Inventory of the William J. Baumol Papers, ca. 1940-1995 (bulk 1950-1970 and 1975-1990)
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TitleWilliam J. Baumol Papers,
ca. 1940-1995 (bulk
1950-1970 and
1975-1990)
Creator
Baumol, William J.
Extent
70.7 Linear Feet
54,675 Items
Repository
54,675 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
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Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William J. Baumol Papers, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The papers of William J. Baumol, noted Princeton and New York
University economist, were received as a gift to the Special Collections
Library in 1995 and 2001.
Processing Information
Processed by Shauna Saunders and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico
Completed April 27, 2000
Additions minimally processed by Ann G. Langford and Sue-Ellen
Katz.
Last updated October 29, 2001
Encoded by Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, Lisa Stark, and Ruth E. Bryan
This finding aid in NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
| 1922, February 26 | Born in New York, N.Y. |
| 1936-1938 | Attended first formal art classes sponsored by the Works Progress Administration. |
| 1942 | BSS, College of the City of New York; organized extracurricular classes on microeconomics. |
| 1942-1943 and 1946 | Junior Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture. |
| 1943-1945 | Served in U.S. Army, stationed in France. |
| 1946-1949 | London School of Economics; Graduate Student and Assistant Lecturer in American Economy and Economic Dynamics. (Lecture notes for the latter formed the basis for his first published book, Economic Dynamics, 1951, 1959, 1970). |
| 1949 | Completed University of London Ph. D. thesis, later published as Welfare Economics and the Theory of the State, 1952, 1965. Ph.D. examiners were Marcus Flemming and Lord Lionel Robbins. |
| 1949-1953 | Associate Professor of Economics, Princeton University. |
| 1954-1992 | Professor of Economics, Princeton University. |
| 1959 | Publication of Business Behavior, Value and Growth (second edition 1966). |
| 1961 | Publication of Economic Theory and Operations Analysis (later editions in 1965, 1972, 1976). |
| 1962-1970 | Chairman, Committee on the Economic Status of the Profession, American Association of University Professors. |
| 1966 | Publication with W.G. Bowen of Performing Arts: The Economic Dilemma. |
| 1967-1975 | Past Chairman and member, Economic Policy Council, State of New Jersey. |
| 1968-1970 | Vice-President, American Association of University Professors. |
| 1971-current | Professor of Economics and Director, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University. |
| 1975 | Publication with W.E. Oates of The Theory of Environmental Policy, (second edition 1988). |
| 1978 | President, Eastern Economics Association. |
| 1978-1979 | President, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. |
| 1979 | Publication with A.S. Blinder of the first edition of introductory textbook, Economics: Principles and Policies. Later editions in 1982, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1994, and 1998. |
| 1981 | President, American Economics Association. |
| 1982 | Publication with J.C. Panzar and R.D. Willig of Contestable Markets and the Theory of Industry Structure (second edition 1982). |
| 1984 | Editor with wife, Hilda Baumol, of Inflation and the Performing Arts. |
| 1986 | Publication of Superfairness: Applications and Theory. |
| 1992-current | Senior Research Economist and Professor Emeritus of Economics, Princeton University. |
Collection Overview
The professional papers of William Baumol are representative of his
career as an academic economist and consultant to industry and government. The
substance of the collection begins with his appointment to the Department of
Economics, Princeton University in 1949 until his retirement in 1992 and covers
nearly all of his research interests. Some earlier (ca. 1940s) material is
contained within the collection, including notebooks from the London School of
Economics (LSE) and papers prepared for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The
bulk of the collection is from 1950-1970 and 1975-1990. Materials represented
include correspondence with other economists concerning publications or works
in progress; manuscript drafts and galleys; papers prepared for conferences and
special lectures; research materials (including notes, materials produced by
others, data and other statistical output); special project reports, including
grant proposals; teaching materials (lecture notes, exams, course syllabi);
material relating to industry consulting work, legal testimony and some printed
material.
The contents of the collection display Baumol's diverse interests as
an economist. Early material is concerned mainly with dynamic systems and their
mathematical expression as well as welfare economics and externalities. His
work (with his undergraduate student and future Nobel Prize winner, G.S.
Becker) on Classical Monetary Theory is also represented. The outcome of
Baumol's role as consultant to industry (in connection with the firms Alderson
and Sessions, Mathematica, and Consultants in Industry Economics) is manifest
in his work on the behavior of firms and industry structure. Reports prepared
for Alderson and Sessions, Mathematica, and Consultants in Industry Economics,
as well as drafts of papers relating the business activities of firms to
economic theory, including his work on the "sales maximization hypothesis," are
contained within the collection. Other subjects include fairness theory,
environmental economics, and the development of his "cost disease model" and
"unbalanced growth model" which attempt to explain the fiscal problems of the
performing arts, educational systems, etc. Much of his work on the finances of
the performing arts was undertaken with his wife, Hilda Baumol. In addition,
the collection contains material related to his professional involvement with
the American Economic Association, the Eastern Economic Association, the
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, and the American
Association of University Professors. The collection also contains legal
testimony and reports prepared as an expert witness in antitrust cases before
the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, among many others.
