Economics Department Working Papers

2005
2004
2002
2001
2000

2005 Working Papers

2005 -1 William Horrace
On Ranking and Selection from Independent Truncated Normal Distributions. PDF

2005 -2 William Horrace
Some Results on the Multivariate Truncated Normal Distribution. PDF

2005 -3 William Horrace
Conjectures on MCB and MCC Subsets. PDF

2005 -4 William C. Horrace, Seth O. Richards
Bootstrapping Efficiency Probabilities in Parametric Stochastic Frontier Models.
PDF

2005 -5 John R. Moran, Kosali Ilayperuma Simon
Income and the Use of Prescription Drugs by the Elderly: Evidence from the Notch Cohorts. PDF

 

2004 Working Papers

2004-1 Dan Black, Amelia Haviland, Seth Sanders, Lowell Taylor
Why Do Minority Men Earn Less? A Study of Wage Differentials among the Highly Educated. PDF

2004-2 Dan Black, Amelia Haviland, Seth Sanders, Lowell Taylor
Gender Wage Disparities Among the Highly Educated. PDF

2004-3 Dan Black, Terra G. McKinnish, Seth G. Sanders
Tight Labor Markets and the Demand for Education: Evidence from the Coal Boom and Bust PDF

 

2002 Working Papers

2002-001 Thomas J. Kniesner and W. Kip Viscusi
Cost-Benefit Analysis: Why Relative Economic
Position Does Not Matter. PDF

2002-002 Mary E. Lovely, Stuart Rosenthal and Shalini Sharma
Information, Exporting, and the Agglomeration of U.S. Manufacturing Headquarters. PDF

2002-003 Stuart A. Gabriel and Stuart Rosenthal
Quality of the Business Environment Versus the Quality of Life in a Dynamic Model of Urban Composition and Growth. Do Firms and Households Like the Same Cities? PDF

2002-004  John P. Harding, C.F. Sirmans and Stuart Rosenthal
Estimating Bargaining Power in the Market for Existing Homes. PDF

2002-005 William C. Strange and Stuart Rosenthal
Geography, Industrial Organization and Urban Agglomeration. PDF

2002-006 Michael J. Brien, Stacy Dickert-Conlin and David A. Weaver
Widows Waiting to Wed? (Re) Marriage and Economic Incentives in Social Security Widow Benefits. PDF

2002-007 James E. Rauch and Vitor Trindade
Ethnic Chinese Networks in International Trade. PDF

2002-008 Vitor Trindade
The Big Push and International Trade: Exports as Investment Strategy PDF

2002-009 Jeffrey D. Kubik and John R. Moran
Can Policy Changes be Treated as Natural Experiments? Evidence from State Excise Taxes. PDF

2002-010 Louis Eeckhoudt, Olivier Mahul and John R. Moran
Fixed-Reimbursement Insurance: Basic Properties and Comparative Statics. PDF

2002-011 James E. Rauch and Vitor Trindade
Information and Globalization: Wage comovements, Labor Demand Elasticity, And Conventional Trade Liberalization. PDF

2002-012 Mike Conlin and Vrinda Kadiyali
Capacity and Collusion: An Empirical Analysis of the Texas Lodging Industry. PDF

2002-013 Mike Conlin
An Empirical Analysis of Common Agency. PDF

2002-014 Peter J. Brady and Mike Conlin
The Performance of REIT-owned Properties and the Impact of REIT Market Power. PDF

2002-015 Patrick M. Emerson and Mike Conlin
Discrimination in Hiring V. Retention and Promotion: An Empirical Analysis of Within Firm Treatment of Workers in the N.F.L. PDF

2002-016 Mike Conlin and Vrinda Kadiyali
Entry Deterring Capacity in the Texas Lodging Industry. PDF

2002-017 Mike Conlin
The Effect of Franchising on Competition: An Empirical Analysis. PDF

2002-018 Stacy Dickert-Conlin, John Pepper and Mike Conlin
The Effect of Alcohol Prohibition on Illicit Drug Related Crimes: An Unintended Consequence of Regulation. PDF

2002-019 Stephen Coate and Mike Conlin
Voter Turnout: Theory and Evidence from Texas Liquor Referenda. PDF

2002-020 Dan Black, Seth Sanders and Mike Lowell Taylor
The Economic Reward to Studying Economics. PDF

2002-021 Dan Black, Jeffrey A. Smith, Mark C. Berger and Bret J. Noel
Is the threat of re-employment services more effective than the services themselves? Experimental Evidence from the UI System. PDF

2002-022 Gary V. Engelhardt
Pre-Retirement Lump-Sum Pension
Distributions and Retirement Income Security: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study. PDF

2002-023 Gary V. Engelhardt
Have 401(k)s raised household saving? Evidence from Health and Retirement Study. PDF

2002-024 Gary V. Engelhardt
Nominal Loss Aversion, Housing Equity
Constraints, and Household Mobility: Evidence from the United States. PDF

2002-025 Jeffrey D. Kubik and John R. Moran
Lethal Elections: Gubernatorial Politics and the Timing of Executions. PDF

2002-026 Keith Crocker and John R. Moran
Contracting with Limited Commitment: Evidence from Employment-Based Health Insurance Contracts. PDF

2002-027 Dan Black, Seth Sanders and Lowell Taylor
The Economic Rewards to Studying Economics. PDF

2001 Working Papers

2001-01 Dan Black, Terra McKinnish and Seth Sanders 
Does the Availability of High-Wage Jobs for Low-Skilled Men Affect Welfare Expenditures and Family Structure? Evidence from Shocks to the Steel and Coal Industries. PDF

2001-02 Dan Black, Kermit Daniel and Seth Sanders 
The Impact of Economic Conditions on Participation in Disability Programs: Evidence from the Coal Boom and Bust. PDF

2001-03 Dan Black and Gary Gates 
Why Do Gay Men Live in San Francisco? PDF

2001-04 Dan Black, Hoda Makar, Seth Sanders and Lowell Taylor 
The Effects of Sexual Orientation on Earnings. PDF

2000 Series

2000-01 Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Harvey Rosen 
Cash Constraints and Business Start-ups Deutschmarks Versus Dollars. PDF

2000-02 Douglas Holtz-Eakin, David Joulfan and Harvey S. Rosen
Estimating the income effect on Retirement. PDF

2000-03 Robert Sinclair 
Accounting for Embodied Technical change and the Quality of Human capital: A new look at the Cross-Country Productivity Levels. PDF

2000-04 Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Robert Carroll, Mark Rider and Harvey S. Rosen 
Personal Income Taxes and the Growth of Small Firms. PDF

2000-05 Dan Black, Terra McKinnish and Seth Sanders 
The Economic Impact of the Coal Boom and Bust. PDF