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Listed below are the Research Working Papers and Instructional Development Papers of the Gibson D. Lewis Center for Business and Economic Development, Sam Houston State University.
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- 2013 Research Working Papers
- 2012 Research Working Papers
- No. 12-07 ECO/January 2012 "Analysis of Firm Compliance with Multiple Environmental Regulations" by Lirong Liu
- No. 12-06 ECO/January 2012 "Firm Decision-making Structure and Compliance with Environmental Regulations: Evidence from Environmental Auditing" by Mary F. Evans (Claremont McKenna College), Lirong Liu (SHSU), and Sarah Stafford (College of William and Mary)
- No. 12-05 ECO/January 2012 "Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Trade in Emerging Market Economies" by Lirong Liu and Hiranya K. Nath
- No. 12-04 ECO/January 2012 "Structural Breaks and Relative Price Convergence among U.S. Cities" by Natalie Hegwood and Hiranya K. Nath
- No. 12-03 ECO/January 2012 "Is Health Care a Necessity or a Luxury? New Evidence from a Panel of U.S. State-Level Data" by Donald G. Freeman
- No. 12-02 ECO/January 2012 "U.S. Trade in Information-Intensive Services" by Hiranaya K. Nath (SHSU) and Uday M. Apte (Naval Postgraduate School)
- No. 12-01 ECO/January 2012 "Income and Preventable Mortality: The Case of Youth Traffic Fatalities by Donald G. Freeman
- 2011 Research Working Papers
- No. 11-04 ECO/November 2011 "Financial Reforms and Technical Eciency in Indian Commercial Banking: A Generalized Stochastic Frontier Analysis" by Aditi Bhattacharyya and Sudeshna Pal
- No. 11-03 ECO/November 2011 "POLITICS, POLICY ANALYSIS, AND THE PASSAGE OF THE NATIONAL MINIMUM DRINKING AGE ACT OF 1984" by Darren Grant
- No. 11-02 ECO/November 2011 "Is Beer Healthier than Booze? How the Change in Consumption Shares of Alcoholic Beverage Types Affects Mortality in Young People" by Donald Freeman
- No. 11-01 ECO/ June 2011: "On (not) Closing The Gaps: The Evolution of National and Regional Unemployment Rates by Race and Ethnicity" by Donald G. Freeman
- 2010 Research Working Papers
- No. 10-11 ECO/December 2010: "Choice, internal consistency, and rationality" by Aditi Bhattacharyya, Prasanta K. Pattanaik, and Yongsheng Xu
- No. 10-10 ECO/December 2010: "Median-based Rules for Decision-making under Complete Ignorance" by Aditi Bhattacharyya
- No. 10-09 ECO/December 2010: "Adjustment of Inputs and Measurment of Time-varying Technical Efficiency: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis" by Aditi Bhattacharyya
- No. 10-08 ECO/ December 2010: "Adjustment of Inputs and Measurement of Technical Efficiency: A Dynamic Panel" by Adihit BhattacharyyaData Analysis of the Egyptian Manufacturing Sectors
- No. 10-07 ECO/December 2010: "Is there a Relationship Between HMO Quality of Care and Financial Performance? Evidence from Texas HMOs" by Troy Quast
- No. 10-06 ECO/December 2010:"Illegal Migration into Assam: Magnitude, Causes, and Economic Consequences" by Hiranya K. Nath and Suresh Kr. Nath
- No. 10-05 ECO/November: "2005 Relative Inflation Dynamics in the EU Accession Countries of Central and Eastern Europe" by Hiranya K. Nath and Kiril Tochkov
- No. 10-04 ECO/November: "The Simple Economics of Thresholds: Evidence from the Western States 100" by Darren Grant
- No 10-03 ECO/October 2010: "The Dynamics of Drinking and Driving in the U.S.: The Role of Social Forces and the Role of Law" by Darren Grant
- No. 10-02 ECO/March 2010: "Workers: Migration and Remittances in Bangladesh" by Khawaja A. Mamun and Hiranya K. Nath
- No. 10-01/ECO Janurary 2010: "The Implications of a South-South Customs Union on Tariffs, Welfare, and the Prospect of Global Free Trade" by Hiranya K Nath and Murat Yildiz
- 2009 Research Working Papers
- No. 09-09 ECO/October 2009 "What Makes a Good Economy? An Analysis of Survey Data" by Darren Grant
- No. 09-08 ECO/October 2009 "Does the Relationship Between Mortality and the Business Cycle Vary by the Level of Economic Development? Evidence from Mexico" by Fidel Gonzalez and Troy Quast
- No. 09-07 ECO/October 2009 "Another Consequence of the Economic Crisis: A Decrease in Migrants’ Remittances" by Isabel Ruiz and Carlos Vargas-Silva
- No. 09-06 ECO/October 2009 "Beer in Good Times and Bad: A U.S. State-Level Analysis of Economic Conditions and Alcohol Consumption" by Don Freeman