Correspondents and chief protagonists during Baumol's long career
represent many famous names of twentieth century economists, including
colleagues from the London School of Economics and other English economists,
David Finch, Frank Hahn, Jan de van Graaf, Friederich Hayek, Sir John Hicks,
Nicholas Kaldor, James Meade, Dennis H. Robertson, Lord Lionel Robbins, and
Ralph Turvey; future Nobel prize winners G.S. Becker, Milton Friedman, and Paul
Samuelson; other prominent twentieth century economists including Robert
Dorfman and Don Patinkin; Princeton colleagues Jacob Viner and Harvey
Leibenstein; frequent co-authors Elizabeth Bailey and Dietrich Fischer; in
addition to former students, Samuel Hollander and Richard Quandt. Also
represented are industry leaders from telecommunications, transportation, and
public utility sectors. Researchers should note the possibility of
cross-referencing with other collections included in the Economists' Papers
Project, for example, with the Don Patinkin Papers on the subject of Classical
Monetary Theory.
The collection has been organized into the following four series, some
of which are further divided into associated subseries: Correspondence,
Writings,
Subject Files, and Legal
Testimony. The contents of each of these series are described briefly
below.
The Correspondence Series includes the
subseries Correspondence Alphabetical,
Correspondence by Subject, and Correspondence by Date. Researchers should note that in
addition to letters, other material such as drafts of papers sent to Baumol,
clippings, and book reviews are included within the series. The material in the
Correspondence Alphabetical Subseries covers the
early part of Baumol's career, 1943-1968, with the bulk of it dating from the
1950s. Topics covered are representative of his early research interests or
those of his correspondents, who for the most part were British colleagues from
Baumol's graduate studies at the LSE. The researcher will find that this series
is a likely source for viewing the development and formulation of Baumol's
ideas as well as his comments on the theories of others. The most substantive
correspondence (with more than twenty letters exchanged for each) is between
Gary Becker, Robert Dorfman, David Finch, Jan de v. Graaf, Frank Hahn, Don
Patinkin, and Paul Samuelson. Much of the correspondence contains copies of
both letters to and from Baumol, although there are exceptions to this,
particularly for the earlier letters. The last two subseries,
Correspondence by Subject and Correspondence by Date, overlap somewhat in terms of the
period covered (1952-1984 for the first, and 1974-1990 for the second). The
Correspondence by Subject Subseries deals mostly
with Baumol's professional activities with the American Economic Association
and his other professional activities, including tenure reviews and other
recommendations, with notable exceptions in correspondence files for
Areeda-Turner (on predatory pricing), Samuelson-Dorfman (on Marx), and
Hollander (on Classical economics). Because of the sensitive nature of some
materials in the Subject Subseries, researchers
using them must sign a release form provided by Research Services staff. The
Correspondence by Date Subseries covers a variety of
topics but deals mostly with requests for papers or with the details of various
engagements.
The Writings Series includes drafts, galley
proofs, handwritten notes, correspondence relating to publisher's contracts,
and final versions of many of Baumol's published writings, as well as some
unpublished and working papers. While the collection does not contain a
complete set of Baumol's hundreds of publications, the Writings Series is representative of his diverse research
interests and his prolific writing ability. In an effort to preserve the
original organization of the Baumol papers, this series is chronological as
opposed to organized by subject. Hence, the researcher interested in
constructing the process of Baumol's contributions to the theory of, say,
Industry Structure, would be advised to consult the Subject
Series for teaching materials or research files and the
Correspondence Series for a more complete picture.
The Subject Files Series is organized into
the following subseries: Project Files,
Teaching Materials, and Research
Files. The Project Files Subseries is
arranged by subject and includes reports prepared for industry consulting to
firms such as Southern Railways (1963-65), General Foods (1963) and Morgan
Stanley (1963-64); projects on Fairness, Scale Economies, and the Performing
Arts; and testimony prepared for government Senate and House of Representatives
subcommittees. The bulk of the material is from 1975-1985. The
Teaching Material Subseries includes four undated
notebooks from Baumol's student days, lecture notes on Dynamics and Welfare
Theory (the notes which formed the basis for his first published book and his
Ph.D. thesis) and a copy of Lord Robbins' lecture on Classical Economics. The
Research Files Subseries is organized by subject:
History of Economics, Industrial Organization, Fairness,
Productivity/Entrepreneurship, and General.
The Legal Testimony Series contains
voluminous records of legal proceedings in which Baumol played a key role as a
consultant or witness. The series is organized by the regulatory or legal body
involved in legal proceedings: Civil Actions
Subseries,
Federal Communications Commission
Subseries,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Subseries,
Federal Trade Commission
Subseries,
Interstate Commerce Commission
Subseries,
Public Utilities Subseries,
Tax Court Subseries, and Miscellaneous. The material within each subseries is
arranged chronologically. There are many sensitive materials in this series.
Some of the materials are clearly marked as attorney-client privileged
information (where the client is a major firm) or sealed by the court in
question. It is impossible, without going through every item, to ensure an
exhaustive list of material that might compromise certain industry secrets or
other privileged information; therefore, the researcher using this series must
sign a release form provided by the reference staff.
The addition to the collection (11,825 items, 19.20 linear feet, dated
1964-1995 and undated) contains professional papers including correspondence,
reviews, consulting files, lecture notes, drafts of writings, grant files, and
three black-and-white transparencies. Revisions of Baumol's writings on
productivity and his books
Economics: Principles and Policy and
Productivity and American Leadership: The Long
View are represented among the drafts. (01-169)
The addition to the collection (2000 items, 5 linear feet, dated
1974-1990) holds files containing or regarding reviews, recommendations,
proposals, engagements, and other correspondence. Subjects include the World
Resources Institute, the Eastern Economic Association, and the manuscript of
"On Finances of the Performing Arts during
Stagflation."
