Responsibility to punish: discouraging free-riders in public
goods games.(Report)
Introduction
John Nash brought economists' attention to the potential for
dissonance between social and individual optimums with his
groundbreaking work in game theory. Similarly, the recent . . .
Economics, sociology, politics, and religion: success of
marketing students.(ANTHOLOGY)
JEL D71
Various recent studies show the positive impact of a person's
religiosity or spirituality on his or her ethical inclination and
leadership effectiveness. UCLA's Higher Education . . .
Inflation in post-conflict countries: the case of Sierra
Leone.(ANTHOLOGY)
JEL 050
Little formal analysis has been done on the causes of monetary
disequilibrium in countries that have been ravaged by civil conflict
over sustained periods of time. Sierra Leone is a case . . .
Patent infringement and royalty rates: is litigation a
'deterrent'?(ANTHOLOGY)
JEL K41
Patent infringement cases require that a damages expert put forth a
reasonable royalty calculation to assist the trier of fact in
determining damages absent the ability of the patent . . .
Gun ownership and the gun control index.(ANTHOLOGY)
Keywords Gun control * Gun ownership
JEL K1
Most prior research on gun control has attempted to establish a
link between gun control laws and crime rates. A smaller set of work has
attempted to . . .
Hedging with a new risk-aversion concept.(ANTHOLOGY)
JEL D80
In this note, we apply a new definition of risk aversion to the
standard hedging model where the firm (producer) is concerned with the
negative impact of the shocks. From the perspective . . .
Additional evidence on the effect of class attendance on academic
performance.(ANTHOLOGY)
JEL A20 * C12
Professors often claim that students who attend their classes
regularly receive better grades and learn more than those who do not.
Romer (Journal of Economic Perspectives 7, 1993), . . .
Motor vehicle output and GDP, 1968-2007.(Report)
Literature
According to a recent National Bureau of Economic Research Working
Paper by Barsky and Killian (2004), a "model that explains how an
oil price shock may lower real GDP is the sectoral . . .
Single versus multi-market approach: an application to the Greek
cotton market.(Report)
Introduction
A number of complications arise in multi-market models that create
confusion regarding the proper application of the theory. Complications
due to the simultaneous nature of the price . . .
Determinants of the allocation of volunteer time: church-related
versus other non-market activities.(Report)
Introduction
Dating from Gary Becker's (1965) seminal work on time
allocation, economists have studied a variety of time allocation
decisions. One of the more interesting uses of the time . . .
Imperfect competition in German food retailing: evidence from
state level data.(Report)
Introduction
The European food retailing market is characterized by high and
rising concentration and increased vertical dependency (Dobson et al.
2003). Politicians and economists have raised . . .
Premarital birth among young Hispanic women: evidence from
semiparametric competing risks analysis.(Report)
Introduction
The Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program
[replaced by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)] was often
blamed for increasing illegitimate births, declining . . .
PAC contributions from sectors of the financial services
industry, 1998-2002.(Report)
Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between
campaign contributions from political action committees (PACs)
representing the financial services industry and . . .
Do campaign contributions and lobbying expenditures by firms
create "political" capital?(Report)
Introduction
In this paper we examine a simple yet important question: Are firm
political contributions and lobbying a way of buying long-term
influence? Specifically, our analysis examines the . . .
Influence of the number of statewide referenda involving
emotionally-charged issues on voter turnout, 2006.(Report)
Introduction
As Putnam (2000, p. 35) states, "Voting is by a substantial
margin the most common form of political activity, and it embodies the
most fundamental democratic principle of equality . . .
Win a world series, raise ticket prices. But,
excessively?(ANTHOLOGY)
JEL L83
The Boston Red Sox celebrated wildly on the field in St. Louis in
October 2004, having just completed a sweep of the Cardinals and ending
an 86-year World Series championship drought. . . .
Power law versus exponential law in characterizing stock market
returns.(ANTHOLOGY)
JEL G10
A relatively new line of research in financial economics has
attracted the interest of physical scientists who are applying methods
developed for strongly fluctuating dynamic physical . . .
The impact of exchange rate volatility on exports: a cross
country analysis (1973-2004).(ANTHOLOGY)
JEL F10 * F33
With the move from fixed to flexible exchange rates in Europe in
1973, there was increasing concern about effects of exchange rate
variability on trade. Economic theory is ambiguous . . .
Measuring the technology diffusion from multinational
enterprises.(ANTHOLOGY)
JEL F01 * F20. F23 * O10. O15 * O31 * 047. 057. L24
Many empirical studies (e.g. Borensztein et al., Journal of
International Economics, 1998) use FDI to GDP ratio to measure the
technology . . .
The nature of shocks in Eurozone.(ANTHOLOGY)
JEL F30 * F33
The frequency and nature of shocks impacting the individual member
countries is one of the major factors determining the success of a
monetary union. Starting with the seminal work . . .
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