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SHSU Economics and International Business Department Working Paper Series
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2009
Working Paper #09-09
Title:
What Makes a Good Economy? An Analysis of Survey Data
Authors: Darren Grant (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #09-08
Title: Does the Relationship
Between Mortality and the Business Cycles Vary by the Level of Economic Development? Evidence from Mexico
Authors: Fidel Gonzalez (Sam Houston State University)
Troy Quast (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #09-07
Title: Another Consequence of the Economic Crisis: A Decrease
in Migrants’ Remittances
Authors: Isabel Ruiz (Sam Houston State University)
Carlos Vargas-Silva (International
Migration Institute, University of Oxford)
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Working Paper #09-06
Title: Beer in Good Times and Bad: A U.S. State-Level Analysis of Economic Conditions and
Alcohol Consumption
Author: Don Freeman (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #09-05
Title: Are Remittances Manna from Heaven? A Look at the Business Cycle Properties of
Remittances
Author: Carlos Vargas-Silva (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #09-04
Title: Introduction to the World of Exchange Rates
Author: Carlos Vargas-Silva (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #09-03
Title: Crime and Remittance Transfers
Author: Carlos Vargas-Silva (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #09-02
Title: Are Recessions Good for Everyone’s Health? The Association Between Mortality and
the Business Cycle by Race in the U.S.
Authors: Matias Fontenla (Univ. of New Mexico)
Fidel Gonzalez (Sam Houston State University)
Troy Quast (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #09-01
Title: The Simple Economics of Thresholds: Grades as Incentives
Authors: Darren Grant (Sam Houston State University)
Bill Green (Sam Houston State University)
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2008
Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP08-07
Title: Macroeconomic Changes and Mortality in Mexico
(former title: Do Changes in Income Affect Mortality? The Case of
Mexico)
(revised 2009-03)
Authors: Fidel Gonzalez (Sam Houston State University)
Troy Quast (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP08-06
Title: Do Profits Influence the Quality of Care Provided by Medicaid
MCOs?
Authors: Troy Quast (Sam Houston State University)
Betsy Shenkman (University of Florida)
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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP08-05
Title: Controlling Pollution with Fixed Inspection Capacity
Author: Lirong Liu
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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP08-04
Title: Country Risk Analysis: A Survey of the Quantitative Methods
Author: Hiranya K. Nath
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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP08-03
Title: Do regions matter for the behavior of city relative prices in the U.
S.?
Author: Viera Chmelarova and Hiranya K. Nath
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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP08-02
Title: A New State-Level Panel of Annual Inequality Measures Over the Period 1916 -
2005
Author: Mark W. Frank
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Working Paper # SHSU_ECO_WP08-01
Title: Physician Financial Incentives and Cesarean Delivery: New Conclusions from the
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
Author: Darren Grant
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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_WP03-02
Title: Poverty in Metropolitan Areas of the U.S.: Causes and Consequences
Author: Donald G. Freeman and Vijay K. Mathur
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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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