There are also 114 floppy disks of graphs and texts for
writings by Baumol as well as one reel-to-reel audiotape. (01-170)
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Baumol, William J.
- Baumol, William J. Productivity and American leadership.
- Baumol, William J. Economics: principles and policy.
- Baumol, Hilda, 1923-
- Hahn, Frank.
- Graaff, J. de V.
- Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899-
- Hicks, John Richard, Sir, 1904-
- Kaldor, Nicholas, 1908-1986.
- Meade, J. E. (James Edward), 1907-
- Robertson, Dennis Holme, Sir, 1890-1963.
- Robbins, Lionel Robbins, Baron, 1898-1984.
- Turvey, Ralph.
- Becker, Gary Stanley, 1930-
- Friedman, Milton, 1912-
- Samuelson, Paul Anthony, 1915-
- Dorfman, Robert.
- Patinkin, Don.
- Viner, Jacob, 1892-1970.
- Leibenstein, Harvey.
- United States. Federal Communications Commission.
- United States. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
- United States. Interstate Commerce Commission.
- Economists-United States-Correspondence.
- Electric utilities-Rates.
- Railroad companies-Rates.
- Mathematical economics.
- Welfare economics.
- Monetary policy.
- Antitrust investigations-United States.
- Labor economics.
- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences).
- Industrial productivity.
- Performing arts-Finance.
- Performing arts-United States-Finance.
- Distributive justice.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Environmental economics.
- Public utilities-United States-Law and legislation.
- Telephone companies-Rates.
- Education-Finance.
- Environmental policy-Economic aspects.
- Machine-readable records.
- Audiotape.
Detailed Description of Collection
Correspondence Series
Correspondence, Alphabetical Subseries (
1943-1968)
Box C1-C2
Correspondence by Subject Subseries (
1952-1984), some
RESTRICTIONS
Box C3
Correspondence by Date Subseries (
1975-1990)
Writings Series
ca. 1947-1961
Box W2
1962-1976
Box W3
1977-1980
Box W4
1981-1982
Box W5
1982-1983
Box W6
1984-1995
Box W7
Printed Material
Subject Files Series
Project Files Subseries
Box S3
Teaching Materials Subseries
Box S4-S6
Research Files Subseries
Legal Testimony: RESTRICTED
Civil Actions Subseries (
1967-1994)
Box LT2-LT3
Federal Communications Commission Subseries (
1966-1994 and
undated)
Box LT3
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Subseries (
1983-1993)
Box LT4
Federal Trade Commission Subseries (
1982-1986)
Box LT4-LT7
Interstate Commerce Commission Subseries (
1970-1993 and
undated)
Box LT7-LT8
Public Utilities Subseries (
1972-1994)
Box LT8
Tax Court Subseries (
1982-1991 and
undated)
Box LT8-LT9
Miscellaneous (
1973-1994 and
undated)
CORRESPONDENCE SERIES 1943-1990
Material within each folder is not in date order. Includes both to
and from correspondence except for some of the earlier correspondence and where
noted below. Also includes drafts of papers, book reviews, clippings and other
materials sent to Baumol. All folder titles are the original titles.
Some Correspondence By Subject Subseries materials are
restricted: they are open to research, but patrons must sign a release
form before using them.
Alphabetical Subseries
1943-1968
(bulk 1950s)
The names listed below indicate that several substantive letters
were exchanged.
Box C1
A (
1949-1963): Includes
Maurice Allais,
G.C. Archibald (with
R.G. Lipsey),
Wroe Alderson
B (
1950-1966): Includes
Karl Brunner and
Hans Brems
Becker, G.S. (
1951-1959):
Correspondence exchanged while Becker was a graduate student at The University
of Chicago
C-D-E (
1948-1966): Includes
Les Chandler,
Robert Dorfman,
Harold Demsetz
F (
ca. 1950-1960): Includes
David Finch,
Milton Friedman,
C.E. Ferguson, and
Richard Foote (of the US Dept. of
Agriculture)
G (
1948-1967): Includes
Jan de v. Graaf (letters from, not to) and
John Kenneth Galbraith
H (
1947-1967): Includes
Sir J.R. Hicks, Ursula Hicks,
R.F. Harrod,
Terence Hutchinson
Hahn, Frank (
undated
ca. 1948-1958) letters
from, not to
J-K (
1959-1968): Includes
Nicholas Kaldor,
Harold Kuhn
L (
1951-1968): Includes
Ian Little,
Friedrich Lutz,
Harvey Leibenstein
M (
1949-1966): Includes
James Meade,
Jacob Marschak
N-O (
1948-1966)
P (
1952-1967): Includes
Allen Peacock,
M. Peston
Patinkin, Don (
1953-1961)
R (
1946-1966): Includes
Lord Lionel Robbins,
D.H. Robertson,
Joan Robinson
S (
1943-1963): Includes
George Shackle,
Robert Strotz,
George Stigler,
Paul Samuelson, and letters written while
serving in the Army to
Stuart Siebert
T (
1949-1965): Includes
J. Tinbergen,
S.C. Tsiang
Turvey, Ralph (
1951-1969)
V (
1954-1966): Includes
Jacob Viner
W (
1951-1965)
Correspondence by Subject Subseries
1952-1984 (bulk
1975-1982):
RESTRICTED
Material is not in date order.
