Institute for the Study of International Aspects of Competition
Welcome to the homepage of the Institute for the Study of International
Aspects of Competition (ISIAC)—a research center founded by Professor
Joel B. Dirlam (1915–2005), affiliated with the
University of Rhode Island, and concerned
with industrial organization and international economics.
Through this homepage you can learn about ISIAC’s personnel and working
papers or explore links to related sites.
Personnel
Working Papers
A working paper or its abstract can be viewed by clicking on its number.
A printed copy of a working paper can be purchased by sending a check
for the indicated amount payable to the University of Rhode Island to the
address given at the bottom of this page.
- John P. Burkett, International Trade and Factor Prices in a Model
with Nonhomothetic Production Functions,
WP95–1, $3.
- John P. Burkett, Cones of Diversification in a Model of International
Comparative Advantage,
WP95–2, $3.
- John P. Burkett, Bureaucratic Behavior Modeled by Reduced-Rank
Regression: The Case of Expenditures from the Soviet State Budget.
WP96–1, $3.
- Mohammed Sharif, Inappropriate Technology, Poverty,
Population Growth, and Modernization: A Vicious Circle of
Environmental Degradation.
WP96–2, $3.
- Tomislav Vukina, John C. Beghin, and Ebru G. Solakoglu, Transition to
Markets and the Environment: Evidence from CEE Countries.
WP96–3, $3.
- John Burkett, Catherine Humblet, and Louis Putterman, Pre-Industrial
and Post-War Economic Development: Is There a Link?
WP96–4, $3.
- Jaromir Veprek, Main Economic Pitfalls of the Czech Health Care
Transformation and Possible Solutions
WP97–1, $3.
- Joseph Diamond and Jon D. Edwards, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Market
Power in the Electric Power Industry
WP97–2, $10.
- William Bassett, John Burkett, and Louis Putterman, A Note on Income
Distribution and Government Transfers
WP97–3, $3.
- William E. Schrank and Blanca Skoda, The Cost of Marine Fishery
Management in Eastern Canada: Newfoundland, 1989/90 to 1997/98
WP99–1, $3.
- Hans Mueller, Consensus and Conflict in the Steel
Market WP02-1,
$4.
- Trude B. Andersen, Frank Asche, and Kristin Helen Roll,
Oligopoly and Oligopsony Power in Concentrated Supply
Chains WP08-1,
$4.
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Last modified: June 17, 2009
John P. Burkett
Executive Director, ISIAC
Department of Economics
University of Rhode Island
806 Chafee Hall, 10 Chafee Road
Kingston, RI 02881–0808
phone (401) 874–9195
fax (401) 874–2858