The Duke Journal of Economics is published each year to showcase outstanding research in economics by Duke undergraduates. Additional pieces will appear after their authors revise them.
We congratulate the authors of the research presented in this issue.
Charles Becker & Ed Tower, Faculty Advisors to the Journal
Articles
Neighborhood Effects and School Performance: The Impact of Public Housing Demolitions on Children in North Carolina by Rebecca Agostino
The Lobby That Cried Wolf: Restrictive Immigration Reform Does Cost the American Agricultural Industry by Jonathan Amgott
Taming the Dragon: The Modernization of the Chinese Equity Markets and its Effects on IPO Underpricing by William Benesh
Taking Another Look at Multilateral Aid Flows: Reconsidering the Dynamics of the U.S.’s Strategic Use of Development Aid by Jared Goodman
Trailer Park Economics by Caitlin Gorback
The Comprehensive Optimal Business Location Model by Mitchel Gorecki
Time-Varying Beta: The Heterogeneous Autoregressive Beta Model by Kunal Jain
The Marital Wage Premium for Men: What is it today, and what is the cause behind it? by Hans Kist
Decision-Making With Potentially Biased Advisors by Kevin Kupiec
Contagion in Emerging Market Equities by Richard Li
Matching Offer in the Provision of Public Goods by Chengyu Li
The Economic Penalty of Dengue by Yamini Misra
Extending the Possibilities of Kidney Exchange with Compatible Pairs by Karna Mital
The Nurture Effect: Like Father, Like Son. What about for an Adopted Child? by Suanna Oh
Winner-Take-All Economics: Professional Inquiry and Public Discourse on Material Inequality by Johnathan Pryor
Beta Estimation Using High Frequency Data by Angela Minwoo Ryu
Incentives in Professional Tennis: Tournament Theory and Intangible Factors by Steven Seidel and Joshua Silverman
Market Power & Reciprocity Among Vertically Integrated Cable Providers by Jeffrey Shih-Kai Shen
Market Entry, a Vehicle for Innovation? by Maxim Sirenko
Contagion in Emerging Market Equities by Yiwen Zhu