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Bowbrick, Peter, ‘Refuting groups of theories’

Bowbrick, Peter, ‘Limitations to the use of economic man theories of quality.’  

Bowbrick, Peter, ‘The conceptual basis of quality in marketing 

Bowbrick, Peter, ‘Problems in the use of Rational Economic Man theories of Quality in Marketing.

 Bowbrick, Peter, ‘Limitations of non-behavioural approaches to the economics of quality.’  

 Bowbrick, Peter, ‘Why economic-man theories of quality are wrong 

 Bowbrick, Peter, ‘A critique of economic man theories of quality.’  

Bowbrick, Peter, ‘The use of voice recorders in economic research.’  

Bowbrick, Peter, ‘Thesis Fodder – a new role for the Third World.   

Bowbrick, Peter, and Morwenna Griffiths (Eds), Book: oral history of school experiences of girls,  Nottingham Trent University.  2007. 

Bowbrick, Peter, and Morwenna Griffiths (eds), Book: oral history of school experiences of boys. Nottingham Trent University.  2007. 

Morwenna Griffiths, Tony Cotton, Peter Bowbrick, “Educational researchers doing research on educational policy: Heroes, puppets, partners, or…?”  Paper presented to the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Warwick 2006. 

Mal Leicester, Roger Twelvetrees, Peter Bowbrick, “Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning – insights from education, engineering and economics,” in David Aspin (Ed.) Philosophical Perspectives on Lifelong Learning (Kluwer Press) 

Bowbrick, Peter,  “Five Famine Fallacies” in Julian Morris and Roger Bate (eds.)  Fearing Food: risk, health and environment, Butterworth Heineman, Oxford.  ISBN 0-7506-4222-x, 1999 

Bowbrick, Peter,  Quality theories in agricultural economics”, Presented at EAAE Seminar Agricultural Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, 1996. 

 Bowbrick, Peter,  “Maximizing consultancy income” Journal of Management Consulting. Spring 1995.

 Bowbrick, Peter,  The Nursery Stock Manual. (Third Edition) London, Grower Books. (with J.G.D.Lamb and J.C.Kelly) 1995. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  “Are famines caused deliberately?: the politics and micro-politics influencing decisions” Development Studies Association Conference, Dublin 1995. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  Limitations of Lancaster’s theory of Consumer Demand, PhD Thesis, Henley Management College, 1994.

Bowbrick, Peter,  Limitations of non-behavioural approaches to the economics of quality” Conference of International Association for Research on Economic Psychology and the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics, Rotterdam, 1994.  

Bowbrick, Peter,  The use of Counseling Skills in Consultancy, MA dissertation, Nottingham University, 1993

 Bowbrick, Peter,  The Economics of Quality, Grades and Brands, Routledge, London 1992.

 Bowbrick, Peter,  “The Misuse of Indifference Curves in Quality Theory”, Working Paper, Henley, The Management College, Henley on Thames. 1991.

Bowbrick, Peter,  “The Misuse of Hedonic Prices and Costs”, Working Paper, Henley, The Management College, Henley on Thames. 1991. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  “Towards a General Theory of Search”, Agricultural Economics Society Conference. April, 1991.

 Bowbrick, Peter,  Justifications for compulsory minimum standardsBritish Food Journal, 92 (2) 23-30, 1990.

 Bowbrick, Peter,  Justifications for compulsory minimum standards”, Agricultural Economics Society Conference. April. 1989.

Bowbrick, Peter,  Are price reporting systems of any use?”, British Food Journal. 90(2) 65-69 March/April. 1988. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  Effective Communication for Professionals and Executives. London/ Dordrecht /Boston, Graham and Trotman. ISBN 1-85333-081-7. 1988. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  Practical Economics for the Real Economist. London/Dordrecht/Boston, Graham and Trotman. ISBN 1-85333-076-0. 1988.   

Bowbrick, Peter,  “Rejoinder: an untenable hypothesis on the causes of famine”, Food Policy. 12(1) 5-9, February. 1987.   See also George Allen “Famines: the Bowbrick-Sen dispute and some related issues,” Food Policy, 11(3) 259-263, 1986, Amartya Sen “Reply: famine and Mr Bowbrick”, Food Policy 12(1) 10-14, and Amartya Sen “The causes of famine: a reply”, Food Policy 11(2) 125-132, 1986.  

Bowbrick, Peter, 'On the total irrelevance of Cost of Production figures for subsistence agriculture,' Agricultural Economics Society of Sierra Leone conference 1986.

Bowbrick, Peter,  A refutation of Sen’s theory of famine”, Food Policy. 11(2) 105-124. 1986. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  A refutation of Professor Sen’s theory of famines. Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Oxford. 1988.          

 Bowbrick, Peter,  “How Professor Sen’s theory can cause famines”, Agricultural Economics Society Conference. March. 1985. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  The Nursery Stock Manual. (Second Edition) London, Grower Books. 1985.  (with J.G.D.Lamb and J.C.Kelly          

Bowbrick, Peter,  “Why Professor Sen’s theory is wrong”, Development Studies Association Conference. September. 1985.               

Bowbrick, Peter,  Marketing Board inefficiency and farmers’ incomes”, Conference on African Marketing Boards. African Studies Centre, Leiden, Netherlands. 1983.   

