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Did The Electronic Trading System Make The Foreign Exchange Market More Efficient?, Hao Zou Apr 2010

Did The Electronic Trading System Make The Foreign Exchange Market More Efficient?, Hao Zou

Economics Honors Projects

This paper examines the effects of introducing the electronic trading system (EBS) on the foreign exchange market, the biggest financial market in the world where trading occurs through many dealers. We find that increasing transparency leads to an increase in informational efficiency, an important aspect of market quality. However, informed dealers are found to quote less aggressively in the more transparent market. Overall, we conclude that semi-transparency raises market efficiency in general, but that it is the uninformed dealers who benefit more from this increased efficiency.


Tri-State Meat Goat Survey Summary, Martin Beutler Apr 2010

Tri-State Meat Goat Survey Summary, Martin Beutler

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.


Useful Government Information Resources For Public Librarians, Bert Chapman Apr 2010

Useful Government Information Resources For Public Librarians, Bert Chapman

Libraries Research Publications

Provides a descriptive overview of selected government information resources and the nationwide Government Information Online digital reference chat service for public librarians.


Consumer Perceptions & Video Game Sales: A Meeting Of The Minds, John Sacranie Apr 2010

Consumer Perceptions & Video Game Sales: A Meeting Of The Minds, John Sacranie

Honors Projects

This paper examines the determinants of video game software sales. What literature currently exists points to an array of factors, ranging from which hardware a title is released on to the game’s genre. This paper incorporates several of these variables, but adds in a new one: quality. Literature up to this point has not addressed the effect that a game’s quality has on its eventual sales, yet one would logically expect this to have a strong positive impact. To account for quality, the model incorporates the average review score a game receives from professional critics. The results indicate that indeed, …


How European Is The European Central Bank's Monetary Policy?, Teodora D. Petrova Apr 2010

How European Is The European Central Bank's Monetary Policy?, Teodora D. Petrova

Honors Projects

Ever since its establishment in 1999, the European Central Bank worked on maintaining relative price stability mainly through inflation targeting. The ECB aims at a target inflation rate below but close to 2%. However, the diversity among the member states in the European Union and the Eurozone requires not only collective attention on the EU economy but also on each individual member state. Some Eurozone member states experience generally higher levels of inflation and higher unemployment. On the other side are countries like Germany which are more concerned with maintaining low inflation only. Many economists and politicians criticize the ECB …


Examining Success At The Domestic Box-Office In The Motion Picture Industry, Patrick Topf Apr 2010

Examining Success At The Domestic Box-Office In The Motion Picture Industry, Patrick Topf

Honors Projects

The movie business is a multi-billion dollar industry involving production crews, marketing crews, actors, directors, distribution companies, movie theaters, and movie rental companies, but while each movie created follows the same routine, why do some perform so much better than others at the box-office? Why did Juno become a smash hit, while Poseidon is regarded as a major box-office bomb? This study investigates the impact of production cost, star power, professional reviews, release date, sequels, genre, age-rating, and distribution company on total domestic box-office revenue of the widely released films from January 2006 to December 2008.


The Effects Of Marital Status & Gender On Health Care Insurance Coverage In The United States, Jessica S. T. Kong Apr 2010

The Effects Of Marital Status & Gender On Health Care Insurance Coverage In The United States, Jessica S. T. Kong

Honors Projects

Having health insurance is a crucial factor for many to sustain life in America. This study examines the demographic determinants of health care coverage within the United States with a focus on how gender and marital status influence the likelihood of having health insurance. Using the human capital theory and the theory of statistical discrimination, it is predicted that married females will have a higher probability of being insured than divorced and separated females. Also, divorced males are predicted to have a higher probability of coverage than divorced females. The data for this research is retrieved from the United States …


White Flight And Urban Decay In Suburban Chicago, Lindsey Haines Apr 2010

White Flight And Urban Decay In Suburban Chicago, Lindsey Haines

Honors Projects

White flight and urban decay are issues typically analyzed in the context of the inner-city. This study builds on previous literature to test whether these phenomena have affected the Chicago suburbs in the same way as other urban areas. In particular, this study focuses on the effects of changes in racial composition, household income, and the age of the housing stock on changes in home values, the vacancy rate, the homeownership rate, unemployment, the single parent household rate, and the college completion rate. Overall the study supports the theories of white flight and filtering in the suburban Chicago context. The …


Assessing The Productive Efficiency Of Us Health Care: Comparison Of Analytical Methods, Amanda C. Clayton Apr 2010