American Association of University Professors
(
1965)
American Economic Association (AEA): Adam
Smith Session (
1977)
AEA: China Exchange Committee (
1980)
AEA: Committee on Political Discrimination (
1978)
AEA: Encyclopedia Committee (
1980)
AEA: Environment Session (
1976)
AEA: Meetings (
1976-1977)
AEA: Meetings (
1979-1984)
AEA: Meetings (
1982)
AEA: Nominating Committee (
1983-1984)
AEA: Presidential Address (
1981-1982)
American Economic Review (
1975-1984)
American Stock Exchange (
1977)
Box C2
Areeda-Turner (
1978-1984)
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
(AERE) (
1977-1984)
AERE Newsletter (
1981-1982)
Association of American Railroads (
1963)
Crank Letters (
1964-1982)
Eastern Economic Association (
1977-1978)
Environmental Economics (
1973-1974)
Hollander, Samuel (
1979-1986)
Institute for Defense Analyses (
1964)
Intermountain Economic Review (
1977)
International Research and Exchanges Board
(
1983)
Interschool Humanities Council (
1976)
Journal of Economic Literature (
1975)
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
(
1976)
Journal Referee Reports (
1975-1983)
Leontief Award (
1978)
McCarter Theatre (
1979-1980)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Amendment (
1981)
NSF Proposal Referee Reports (
1975-1981)
New York University (
1977-1979)
Princeton University (
1952-1969)
Publishers' Contracts (
1960-1977)
Samuelson-Dorfman (
1973-1983)
Tenure and Promotions (
1977-1983)
Correspondence by Date Subseries
1975-1990
1975-1981
(7
folders)
Box C3
1981
1981-1982:
Engagements
1982
1983
1983:
Engagements
1984
1984:
Engagements
1984: Engagements
Declined
1986-1990
WRITINGS SERIES, 1947-1995
Includes notes, drafts, correspondence and comments of others,
final versions, publisher's contracts, and reviews. Folder titles and dates
refer to the publication in question. Arranged chronologically.
Box W1
ca. 1947-1961
Early Papers
Misc. proofs and offprints (
1947-1957)
Book Reviews (
1947-1956)
Economic Dynamics (
1951)
The Von-Neumann--Morgenstern Utility
Index (
1951)
(2
folders)
Classical Monetary Theory: The Outcome
of the Discussion (
1952)
The Transactions Demand for Cash
(
1952)
Welfare Economics and the Theory of the
State (
1952)
Recent Developments in Mathematical
Economics (
1953)
The Ricardo Effect in the
Point-Input-Point-Output Case (
1953)
Firms with Limited Money Capital
(
1953)
Bernoulli Translation (
1954)
Economic Processes and Policies
(
1954)
More on the Multiplier Effects of a
Balanced Budget (
1956)
Magnification (
1956)
Decision Making under
Uncertainty (
1957)
Speculation, Profitability, and
Stability (
1958)
Cardinal Utility which is
Ordinal (
1958)
Topology of Second Order Linear
Difference Equations with Constant Coefficients (
1958)
Activity Analysis in One Lesson
(
1958)
Alternative Interest Theories in
Disequilibrium Conditions (
1959)
Business Behavior, Value and
Growth (
1959)
(2
folders)
Mathematical Models and Thinking in
Marketing (
1960)
Wine Pricing, Capital Theory and
Practice (
1960)
Economic Theory and Operations Analysis
(
1961)
Pitfalls in Contracyclical Policies
(
1961)
What Price Economic Growth? (
1961)
Box W2
1962-1976
Stocks, Flows and Monetary Theory
(
1962)
Urban Services (
1962)
Theory of the Expansion of the
Firm (
1962)
On Dividend Policy and Market
Imperfections (
1963)
Decomposition Pricing for
Decentralization (
1964)
Dynamics and Statics in
Economics (
1964)
Rules of Thumb (
1964)
On the Geometry of Second Best (
1965)
The Stock Market and Economic
Efficiency (
1965)
Models of Economic Competition (
1965)
Incremental Costs, Pricing and the
Differential (
1966)
Economics (
1967)
Macroeconomics of Unbalanced
Growth (
1967)
Error Produced by Linearization
(
1967)
On the Appropriate Discount Rate
(
1967)
Public Expenditure Decisions (
1968)
Precursors in Mathematical
Economics (
1968)
(2
folders)
Regulation of Public Utility Profits
(
1969)
Transportation and the City (
1970)
Sir John Hicks (
1970)
Models of Oligopolistic
Competition (
1970)
Optimal Departures from Marginal Cost
Pricing (
1970)
External Economies and Second Order
Conditions (
1970)
On The Behavioral Theory of the
Firm (
1971)
Say's at Least Eight Laws (
1975)
Leningrad Paper (
1975)
Marx Papers (
1975)
Various Papers (
1975)
Cost Minimizing Number of Firms
(
1976)
Various Papers (
1976)
Box W3
1977-1980
Cost Minimizing Number of Firms
(
1977)
Various Papers (
1977)
Output Distribution Frontier (
1978)
Business Morality and the Social
Interest (
1978)
Quasi-Optimality: The Price We Must Pay
for a Price System (
1978)
Various Papers (
1978)
Scale Economies and
Intertemporal (
1979)
The Price Iso-Return Locus (
1979)
On Some Microeconomic Issues (
1979)
Quasi-Permanence of Price
Reductions (
1979)
Planning and Dual Values of
Linearized (
1979)
Newspaper Editorials (
1979-1983)
Various Papers (
1979)
Baumol-Blinder Introductory Economics Text (
1979-1982)
On the Finances of the Performing
Arts (
1980)
Productivity, Rising R&D
Costs (
1980)
(2
folders)
Unprofitable Energy (
1980)
Profitability and Energy Output
(
1980)
Various Papers (
1980)
Box W4
1981-1982
Straddles (
1981)
Superfairness Theory and Rationing
Policy (
1981)
Peak Pricing, Congestion, and
Fairness (
1981)
