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High School Coaches' Experiences With Openly Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Athletes, Meghan K. Halbrook
High School Coaches' Experiences With Openly Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Athletes, Meghan K. Halbrook
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Despite reports that there has been a positive trend in perception and treatment of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals in recent years (Griffin, 2012; Loftus, 2001), sport, in general, is still an uncertain, and sometimes even hostile, environment for LGB athletes (Anderson, 2005; Beylin, 2006; Waldron & Krane, 2005). These concerns may be even more prevalent at the high school level, with student-athletes putting a strong emphasis on attempting to develop an independent and positive social identity through group or team interactions (Grant et al., 2014; Taifel & Turner, 1986). To gain more information on coach understanding and perceptions …
Effect Of Chamber Pressure On The Quality Of Breech Face And Firing Pin Impressions, James A. Hamilton
Effect Of Chamber Pressure On The Quality Of Breech Face And Firing Pin Impressions, James A. Hamilton
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Firearms evidence plays a vital role in shooting incident investigations. Included in this type of evidence is the comparison of fired cartridge casings. The evaluation of cartridge casings can inform investigators as to the number of firearms used in an incident. This evaluation includes the observation of breech face impressions imparted on the cartridge casing by the firearm. The comparison of these markings can assist investigators in the apprehension of perpetrators. However, the quality of these impressions may vary based on the pressures generated within a single system during firing leading to the appearance of multiple firearms being involved. Investigation …
The Relationship Between Oil Prices And Us Dollar Exchange Rates In Short And Long Scales, Mostafa Hashemi
The Relationship Between Oil Prices And Us Dollar Exchange Rates In Short And Long Scales, Mostafa Hashemi
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of this study is to revisit the relationship between US dollar exchange rates and crude oil prices in the post-2000 era, when both oil prices and USD exchange rates experienced record-high volatility. Specifically, I aim to answer: (1) do oil prices drive US dollar exchange rates or vice versa, (2) are oil prices and US dollar exchange rates integrated in the long-run, and (3) are the conflicting results found in previous studies on the relationship between the two due to the use of different frequencies of data (e.g. daily, weekly, and monthly). To answer these questions, I applied …
Continuing Education Dispositions Of Ncaa-Di Football Strength And Conditioning Coaches: A Qualitative Analysis, Joshua G. Nelson
Continuing Education Dispositions Of Ncaa-Di Football Strength And Conditioning Coaches: A Qualitative Analysis, Joshua G. Nelson
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Background/Purpose: To explore the continuing education dispositions of collegiate football strength and conditioning coaches in the NCAA-DI. Methods: Qualitative content analysis was used on data collected via online questionnaire and semi-structured interviews to explore the learning habits and values toward career long learning of eight (n=8) active collegiate football strength and conditioning coaches certified with either the National Strength and Conditioning Association or College Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, and in full time employment as a college strength and conditioning coach for at least ten years. Results: Results identified themes associated with how coaches engage in continuing education throughout their …
Space Use And Habitat Associations Of Long-Distance Migratory First-Year Golden Eagles (Aquila Chrysaetos) From Interior Alaska In A Changing Landscape, Mark D. Paulson
Space Use And Habitat Associations Of Long-Distance Migratory First-Year Golden Eagles (Aquila Chrysaetos) From Interior Alaska In A Changing Landscape, Mark D. Paulson
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Understanding a species space use and habitat associations is integral to comprehensive wildlife management. Habitat associations change spatially and temporally and those changes may be especially dramatic for animals that cover long distances throughout their annual cycle. While many studies of habitat associations and space use concentrate on breeding season behavior, studies of migratory connectivity demonstrate how condition of habitats on non-breeding ranges potentially affect key demographic parameters, such as survival, reproduction, and movement in other seasons. This is also important because wildlife habitats, especially land cover, are changing rapidly from both anthropogenic and natural forces in direct and indirect …
3d Finite Element Seepage And Slope Stability Modeling Of A Geomorphic Landform Reclamation, Iuri Lira Santos