Assessing The Productive Efficiency Of Us Health Care: Comparison Of Analytical Methods, Amanda C. Clayton

Honors Projects

In 2006, the US spent approximately 15.8% of its GDP on health care, more than any other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country and considerably larger than the 9.1% average of the 23 other peer nations included in this study (OECD Health Data, 2009). The US also had the lowest female and male life expectancies at birth compared to the same 23 OECD nations (OECD Health Data, 2009). This raw and partial evidence suggests that the US health care system may be performing inefficiently. The purpose of my research is to assess the efficiency of the US health …


Labor Market Outcomes For Middle Eastern Immigrants In The Aftermath Of The September 11th Attacks, Mujtaba A. Isani Apr 2010

Labor Market Outcomes For Middle Eastern Immigrants In The Aftermath Of The September 11th Attacks, Mujtaba A. Isani

Honors Projects

Media reports all over the USA reported that a wave of Islamophobia had gripped the USA after the September 11, 2001 attacks. It seemed as though the American population were blaming not the radicals but the Middle Easterners and the Muslims in general for the inhumane act. Some reports even suggested a new sort of McCarthyism in the USA but this time against the Middle Eastern populace. This paper investigates whether such discrimination transformed itself in the US labor market by conducting an econometric analysis, taking Becker’s taste for discrimination theory as its theoretical basis. It first analyzes whether there …


Intergenerational Transfer Of Human Capital Among Immigrant Families, Kelsey Hample Apr 2010

Intergenerational Transfer Of Human Capital Among Immigrant Families, Kelsey Hample

Honors Projects

While immigrants in the United States tend to earn less than comparable natives, their children close the earnings gap. The purpose of this study is to determine how differences in intergenerational transfer of human capital between immigrant families and native families affect different earning outcomes for respondents of each group. Specifically, this study uses a human capital framework to analyze both the direct effect of parental education on respondent earnings and the indirect effect on earnings by first affecting respondent education, which in turn affects respondent earnings. Data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth allows background variables within …


The Eternal Flame: Politics Of The Olympic Games, Alyssa Gunstrom Apr 2010

The Eternal Flame: Politics Of The Olympic Games, Alyssa Gunstrom

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.


Twin Themes Of Theodore W. Schultz, Larry Janssen Apr 2010

Twin Themes Of Theodore W. Schultz, Larry Janssen

Economics Commentator (1972- 2016)

No abstract provided.


Innovation And Entrepreneurship: The New Drift In Federal Policy, Mark Muro Apr 2010

Innovation And Entrepreneurship: The New Drift In Federal Policy, Mark Muro

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

Several defining characteristics will shape the post‐Great Recession economy:The “next” economy will be export‐oriented, lower‐carbon, and innovation‐fueled The next economy will also be metropolitan‐led:Which means regions belong at the center of national innovation and entrepreneurship policy. There is no single American economy, but a network of 366 metropolitan economies that compete with other economic regions around the world


The Impact Of U.S. Family Planning Programs On Fertility And Mortality: Evidence From The War On Poverty And Title X, Martha Bailey Apr 2010

The Impact Of U.S. Family Planning Programs On Fertility And Mortality: Evidence From The War On Poverty And Title X, Martha Bailey

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

Over forty years ago, the U.S. government adopted a policy of funding domestic family planning services, and the effects of these programs have been debated ever since. Within an event-study framework, I exploit community-level variation in the timing of federal grants for family planning services under the Economic Opportunity Act (1965 to 1974) and Title X (1970 to 1980) to evaluate their impact. The results provide robust evidence that federal family planning grants reduced birth rates in funded communities by four percent within six years. I find no evidence that family planning grants reduced maternal or infant mortality rates.


Does Ap Economics Improve Student Achievement?, Benjamin Scafidi, John Swinton, Chris Clark Apr 2010

Does Ap Economics Improve Student Achievement?, Benjamin Scafidi, John Swinton, Chris Clark

Faculty Articles

We employ a cautious empirical approach to estimate the effect of taking Advanced Placement (AP) Economics in high school on student performance on a high-stakes, statewide End-of-Course Test (EOCT). Using data on all Georgia students who took economics from 2006 to 2008, we use propensity score matching to control for the selection of students into AP Economics. Our most conservative estimate makes an adjustment for teacher effects and suggests that students who take high school economics in an AP class score 0.283 standard deviations higher on the economics EOCT than “matched” students who are in high schools that do not …