Subsidies to New Energy Sources
(
1981)
On the Regulation of Utilities (
1981)
Entrepreneurship and the
Sociopolitical (
1981)
Contestable Markets: An Uprising
(
1981)
Various Papers (
1981)
Government as a Catalyst for Private
Pursuit (
1982)
On the Theory of Perfectly Contestable
Markets (
1982)
On Inflation and the Arts (
1982)
A Paradox in the Measurement of
Interindustry (
1982)
On My Sculptures of Carved Wood
(
1982)
Marx and the Iron Law of Wages (
1982)
Deregulation and the New Contestability
Analysis (
1982)
Contestable Markets and the Theory of
Industry (
1982)
Towards an Analysis of
Entrepreneurship (
1982)
Models for Systematic Evaluation of
(
1982)
The Income Distribution Frontier
(
1982)
Box W5
1982-1983
Various (
1982)
Productivity in Higher Education
(
1983)
Towards a Theory of Public
Enterprise (
1983)
Introduction to Reinecius and Themes
that Emerged (
1983)
Fairness Book (
1983)
On the Career of a
Microeconomist (
1983)
On Interindustry Differences in Absolute
Productivity (
1983)
Feedback Models, R&D, Information (
1983)
(2
folders)
Growth Policy and the Services (
1983)
Feedback from Productivity Growth (
1983)
Deregulation and the Theory of
Contestable Markets (
1983)
Industry Structure Analysis and
Public (
1983)
Various Papers,
(1983)
(2
folders)
Box W6
1984-1995
Various Papers,
(1984)
(2
folders)
The Mass Media and the Cost
Disease (
1984)
Input and Output Composition
Changes (
1984)
On My Attitudes: Sociopolitical and
Methodological (
1984)
Use of Antitrust to Subvert Competition
and on Productivity Growth in the Long Run (
1984)
Productivity and Related
Variables (
1984)
Palgrave Entries (
1984)
Wheatsheaf Prefaces (
1984)
Unbalanced Growth Revisited (
1984)
The Future of the Theatre (
1984)
Rebirth of a Fallen Leader:
Italy (
1985)
Productivity Book (
1986)
Chaos: Significance, Mechanism
(
1986)
Antitrust Policy and High
Technology (
1988)
Antitrust: Source of Dynamic and
... (
1990)
Volume on
Entrepreneurship (
1990)
Scale Economies (
1992)
Reswitching, Social Discount Rate, and
Environmental Protection (
1995)
Box W7
Miscellaneous/No Date/and Printed Material
Various Papers (
1968-1979)
Various Papers (
1982-1983)
Competitive Interdependence in Decision
Making (
undated)
Misc. Speeches (
undated)
Various Papers (
undated)
Publication List (
1947-1987)
Printed Material:
C.V. Starr Center Discussion Paper Series (
1975-1985)
(5
folders)
An Introduction to Linear
Programming
Lectures in Economic Theory
Superfairness: Applications and
Theory
Economic Dynamics: An
Introduction
Business Behavior, Value, and
Growth
Contestable Markets and the Theory of
Industry Structure
SUBJECT FILES SERIES, 1942-1989
Project Files Subseries,
1942-1982
Material is not in date order. Includes Grants, Proposals,
Reports, and Statistical Data Output. Folder titles are the originals except
for the Government, Industry, and Performing Arts files since most of this
material was received loose. Arranged alphabetically.
Box S1
Applied Theory of
Fairness (
1980s)
Baumol as Artist (
various
dates)
Book Proposal: Adventures in Chinese Grocery Shopping
(
undated)
Committee for Economic Development (
1982)
Committee on Contracting with Publishers (
1980-1983)
(2
folders)
Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted
Work (
1976-1977)
(2
folders)
Cookbook for NSF/DSI (
1976)
Dept. of Agriculture Reports (
1942-1943 and
1952)
Economic Policy Council (
1970-1974)
Government Projects:
Joint Economic Committee (
1958)
Senate Judiciary Committee (
1981)
Senate Public Works Committee on Materials Policy
(
1976)
Senate Subcommittee on Employment
and Productivity (
1982)
State of New York Assembly (
1984)
Subcommittee on the Activities of Regulatory
Agencies relating to Small Businesses (
1968)
Telecommunications Bill (
1982)
US House of Representatives (
1981-1982 and
undated)
Grants, misc. (
various
dates)
Industry Consulting:
P. Ballatine and Sons (
1963)
Canadian Railroads (
1976)
Carpenter Steel Company (
1957)
Cost Indices (
1981)
Dept. of the Navy (
1958-1963)
General Foods (
1963)
Media Selection (
1963)
Monsanto Chemical Company (
1957)
Box S2
Morgan Stanley (
1963-1964)
Philadelphia Retail Market (
1960)
Southern Railway (
1963-1965)
Wharton School of Finance and Commerce (
1960)
Interaction between
Price Changes and
Government Regulation (
1977)
Joint Council on Economic Education (
undated)
Lazarsfeld Project (
1953)
Mc Caleb Seiler Publishing Co. (
1969-70)
Microeconomics Research Fund (
1977-1982)
(2
folders)
New York University Subcommittee on Graduate
Education (
1983)
Performing Arts and Economics:
Art Finances (
1980-1985)
Artistic Deficit Study (
1985-1990)
(4
folders)
Economic Development and the Performing Arts (
1982)
Financial Data (
1975-1989)
Miscellaneous (
various
dates)
National Endowment for the Arts (
1975-1989)
Papers (
1986 and
undated)
US-USSR Arts Study (
1989-1990)
(4
folders)
Pfizer Grant (
1980-1981)
Rescuing the Free Market from its Constituents (
1983)
Box S3
Scale Economies and Public Attributes of
Information (
1974-1977)
(5
folders)
Sloan Seminar (
1978-1982)
Towards a Theory of Determination of Market Form (
1977-1980)
Teaching Materials Subseries,
1946-89
Includes lecture notes, course syllabi, exams and problem sets.