3d Finite Element Seepage And Slope Stability Modeling Of A Geomorphic Landform Reclamation, Iuri Lira Santos
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The Royal Scot coal refuse pile in Greenbrier County, WV is being studied in order to reduce the Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) produced by this site. Two approaches to solve this problem were proposed: 1) a hydraulic barrier cover reclamation with a surface vegetative layer and 2) a land cover slope reclamation with a vegetative growth layer placement at the surface.;This thesis evaluated seepage and slope stability of the two proposed designs with a finite element modeling software in a transient analysis under unsaturated soil mechanics. Results from the model analysis were evaluated and further utilized to compare and contrast …
Molecular Simulation Of Transport And Storage In Shale, Mohammad Kazemi
Molecular Simulation Of Transport And Storage In Shale, Mohammad Kazemi
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Over the past few years, the production of shale hydrocarbons has seen a renewed interest both in science and industry. Indeed, these fluids today constitute a significant energy and economic stake to compensate for the scarcity of so-called conventional resources. This is due to the fact that shale gases and oils represent enormous potential resources and are present all over the world. In shales, hydrocarbons are generally contained in microporous organic nanopores: kerogen. The kerogen is both the source rock of hydrocarbons and their reservoir. In shales, the extreme confinement of fluids in organic matter, high pressure-high temperature thermodynamic condition …
Loss Aversion, Upset Preference, And Sports Television Viewing Audience Size, Brad Humphreys, Levi Pérez
Loss Aversion, Upset Preference, And Sports Television Viewing Audience Size, Brad Humphreys, Levi Pérez
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
A growing body of research examines the effect of loss aversion (LA) on consumers’ decisions to watch or attend sporting events. Much of this research focuses on live game attendance. In contrast to the predictions of uncertainty of outcome hypothesis (UOH), loss-averse consumers prefer watching either potential upsets, or dominant performances by strong favorites, to events with uncertain outcomes. We test for LA vs. UOH effects in television viewing audience data for free over-the-air broadcasts of 304 Spanish football matches from 2008/09 to 2015/16. This setting generates substantial variation home team win probabilities because of the presence of Real Madrid …
Do Tourists Tip More Than Consumer? Evidence Of Taxi Rides In New York City, Amir B. Neto, Adam Nowak, Amanda Ross
Do Tourists Tip More Than Consumer? Evidence Of Taxi Rides In New York City, Amir B. Neto, Adam Nowak, Amanda Ross
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
We revisit the mechanisms that drive tipping behavior by comparing tourists and locals in New York City. It is unlikely a tourist will tip as a way of enforcing repeated interactions since they are not from the area, while a local may tip as an enforcement mechanism. However, if people tip because of social norms, we should see both tourists and locals tipping similar amounts. We compare locals and tourists who are theatergoers to control for education and income, as these factors are likely to affect tipping behavior. Using data from the New York City and Limousine Commission on yellow …
Helium Ionization In The Diffuse Ionized Gas Surrounding Uch Ii Regions, D. Anish Roshi, E. Churchwell, L. D. Anderson
Helium Ionization In The Diffuse Ionized Gas Surrounding Uch Ii Regions, D. Anish Roshi, E. Churchwell, L. D. Anderson
Faculty & Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Space Race - Introduction, Jesse Lackey
Space Race - Introduction, Jesse Lackey
Cold War & Space Race
The infographic linked below is a timeline of events in 20th-century America related to the Cold War, the Space Race, and the Civil Rights Movement. The timeline is designed to put the events in Hidden Figures into historical context. The timeline chronologically compares groundbreaking historical events such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the creation of NASA alongside the historical presence of the three women, Dorothy Vaughan, Katherine Johnson, and Mary Jackson, that the reading is focused around. The book hops around from year to year and is very difficult to follow chronologically. That is part …
The Dwight Lee Reader: Collected Columns From The Freeman, Dwight Lee, Joshua Hall, Zachary Rodriguez
The Dwight Lee Reader: Collected Columns From The Freeman, Dwight Lee, Joshua Hall, Zachary Rodriguez
Center for Free Enterprise
A collection of articles written by economist Dwight Lee for The Freeman from 1976-2013. The articles are organized into sections on Basic Economics, Markets and Morality, The Market as a Process, Constitutional Economics, Government and Markets, International Trade, Social Welfare, and Environmental Policy.
