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SHSU Economics and International Business Department Working Paper Series
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2013
Working Paper #13-01
Title: City Relative Price Dynamics in Australia: Are Structural Breaks Importan?
Author: Hiranya K. Nath (Sam Houston State University)
Jayanta Sarkar (Queensland University of Technology)
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2012
Working Paper #12-07
Title:
Analysis of Firm Compliance with Multiple Environmental Regulations
Author: Lirong Liu (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #12-06
Title:
Firm Decision-making Structure and Compliance with Environmental Regulations: Evidence from Environmental Auditing
Authors: Mary F. Evans (Claremont McKenna College)
Lirong Liu (Sam Houston State University)
Sarah Stafford (College of William and Mary)
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Working Paper #12-05
Title:
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Trade in Emerging Market Economies
Authors: Lirong Liu (Sam Houston State University)
Hiranya K. Nath (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #12-04
Title:
Structural Breaks and Relative Price Convergence among U.S. Cities
Authors: Natalie Hegwood (Sam Houston State University)
Hiranya K. Nath (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #12-03
Title:
Is Health Care a Necessity or a Luxury? New Evidence from a Panel of U.S. State-Level Data
Author: Donald G. Freeman (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #12-02
Title:
U.S. Trade in Information-Intensive Services
Authors: Uday M. Apte (Naval Postgraduate School)
Hiranya K. Nath (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #12-01
Title:
Income and Preventable Mortality:
The Case of Youth Traffic Fatalities
Author: Donald G. Freeman (Sam Houston State University)
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2011
Working Paper #11-04
Title: Financial Reforms and Technical Efficiency in Indian Commercial Banking: A Generalized Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Authors: Aditi Bhattacharyya (Sam Houston State University)
Sudeshna Pal (Georgia College and State University)
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Working Paper #11-03
Title: Politics, Policy Analysis, and the Passage of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984
Author: Darren Grant (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #11-02
Title: Is Beer Healthier than Booze? How the Change in Consumption Shares of Alcoholic Beverage Types Affects Mortality in Young
People
Author: Donald Freeman (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #11-01
Title: On (not) Closing the Gaps: The Evolution of National and Regional Unemployment Rates by Race and Ethnicity
Author: Donald Freeman (Sam Houston State University)
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2010
Working Paper #10-11
Title: Choice, internal consistency, and rationality
Authors: Aditi Bhattacharyya (Sam Houston State University)
Prasanta K. Pattanaik (University of California - Riverside)
Yongsheng Xu (Georgia State University)
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Working Paper #10-10
Title: Median-based Rules for Decision-making under Complete Ignorance
Author: Aditi Bhattacharyya (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #10-09
Title: Adjustment of Inputs and Measurement of Time-varying Technical Efficiency: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis
Author: Aditi Bhattacharyya (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #10-08
Title: Adjustment of Inputs and Measurement of Technical Efficiency: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis of the Egyptian Manufacturing
Sectors
Author: Aditi Bhattacharyya (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #10-07
Title: Is there a Relationship Between HMO Quality of Care and Financial
Performance? Evidence from Texas HMOs
Authors: Troy Quast (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #10-06
Title: Illegal Migration into Assam: Magnitude, Causes, and Economic Consequences
Authors: Hiranya K. Nath (Sam Houston State University)
Suresh Kr. Nath (Cotton College)
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Working Paper #10-05
Title: Relative Inflation Dynamics in the EU Accession Countries of Central
and Eastern Europe
Authors: Hiranya K. Nath (Sam Houston State University)
Kiril Tochkov (Texas Christian University)
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Working Paper #10-04
Title: The Simple Economics of Thresholds: Evidence from the Western States 100
Author: Darren Grant (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #10-03
Title: The Dynamics of Drinking and Driving in the U.S.:
The Role of Social Forces
and the Role of Law
Author: Darren Grant (Sam Houston State University)
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Working Paper #10-02
Title: Workers' Migration and Remittances in Bangladesh
Authors: Hiranya Nath (Sam Houston State University)
Khawaja Mamun (Sacred Heart University)
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Working Paper #10-01
Title:
The Implications of a South-South Customs Union on Tariffs, Welfare, and the Prospect of Global Free Trade
Authors: Hiranya Nath (Sam Houston State University)
Halis Murat Yildiz (Ryerson University)
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2009
Working Paper #09-09
Title:
What Makes a Good Economy? An Analysis of Survey Data
Author: 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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