 1 of World Union on the Horizon: The Case for Supernational Federation (University Press of America, 1993). |
typescript of publication version html file (121 kb) |
| "World Government Revisited: A Post-Cold War Perspective." Unpublished article, 2003. | typescript pdf file (69 kb) |
| "From National Sovereignty to Global Government: Is There a Plausible Transition Path?" Unpublished contribution to the First Virtual Congress (online) on World Citizenship and Democratic Global Governance (2007). | typescript pdf file (179 kb) |
World Economic Equalization Program (Global Marshall Plan):
| "Could a Global Marshall Plan Be Successful? An Investigation Using the WEEP Simulation Model." Article originally published in World Development (July 2004). Reprinted as Chapter 3 of Rethinking World Government (University Press of America, 2005). | typeset publication version pdf file (330 kb) |
| "A World Economic Equalization Program: Refinements and Sensitivity Analysis." Article published in World Development (August 1988). | typeset publication version pdf file (216 kb) |
| "Swords into Plowshares: Financing a World Economic Equalization Program." Article published in the Journal of Policy Modeling (2006). | typescript of publication version pdf file (156 kb) |
Market Socialism:
| "Introduction" to On the Political Economy of Market Socialism: Essays and Analyses (Ashgate, 2001) | typeset publication version pdf file (223 kb) |
| "Post-Lange Market Socialism: An Evaluation of Profit-Oriented Proposals." Article originally published in the Journal of Economic Issues (September 1995). Reprinted as Chapter 3 of On the Political Economy of Market Socialism (Ashgate, 2001). | typescript of publication version html file (102 kb) |
| "Agency Issues and Managerial Incentives: Contemporary Capitalism versus Market Socialism." Article published in Research in Political Economy (1994). Reprinted as Chapter 11 of On the Political Economy of Market Socialism (Ashgate, 2001). | typescript of publication version html file (285 kb) |
| "The Microeconomic Efficiency Argument for Socialism Revisited." Article originally published in the Journal of Economic Issues (March 1979). Reprinted as Chapter 5 of On the Political Economy of Market Socialism (Ashgate, 2001). | typescript of publication version pdf file (148 kb) |
| "Capital Management under Profit-Oriented Market Socialism: An Explicit Function Approach." Article originally published in the Southern Economic Journal (July 1996). Reprinted as Chapter 7 of On the Political Economy of Market Socialism (Ashgate, 2001). | typeset publication version pdf file (206 kb) |
| "A Comprehensive Incentives Analysis of the Potential Performance of Market Socialism." Article published in the Review of Political Economy (January 2007). | typeset publication version pdf file (266 kb) |
Miscellaneous:
| "Incorporating Stochastic Demand into Breakeven Analysis: A Practical Guide." Article published in The Engineering Economist (2006). | typescript of publication version pdf file (149 kb) |
| "The Dubious Utility of the Value-Added Concept in Higher Education: The Case of Accounting." Article published in Economics of Education Review (June 2005). | typescript of publication version pdf file (107 kb) |
| "Estimating Optimal Expenditures on Family Planning in Developing Economies." Article published in Population Research and Policy Review (2003). | typescript of publication version pdf file (508 kb) |
|
"Stochastic CVP Analysis
with Economic Demand and Cost Functions." Article published in Review
of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (September 2001). |
typescript of publication version pdf file (1,362 kb) |
| "General Equilibrium in a Nutshell: An Explicit Function Example." Article published in the Journal of Economic Education (Summer 1998). | typeset publication version pdf file (58 kb) |
| Mathematical Derivations for "General Equilibrium in a Nutshell." Unpublished supplement. | typescript pdf file (200 kb) |
| "Application of the els Model: Optimal Tax Rate and Public Good Proportion." Article published in Public Finance Review (January 1999). | typeset publication version pdf file (403 kb) |
| "Inheritance and Chance as Determinants of Capital Wealth Inequality." Article published in the Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics (Winter 1999). | typescript of publication version pdf file (140 kb) |
| "The Adverse Economic Consequences of Extremely High Capital Wealth Inequality." Article published in the Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics (Spring 1997). | typescript of publication version pdf file (446 kb) |
| "Capital Wealth Inequality and Public Bads: A Mathematical Analysis." Article published in the Eastern Economic Journal (Winter 2003). | typeset publication version pdf file (107 kb) |
| "A New Statistical Analysis of Capital Punishment Incorporating U.S. Post-Moratorium Data." Article published in Social Science Quarterly (June 2001). | typescript of publication version pdf file (87 kb) |
| "Doing Things the Hard Way: Problems with Mission-Linked AACSB Accreditation Standards and Suggestions for Improvement." Article published in the Journal of Education for Business (July 2000). | typeset publication version pdf file (62 kb) |
| "Isoquants of the Cubic Production Function." Unpublished article, 2008. Available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1117619. | typescript pdf file (310 kb) |
| "The Nutritional Kuznets Curve: Analysis and Evidence." Unpublished article, 2005. | typescript pdf file (93 kb) |
| "Assessment Fever in Higher Education: A View from the Trenches." Unpublished article, 2001. | typescript html file (143 kb) |
| "Pareto Efficiency and Social Welfare Maximization." Unpublished article, 2004. | typescript pdf file (325 kb) |