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  • Collection includes handwritten notes, graphs, tables, and draft documents primarily related to rates of return, capital, investment, depreciation, and profit measurement, spanning 1985–1995

  • Handwritten notes:

    • “Measuring the Gross Rate of Return on New Gross Investment” (5/29/95)

    • On investment and depreciation (5/26/95)

    • On profit, investment, and present value (5/26/95)

    • On alternative investment scenarios and present value (5/25/95)

    • “Continuous Time,” concerning profit decay and present value (5/20/95)

    • On interpreting rates of return and capital efficiency

    • On capital equations

    • On profit rates and machine life (5/12/95)

    • On capital stock and profit equations

    • On calculating the present value of profit (5/13/95)

    • “Calculating the Normal Regulating ROP” (4/18/95)

    • On fluctuating investment and declining efficiency (8/27/85)

    • On investment and efficiency (8/28/95)

    • From “MC110.CO:K450 Lecture” on investment and profit (4/27/95 and 4/28/95)

    • On survival functions and the perpetual inventory method

    • On business environment and stock market dynamics (4/17/95)

    • “Non-Stochastic Retirements”

    • On Faucett (1980) and depreciation functions

    • On stochastic investment and mortality distribution

    • On investment decay rates and estimating δ

    • On Winfree’s (?) S-curve and capital/profit equations

    • On ILO, Mexico, theory, and inflation

    • On capital and profit equations (4/12/95 and undated)

    • “PIM (Eurostat?),” on capital stock and profit (4/28/95)

  • Graphs titled “Rates of Return: Stock Mkt & Corp Bus” with various annotations:

    • “ASSUMING Em,u = 1 → gm,u = gu where gu = P/U”

    • “mrr = mrr₁ + mrr₂”

    • “with Em,u = .776 (certain TSP), gm,u = .776 gu where gu = P/U”

    • “Profit = Gross of Depreciation”

    • “assuming vkt′ = .96 vkt”

    • “assuming vkt′ = .90 vkt”

    • “assuming vkt′ = .98 vkt”

    • “mrr₁₂ = DP/It₋₁ + (rKt₋₁)(IRt₋₁/It₋₁)”

    • “showing mrr₂ and mrr₃”

    • “mrr₁, mrr₂, and Sum”

    • “mrr is now with IGR lagged one”

  • Data tables and reports:

    • “Profit = Gross of Depreciation,” with variables for corporate sector performance (4/95)

    • From file “STNEWA1.WB1,” covering various financial indicators (4/95)

    • Table B-88: “Corporate Profits with Inventory Valuation and Capital Consumption Adjustments, 1959–93”

  • Draft documents:

    • “Measuring the Rate of Profit on Regulating Capital” (4/95, revised 4/25/95 and 5/2/95; includes page 5)

    • “SELECTED INTEREST RATES” (4/94)

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