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Full-Text Articles in Economics
Incentivized Learning And Libraries: A Comparative Study Of Summer Reading Programs In Connecticut, Andrew Morrison
Incentivized Learning And Libraries: A Comparative Study Of Summer Reading Programs In Connecticut, Andrew Morrison
Honors Scholar Theses
With digital forms of entertainment and media more inescapable than ever, it has become increasingly difficult to encourage children and teens to read. Simultaneously, despite an overwhelming amount of literature demonstrating the educational benefits of reading, especially as a necessity in the summer between academic years, library budgets are shrinking as federal funding nears its end. How do libraries promote summer reading amidst declining interest and decreased funding? Using data from public libraries across Connecticut, this paper investigates how libraries are adapting their children's summer reading programs to a changing landscape, how programs are designed to incentivize reading without eliminating …
Technology In Major League Baseball: 2017 Houston Astros, Prisoner’S Dilemma, And Behavioral Solutions, Spencer Kinyon
Technology In Major League Baseball: 2017 Houston Astros, Prisoner’S Dilemma, And Behavioral Solutions, Spencer Kinyon
Honors Scholar Theses
This paper compares and contrasts the economic model for baseball in the 20th century without technology and the economic model for baseball in the 21st century with technology. Major League Baseball (MLB) teams have evolved to use technology to improve the performance of players on the field. This paper explores the economics of penalties in MLB and how teams are penalized for their use of illegal technology. In the 2017 season, the Houston Astros used illegal technology that led the team to win the World Series. This paper provides a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether or not a team should …
From Tranquility To Secession And Other Historical Sequences: A Theoretical Exposition, Paul Hallwood
From Tranquility To Secession And Other Historical Sequences: A Theoretical Exposition, Paul Hallwood
Economics Working Papers
A model is developed explaining many common historical sequences: inter alia, the rise and fall of empires, expansion or contraction in the geographic size of nations, wars of secession, non-contested secessions, and growth of supra-national unions. The basic unit of analysis is a transaction in international (or national) law that verifies and legitimizes transformations from one organizational entity to another. Decision-makers for national, or super-national entities as well as those at sub-levels are assumed to be welfare maximizers under cost constraints. Potential secessionists face dispute costs, and decision-makers for the higher-level entity incur persuasion costs. Both costs may include military …
Connecticut Local Labor Market Areas 1980, Thomas E. Steahr, Kenneth P. Hadden
Connecticut Local Labor Market Areas 1980, Thomas E. Steahr, Kenneth P. Hadden
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Who Says Public Investment In Agricultural Research Doesn't Pay?, Stanley K. Seaver
Who Says Public Investment In Agricultural Research Doesn't Pay?, Stanley K. Seaver
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Agricultural Structure And Change: Litchfield County, Connecticut, William H. Groff
Agricultural Structure And Change: Litchfield County, Connecticut, William H. Groff
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Socioeconomic Index Scores For Connecticut Towns, 1980, William H. Groff, Robert W. Braden
Socioeconomic Index Scores For Connecticut Towns, 1980, William H. Groff, Robert W. Braden
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Counting The Poor: Estimates Of The Cost-Of-Living Adjusted U.S. Poverty Population, 1969, Kenneth Hadden, Susan Spiggle
Counting The Poor: Estimates Of The Cost-Of-Living Adjusted U.S. Poverty Population, 1969, Kenneth Hadden, Susan Spiggle
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Socioeconomic Index Scores For Connecticut Towns, 1970, William H. Groff, John N. Wright
Socioeconomic Index Scores For Connecticut Towns, 1970, William H. Groff, John N. Wright
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Socioeconomic Index Scores For Metropolitan Connecticut, 1970, William H. Groff, John N. Wright
Socioeconomic Index Scores For Metropolitan Connecticut, 1970, William H. Groff, John N. Wright
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Elderly Population Of Connecticut: 1970, The, Kenneth Hadden, William Clark, Douglas Crockett
Elderly Population Of Connecticut: 1970, The, Kenneth Hadden, William Clark, Douglas Crockett
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Housing Characteristics For Towns And Counties Connecticut: 1970, Thomas E. Steahr, Robert A. Lowe, Charles N. Fitts
Housing Characteristics For Towns And Counties Connecticut: 1970, Thomas E. Steahr, Robert A. Lowe, Charles N. Fitts
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Population Of Connecticut: Town And County Fact Book, 1970, The, Thomas E. Steahr, Vincent Bolduc, Catherine Skambis
Population Of Connecticut: Town And County Fact Book, 1970, The, Thomas E. Steahr, Vincent Bolduc, Catherine Skambis
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.
Education, Employment And Income Of High School Vocational Agriculture Graduates, R.M. Quesada, S.K. Seaver
Education, Employment And Income Of High School Vocational Agriculture Graduates, R.M. Quesada, S.K. Seaver
Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station
No abstract provided.