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2007

Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP07-09

Title: Elemental Tests of the Traditional Rational Voting Model

Author: Darren Grant and Michael Toma

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP07-08

Title: Dead on Arrival: Zero Tolerance Laws Don't Work

Author: Darren Grant

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP07-07

Title: Optimal Drunk Driving Penalty Structure

Author: Darren Grant

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP07-06

Title: Multiproduct Pricing in Major League Baseball: A Principal Components Analysis

Author: Craig A. Depken,II and Darren Grant

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP07-05

Title: Monetary policy and the U.S. housing market: A VAR analysis imposing sign restrictions

Author: Carlos Vargas-Silva

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP07-04

Title: The Tale of Three Amigos : Remittances, Exchange Rates and Money Demand in Mexico

Author: Carlos Vargas-Silva

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP07-03

Title: Unbiased Estimation of the Half-Life to Price Index Convergence among U.S. Cities

Author: Hiranya K Nath and Jayanta Sarkar

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP07-02

Title: Common Volatility across Latin American Foreign Exchange Markets

Author: Isabel Ruiz

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP07-01

Title: Exchange Rates and U.S. Direct Investment into Latin America

Author: Isabel Ruiz and Susan Pozo

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2006

Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP06-06

Title: Media Substitution in Advertising: A Spirited Case Study

Author: Mark W. Frank

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP06-05

Title: Trade, Growth and Wage Inequality in Bangladesh

Author: Hiranya K. Nath and Khawaja A. Mamun

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP06-04

Title: Sectoral Price Changes and Output Growth: Supply and Demand in General Equilibrium

Author: Nathan S. Balke and Hiranya K. Nath

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP06-03

Title: Do Elected Public Utility Commissioners Behave More Politically than Appointed Ones?

Author: Troy Quast

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP06-02

Title: Does the Form of Physician Compensation Affect the Quality of Care in Medicaid HMOs?

Author: Troy Quast, David E. M. Sappington, and Elizabeth Shenkman

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP06-01

Title: Are Real GDP Levels Trend, Difference, or Regime-Wise Trend Stationary? Evidence from Panel Data Tests Incorporating Structural

Author: Natalie Hegwood and David Papell

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2005

Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP05-06

Title: The "Resource Curse" and Regional U.S. Development

Author: Donald G. Freeman

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP05-05

Title: Drunk Driving Legislation and Traffic Fatalities: What Works and What Doesn't?

Author: Donald G. Freeman

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP05-04

Title: Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Growth: Evidence from Transition Economies

Author: Hiranya K. Nath

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP05-03

Title: Income Inequality and Economic Growth in the U.S.: A Panel Cointegration Approach

Author: Mark W. Frank

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP05-02

Title: Simulation of FOMC Meeting: Learning about Monetary Policy by Doing

Author: Hiranya K Nath

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP05-01

Title: Foreign Direct Investment and Inequality in Productivity across Countries

Author: Gouranga G. Das, Hiranya K. Nath and Halis M. Yildiz

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2003

Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP03-01

Title: Inequality and Economic Growth Over the Business Cycle: Evidence From U.S. State-Level Data

Author: Mark W. Frank and Donald G. Freeman

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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP03-02

Title: Poverty in Metropolitan Areas of the U.S.: Causes and Consequences

Author: Donald G. Freeman and Vijay K. Mathur

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