Proximity-Induced Low-Energy Renormalization In Hybrid Semiconductor-Superconductor Majorana Structures, Tudor D. Stanescu, Sankar Das Sarma
Proximity-Induced Low-Energy Renormalization In Hybrid Semiconductor-Superconductor Majorana Structures, Tudor D. Stanescu, Sankar Das Sarma
Faculty & Staff Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Professional Sports Events, Concerts, And Urban Place Based Policy: Evidence From The Staples Center, Yulia Chikish, Brad Humphreys, Crocker H. Liu, Adam Nowak
Professional Sports Events, Concerts, And Urban Place Based Policy: Evidence From The Staples Center, Yulia Chikish, Brad Humphreys, Crocker H. Liu, Adam Nowak
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
Abstract We analyze the relationship between sports events and concerts, important hospitality demand drivers and key components of many urban renewal projects, in the Staples Center in Los Angeles, an arena home to three pro teams, and nearby hotel performance, exploiting exogenous daily variation in the timing of games and concerts from 2002 to 2017. Results show a small positive impact on revenue per available room at hotels within one mile of the arena and an offsetting decrease at hotels located one to four miles away. Granting nearby hotels exemptions from Los Angeles hotel taxes reduces potential tourism-generated hotel tax …
Evaluating Crime As A Negative Externality Of Hosting Mega-Events: Econometric Analysis Of The 2012 London Summer Olympics, Nicholas Le
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
Analysis of the benefits and the drawbacks of hosting large-scale sporting events like the Olympics or World Cup frequently ignore the effects of crime due to its relatively small economic impact in comparison to employment and consumption effects. Literature has frequently tied sporting events and tourism to crime, in addition to observing proximity effects on crime during sporting events. This research seeks to confirm both by implementing a difference-in-difference regression that can show whether crime increased during the Olympics, in particular in London boroughs which hosted venues for the Games. Ultimately, the research concludes that crime in London as a …
An Overview Of Sports Betting Regulation In The United States, Brad Humphreys
An Overview Of Sports Betting Regulation In The United States, Brad Humphreys
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
The United States employs an ad hoc, unconventional method of regulating sports betting, banning it almost everywhere while granting a monopoly to firms in a single state, Nevada. This approach encourages illegal sports betting markets, ignores negative externalities, and generates welfare losses among the large population of responsible recreational gamblers. I review the current state of sports betting regulation in the U.S. and assess its economic viability in advance of the Supreme Court of the United States decision on the landmark Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association case.
Does Economic Freedom Affect The Production Frontier? A Semiparametric Approach With Panel Data, Fan Zhang, Joshua C. Hall, Feng Yao
Does Economic Freedom Affect The Production Frontier? A Semiparametric Approach With Panel Data, Fan Zhang, Joshua C. Hall, Feng Yao
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
This paper applies a multi-step semiparametric stochastic production frontier estimator proposed by Yao et al. (2017) to investigate the effects of economic freedom on the production frontier and technical efficiency. We allow output elasticities and technical efficiency to depend on the economic freedom variable, estimate a smooth coefficient stochastic production frontier, and compare with parametric alternatives, the Cobb-Douglas and translog estimates. Our results add to the literature on economic freedom and growth in three ways. First, our results highlight the flexibility of semiparametric approaches as we find the commonly used parametric approaches to be too restrictive in estimating the marginal …
Are Fair Weather Fans Affected By Weather? Rainfall, Habit Formation And Live Game Attendance, Qi Ge, Brad Humphreys, Kun Zhou
Are Fair Weather Fans Affected By Weather? Rainfall, Habit Formation And Live Game Attendance, Qi Ge, Brad Humphreys, Kun Zhou
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
We analyze habit formation in sports attendance utilizing rainfall as an unexpected, transitory shock to attendance costs. Using attendance data from Major League Baseball (MLB) and NOAA weather data, we analyze the impact of variation in game day weather conditions on current and future MLB attendance. The empirical strategy permits identification of both the formation and persistence of habit from exogenous weather shocks. Past adverse weather shocks increase future attendance by about 200 fans per game. Our study contributes to the literature developing empirical evidence of habit formation in the field and provides policy implications for optimal ticket pricing strategies.