Do High Gas Prices Sell Smaller Cars? An Empirical Study Of The Impact Of Fuel Prices On Automotive Sales, Nathan Wheatley, Robert Leekley, Faculty Advisor Apr 2010

Do High Gas Prices Sell Smaller Cars? An Empirical Study Of The Impact Of Fuel Prices On Automotive Sales, Nathan Wheatley, Robert Leekley, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Consumer Perceptions & Video Game Sales: A Meeting Of The Minds, John Sacranie, Robert Leekley, Faculty Advisor Apr 2010

Consumer Perceptions & Video Game Sales: A Meeting Of The Minds, John Sacranie, Robert Leekley, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Parental Education On The Earnings Of Children In Native And Immigrant Families, Kelsey Hample, Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor Apr 2010

The Effects Of Parental Education On The Earnings Of Children In Native And Immigrant Families, Kelsey Hample, Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Examining Success Of Motion Pictures At The Domestic Box-Office, Patrick Topf, Ilaria Ossella-Durbal, Facutly Advisor Apr 2010

Examining Success Of Motion Pictures At The Domestic Box-Office, Patrick Topf, Ilaria Ossella-Durbal, Facutly Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Analysis Of Mortgage Values, Dennis Zic, Diego Mendez-Carbajo, Faculty Advisor Apr 2010

Analysis Of Mortgage Values, Dennis Zic, Diego Mendez-Carbajo, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


State Tax Liens And The Business Cycle In Mclean County (1999-2009), Kyle Portnoy, Diego Mendez-Carbajo, Faculty Advisor Apr 2010

State Tax Liens And The Business Cycle In Mclean County (1999-2009), Kyle Portnoy, Diego Mendez-Carbajo, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Variablilty In Mortgage Frequency: Mclean County Since 2000, Cory Sloan, Diego Mendez-Carbajo, Faculty Advisor Apr 2010

Variablilty In Mortgage Frequency: Mclean County Since 2000, Cory Sloan, Diego Mendez-Carbajo, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Us Monetary Policy On The Yield Curve, Stefan Stoev, Amit Ghosh, Faculty Advisor Apr 2010

The Effects Of Us Monetary Policy On The Yield Curve, Stefan Stoev, Amit Ghosh, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Marital Status & Gender On Health Care Insurance Coverage In The United States, Jessica Kong, Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor Apr 2010

The Effects Of Marital Status & Gender On Health Care Insurance Coverage In The United States, Jessica Kong, Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Labor Market Outcomes Of Middle Eastern Immigrants In The Aftermath Of September 11th, Mujtaba Isani, Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor Apr 2010

Labor Market Outcomes Of Middle Eastern Immigrants In The Aftermath Of September 11th, Mujtaba Isani, Michael Seeborg, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.


New Mexico Labor Market Review 04-09-2010, New Mexico Department Of Workforce Solutions Apr 2010

New Mexico Labor Market Review 04-09-2010, New Mexico Department Of Workforce Solutions

Historic Publications

The New Mexico Labor Market Review is a monthly publication presenting statistical data and analysis on labor market conditions throughout New Mexico. Issues examine statewide and regional trends in employment, unemployment, labor force estimates, industry activity, wages, occupational demand, and related economic conditions, often accompanied by feature articles on topics affecting the state’s economy. This issue covers February 2010.


The Economic Influence On Ancient Israelite Law: How Transactions Shape A Society's Identity, Daryl Mowrey '10 Apr 2010

The Economic Influence On Ancient Israelite Law: How Transactions Shape A Society's Identity, Daryl Mowrey '10

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.


An Economic Analysis Of Title I Of The Genetic Nondis, Elizabeth Cozzi '10 Apr 2010

An Economic Analysis Of Title I Of The Genetic Nondis, Elizabeth Cozzi '10

Honor Scholar Theses

No abstract provided.


Diagnosing Decisions: An Examination Of Medical Career Choices And Their Effects On The Health Care System, Nicole Craker '10 Apr 2010

Diagnosing Decisions: An Examination Of Medical Career Choices And Their Effects On The Health Care System, Nicole Craker '10

Honor Scholar Theses

With the passage of the new health care bill in March of this year, President Obama was able to promise health care coverage to millions of Americans (Health Reform, 2010). While this was a major step towards increasing the health of our nation, promise of coverage does not automatically equate with the promise of better health. Rather, the expanded coverage may more significantly correlate with expanded physician wait lists. As newly insured Americans attempt to make appointments, they may have a difficult time finding a physician who has the time to take them due to a shortage of available doctors. …