Journals of Economists

Nicole Van Drunen 100093500

Park, Kwanghee, and Richard Heslin. "Exploring Factors Influencing Addictive Buying Behaviour in the U.S.A.." Journal of Consumer Studies and Home Economics. 19.1 (1995): 35-48. Print.

The economic journal article, “Exploring factors influencing addictive buying behaviour”, starts by introducing an issue, in this case factors that influence addictive buying. The author presents some background information on the subject and then goes on to defining addictive buying while also showing and explaining the model for addictive buying. The journal then begins to talk about the authors research that is conducting about addictive buyers, how is conducting it, the measures he is using, and the analysis of his data. The journal concludes with the author(s) results in comparison to the initial background information provided and they shows this through a series of graphs, stats and of course various terminology. The methodology that the author(s) uses is research, graphs and charts. This is necessary in order to explain various data. The language used is very straightforward and informative rather than descriptive or creative. The use of many sub-titles is also very useful because the author is presenting knowledge in a fact based way. Many economic terms used throughout that some of the population would not be able to follow. 

Xiao, Jing, Franziska Noring, and Joan Anderson. "College Students' Attitudes Towards Credit Cards." Journal of Consumer Studies and Home Economics. 19.1 (1995): 155-174. Print.

The journal article, “College Students’ Attitudes Towards Credit Cards”, starts off with background information as well as related literature. The author(s) then introduce how they will be conducting their study and what influences play a role; they have listed these with sub-titles followed by short descriptive paragraphs. The research data is then shown through a ten page series of graphs and information relating to the graphs. The data is followed by the Author(s) conclusions and implications. The language used is to the point. There is not any extra “fluff” to the journal. The information is based on data and research. Use of charts and numbers are very important, they hold the most important information. The writing is in reflection to the charts and numbers.

Feltenstein, Andrew. "A General-Equilibrium Model of a Traditional Soviet-Type Economy." Journal of Comparative Economics. 1. (1977): 147-167. Print.

I wanted to compare an older journal (1977) to the ones I have previously looked at (1995) to see what changes, if any, there was. 

The economic journal by Andrew Feltensein starts with an introduction of traditional soviet-type economies, when and where they were in place and the problems that they have faced. The Author then provides a description of the equilibrium model, which is then looked at through different formulas and equations that are also explained. The model is followed by two numerical examples and finally a conclusion. The language is very dry and to the point. The journal encompasses an issue, in this case explaining the equilibrium model of a traditional soviet-type economy, and goes into great detail to explain the issue with equations, formulas as well as examples. The point of the journal is to better understand the model of a traditional soviet-type economy and it does that and nothing more.

Although the economic background knowledge of this material in 1977 is less than that of more recent years, it is still evident that economists have been consistent with the layout of the material presented as well as the language they use to express their ideas and theories.