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Empirical Note on firm performance in government contract markets

Public construction and, in particular, highway construction account for a large proportion of the non-defense expenditures by the government. Con- tracts for highway construction are let almost exclusively through a sealed tender process. Competitive bidding is used to encourage price competition. There is, however, a problem in insuring that the bidder is able to deliver the product of specified
Authors
Emil D. Attanasi, Branden L. Johnson

Regional impact of water resource investments in an developing area

Regional development and industrialization patterns are investigated and related via regression analysis to water resource investments for the island of Puerto Rico. Although results of this study indicate such investments have little immediate or short‐term impact, significant relationships and variations in regional responses appear over longer time periods. This is shown by applying a variation
Authors
E. D. Attanasi

Sequential bidding models--a decision theoretic approach

No abstract available.
Authors
Emil D. Attanasi, S.R. Johnson

Physical factors determining the fraction of stored energy recoverable from hydrothermal convection systems and conduction-dominated areas

This report contains background analyses for the estimates of Nathenson and Muffler (1975) of geothermal resources in hydrothermal convection systems and conduction-dominated areas. The first section discusses heat and fluid recharge potential of geothermal reservoirs. The second section analyzes the physical factors that determine the fraction of stored energy obtainable at the surface from a geo
Authors
Manuel Nathenson

A review of recently active faults in Taiwan

Six faults associated with five large earthquakes produced surface displacements ranging from 1 to 3 m in the period 1906 through 1951. Four of the ruptures occurred in the western coastal plain and foothills, and two occurred in the Longitudinal Valley of eastern Taiwan. Maps are included showing the locations and dimensions of the displacements. The published geological literature probably would
Authors
Manuel G. Bonilla

Paleotectonic investigations of the Pennsylvanian System in the United States, Part I: Introduction and regional analyses of the Pennsylvanian System

The Pennsylvanian is the fourth geologic system to be analyzed and synthesized by geologists of the U.S. Geological Survey in the form of a paleotectonic study covering the conterminous United States. Earlier investigations were of the Jurassic, Triassic, and Permian Systems. Results were published as Miscellaneous Geologic Investigation Maps I-175, I-300, and I-450 and in Professional Paper 515.
Authors
Edwin D. McKee, Eleanor J. Crosby, George O. Bachman, Kenneth G. Bell, George H. Dixon, Sherwood E. Frezon, Ernest E. Glick, William P. Irwin, William W. Mallory, William J. Mapel, Edwin K. Maughan, George E. Prichard, Gerald L. Shideler, Gary F. Stewart, Harold R. Wanless, Richard F. Wilson

A numerical analysis of bid distributions in sealed tender markets

No abstract available.
Authors
Emil D. Attanasi, S.R. Johnson, D.R. Kamerschen

Studies for seismic zonation of the San Francisco Bay region

The analyses presented in the preceding six papers show that the geologic setting of the San Francisco Bay region has a dominant influence on potential earthquake hazards. The strong correlation between geologic conditions and the amount of earthquake damage in 1906 emphasizes the importance of this influence and demonstrates the need for seismic zonation. Seismic zonation can provide the logical
Authors
Roger D. Borcherdt

Mineral resource models and the Alaskan Mineral Resource Assessment Program

The least exacting demand that can be made of any model is that it serves as a device whereby we can predict actual physical happenings. Another demand which could be made is that the physical happenings predicted be in some way relevant to man, either by allowing him to anticipate future uncontrollable events or by demonstrating the possible consequences of various decisions. To date, many minera
Authors
Donald A. Singer