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A Stochastic Walk Along Mexico's Mesoamerican Frontier, Gregory J. Brock, Constantin Ogloblin Nov 2013

A Stochastic Walk Along Mexico's Mesoamerican Frontier, Gregory J. Brock, Constantin Ogloblin

Gregory J. Brock

No abstract provided.


A Stochastic Walk Along Mexico's Mesoamerican Frontier, Gregory J. Brock, Constantin Ogloblin Nov 2013

A Stochastic Walk Along Mexico's Mesoamerican Frontier, Gregory J. Brock, Constantin Ogloblin

Gregory J. Brock

No abstract provided.


On The Empirical Failure Of Expected Utility, Shyam Sunder Nov 2013

On The Empirical Failure Of Expected Utility, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Higher Gasoline Taxes: Elitist Or Equitable?, Barry Bluestone, Stephanie Pollack Oct 2013

Higher Gasoline Taxes: Elitist Or Equitable?, Barry Bluestone, Stephanie Pollack

Stephanie Pollack

No abstract provided.


Higher Gasoline Taxes: Elitist Or Equitable?, Barry Bluestone, Stephanie Pollack Oct 2013

Higher Gasoline Taxes: Elitist Or Equitable?, Barry Bluestone, Stephanie Pollack

Barry Bluestone

No abstract provided.


Prosperity's Secret Ingredient, Barry Bluestone Oct 2013

Prosperity's Secret Ingredient, Barry Bluestone

Barry Bluestone

No abstract provided.


Do Mlb Hitters Boost Performance In Their Contract Year?, Heather M. O'Neill Aug 2013

Do Mlb Hitters Boost Performance In Their Contract Year?, Heather M. O'Neill

Business and Economics Faculty Publications

This study focuses on 256 MLB free agent hitters playing under the 2006-2011 CBA to determine whether they boost their offensive performance in their contract year. Prior studies’ results are mixed, depending on the econometric technique used and the choice of the offensive performance measure.

Having multiple year observations per player, one can incorporate the unobserved traits of the players (ability, risk aversion, work ethic, etc.) by using Fixed Effects (FE) estimation. Since these unmeasured player traits are likely to be correlated with observed predictors of performance (games played, playoff contention, age, etc.), traditionally used Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and …


Experimental Finance: Responsibilities Of Coming Of Age." Tilburg Interview (Video), Shyam Sunder Jun 2013

Experimental Finance: Responsibilities Of Coming Of Age." Tilburg Interview (Video), Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Fdi Spillovers In Tanzania`S Manufacturing Sector, Johansein Rutaihwa Jun 2013

Fdi Spillovers In Tanzania`S Manufacturing Sector, Johansein Rutaihwa

Johansein Rutaihwa

Using cross sectional data, this study analyses the spillover effects of foreign direct investment in Tanzania’s manufacturing sector. The findings reject a proposition that FDI intensity has improved domestic manufacturing firms productivity; no vertical technological spillovers occurred and a negative correlation between vertical spillover and FDI presence was found. Instead there is a positive correlation between FDI and horizontal technology spillover. The study, therefore, recommends that the government should make concerted efforts to ensure that FDI promotion addresses technology spillovers both within the industry and across the sector; as well as strengthening and widening the education system to enable it …


Auctions, Shyam Sunder Jun 2013

Auctions, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Public Goods, Shyam Sunder Jun 2013

Public Goods, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Markets, Competition And Efficiency, Shyam Sunder Jun 2013

Markets, Competition And Efficiency, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Decoupling Markets And Individuals: Rational Expectations Equilibrium Outcomes From Information Dissemination Among Boundedly-Rational Traders, Shyam Sunder May 2013

Decoupling Markets And Individuals: Rational Expectations Equilibrium Outcomes From Information Dissemination Among Boundedly-Rational Traders, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


China's 80后 And 90后: The Next Generation Of Leaders In The World's Next Superpower, A Students-Teaching-Students Course, Patrick Slavin May 2013

China's 80后 And 90后: The Next Generation Of Leaders In The World's Next Superpower, A Students-Teaching-Students Course, Patrick Slavin

Senior Honors Projects

In light of China’s recent reemergence as a global superpower, it is becoming increasingly important for westerners to understand its history and culture. For current college students, the culture of China’s youth is particularly pertinent.