Bowbrick, Peter,  Stars and Superstars”, American Economic Review. June. p459 vol 73 1983.   

Bowbrick, Peter,  The Economics of Grades”, Oxford Agrarian Studies. 11, 65-92. 1982.             

Bowbrick, Peter,  The impact of cost-saving innovations with traditional margins”, Journal of Agricultural Economics. May. 1981.  (with P.Feeney) 

Bowbrick, Peter,  Price stabilization funds”, Agricultural Economics Society of Tanzania Conference. 1981. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  An Economic Appraisal of the EEC Fruit and Vegetable Grading System. Dublin. 1981.        

Bowbrick, Peter,  “Scientific method in economics”, Agricultural Economics Society of Tanzania. 1981.   

Bowbrick, Peter,  Pseudo-research in marketing  -  the case of the price:perceived quality relationship”, European Journal of Marketing. 14(8) 466-70. 1980.           

Bowbrick, Peter,  Evaluating a grading system”, Irish Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. 7 117-126. 1979.          

Bowbrick, Peter,  The Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market. Stationery Office, Dublin. 1979.  (with D.Twohig)    

Bowbrick, Peter,  A bibliography on the economics of grading. An Foras Taluntais, Dublin. 1978.   

Bowbrick, Peter,  A bibliography on market-margin analysis. An Foras Taluntais, Dublin. 1978. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  “Falsificationist scientific method in economics”, Acta Horticulturae. 77 103-112. 1978. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  “A simplified planning technique for nursery stock production”, Acta Horticulturae. 79: 103-112. 1978.      

Bowbrick, Peter,  Pick-your-own fruit marketing. Dublin, An Foras Taluntais. 1977.  (with D.Twohig) 

Bowbrick, Peter,  Fruit and vegetable marketing in Mayo and West Cork. An Foras Taluntais, Dublin. 1977.  (with D. Twohig)   

Bowbrick, Peter,  The case against compulsory minimum standards”, Journal of Agricultural Economics. 28: 113-117, May. 1977.   

Bowbrick, Peter,  Distributive margins  -  a rejoinder”, Oxford Agrarian Studies. 6 168-170. 1977.  

Bowbrick, Peter,  Errors in horticultural cost-of-production surveys”, Irish Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. 6 21-29. 1976. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  The role of the economist in applied biological research”, Agricultural Administration. 3 11-15. 1976.           

Bowbrick, Peter,  Retailing Fruit and Vegetables. Dublin, An Foras Taluntais. ISBN 0-905 442-1. 1976.  (With D.Twohig) 

Bowbrick, Peter,  Price control and market margins for fruit and vegetables”, Acta Horticulturae. 55. 1976.         

Bowbrick, Peter,  “Compulsory grading and the consumer”, Acta Horticulturae. 55. 1976.  

Bowbrick, Peter,  Determining distributive margins”, Oxford Agrarian Studies. 5 124-129. 1976.    

Bowbrick, Peter,  A perverse price-quality relationship”, Irish Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. 6 93-94. 1976.  

Bowbrick, Peter,  Market-margin investigations and price control of fruit and vegetables”, Irish Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. 6 9-20. 1976.  

Bowbrick, Peter,  Fruit and vegetables for processing. Dublin, Industrial Development Authority. 1975.   

Bowbrick, Peter,  Britain as a market for fruit and vegetables. Dublin, Irish Export Board. 1975.  (with G.Lee)     

Bowbrick, Peter,  Commission sales or firm-price sales  -  a conflict of interest”, Irish Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. 5 229-238. 1975. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  The use of tape recorders in agricultural economics research”, Journal of Agricultural Economics. 26(2) 261-263. 1975.     

Bowbrick, Peter,  The Nursery Stock Manual. Grower Books, London. 1975.  with J.D.G. Lamb and J.C.Kelly  

Bowbrick, Peter,  Some limitations of market-margin analysis”, Irish Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. 4(2) 23-28. 1974.   

Bowbrick, Peter,  “A new approach to the economics of grading”, Paper to Irish Agricultural Economics Society. 1974.          

Bowbrick, Peter,  The Marketing of Fruit and Vegetables. Dublin, Stationery Office. 1973. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  “The rapid production of ericas, callunas and daboecias”, International Plant Propagators’ Society. Annual Conference, Reading. 1973.  (with J.C. Kelly            

Bowbrick, Peter,  Retail mark-ups and distributive margins  -  a critical analysis of Professor Allen’s theory”, Irish Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. 4(2) 1-23. 1973.           

Bowbrick, Peter,  Marketing Fresh Produce through Cash and Carry. Cambridge. 1972.           

Bowbrick, Peter,  “Price stabilization in a two-sector industry”, Acta Horticulturae. 40. 1972.   

Bowbrick, Peter,  The procurement, distribution and sale of fresh vegetables. Department of Land Economy, Cambridge. 1971. 

Bowbrick, Peter,  “The history of tobacco marketing in the Eastern Province of Zambia”, Monthly Economic Bulletin. April. 1966.      

Bowbrick, Peter,  “A note on the prices of food sold to wage earners in Zambia”, Monthly Economic Bulletin. October and November. 1966.    

Bowbrick, Peter,  “A note on vegetable statistics”, Monthly Economic Bulletin. April. 1966.             

Bowbrick, Peter,  “The production of wheat in Zambia 1954 to 1964”, Monthly Economic Bulletin. May. 1965.

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