Volume 19 July 2010
ANDREW GODBURN, University of Mary Washington Note from the Editor & Foreword PAPERS KEVIN C. GARLAN, College of Mount Saint Vincent Migrant Worker Remittance Payments: Targeting the Determinants of Resiliency TRAVIS R. OWENS and MARTIN G. SAROV, St. Lawrence University Determinants of Consumer Attitudes Towards E-commerce JORDAN RHODES, Trinity College The Suitability of Accession Countries in the Euro Area TRAVISS CASSIDY, Georgetown University How Foreign Aid Affects Terrorism: Studying the Channel of Social Spending INES QUINTANA, West Chester University A Study of the Cross-state Effects of Smoking Bans on Gaming Revenues: The Delaware / New Jersey Experience HAL MARTIN, Elon University Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights: Estimating the Optimal Level of Enforcing Patent Protection
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DREA DORROW, Elon University Note from the Editor & Foreword PAPERS RICOARDO FERNANDO SILVA, University of Aveiro, Portugal Business Cycle Association and Synchronization in Europe: a Descriptive Review STEPHANIE A. RZEPKA, University of Mary Washington Asymmetric Information in the Market for Thoroughbred Yearlings STEFKA ANTONOVA and MIHNEA TUDOREANU, St. Lawrence University The Effects of a Raised Minimum Wage on Employment: Differences across States and Social Groups IVAN BALBUZANOV, Colby College Searching for Evidence of Boy-Girl Discrimination in Household Expenditure Data: Evidence from Gansu Province, China CLAIRE LUNIESKI, American University Commodity Price Volatility and Monetary Policy Uncertainty: A GARCH Estimation DEEPAK SARASWAT, Kirorimal College, University of Delhi Towards a Sustainable Growth Story: Critical Analysis of Fundamentals
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WILLIAM SWANSON, University of Mary Washington Note from the Editor & Foreword PAPERS CHAD STECHER, Colby College Study of Income Non-response in a Survey of Japanese Elderly *** this paper is no longer available because the author has requested it be retracted *** SAMUEL GIFFIN and QUINTON WHITE, Furman University Why Not Women Too? An Analysis of the Effects of Women’s Marital Status and Other Related Factors on Wages GREGORY J. MILLER, West Chester University Does Player Size Affect Productivity in the “New NHL”? ANDREW PETERS, Wheaton College Determinants of Performance on the PGA Tour HARI SHARMA, Trinity College Sources of Economic Growth in China, 1952-1998
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IAN HULL, Elon University and BRADLEY HOBBS, Florida Gulf Coast University Note from the Editor & Foreword PAPERS VALENTINA ASSENOVA, University of Pennsylvania Determinants of the Music Piracy Divide YI KANG, Wesleyan College and STEPHANIE RAMIREZ, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Made In China: Coastal Industrial Clusters and Regional Growth RODNEY HUGHES, Pennsylvania State University A “Modified Prisoners’ Dilemma” Approach to Progress in the World Trade Organization’s Agricultural Trade Negotiation WILLIAM MOON, University of Michigan The Dynamics of Internet Recruiting: An Economic Analysis
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Note from the Editor & Foreword, MARIE FUNK, University of Mary Washington PAPERS SCOTT SHACKLEFORD, Indiana University Nuclear Power: The Nucleus of Energy Independence? An Analysis of International Energy Policy MICHAEL KOSLOW, Elon University The Effects of Non-Participatory Characteristics: The Case of Lift Tickets MICHAEL KNERR, Villanova University A Multilateral Approach to Pelagic- Fishery Decimation ELIZABETH ELZER, University of Mary Washington Unemployment and Okun’s Law in the United States, 1948-2005 ALI WYNE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Economic Freedom as the Foundation of Societal Advancement: A Case Study of Hong Kong’s and India’s Divergent Growth Paths from 1965 to 1990 KATHLEEN NIPLE, Elon University Are We Ricardian? Evidence from U.S. Counties NATHAN HURET, Elon University Parental Pressures, Perpetuating the Problem of Income Inequality
