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The Effectiveness Of Promotions In Minor League Baseball : A Study Of The Eastern League, Collin R. Zucker
The Effectiveness Of Promotions In Minor League Baseball : A Study Of The Eastern League, Collin R. Zucker
Honors Theses
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is comprised of 247 teams playing in 17 leagues at six different levels. Every team in these leagues is an affiliate of a Major League Baseball (MLB) team, but many are privately owned and are therefore financially independent. While MiLB primarily serves as a development environment for future MLB players, profit maximization is still a goal of various front offices. Minor League Baseball has existed for over a century but only recently have teams been regarded as profitable investments. In Forbes’ “Most Valuable Minor League Teams” list published in 2016, the average value of the top …
An Analysis Of Skill-Biased Technical Change Across Demographic Groups, Madison Lindsay
An Analysis Of Skill-Biased Technical Change Across Demographic Groups, Madison Lindsay
Honors Theses
I adopt a measure of task-based routineness from Autor and Dorn (2013) to investigate the effects of routineness on various demographic groups. I analyze data from the Current Population Surveys between 1976 and 2017 to determine which groups, separated by race, gender, and age, are most strongly affected by routine-biased technological change. My findings suggest that women are most negatively affected by occupational routineness. Further, both women’s concentration in highly routine occupations and women’s educational attainment trends from 1976 to 2017 could explain women’s increasing susceptibility to changes in routineness.
The Effect Of Bike Lane Infrastructure On Urban Housing Markets, Bracken Woolley
The Effect Of Bike Lane Infrastructure On Urban Housing Markets, Bracken Woolley
Honors Theses
Across the United States, cities are increasing their level of investment in bicycle infrastructure. The environmental and health benefits of this infrastructure are clear, but less research has been conducted on its economic impacts. This study examines the effect of bicycle infrastructure, specifically bike lanes, on New York City housing markets. Specifically, I look at the impact of bike lane length on median rent and percent vacancy in a given census tract. In addition to the independent variable of focus, bike lane length, census-based data was used to control for other economic and demographic factors that could impact property values. …
Distance In Diocese : Annual Appeal Giving In The Catholic Church, Elaine Wissuchek
Distance In Diocese : Annual Appeal Giving In The Catholic Church, Elaine Wissuchek
Honors Theses
The distance between a donor and a charity is hypothesized to affect charitable giving for self-regarding and altruistic reasons. Distance increases transaction costs, reducing the potential extrinsic benefits received by donors; it decreases social pressure for giving, and limits the ability of donors to monitor the charity’s management. Donors also have intrinsic preferences for proximity. This study does not find the hypothesized negative correlation between distance (measured as driving time) and donations to annual appeals for Catholic dioceses.
The Effects Of Perceived Quality On Tuition And Net Tuition, Isabella Xianxin Thomas
The Effects Of Perceived Quality On Tuition And Net Tuition, Isabella Xianxin Thomas
Honors Theses
This paper examines the effects of perceived quality on tuition and net tuition utilizing both direct and indirect measures to account for quality and the U.S News and World Ranking to measure perceived quality. Tuition is the sticker price, whereas net tuition is the sticker price less discounts. Judgments of quality will be more apparent in tuition, therefore perceived quality and tuition should have a larger relationship than net tuition and perceived quality. When regressed with quality variables held constant on tuition and net tuition, effect of reputation on prices is captured. The coefficient for perceived quality on tuition had …
Acute Illness And Job Lock, Lauren Passero
Acute Illness And Job Lock, Lauren Passero
Honors Theses
This paper assesses if the experience of an acute illness generates decreased job mobility among workers with employer-sponsored health insurance. An acute illness may increase the perceived value of health insurance and “lock” workers into jobs that provide health insurance as compensation. Using difference-in-difference tests, I evaluate the presence of job lock among workers impacted by acute health problems in Panel 19 of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The results provide inconclusive evidence of job lock related to the experience of an acute illness. Further research on acute illness-related job lock can explore the potential long-term impact of job lock …