Lester G. Telser
Selected Bibliography for Lester G.
Telser
Professor Emeritus in Economics and the
College
Telser, Lester G. "The Veterans' Bonus of 1936."
Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 2003, 26(2),
pp. 227-43.
Telser, Lester G. "Reply: Another Perspective on the Reserve
Requirement Increments of 1936 and 1937." Journal of Post
Keynesian Economics, 2002, 25(1), pp. 181-82.
Telser, Lester G. The Veterans' Bonus of 1936 and the abortive
recovery from the Great Depression; Working paper ;; no. 165;
Chicago: George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and
the State University of Chicago, 2001.
Telser, Lester G. "Higher Member Bank Reserve Ratios in 1936 and
1937 Did Not Cause the Relapse into Depression." Journal of
Post Keynesian Economics, 2001, 24(2), pp.
205-16.
Telser, Lester G. "Advertising and Competition," K. Bagwell,
The economics of advertising. Elgar Reference Collection.
International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, vol. 136.
Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2001, pp.
92-117.
Telser, Lester G. Classic futures : lessons from the past for
the electronic age; London: Risk, 2000.
Telser, Lester G. "Competition and the Core," D. A. Walker,
Equilibrium. Elgar Reference Collection. Critical Ideas in
Economics, vol. 2. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar,
2000, pp. 402-24.
Telser, Lester G. and Higinbotham, Harlow N. "Organized Futures
Markets: Costs and Benefits," H. R. Stoll, Microstructure: The
organization of trading and short term price behavior. Elgar
Reference Collection. International Library of Critical Writings in
Financial Economics, vol. 4. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton,
Mass.: Elgar, 1999, pp. 351-82.
Telser, Lester G. "Market Problems." Economics Letters,
1998, 58(2), pp. 177-83.
Telser, Lester G. Joint ventures of labor and capital; Ann
Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997.
Telser, Lester G. "Why There Are Organized Futures Markets," A. G.
Malliaris, Futures markets. Elgar Reference Collection.
International Library of Critical Writings in Financial Economics,
vol. 2. Cheltenham, U.K. and Lyme, N.H.: Elgar, 1997, pp.
109-30.
Telser, Lester G. "The Usefulness of Core Theory in Economics," O.
F. Hamouda and J. C. R. Rowley, Economic games, bargaining and
solutions. Elgar Reference Collection. Foundations of
Probability, Econometrics and Economic Games, vol. 3. Cheltenham,
U.K. and Lyme, N.H.: Elgar, 1997, pp. 185-98.
Telser, Lester G. On the great depression; Working paper
series ;; no. 130; Chicago: Center for the Study of the Economy and
the State University of Chicago, 1996.
Telser, Lester G. "The antitrust impulse An economic, historical,
and legal analysis (book review)." Journal of Economic
Literature, 1996, 34(1), pp. 167-70.
Telser, Lester G. "Competition and the Core." Journal of
Political Economy, 1996, 104(1), pp. 85-107.
Telser, Lester G. "Optimal Denominations for Coins and Currency."
Economics Letters, 1995, 49(4), pp. 425-27.
Telser, Lester G. "Why There Are Organized Futures Markets," M. K.
Lewis, Financial intermediaries. Elgar Reference
Collection. International Library of Critical Writings in
Economics, vol. 43. Aldershot, U.K.: Elgar, 1995, pp. 204-25.
Telser, Lester G. "The Ultimatum Game and the Law of Demand."
The Economic Journal, 1995, 105(433), pp.
1519-23.
Telser, Lester G. On the great depression; Working paper
series ;; no. 99; Chicago: Center for the Study of the Economy and
the State University of Chicago, 1994.
Telser, Lester G. "Sharkey's Example: Note." Games and Economic
Behavior, 1994, 7(2), pp. 301-07.
Telser, Lester G. "The Usefulness of Core Theory in Economics."
The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994, 8(2),
pp. 151-64.
Telser, Lester G. "Cutthroat Competition and the Long Purse," F. M.
Scherer, Monopoly and competition policy. Elgar Reference
Collection. International Library of Critical Writings in
Economics, vol. 30. Aldershot, U.K.: Elgar, 1993, pp. 235-46.
Telser, Lester G. "Corners in Organized Futures Markets," L. Phlips
and L. D. Taylor, Aggregation, consumption and trade: Essays in
honor of H. S. Houthakker. Advanced Studies in Theoretical and
Applied Econometrics, vol. 27. Dordrecht and London: Kluwer
Academic, 1992, pp. 159-67.
Telser, Lester G. Estimates of supply conditions for eight
commodities; Working paper ;; no. 69; Chicago: Center for the
Study of the Economy and the State University of Chicago,
1991.