Learning The Ropes: General Experience, Task-Specific Experience, And The Output Of Police Officers, Gregory Deangelo, Emily Owens
Learning The Ropes: General Experience, Task-Specific Experience, And The Output Of Police Officers, Gregory Deangelo, Emily Owens
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
We estimate the role that law enforcement officer experience has on the probability of punishment, using a unique data set of tickets issued by the Idaho State Police linked to human resource records. All else equal, officers issue fewer tickets earlier in their career than later in their career. Quasi-exogenous shocks to an officer’s task-specific experience, generated by law changes, cause a temporary reduction in the frequency with which a subset of troopers “use” those laws, creating disparities in the likelihood that individual citizens are cited for law violations. The reduction in ticketing in response to a law change is …
The Effect Of Superstar Players On Game Attendance: Evidence From The Nba, Brad Humphreys, Candon Johnson
The Effect Of Superstar Players On Game Attendance: Evidence From The Nba, Brad Humphreys, Candon Johnson
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
Economic models predict that “superstar” players generate externalities that increase attendance and other revenue sources beyond their individual contributions to team success. We investigate the effect of superstar players on individual game attendance at National Basketball Association games from 1981/82 through 2013/14. Regression models control for censoring due to sellouts, quality of teams, unobservable team/season heterogeneity, and expected game out-comes. The results show higher home and away attendance associated with superstar players. Michael Jordan generated the largest superstar attendance externality, generating an additional 5,021/5,631 fans at home/away games.
Match Fixing And Sports Betting In Football: Empirical Evidence From The German Bundesliga, Christian Deutscher, Eugen Dimant, Brad R. Humphreys
Match Fixing And Sports Betting In Football: Empirical Evidence From The German Bundesliga, Christian Deutscher, Eugen Dimant, Brad R. Humphreys
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
Corruption in sports represents an important challenge to their integrity. Corruption can take many forms, including match fixing by players, referees, or team officials. Match fixing can be difficult to detect. We use a unique data set to analyze variation in bet volume on Betfair, a major online betting exchange, for evidence of abnormal patterns associated with specific referees who officiated matches. An analysis of 1,251 Bundesliga 1 football matches from 2010/11 to 2014/15 reveals evidence that bet volume in the Betfair markets in these matches was systematically higher for four referees relative to matches officiated by other referees. Our …
How Much Does Talent Matter? Evidence From The Brazilian Formal Cultural Industry, Ricardo Da Silva Freguglia, Amir Borges Ferreira Neto
How Much Does Talent Matter? Evidence From The Brazilian Formal Cultural Industry, Ricardo Da Silva Freguglia, Amir Borges Ferreira Neto
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
The goal of this paper is to evaluate how much does talent – the individual non-observed characteristics – matter to explain the wage differences between workers from the cultural industry and workers from other formal industries in Brazil. To do so we use the data from 2003 to 2008 of the Rais-Migra – MTE, which is a true panel of formal workers from Brazil, and use fixed effects estimators to capture the talent measure and the Blinder (1973) and Oaxaca (1973) decomposition to seek for evidences of wage difference. The results imply that the talent is important in the determination …
Does Economic Freedom Affect The Production Frontier? A Semiparametric Approach With Panel Data, Fan Zhang, Joshua C. Hall, Feng Yao
Does Economic Freedom Affect The Production Frontier? A Semiparametric Approach With Panel Data, Fan Zhang, Joshua C. Hall, Feng Yao
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
This paper applies a multi-step semiparametric stochastic production frontier estimator proposed by Yao et al. (2017) to investigate the effects of economic freedom on the production frontier and technical efficiency. We allow output elasticities and technical efficiency to depend on the economic freedom variable, estimate a smooth coefficient stochastic production frontier, and compare with parametric alternatives, the Cobb-Douglas and translog estimates. Our results add to the literature on economic freedom and growth in three ways. First, our results highlight the flexibility of semiparametric approaches as we find the commonly used parametric approaches to be too restrictive in estimating the marginal …