- No. 09-05 ECO/October 2009 "ARE REMITTANCES MANNA FROM HEAVEN? A LOOK AT THE BUSINESS CYCLE PROPERTIES OF REMITTANCES" by Carlos Vargas-Silva
- No. 09-04 ECO/October 2009 "Introduction to the World of Exchange Rates" by Carlos Vargas-Silva
- No. 09-03 ECO/October 2009 "Crime and Remittance Transfers" by Carlos Vargas-Silva
- No. 09-02 ECO/October 2009 "Are Recessions Good for Everyone’s Health? The Association Between Mortality and the Business Cycle by Race in the U.S." by Matias Fontenla (Univ. of New Mexico), Fidel Gonzalez (SHSU), & Troy Quast (SHSU)
- No. 09-01 ECO/October 2009 "THE SIMPLE ECONOMICS OF THRESHOLDS: GRADES AS INCENTIVES" by Darren Grant and William B. Green
- 2008 Research Working Papers
- No. 08-07 ECO/November 2008 "Macroeconomic Changes and Mortality in Mexico" by Fidel Gonzalez & Troy Quast
- No. 08-06 ECO/March 2008 "Do Profits Influence the Quality of Care Provided by Medicaid MCOs?" by Troy Quast (SHSU) and Elizabeth Shenkman (Univ of Florida)
- No. 08-05 ECO/March 2008 "Controlling Pollution with Fixed Inspection Capacity" by Lirong Liu
- No. 08-04 ECO/March 2008 "Country Risk Analysis: A Survey of the Quantitative Methods" by Hiranya K Nath
- No. 08-03 ECO/March 2008 "Do regions matter for the behavior of city relative prices in the U. S.?" by Viera Chmelarova and Hiranya K Nath
- No. 08-02 ECO/March 2008 "A NEW STATE-LEVEL PANEL OF ANNUAL INEQUALITY MEASURES OVER THE PERIOD 1916 – 2005" by Mark W. Frank
- No. 08-06 ECO/March 2008 "Physician Financial Incentives and Cesarean Delivery: New Conclusions from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project" by Darren Grant
- 2007 Research Working Papers
- No. 07-09 ECO/October 2007 "Elemental Tests of the Traditional Rational Voting Model" by Darren Grant and Michael Toma
- No. 07-08 ECO/October 2007 "Dead on Arrival: Zero Tolerance Laws Don't Work" by Darren Grant
- No. 07-07 ECO/October 2007 "Optimal Drink Driving Penalty Structure" by Darren Grant
- No. 07-06 ECO/October 2007 "Multiproduct Pricing in Major League Baseball: A Principal Components Analysis" by Craig A. Depken, II and Darren Grant
- No. 07-05 ECO/October 2007 "Monetary policy and the U.S. Housing Marketing: A VAR analysis imposing sign restrictions" by Carlos Vargas-Silva
- No. 07-04 ECO/October 2007 "The Tale of the Three Amigos: Remittances, Exchange Rates and Money Demand in Mexio" by Carlos Vargas-Silva
- No. 07-03 ECO/October 2007 "Unbiased Estimation of the Half-Life to Price Index Convergence among US Cities" by Hiranya K. Nath and Jayanta Sarkar
- No. 07-02 ECO/October 2007 "Common Volatility across Latin American Foreign Exchange Markets" by Isabel Ruiz
- No. 07-01 ECO/October 2007 "Exchange Rates and U.S. Direct Investment into Latin America" by Isabel Ruiz and Susan Pozo
- 2006 Research Working Papers
- No. 06-06, ECO/September 2006 "Media Substitution in Advertising: A Spirited Case Study" by Mark. W. Frank
- No. 06-05, ECO/September 2006 "Trade, Growth and Wage Inequality in Bangladesh" by Hiranya K. Nath and Khawaja A. Mamun
- No. 06-04, ECO/September 2006 "Sectoral Price Changes and Output Growth: Supply and Demand in General Equilibrium" by Nathan S. Balke and Hiranya K Nath
- No. 06-03, ECO/September 2006 "Do Elected Public Utility Commissioners Behave More Politicallythan Appointed Ones?" by Troy Quast
- No. 06-02, ECO/September 2006 "Does the Form of Physician Compensation Affect the Quality of Care in Medicaid HMOS?" by Troy Quast, David E.M. Sappington, and Elizabeth Shenkman
- No. 06-01, ECO/September 2006 "Are Real GDP Levels Trend, Difference, or Regime-Wise Trend Stationary? Evidence from Panel Data Tests Incorporating Structural Change" by Natalie Hegwood and David H. Papell
- 2005 Research Working Papers
- No. 05-06, ECO/August 2005 "The “Resource Curse” and Regional U.S. Development" by Donald G. Freeman
- No. 05-05, ECO/August 2005 "Drunk Driving Legislation and Traffic Fatalities: What Works and What Doesn’t?" by Donald G. Freeman
- No. 05-04, ECO/August 2005 "Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies" by Hiranya K Nath
- No. 05-03, ECO/August 2005 "Income Inequality and Economic Growth in the U.S.: A Panel Cointegration Approach" by Mark W. Frank
- No. 05-02, ECO/August 2005 "Simulation of FOMC Meeting: Learning About Monetary Policy by Doing" by Hiranya K Nath
- No. 05-01, ECO/August 2005 "Foreign Direct Investment and Inequality in Productivity across Countries" by Gouranga G Das, Hiranya K Nath and Halis M Yildiz
- 2003 Research Working Papers