Telser, Lester G. "Industry Total Cost Functions and the Status of
the Core." The Journal of Industrial Economics, 1991,
39(3), pp. 225-40.
Telser, Lester G. and Slutsky, Steven. "Theory of Corporations: An
Application of the Theory of the Core; Discussion; Reply."
Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, 1990,
5(2), pp. 159.
Telser, Lester G. "Competition: Master or Servant?," F. Mathewson,
M. Trebilcock and M. Walker, The law and economics of
competition policy. Vancouver: Fraser Institute, 1990, pp.
373-86.
Telser, Lester G. "Why Should Manufacturers Want Fair Trade II?"
Journal of Law and Economics, 1990, 33(2), pp.
409-17.
Telser, Lester G. Economic theory and the core; Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1988.
Telser, Lester G. Theories of competition; Amsterdam and
London: North-Holland, 1988.
Telser, Lester G. A theory of corporations : an application of
the theory of the core; Law and economics workshop series;;
Toronto: Law and Economics Programme Faculty of Law University of
Toronto, 1987.
Telser, Lester G. A theory of efficient cooperation and
competition; Cambridge; New York and Melbourne: Cambridge
University Press, 1987.
Telser, Lester G. "Principals and agents (Book Review)."
Journal of Economic Literature, 1986, 24(Issue
4), pp. 1788.
Telser, Lester G. "Futures and Actual Markets: How they are
Related." Journal of Business, 1986, 59(2, Part
2: Futures and Options Markets), pp. S5-S20.
Telser, Lester G. "Cooperation, Competition, and Efficiency."
Journal of Law and Economics, 1985, 28(2,
Antitrust and Economic Efficiency: A Conference Sponsored by the
Hoover Institution), pp. 271-95.
Telser, Lester G. Genesis of the Sherman Act; Law and
economics workshop series ;; WSVI-10; Toronto: University of
Toronto, 1984.
Telser, Lester G. "Theories of Contract Design and Market
Organization: Conceptual Bases for Understanding Futures Markets:
Comment," R. W. Anderson, The Industrial Organization of
Futures Markets. Lexington, Mass., and Toronto: Heath
Lexington Books, 1984, pp. 307-10.
Telser, Lester G. "Innovation: Its Public and Private Aspects and
Some of Their Empirical Implications for Mergers." Economic
Inquiry, 1984, 22(4), pp. 334-59.
Telser, Lester G. "Market Structure and Behavior (Book Review)."
Journal of Political Economy, 1982, 90(Issue 2),
pp. 439.
Telser, Lester G. Genesis of the Sherman Act; Working
paper no. 024; Chicago: Center for the Study of the Economy and the
State University of Chicago, 1982.
Telser, Lester G. "Voting and Paying for Public Goods: An
Application of the Theory of the Core." Journal of Economic
Theory, 1982, 27(2), pp. 376-409.
Telser, Lester G. "A Theory of Innovation and Its Effects." The
Bell Journal of Economics, 1982, 13(1), pp.
69-92.
Telser, Lester G. "Margins and Futures Contracts." Journal of
Futures Markets, 1981, 1(Issue 2), pp. 225.
Telser, Lester G. Margins and futures contracts; Working
paper series ;; CSFM-17; New York: Columbia Business School Center
for the Study of Futures Markets, 1981.
Telser, Lester G. "Why There Are Organized Futures Markets."
Journal of Law and Economics, 1981, 24(1), pp.
1-22.
Telser, Lester G. Just imputations in game theory; Center
for Mathematical Studies in Business and Economics Report no. 8004;
Chicago: Dept. of Economics and Graduate School of Business
University of Chicago, 1980.
Telser, Lester G. Advertising and competition; Occasional
paper; London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1980.
Telser, Lester G. "A Theory of Self-Enforcing Agreements."
Journal of Business, 1980, 53(1), pp.
27-44.
Telser, Lester G. Reasons for having an organized futures
market; Center for Mathematical Studies in Business and
Economics. Report no. 7925.; Chicago: Dept. of Economics and
Graduate School of Business University of Chicago, 1979.
Telser, Lester G. "A Theory of Monopoly of Complementary Goods."
Journal of Business, 1979, 52(2), pp.
211-30.
Telser, Lester G. Economic theory and the core; Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1978.
Sharkey, William W. and Telser, Lester G. "Supportable Cost
Functions for the Multiproduct Firm." Journal of Economic
Theory, 1978, 18(1), pp. 23-37.
