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The deficient treatment of money in basic undergraduate texts, a comment by Samuel C. Webb
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Determinants of money supply in Nepal
(Wichita State University, 2020-05-01)INTRODUCTION: The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is one of the least developed nations in the world. Following a long history of political instability due to Maoist insurgency and governmental instability as well as ... -
Determining if factors affecting NHL attendance are equal across geographical regions
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2010-04-23)This paper estimates a nightly demand model for National Hockey League attendance for five teams from different divisions. The magnitudes of the coefficients are compared for each team to determine if factorsthat influence ... -
Did the classical gold standard lead to greater business cycle synchronization? Evidence from new measures
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2014-02)Previous studies have presented findings suggesting that the gold standard may have led to an increase in business cycle synchronization among its member countries. This follows a growing literature which posits that ... -
Did the classical gold standard lead to greater price level convergence? A new approach
(Springer International Publishing AG, 2015-04)Some previous research has indicated that the classical gold standard led to greater price level co-movement among member countries than would be observed in later Bretton Woods and floating exchange rate regimes. This ... -
Did the euro common currency increase or decrease business cycle synchronization for its member countries?
(John Wiley and Sons, 2018-07)We use two variants of Markov switching models to assess changes in output synchronization since the creation of the euro. Out of eight eurozone countries investigated, only onethe Netherlandshas synchronization increased ... -
The digital Wild West: on social entrepreneurship in extended reality
(Emerald, 2020-07-10)Purpose: Our central thesis is that the dynamic, immersive and agile nature of extended reality (XR) both provides an unusually fertile ground for the development of alternative forms of governance and essentially necessitates ... -
Direct medical costs and their predictors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A three-year study of 7,527 patients
(American College of Rheumatology, 2003-10-07)OBJECTIVE. To estimate total direct medical costs in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to characterize predictors of these costs. METHODS. Patients (n = 7,527) participating in a longitudinal study of outcome in ... -
Discrimination patterns through mortgage loan originations in the U.S.
(Wichita State University, 2021-04-02)Are there any discrimination patterns in mortgage lending based on race and ethnicity across the U.S.? The main objective of this study is to examine whether the probability of loan application rejection differs across ... -
Do frontier equity markets exhibit common trends and still provide diversification opportunities?
(Taylor & Francis, 2006-08-19)Many small, frontier equity markets in regions such as Africa and Eastern Europe have opened in recent years. As in other larger emerging markets, important issues for investors are the extent of financial integration with ... -
Do inflation targeting handcuffs restrain leviathan? Hard pegs vs. inflation targets for fiscal discipline in emerging markets
(Taylor & Francis, 7/1/2007)Inflation targeting has been increasingly adopted in emerging markets as fixed exchange rates have fallen in popularity. An important question is whether inflation targeting provides the same level of fiscal discipline as ... -
Does general manager networking affect choice of trade partners in major league baseball?
(SAGE Publications, 2014-12)It is not unusual for baseball general managers (GMs) to have network ties to their potential trading partners, either to the other teams' GMs or to the teams themselves. This article investigates whether these connections ... -
Does the NCAA coaching carousel hamper the professional prospects of college football recruits?
(SAGE Publications, 2010-12-02)College football recruits choose their schools partly for the opportunity to play for a specific coach. It is not unusual for the coach who recruited the player to leave before the end of the player’s career. This article ... -
Does the use of interest rate swaps matter?
(Wichita State University. Graduate School, 2010-04-23)This project analyzes the effectiveness of employing interest rate swaps to weather U.S. monetary announcement effects. This study presents the evidence that there are benefits for fixed-rate payers when the Fed tightens ... -
The dynamics of Chinese purchases of U.S. securities
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2012-04-18)A significant amount of academic literature exits on the United States’ trade deficit, and its financing through foreigners’ purchases of U.S. securities. Over the last several years, the trade relationship between The ... -
The dynamics of house prices and income in the UK
(Global Social Science Institute, 2020)Asset prices and fundamentals can move apart, as is the case during bubble episodes. However, they should exhibit a stable relationship in the long run. For UK housing, previous studies have investigated whether house ... -
Effectiveness of capital controls: the Case of Brazil
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-02)The emerging market crises of the past decade have led some observers to question the wisdom of a completely open capital account. But even if capital controls are desirable, empirical evidence is needed to demonstrate ... -
Energy efficiency: Indicator, estimation, and a new idea
(MDPI AG, 2020-06-17)Energy efficiency has long been an important issue to the global economic and political theaters; however, searching for an effective and concise measure for efficiency remains a contentious and intriguing topic. There are ... -
Exchange rates, inflation and growth in small, open economies: a difference-in-differences approach
(Taylor & Francis, 4/11/2011)Financial crises in emerging markets have led many observers to recommend abandoning fixed exchange rates and adopting more flexible regimes. Moreover, some recent research suggests that the correct exchange rate regime ... -
Financial development and declining market dynamics: Another dark side of “too much finance”?
(Springer, 2022-11-06)This paper empirically investigates whether financial development has played a role in the rise of market concentration over the past decades. Using an industry-level panel of 41 countries over the period 1989–2010, we ...