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Browsing by Department "Economics"
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A Brief Review and Analysis of Spectrum Auctions in Canada
(2017-05-08)We begin by explaining the importance of efficient spectrum allocation and reviewing Canada’s recent spectrum allocation history. We then use a dataset covering more than 1,200 licenses auctioned from 2001 to 2015 that ... -
A Study of How Economic Attitudes Are Shaped by Environmental Shocks and Life Experiences
(2016)Social attitudes, attitudes toward financial risk and attitudes toward deferred gratification are thought to influence many important economic decisions over the life-course. In economic theory, these attitudes are key components ... -
A Theory of Urban-Rural Bias: A Dual Dilemma of Political Survival
(2011)Pro-urban bias in policy is a common phenomenon in many developing countries. Bates (1981) has famously argued the wish to industrialize paired with the political clout of urban residents results in distinctly anti-rural ... -
Administrative Burdens in the US Health Care Sector
(2023)In this dissertation, I investigate the impact of administrative burdens on the US health care sector. Using observational data---particularly medical claims from Medicare----and policy variation in the administrative burdens ... -
After the Storm
(2012-04-13)Empirical research on the impact of natural disasters on economic growth has provided contradictory results and few studies have focused on the United States. In this thesis, I bridge the gap by examining the merits of existing ... -
An Empirical Analysis of Airline Network Structure: The Effect of Hub Concentration on Airline Operating Costs
(2013-05-13)The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 provided the impetus for domestic U.S. airlines to establish hub-and-spoke networks to improve profitability and stem financial losses. This study seeks to determine if a significant ... -
An Exploration of Multimedia Multitasking: How Television Advertising Impacts Google Search
(2011-04-18)A 2010 study conducted by Nielson on behalf of Yahoo reveals that three out of every four Americans use television and internet simultaneously, up nearly 20 percent year-to-year. Yahoo concludes that this disproves the ... -
Are asset allocation funds good at market timing?
(2012-04-16)John C. Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group, has long insisted on the superiority of index funds over actively managed mutual funds and the foolishness of attempts to time the market. He published two articles in the ... -
Assessing Consumer Valuation of Fuel Economy in Auto Markets
(2009)The need for and efficacy of CAFE standards for auto-makers depends largely on whether consumers properly value fuel efficiency in their vehicle purchases. In this paper we use data describing heterogeneous driving behavior ... -
Asymmetric Correlations in Financial Markets
(2013)This dissertation consists of three essays on asymmetric correlations in financial markets. In the first essay, I have two main contributions. First, I show that dividend growth rates have symmetric correlations. Second, ... -
Auctions as an Alternative to Book Building in the IPO Process: An Examination of Underpricing for Large Firms in France
(2012-04-16)A relevant factor in determining the quality of an initial public offering (IPO) mechanism is the level and variability of underpricing that occurs. The percentage difference between the IPO price and the closing price ... -
Beta Estimation Using High Frequency Data
(2011-04-18)Using high frequency stock price data in estimating nancial measures often causes serious distortion. It is due to the existence of the market microstructure noise, the lag of the observed price to the underlying value ... -
Bias in Fact Checking?: An Analysis of Partisan Trends Using PolitiFact Data
(2023-04-15)Fact checking is one of many tools that journalists use to combat the spread of fake news in American politics. Like much of the mainstream media, fact checkers have been criticized as having a left-wing bias. The efficacy ... -
Bidding For Parking: The Impact of University Affiliation on Predicting Bid Values in Dutch Auctions of On-Campus Parking Permits
(2016-06-14)Parking is often underpriced and expanding its capacity is expensive; universities need a better way of reducing congestion outside of building costly parking garages. Demand based pricing mechanisms, such as auctions, offer ... -
Capturing a College Education’s Impact on Industry Wages Across Time: An Analysis of Academic Factors that Affect Earnings
(2012-04-15)Studying how a college education can impact one’s wages has always been an area of interest amongst labor and education economists. While previous studies have stressed using single academic factors (i.e. college major choice, ... -
Cell Phones and Cattle: The Impact of Mobile Telephony on Agricultural Productivity in Developing Nations
(2009)This paper examines the impact of mobile telephony on productivity in developing nations. Previous studies have suggested that mobile phones have real impacts on economic outcomes in these countries. Using micro-data from ... -
Childcare Choices and Early Cognitive Development
(2013)This study uses the data from the National Institute for Children Health and Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to evaluate features of wage and childcare price changes that are associated with positive ... -
Cities and Labor Market Dynamics
(2012)People live and work in local markets spatially distinct from one another, yet space is absent from most economic models of the national labor market. Workers choose the markets in which they will participate, but there ... -
College Enrollment, Graduation, and Financing: The Role of Parental Income and Wealth
(2019)This dissertation explores the role of parents' financial resources in decisions made about college by parents and children entering adulthood and the consequences of those decisions for both parents and children. The second ... -
Competition and Innovation: Evidence from Third-Party Reprocessing in the Medical Device Industry
(2020-04-20)Healthcare is projected to soon become the industry with the largest amount of spending on research and development in the world. While competition has the potential to catalyze the development of new healthcare technologies ...