Telser, Lester G. and Higinbotham, Harlow N. "Organized Futures
Markets: Costs and Benefits." The Journal of Political
Economy, 1977, 85(5), pp. 969-1000.
Telser, Lester G. "Comment." Journal of Law &
Economics, 1976, 19(Issue 2), pp. 337.
Telser, Lester G. "Political Information: Comment." Journal of
Law and Economics, 1976, 19(2, Conference on the
Economics of Politics and Regulation), pp. 337-40.
Telser, Lester G.; Best, William; Egan, John W. and Higinbotham,
Harlow N. "The Theory of Supply with Applications to the Ethical
Pharmaceutical Industry." Journal of Law and Economics,
1975, 18(2), pp. 449-78.
Telser, Lester G. "Searching for the Lowest Price." The
American Economic Review, 1973, 63(2, Papers and
Proceedings of the Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of the American
Economic Association), pp. 40-49.
Telser, Lester G. "A Critique of Some Recent Empirical Research on
the Explanation of the Term Structure of Interest Rates: Errata."
The Journal of Political Economy, 1973, 81(4),
pp. 1039.
Telser, Lester G. and Graves, Robert L. Functional analysis in
mathematical economics; optimization over infinite horizons;
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972.
Telser, Lester G. Competition, collusion, and game theory;
Aldine treatises in modern economics;; London: Macmillan,
1972.
Telser, Lester G. Advertising and competition;
Bobbs-Merrill reprint series in economics ;; ECON-305;;
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1971.
Telser, Lester G. "On the Regulation of Industry: Rejoinder."
The Journal of Political Economy, 1971, 79(2),
pp. 364-65.
Telser, Lester G. "On the Regulation of Industry: A Correction."
The Journal of Political Economy, 1971, 79(4),
pp. 932.
Telser, Lester G. "Theory of the Firm and of Market Structures:
Discussion." American Economic Review, 1969,
59(2), pp. 121-23.
Telser, Lester G. "On the Regulation of Industry: A Note." The
Journal of Political Economy, 1969, 77(6), pp.
937-52.
Telser, Lester G. "Another Look at Advertising and Concentration."
The Journal of Industrial Economics, 1969, 18(1),
pp. 85-94.
Heflebower, Richard B. and Telser, Lester G. "Discussion." The
American Economic Review, 1969, 59(2, Papers and
Proceedings of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the American
Economic Association), pp. 119-23.
Telser, Lester G. and Graves, Robert L. On the minium of a
convex functional on a convex set of a branch space; Center
for Mathematical Studies in Business and Economics. Report no.
6833; Chicago: Department of Economics and Graduate School of
Business University of Chicago, 1968.
Telser, Lester G. and Graves, Robert L. Constrained
maximization of an infinite dimensional quadratic form with an
application to the theory of the demand for durable goods;
Center for Mathematical Studies in Business and Economics Report
no. 6842; Chicago: Dept. of Economics and Graduate School of
Business University of Chicago, 1968.
Telser, Lester G. On the regulation of industry: a note;
Center for Mathematical Studies in Business and Economics Report
no.6835; Chicago: Dept. of Economics and Graduate School of
Business University of Chicago, 1968.
Telser, Lester G. "Monopolistic Competition: Any Impact Yet?"
The Journal of Political Economy, 1968, 76(2),
pp. 312-15.
Telser, Lester G. "Some Aspects of the Economics of Advertising."
Journal of Business, 1968, 41(2), pp.
166-73.
Telser, Lester G. and Graves, Robert L. "Continuous and Discrete
Time Approaches to a Maximization Problem." The Review of
Economic Studies, 1968, 35(3), pp. 307-25.
Graves, Robert L. and Telser, Lester G. An infinite-horizon
discrete-time quadratic program as applied to a monopoly
problem; Cowles Foundation paper ;; no. 278;; New Haven,
Conn.: Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics at Yale
University, 1968.
Telser, Lester G. "Spectral Analysis of Economic Time Series (Book
Review)." Journal of the American Statistical Association,
1967, 62(Issue 318), pp. 687.
Telser, Lester G. "Discrete Samples and Moving Sums in Stationary
Stochastic Processes." Journal of the American Statistical
Association, 1967, 62(Issue 318), pp. 484.
Telser, Lester G. "A Critique of Some Recent Empirical Research on
the Explanation of the Term Structure of Interest Rates." The
Journal of Political Economy, 1967, 75(4, Part 2:
Issues in Monetary Research, 1966), pp. 546-61.
Graves, Robert L. and Telser, Lester G. "An Infinite-Horizon
Discrete-Time Quadratic Program as Applied to a Monopoly Problem."
Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society, 1967,
35(2), pp. 234-72.