Arranged alphabetically.
Baumol as Student; includes four undated
notebooks
Description and Analysis of the Price System (
1989)
Economic Dynamics and
Welfare Theory (
1946-1949)
Economics of Antitrust (
1978)
Exams (
1950-1959)
Exams (
1960-1969)
Exams (
1970-1979)
Exams (
1980-1989)
History of
Economic Thought (
1979-1988)
(2
folders)
Industrial Organization (
undated)
Miscellaneous (
various
dates)
Regulation Lectures (
1983)
Robbins Lectures on
Classical Economics (
undated)
Transparencies (
undated)
Research Files Subseries, Undated
Box S4
History of Economics:
Cantillon
Cournot, A.
Marshall, Alfred
Marx, Karl
(5
folders)
Ricardo, David
Robbins Manuscript
Smith, Adam
Wicksell, Knut
Industrial Organization:
Contestability Theory
(5
folders)
Predatory Pricing
(2
folders)
Price Flexibility
Box S5
Fairness
(11
folders)
Productivity/
Entrepreneurship
(3 of 11
folders)
Box S6
Productivity/
Entrepreneurship
(folders
4-11)
General:
Chaos
Comparative Statics
Current Problems (
undated)
Deceleration of British Growth
(
1873-1913) by
W. Arthur Lewis (
1967)
Finance
Mozart
(3
folders)
Non Linear Differential
Equations
Portfolio Theory
LEGAL TESTIMONY SERIES
Includes sworn testimony, affidavits, drafts, correspondence and
papers prepared for counsel. Arranged by date. Material that was clearly marked
"privileged and confidential" is noted below; however, without examining every
document, it is impossible to conclude that the list is complete or that other
documents do not make reference to the confidential material.
Researchers wishing to use this series must sign a
release form provided by the reference staff.
Civil Actions Subseries,
1967-1994
(RESTRICTED)
Box LT1
1967, 5227,
Louisville and Nashville Railroad v.
United States
1977, 74C 633,
MCI v.
AT&T
(2
folders)
74-3599 (RJK) and 74-3600 (RJK) USA v.
CBS, Inc. and USA v.
ABC, Inc.
1981, 74-1698, United
States v.
AT&T
1981, 79 Civ. 6996,
Sharon Steel Corporation
3AN-79-1903 and 3AN-80-1542,
Atlantic Richfield Co. v.
State of Alaska
82 Civ. 1093 (JES) and 1394, 1737, 2746, 6399 and 83
Civ. 3138 (JES), Low Density Polyethylene Resins Antitrust Litigation
(1 folder + 1
bound)
1984, G-93-265,
TCA Building Co. v
Northwestern Resources Co.
(1 folder+ 1
bound)
1986,
Midtec v.
C&NW
1987, 86-5428, Chlorine
and Caustic Soda Antitrust Litigation (FILED UNDER
SEAL)
1988, C.A. no 10319,
Grand Metropolitan PLC v.
Pillsbury Co.
1989, 88-Civ-3474 (JMcL),
City of New York v.
US Dept. of Commerce
1989, MDL 587, Lower Lake
Erie Iron Ore Antitrust Litigation
(2
folders)
1989, MDL-667-ER (TX),
Air Passenger Computer Reservation Antitrust Litigation
(2 folders + 1
bound)
1991, 38302s,
US Dept. of Energy v.
Ohio Railroad Co.
1993,
Consolidated Rail Corp.
Box LT2
1994, 82-0192 HHG, USA v.
Western Electric and
AT&T
(2
bound)
1994, CV94-3682 (ERK),
Bell Atlantic,
NYNEX v.
AT&T
Federal Communications Commission Subseries,
1966-1994 and
undated
(RESTRICTED)
Note: Dockets 16258 are "Qualified Proceedings".
1966-1969, No.
