Volume 31 Issue 2 2022
Volume 31 Issue 2 – September Foreword Foreword Maria Mendoza, Co-Editor, Elon University Cole Haecker, Co-Editor, Elon University Papers The Spillover Effects of Quantitative Easing on Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies Taylor Zhang, Smith College Central Bank Independence and its Role in Disciplining Deficit Spending Laura Xin Li, Smith College Budgeting North Carolina Water through Watershed Trading Quotas Adam C. Mottershead, Western Carolina University Student Apartment Prices In Blacksburg, VA Sharaar Jamil, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University How Neoclassical Economic Theory Fails to Explain the Modern Industrial Food System William J. Drappo Jr., Indiana State University
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Volume 31 Issue 1 – June Foreword Foreword Maria Mendoza, Co-Editor, Elon University Cole Haecker, Co-Editor, Elon University Papers Evidence for the Phillips Curve in Three Countries Aise O’Neil, American University Paid Domestic Work and Slavery in the 21st Century: Analyzing the Impacts of PEC das Domésticas on the Formalization, Real Income, and Working-Hours of Brazilian Domestic Workers Patrick Tavares Ruivo Muscari, Skidmore University Skill Bias, Technology Frontiers, Barriers to Adoption, and the Effects of Trade: A Panel Data Analysis Ethan Cohen, University of Edinburgh Infrastructure in India’s Internal War: A District-Level Analysis of the Naxalite-Maoist Conflict Krunal Desai, University of California – Berkeley Human Capital Investment through Education: The way to an equitable middle class in South Africa Laura Peterjohn, College of Wooster
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Volume 30 Issue 2 – September Foreword Foreword Caroline McGimsey, Co-Editor, Elon University Marybeth Nemecek, Co-Editor, Elon University Papers The Impact of the Federal Open Market Committee’s Quantitative Easing Announcements on Stock Market Volatility during the Global Financial Crisis Sara Khan, Smith College Convergence and Economic Growth: Does Income Inequality Matter? Kenneth Giraldo, Furman University, Yuhan You, Furman University Mythical Influence: Do Fans Impact the Results of English Premier League Soccer Matches? Michael McShane, Stonehill College The COVID-19 Intermission: Economic Analysis and Public Policy Implications for Broadway McKenna Togstad, Minnesota State University Moorhead
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Volume 30 Issue 1 – July Foreword Foreword Caroline McGimsey, Co-Editor, Elon University Marybeth Nemecek, Co-Editor, Elon University Papers College Completion Rates: Does the type of financial aid received influence student college completion? Alexandria Carter, Samantha Gutierrez and Marlene Pulido, Texas State University Examining the Effectiveness of Official Development Assistance in Sub-Saharan African Countries Nicholas Arbogast, Belmont University Is Inflation Targeting Working for India? Udeesha Sharma, Smith College How Effective are Past Stimulus Checks and How Might They Affect the United States in the Future Joseph Pollard and Christopher Wright, Saint Anselm College Do returns to capital matter for gold prices? Aguiele Ndoungla, Austin College
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Volume 29 Issue 2 – September Foreword Robert West, University of Mary Washington Editors Note and Foreword Papers Francesco G. Storm, Elon University Capital Concentration and Economic Growth: Interacting Income Inequality with Capital Accumulation Christopher Chafin & Michael Nemati, Covenant College Exchange Rates and the Magnitude of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment Mitchell Munson, Gustavus Adolphus College Do Current Minimum Wage Studies Suffice? Rylie Greene, American University Women in Labor Market: The Effect of Years of Schooling on Labor Force Participation in the Service, Industrial, and Agricultural Sectors across Countries
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Volume 29 Issue 1 – July Foreword Robert West, University of Mary Washington Editors Note and Foreword Papers Erik Rosenbaum, University of Maryland The apartment sublease market: time-constrained negotiation behavior with outside options and asymmetric information Alexander Sefayan, University of California, Santa Barbara The Red Bricked Road and the PBOzC Thuc Doan Nguyen, Miami University Non-Compete Agreements and Compensation Structure in the Technology Industry Brandon Williams, University of Mary Washington What has happened to U.S. Inflation? The Effect of Globalization on the Phillip’s Curve
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Issue 2 – September 2019 Kira Hughes & Katelyn Roache, Elon University Editors Note and Foreword Papers James Kirk, Frostburg State University Understanding Security: Factors Influencing National Military Expenditures Hannah Quinlan, Elon University The Relationship Between Education, Experience, and Political Efficiency Jash Patel, The College of New Jersey The Effect of Income Inequality on HIV/AIDS Incidence Rates Justin J. Dritschel, Monmouth University Inequality in the Southern Cone: A Northian Analysis of Political and Economic Stability Katharina Geppert, Smith College Does money buy happiness? A cross-country look at the relationship between income and happiness
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Issue 1 – May 2019 Kira Hughes & Katelyn Roache, Elon University Editors Note and Foreward Papers Elias Nicholson, Hood College Regulation and Discrimination: Race and Interest Rate Mark-Ups in the Auto Loan Industry Anna M. Buxengard, Cierra E. Von Bergen, Cooper R. Wood, and Ty A. Smith, University of Sioux Falls Socioeconomic Status and Infant Development Austin Botelho, Lafayette College The Short End of the Stick: Income Inequality and Populist Sentiment in Europe Dhivesh Dadlani, Harvard University The Determinants of Nationalism and The Effect of Conscription on National Pride Luz Regina Mendoza, Elon University The Impact of Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) on South Sudanese Refugees and Ugandan Citizens in Northern Uganda Paul Yoon, Nino Kodua, MiaoMiao Xu, Furman University The Effect of Terrorism on Foreign Direct Investment Inflows: A Cross-Country Analysis Over Time
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Issue 2 – October 2018 Parker Coon, University of Mary Washington Editor’s Note & Foreword Papers Natalia Kreciglowa, Smith College Impacts of Infrastructure Spending on Interstate Migration: Empirical Evidence over Eleven Years Ann Furbush, Stonehill College The Effects of Paternity Leave on Women’s Labor Market Outcomes Nathaniel Edenfield, American University Resource Curse in Appalachia: Entrepreneurship and Coal Dependence Sydney Treiman, West Chester University Retention Rates at West Chester University: A Study on Retaining First Year, First Semester Students at West Chester University Benjamin Hartman, Sophia Amoo-Gottfried, Furman University Gender Differences in the Pecuniary Returns to Cumulative Job Mobility Paul Jaworski, West Chester University Impact of the Affordable Care Act on the Net Income of UnitedHealth Group, Anthem Inc., and Centene Corp.
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Issue 1 – May 2018 Parker Coon, University of Mary Washington Editor’s Note & Foreword Papers Cole Scanlon, Harvard University, Keaton Scanlon,Warren Wilson College, and Teague Scanlon, Pomona College The Influence of Collectivism on Microfinance in Senegal Nathalie Torres, Smith College Human Costs of Migration Stephen Sposito, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Crime Rates in the United States Soala Ekine, Bryant University Corruption and Tourism: Evidence from democracies and non-democracies Alec Zorbaugh, West Chester University The Effects of Gas Prices on the U.S. Personal Saving Rate
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