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Note from the Editor & Foreword, KATHLEEN NIPLE, Elon University PAPERS DESISLAVA DIMITROVA, The College of Wooster The Relationship Between Exchange Rates and Stock Prices: Studied in a Multivariate Model HRISTINA BOJADZIEVA, Smith College Factors of Economic Growth in the Transition Economies of Eastern Europe: The Case of Macedonia ANDRÉS AGUAYO-RICO, IRIS A. GUERRA-TURRUBIATES, RICARDO MONTES de OCA-HERNáNDEZ, Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Empirical Evidence of the Impact of Health on Economic Growth KRISTEN PAYNE, University of Mary Washington Is Divorce Indebting our Children? ADNAN FILIPOVIC, Furman University Impact of Privatization on Economic Growth DAVID R. AGRAWAL, University of Connecticut Varying Levels of State Expenditures for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
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Note from the Editor & Foreword, ELIZABETH ELZER, University of Mary Washington PAPERS KATHERINE HENNESY, Ursinus College The Effects of Malpractice Tort Reform on Defensive Medicine LINDSAY C. LUDWIG, Skidmore College The U.S. Acid Rain Program and Its Effect on SO2 Emission Levels CHAYA COMPTON, Elon University All Men Created Unequal: Trends and Factors of Income Inequality in the United States Lindsey Bowen and Jennifer Doyle, Furman University Gender Differences in Employed Job Search ANGELYN M. ZEPHYR, Smith College Money is Not Enough: Social Capital and Microcredit ELIZABETH A. TERRELL, University of Mary Washington Aggregate Reflections of Brand Loyalty
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Note from the Editor & Foreword, LINDSEY CONLEY, Elon University PAPERS OLGA SOROKINA, Denison University Executive Compensation: The Case of Liberal Arts College Presidents KRISTEN E. COLLETT, Bellarmine University The Relative Effectiveness of Tax Policy When Considering Mitigating Factors Influencing Tobacco Consumption of American Youth REBECCA NELSON, Mary Washington College Student Efficiency: A study on the Behavior and Productive Efficiency of College Students and the Determinants of GPA E. CATESBY BECK, Mary Washington College Are Consumers More Interested In Financing Incentives or Price Reductions? PATRICK GALLAGHER, Elon University The Rise and Fall of Technology and the Business Cycle TIM GOTTGETREU, Mary Washington College Wholly Altruistic Systems Derived from Quasi-Altruistic Agents: An Evolutionary Study NICOLE COOMER, Bellarmine University America’s Underclass and Crime: The Influence of Macroeconomic Factors RACHEL UNGERER, Mary Washington College The Effect of the Stock Market on Consumer Spending: October, 1990 – April, 2002
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Note from the Editor & Foreword, HELENA TENNENHOLTZ, Mary Washington College PAPERS JIM AHEARN, Elon University Should Southeast Asia Devalue? M. TODD CARROLL and J. GRADY POWELL, Furman University The Immediate Returns to Early Career Mobility MATT HUGHART, Mary Washington College Controlling Inflation: Applying Rational Expectations to Latin America ELAINE F. FREY, Salisbury University Tropical Deforestation in the Amazon: An Economic Analysis of Rondonia, Brazil MICHELLE PAUTZ, Elon University The Decline in Average Weekly Cinema Attendance, 1930-2000 COURTNEY ZINTER, Concordia College Explaining Decreased Employment in Minnesota’s Iron and Steel Industry: How Valid are Industry Claims that Low-priced Imports are to Blame?
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Note from the Editor, JULIANNE TREME and HEATHER WINNOR, Elon University Foreward, JAMES AHEARN, Elon University PAPERS DAVID FRANK, Iona College To Switch or not to Switch: An Examination of Consumer Behavior in the Credit Card Industry PETER BOGARDI, ANDREW KNUDSEN, and CAREY SCHILDT, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Swedosclerosis or Psuedosclerosis? JESSICA AL-BANNA, Elon University Maternal Employment and Scholastic Achievement: Evidence from North Carolina MEGHAN BISHOP, Mary Washington College Credit Spending and its Implications for Recent Economic Growth EMILY POLITO, Trinity College Is the Forward Exchange Rate a Useful Indicator of the Future Spot Exchange Rate? RUOGU HUANG, Nankai University, China The Myth of Preferential Trade Arrangements: Are PTAs Good for Global Free Trade?
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