16258
1967, No. 16258,
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (
AT&T)
Official Proceedings
(7
folders)
1974,
AT&T Correspondence
(3
folders)
1966-1975, Nos. 16258,
18128, 19919, 20376, 20288, Direct Testimony Exhibits
(2
folders)
Nos. 18128, 18684, 18718
1976, No. 18128,
Memorandum Opinion and Order
ca. 1970s, Miscellaneous
Testimony
Box LT3
1973-1990,
AT&T Papers and
Correspondence
1973-1991, AT&T
Papers and Correspondence
1981-1986, AT&T
Papers and Correspondence
1983, BC 82-345,
Financial Interest Rule and Syndication
(1 folder+2
bound)
1994, CC Docket 87-313
Policy and Rules Concerning Rates for Dominant Carriers
undated,
Transparencies
undated, Miscellaneous
documents
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Subseries,
1983-1993
(RESTRICTED)
1983, OR78-1-014 and 016,
TransAlaska Pipeline System
1985, OR79-1-000 and 002,
Williams Pipelines Co.
1986, IS85-15-000,
Southern Pacific Pipelines,
Inc.
1988, IS87-14-000,
Buckeye Pipeline Company
(PROTECTED MATERIALS)
1993, RM93-11-000,
Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations
Box LT4
Federal Trade Commission Subseries,
1982-1986
(RESTRICTED)
1982, 9135,
B.A.T. Industries and
Appleton Papers Inc.
1985, 9157,
Echlin Manufacturing Co. and
Borg-Warner Corp.
1986, 86-1764,
Coca-Cola Company
Interstate Commerce Commission Subseries,
1970-1993 and
undated
(RESTRICTED)
1970, 34013(1), Cost
Standards in Intramodal Rate Proceedings
1973, 27353(1),
Determination of Compensation
(1 folder + 1
bound)
1980, 9222, Conrail
Surcharge on Pulpboard
1981, 37063 and 357,
Increased Rates on Coal
1981, No. 30 000,
Union Pacific Corp.
(2 folders + 1
bound)
1982-1988, No. 292,
Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures
(3
bound)
1982, No. 36988,
Alternative Methods of Accounting for Railroad Track Structures
1981-1986, No. 393 (1),
Standards for Railroad Revenue Adequacy
(1 folder + 4
bound),
cont. in box IV 5
Box LT5
1983, No. 30 300,
CSX Corp. v. American Commercial Lines,
Inc.
(1 folder + 2
bound)
1983, No. 347 (1), Coal
Rate Guidelines Nationwide
(2 folders + 3
bound),
cont. in box 6
Box LT6
1984, No. 30 500,
Norfolk Southern Corp. v.
North American Van Lines
1985, No. 445 (1),
Intramodal Rail Competition
(1 folder + 1
bound)
1985, No. 346 (8),
Exemption from Regulation
(2
bound)
1985, No. 30 400,
Sante Fe Southern Pacific Corp.
(1 folder + 6
bound)
1985, No. 456, Staggers
Rail Act of
1980
1985, No.
38676
1986, No. 38783,
Omaha Public Power v.
Burlington Northern Railroad
1985,
Chessie Railroad System: Correspondence
1987, Nos. 37809 and
37815s
Burlington Northern Inc. (
2 bound;
continued in Box 7)
Box LT7
1987, No. 38301S,
Coal Trading Corp. v. The
B&O Railroad Co.
1987-1994, No. 347(2),
Rate Guidelines- Non coal Proceedings
(2
bound)
1990, No. 37063 and
38025s, Rate Reasonableness Issues
(1
bound)
1991, No. 30 000 (16),
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
(1 folder + 1
bound)
1992, No. 22218,
Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railway
Co.
1993, 21215 (5),
Seaboard Airline Railroad Co.
1993, 32133(2),
Union Pacific
(FILED
UNDER SEAL)
Public Utilities Subseries,
1972-1994
(RESTRICTED)
1972, No. 722-153,
Dept. of Public Utilities State of New
Jersey
1974, No. 2-U-7423,
Public Service Commission of
Wisconsin
1975, No. 26775,
New York State Public Service Commission
(2
folders)
1985, Nos. 86-2, 85-186,
85-212,
State of Maine Public Utilities Commission
(5
folders)
Box LT8
1985, No. TC-85-126,
TO-85-130 and TO-84-223,
Public Service Commission of the
State of Missouri
1987, PUC 870012,
Virginia State Corporation
Commission
1988, Nos. 87-0169,
87-0427, 88-0189, 88-0219, 83-0537, and 84-0555,
Illinois Commerce Commission
1989, No. 6669,
Public Utilities Commission of Texas
(2
folders)
1992, No. I.87-11-033,
Public Utilities Commission of
California
1994, Nos. 93-576-TP-CSS
and 93-487-TP-ALT,
Public Utilities Commission of
Ohio
Miscellaneous (
various dates and
undated)
Tax Court Subseries,
1982-1991 and
undated
(RESTRICTED)
1982, No. 12836-79,
G. D. Searle and Co.
1987, No. 26230-83,
Sunstrand Corp. and
Subsidiaries
1991, No. 28860-89,
Perkin-Elmer Corp.
undated, Nos. 2674-88 and
23619-88,
Yamaha Motor Corp.