Home: The Syrian-West Virginian Story A Multimedia Project, Colleen Sobolov Good
Home: The Syrian-West Virginian Story A Multimedia Project, Colleen Sobolov Good
Capstones and Honors Theses
This professional project is a multimedia project focusing on three Syrian West Virginians living in three different Syrian communities in West Virginia. The project will be disseminated using a project website. It will include content curated by the project author (photo, audio and written stories, data visualizations, maps) and information selected by the participants themselves (photos/objects selected by the subjects as representations of home, timelines of important events outlined by the subjects). The content will add to the information available on different cultural communities in West Virginia in general, and on the Syrian West Virginian community in particular. It is …
Keeping The Fox From Managing The Henhouse: Why Incumbent Utilities Should Not Be Allowed To Operate The Distribution System Platform, James M. Van Nostrand
Keeping The Fox From Managing The Henhouse: Why Incumbent Utilities Should Not Be Allowed To Operate The Distribution System Platform, James M. Van Nostrand
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Re-Framing Biotechnology Regulation, Alison Peck
Re-Framing Biotechnology Regulation, Alison Peck
Law Faculty Scholarship
Biotechnology is about to spill the banks of federal regulation. New genetic engineering techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 promise revolutionary breakthroughs in medicine, agriculture, and public health-but those techniques would not be regulated under the terms of the Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology. This revolutionary moment in biotechnology offers an opportunity to correct the flaws in the framework, which was hastily patched together at the advent of the technology. The framework has never captured all relevant technologies, has never satisfied the public that risk is being effectively managed, and has never been accessible to small companies and publicly-funded labs that increasingly …
Is Consistency The Hobgoblin Of Little Minds? Co-Investment Under Code Section 4941, Elaine Waterhouse Wilson
Is Consistency The Hobgoblin Of Little Minds? Co-Investment Under Code Section 4941, Elaine Waterhouse Wilson
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
A Roadmap On Maximizing Local Government Effectiveness In West Virginia, Brian Lego, Christiadi, Christopher Plein, Eric Bowen, John Deskins, Jesse Richardson, Katherine Garvey, Susan Waldie
A Roadmap On Maximizing Local Government Effectiveness In West Virginia, Brian Lego, Christiadi, Christopher Plein, Eric Bowen, John Deskins, Jesse Richardson, Katherine Garvey, Susan Waldie
Bureau of Business & Economic Research
No abstract provided.
Some Remarks On Real Estate Pricing, Crocker H. Liu, Adam Nowak, Patrick S. Smith
Some Remarks On Real Estate Pricing, Crocker H. Liu, Adam Nowak, Patrick S. Smith
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
This paper develops a framework for addressing the omitted variable bias that plagues most real estate research. We incorporate qualitative information from text to control for property attributes that are generally unobserved. The textual information is entered by real estate agents for every property sold on a Multiple Listing Service (MLS). The agents, who arguably have the most local market and property specific knowledge, use the unstructured text to highlight important information that is not clearly conveyed in other areas of the listing. Although the framework can be applied universally in real estate research, we demonstrate its effectiveness in the …
Chinese Superstition And Real Estate Prices: Transaction-Level Evidence From The Us Housing Market, Brad Humphreys, Adam Nowak, Yang Zhou
Chinese Superstition And Real Estate Prices: Transaction-Level Evidence From The Us Housing Market, Brad Humphreys, Adam Nowak, Yang Zhou
Economics Faculty Working Papers Series
We investigate the impact of Chinese superstition on prices paid by Chinese home buyers in Seattle, Washington. Chinese consider 8 lucky and 4 unlucky. Empirical results indicate Chinese buyers pay a 1-2% premium for addresses including an 8 and a 1% discount for addresses including a 4. These results are unrelated to unobserved property quality: no premium exists when Chinese sell to non-Chinese. Absent explicit identfiers for Chinese individuals, we develop a binomial name classifier using methods from the biomedical and document classification literature, allowing for falsification tests using other ethnic groups and mitigating ambiguity attributable to transliteration of Chinese …