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Evidence Of Competition Between Law Schools
(Economics, 2007-08-23)
The purpose of this paper is to measure how competition affects tuition rates of law schools. I hypothesize that the tuition rates will go up as concentration of law schools increase. To examine how tuition varies with ...
Creative Destruction In The Pharmaceutical Industry
(Economics, 2007-08-23)
Pharmaceutical firms usually patent any new innovation in terms of the chemicals they use. These innovations are then developed in to drugs which are marketed once approved by FDA. These patents have made and receive ...
Do Aid Donors Reward Institutional Reforms?: A Panel Study On Aid-receiving Countries
(Economics, 2007-08-23)
Foreign aid is an important component of financial flows to many developing countries. This study seeks to investigate how foreign aid flows are influenced by two factors: the gross domestic products (GDP) per capita of ...
The Market Return To Pharmaceutical Product Approval
(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 ...
School Responses To High-stakes Testing
(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 ...
The Introduction Of The Reserve Clause And Its Impact On Baseball Salaries During The 1880s: A Panel Estimation
(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 ...
Peer Effects In Sports: Evidence From NCAA Relay Teams
(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 ...