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    • The Integration Of The Economics Profession Across Countries : evidence From Paper Citations 

      Guo, Minjie (Economics, 2011-07-14)
      By relating country-level journal article citation patterns to country-level proxies for various policies, the current project attempts to uncover possible causal relationships between them. The paper measures patterns of ...
    • The Introduction Of The Reserve Clause And Its Impact On Baseball Salaries During The 1880s: A Panel Estimation 

      Ashcraft, Jennifer (Economics, 2007-08-23)
      One of the most frequently studied areas in professional baseball is the Reserve Clause. Originally introduced in 1879 by the National League, the Reserve Clause indefinitely tied a player's services to his current team ...
    • The Market Return To Pharmaceutical Product Approval 

      Ahmed, Imtiaz (Economics, 2007-08-23)
      Does the public announcement of approval of New Drugs affect the market valuation of the sponsoring pharmaceutical company? This study will try to find out the technically and intuitively acceptable answer of this question ...
    • Peer Effects In Sports: Evidence From NCAA Relay Teams 

      Haglund, Lisa Elin (Economics, 2007-08-23)
      This paper investigates whether disparity in team member quality impacts team production using NCAA 4x400m relay teams. As a measure of quality I use the team member's individual rankings. The net peer effects are estimated ...
    • School Responses To High-stakes Testing 

      Chowdhury, Mishuk Anwar (Economics, 2007-08-23)
      This paper analyzes school's responses to high stakes testing. Using a grade level panel dataset from Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) for reading and math tests for 2003 through 2006, to find schools responses ...
    • Too Big To Fail: Economic Voting And The 2008 Election 

      Batheja, Aman (Economics, 2011-10-11)
      The onset of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression just months before the 2008 presidential election is thought to have played a significant role in voting behavior. Yet the extent to which voters followed ...
    • What Are Country-level Determinants Of Economic Research Productivity? 

      Nguyen, Hoa (Economics, 2010-03-03)
      Economics research productivity is an emerging concern because it determines education system's quality and it can help improve economic welfare. This study seeks to investigate country-level determinants of research ...