In this project, a course, HPR 107: Chinese Youth Culture, was designed and taught through the Students-Teaching-Students program, which provides senior Honor’s Program students the opportunity to design and teach their own Honor’s Program course. The HPR 107 course focuses on China’s 80后 and 90后 generations, those born in the 1980s and 1990s, respectively.

This multi-faceted project includes: subject matter research, course development, pedagogy development, …


Turkey's Growth: Past, Present, And Future, Sumru G. Altug Apr 2013

Turkey's Growth: Past, Present, And Future, Sumru G. Altug

SUMRU G ALTUG

No abstract provided.


German-Tunisian Economic Cooperation And The Prospects Of Democracy, Jihëd Mejrissi Apr 2013

German-Tunisian Economic Cooperation And The Prospects Of Democracy, Jihëd Mejrissi

Jihëd Mejrissi

Prepared for the Meeting of DAAD Scholarship Holders

April 20th, 2013, in Darmstadt


Library Publishing And Undergraduate Education: Strategies For Collaboration, Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Michael C. Seeborg, Isaac Gilman Apr 2013

Library Publishing And Undergraduate Education: Strategies For Collaboration, Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Michael C. Seeborg, Isaac Gilman

Stephanie Davis-Kahl

Library-based publishing services are increasingly common as libraries seek to provide alternatives for the dissemination of scholarly and creative work. Connecting these services to the educational mission of libraries' institutions is vital for publishing programs' success and sustainability. This panel of librarians and faculty from liberal arts colleges will discuss the educative and advocacy roles that their library publishing programs have developed, and suggest best practices for librarians wishing to implement their own publishing programs.

Isaac Gilman's slides are available via CommonKnowledge.


Building An Outstanding Student Journal In The Ir, Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Michael C. Seeborg Mar 2013

Building An Outstanding Student Journal In The Ir, Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Michael C. Seeborg

Stephanie Davis-Kahl

Excellence in teaching and learning is at the core of the mission statement at Illinois Wesleyan University, and the repository supports this mission in creative and innovative ways. Among the many collections of student research in Digital Commons @ IWU is the outstanding student journal, the Undergraduate Economic Review, now in its seventh year of production. In this webinar, Stephanie and Michael will talk about the intensive student work and faculty advising that goes into publishing the journal, the benefits participation has brought to students and faculty, and the repository’s role in supporting and cultivating the highest level of …


Accounting Antecedents Of The Financial Crisis Summary Of Remarks, Shyam Sunder Feb 2013

Accounting Antecedents Of The Financial Crisis Summary Of Remarks, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Risky Curves: On The Empirical Failure Of Expected Utility, Shyam Sunder Feb 2013

Risky Curves: On The Empirical Failure Of Expected Utility, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Efficiency Of Resource Use In Higher Education In India, Shyam Sunder Jan 2013

Efficiency Of Resource Use In Higher Education In India, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


What Have We Learned From Experimental Finance?, Shyam Sunder Jan 2013

What Have We Learned From Experimental Finance?, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Higher Education Reforms In India, Shyam Sunder Jan 2013

Higher Education Reforms In India, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Experimental Research In Social Sciences: Economics, Shyam Sunder Jan 2013

Experimental Research In Social Sciences: Economics, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Experimental Research In Social Sciences: Economics, Shyam Sunder Jan 2013

Experimental Research In Social Sciences: Economics, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Social Science Research: Challenges And Strategies, Shyam Sunder Jan 2013

Social Science Research: Challenges And Strategies, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Social Science Research: Challenges And Strategies, Shyam Sunder Jan 2013

Social Science Research: Challenges And Strategies, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.


Site Assessment For Environmental Restoration, David A. Bainbridge Jan 2013

Site Assessment For Environmental Restoration, David A. Bainbridge

David A Bainbridge

Restoring degraded desert ecosystems is challenging but it can be done. The first key step is understanding the site history and understanding the disturbance and current site conditions. With this information the appropriate steps can be taken to improve the site ecosystem function and structure.


Chapter 1 Presentation, Ghassan Dibeh Jan 2013

Chapter 1 Presentation, Ghassan Dibeh

Ghassan Dibeh

No abstract provided.