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Recent publications by economics faculty

By Nicole Simpson on April 11, 2014

Several of our faculty have  had papers accepted for publication recently:

Professor Michael O’Hara has four recent publications appear in print. “Pulling Econometrics Students Up by Their Bootstraps” just appeared in the  Journal of Economic Education 45(2): 121-130. “Empirical identification of perceived congestion” recently appeared in Empirical Economics 45(3): 1167 – 1187, 2013.  Also, “Nonparametric Generalized Least Squares in Applied Regression Analysis” (with C. Parmeter) was published in Pacific Economic Review 18(4): 456 – 474, 2013. “Do Actions Speak As Loud As Words? Commitments to “Going Green” on Campus” (with P. Sirianni) was recently published in Contemporary Economic Policy 32(2): 503-519 (2014).

Professor Bob Turner has a new published article:  “Valuation of Cultural and Natural Resources in North Cascades National Park: Results From a Tournament-Style Contingent Choice Survey” which recently appeared in SAGE Open 2014:4: 1–9. The paper is co-authored with Colgate alum Blake Willmarth. Professor Turner also published: “Using Contingent Choice Surveys to Inform National Park Management,” Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (February 2013).

Matt Jaremski, Assistant Professor, has written “Sales and Firm Entry: The Case of Wal-Mart” (co-authored with PJ Glandon), which is forthcoming in the Southern Economic Journal.  His paper entitled “National Banking’s Role in U.S. Industrialization, 1850-1900,” is forthcoming in the Journal of Economic History.

Professors Takao Kato and Chad Sparber recently published a paper in the Review of Economics and Statistics: “Quotas and Quality: The Effect of H-1B Visa Restrictions on the Pool of Prospective Undergraduate Students from Abroad,” 95 (1): 109-126, March 2013.

Professors Nicole Simpson and Chad Sparber have a paper that recently appeared in the Southern Economic Journal: The Short- and Long-Run Determinants of Unskilled Immigration into U.S. States.” 80(2): 414-438, October 2013.

Zijun Luo, Visiting Assistant Professor, has a recent paper forthcoming in the Journal of Population Economics: “Endogenous Division Rules as a Family Constitution: Strategic Altruistic Transfer and Sibling Competition,” (with Yang-Ming Chang).  He also has another paper entitled “Choosing between Order-of-Entry Assumptions in Empirical Entry Models: Evidence from Competition between Burger King and McDonald’s Restaurant Outlets,” (with Philip Gayle) which is forthcoming in the Journal of Industrial Economics.


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