Telser, Lester G. The supply of speculative services in wheat,
corn and soybeans; Center for Mathematical Studies in Business
and Economics Report no. 6622; Chicago: Center for Mathematical
Studies in Business and Economics University of Chicago,
1966.
Telser, Lester G. "Supply and Demand for Advertising Messages."
The American Economic Review, 1966, 56(1/2), pp.
457-66.
Telser, Lester G. "Cutthroat Competition and the Long Purse."
Journal of Law and Economics, 1966, 9, pp.
259-77.
Graves, Robert L. and Telser, Lester G. An infinite-horizon
discrete-time quadratic program as applied to a monopoly
program; Center for Mathematical Studies in Business and
Economics Report no. 6608.; Chicago: Center for Mathematical
Studies in Business and Economics University of Chicago,
1966.
Telser, Lester G. "Abusive Trade Practices: An Economic Analysis."
Law and Contemporary Problems, 1965, 30(3), pp.
488.
Telser, Lester G. "The Case For Competition." Challenge,
1965, 14(Issue 2), pp. 35.
Telser, Lester G. Advertising and competition; Occasional
paper,; 4;; London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1965.
Telser, Lester G. "A Mathematical Note on Entry, Exit, and
Oligopoly." Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric
Society, 1965, 33(2), pp. 425-33.
Telser, Lester G. and Yamey, B. S. "Speculation and Margins."
The Journal of Political Economy, 1965, 73(6),
pp. 656-57.
Graves, Robert L. and Telser, Lester G. Optimal Output and
Price Policies for General Distributed Lag Demand Equations;
Cowles Foundation, Yale University, Cowles Foundation Discussion,
1965.
Telser, Lester G. "Iterative Estimation of a Set of Linear
Regression Equations." Journal of the American Statistical
Association, 1964, 59(307), pp. 845-62.
Telser, Lester G. "A Priori Information and Time Series Analysis:
(Book Review)." American Economic Review, 1964,
54(Issue 6), pp. 1128.
Telser, Lester G. "Advertising and Competition." The Journal of
Political Economy, 1964, 72(6), pp. 537-62.
Telser, Lester G. "The Demand for Branded Goods as Estimated From
Consumer Panel Data." The Review of Economic Statistics,
1962, 44(3), pp. 300-24.
Telser, Lester G. "Advertising and Cigarettes." The Journal of
Political Economy, 1962, 70(5), pp. 471-99.
Telser, Lester G. "Bargaining and Group Decision Making (Book
Review)." The Journal of Business, 1961, 34(2),
pp. 188.
Telser, Lester G. "How Much Does It Pay Whom to Advertise?" The
American Economic Review, 1961, 51(2, Papers and
Proceedings of the Seventy-Third Annual Meeting of the American
Economic Association), pp. 194-205.
Telser, Lester G. "Returns to Speculators: Reply." The Journal
of Political Economy, 1960, 68(4), pp. 404-15.
Telser, Lester G. "Why Should Manufacturers Want Fair Trade?"
Journal of Law and Economics, 1960, 3, pp.
86-105.
Payne, Stanley L. and Telser, Lester G. "The Allocation of Economic
Resources (Book Review)." Journal of Marketing, 1960,
24(Issue 3), pp. 117.
Kruskal, William H. and Telser, Lester G. "Food Prices and the
Bureau of Labor Statistics : Rejoinder." Journal of
Business, 1960, 33(3), pp. 285.
Kruskal, William H. and Telser, Lester G. "Food Prices and the
Bureau of Labor Statistics." Journal of Business, 1960,
33(3), pp. 258-79.
Telser, Lester G. "J. Aitchison and J. A. C. Brown, "The Lognormal
Distribution" (Book Review)." Journal of Farm Economics,
1959, 41(1), pp. 161.
Telser, Lester G. "Discussion: Commodity Advertising of Farm
Products." Journal of Farm Economics, 1959,
41(2), pp. 386.
Telser, Lester G. "A Theory of Speculation Relating Profitability
and Stability." The Review of Economic Statistics, 1959,
41(3), pp. 295-301.
Telser, Lester G. "Futures Trading and the Storage of Cotton and
Wheat." The Journal of Political Economy, 1958,
66(3), pp. 233-55.
Telser, Lester G. "The Support Program and the Stability of Cotton
Prices." Journal of Farm Economics, 1957, 39(2),
pp. 398.
Telser, Lester G. "The supply of stocks: cotton and wheat." Ph.D
Dissertation, University of Chicago, 1956.
Telser, Lester G. "Safety First and Hedging." The Review of
Economic Studies, 1955, 23(1), pp. 1-16.