Miscellaneous,
1973-1994 and
undated
(RESTRICTED)
Postal Rate Commission
(2
folders)
1983, No. 41686,
Civil Aeronautics Board
Box LT9
1984-1985, Computer
Inquiry Project
(3 folders)
CONFIDENTIAL
1985 and
undated,
Fidelity Management and Research
Co./Brokerage Commission Rates
(3 folders)
CONFIDENTIAL
1985, Railroad Accounting
Principles Board
(1 folder + 1
bound)
1986, No. 29469,
AT&T Communications of New
York
1994,
New Zealand Telecom
undated, Nos. 88-07-020,
88-08-051, 89-03-046,
AT&T Communications of California
undated,
Copyright Royalty Tribunal
undated, DPU 18210,
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
(2
folders)
undated, Misc. Testimony and
Papers
(3 folders)
Some FILED UNDER SEAL
Printed Material:
Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on
Appropriations, House of Representatives; Subcommittee on HUD independent
agencies
Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate on Monopolization and Competition in the
Telecommunications Industry
Hearings before the Subcommittee on
Telecommunications, Consumer Protection,
and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce; House of
Representatives
Accession 2001-0169
Processing note: box ranges denote the full contents of original
record storage boxes. Brackets surrounding box contents denote
archivist-supplied titles. Non-bracketed titles denote either an
archivist-imposed narrative description of the contents of each box or a title
given the box by Baumol.
Some of the materials in this addition are not immediately
accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact
Research Services staff before visiting the Special Collections Library to use
this collection.
Boxes 2-3 and 12-14 contain sensitive material. Patron must sign
a release form before use. Contact a Reference Archivist.
Box 1
Lectures and reserve materials for Economics 506:
History of Economic Thought, Economics 541: Industrial Organization and Public
Policy, and Economics 102: Micro-Description and Analysis of Price Systems,
1979; Reviews and comments,
1983-1984
Box 2-3
Warhol case, NZ, Misc. Cons[ultations],
1991-1995
Includes sensitive information: legal case files. Patron must
sign privacy waiver before use.
[Some legal sized material from box 2 removed to legal-sized
box 32.]
Box 3-5
6th ed. Baumol-Blinder,
1992
Correspondence and drafts of each chapter of
Economics: Principles and Policy
Box 5-7
Drafts of articles,
1982-1994
Also includes biographical information in box 6.
Needs more processing before use: reformat newspaper clippings
in boxes 5 and 6.
Box 7-9
Expired grants,
1986-1990
Mainly Pew Charitable Trust and National Science Foundation.
Needs more processing before use: remove materials from
envelope in box 7; reformat newspaper clippings in box 8.
Box 9-11
Drafts of essays, newspaper articles, and speeches; book
reviews written by Baumol,
1973-1992
Box 12-14
Drafts of articles,
1986-1990s
Includes testimony for air passenger computer reservation
systems antitrust litigation case in box 12.
Includes sensitive information: legal case files. Patron must
sign privacy waiver before use.
Box 15-17
Correspondence,
1964-1978; reviews of
Baumol's work and his comments,
1979-1980 and
1974
Box 17-21
Miscellaneous Baumol/Wolff/Blackman productivity
articles,
1979-1988
Box 21-23
Productivity files (old),
1981-1985
Including "Sue Anne's Files."
Box 24-26
Files (drafts),
1989-1993
Includes drafts of essays and newspaper articles.
Box 26-28
[Drafts of chapters for]
Productivity and American Leadership: The
Long View
Box 28-32
Miscellaneous correspondence,
1986-1987; reviews and
comments file,
1985-1995
[Some legal-sized material from box 28 removed to legal-sized
box 32.]
Box 32
Legal-size materials
Warhol case materials
[Removed from box 2.]
Convergence of productivity Baumol art
[Removed from box 28.]
Accession 2001-0170
Some of the materials in this addition are not immediately
accessible, because they require further processing before use. Please contact
Research Services staff before visiting the Special Collections Library to use
this collection.
Boxes 1, 5-7 contain sensitive material. Patron must sign a
release form before use. Contact a Reference Archivist.
Box 1
Sloan applicants; articles reviewed or read;
recommendations,
1980-1987
Contains sensitive material. Patron must sign release form
before use. Contact a Reference Archivist.
Box 2
Recommendations,
1975-1981; engagements
accepted and not accepted,
1984-1988
Box 3
Includes possible study and leave opportunities; the
World Resources Institute; and engagements accepted and not accepted,
1985-1990
[One computer disk from folder 3 of
"unnamed"
removed to box 9.]
Box 4
Includes engagements accepted,
1990; New York University
economics department interoffice memoranda, budgets, and other correspondence;
and Eastern Economic Association correspondence and other materials,
1977-1985
Box 5
Includes New York University economics department forms,
tenure material, and other material,
1974-1982; correspondence
with and manuscripts from Harcourt, Brace, Jonanovitch, Inc.,
1982-1985; correspondence,
1990
Contains sensitive material. Patron must sign release form
before use. Contact a Reference Archivist.
Box 6
Includes recommendations,
1988-1989; proposals,
books, and articles reviewed,
1981-1989; graduate student
correspondence, salary information, and other materials from Princeton
University,
1987-1988
Contains sensitive material. Patron must sign release form
before use. Contact a Reference Archivist.
Box 7
Includes material for
"On Finances
of the Performing Arts During Stagflation,"
1980-1982; and National
Science Foundation proposals reviewed and other NSF materials,
1981-1984
Contains sensitive material. Patron must sign release form
before use. Contact a Reference Archivist.
Box 8
Correspondence and material relating to Baumol's work on
Fritz Machlup's book,
1982-1984; drafts of
articles written for various journals, including the
Journal of Political Economy,
Journal of Law and Economics, and
Journal of Economic Literature,
1976-1990
Box 9
Computer Diskettes containing graphs, publications,
miscellaneous information, and system software
Diskettes are closed to researchers. Needs more processing
before use: make use copies.
Box 10
Reel-to-reel