Duke Journal of Economics

The Duke Journal of Economics is published each year to showcase outstanding research in economics by Duke Graduate and Undergraduate students.

We congratulate the authors of the research presented in this issue.

Charles Becker, Lawrence Kreicher, and Ed Tower, Faculty Advisors to the Journal 

 

Undergraduate Articles

Brew, Ronan–A Two-Stage Analysis Considering Gun Theft & Overall Crime: Evidence from Child Access Prevention Laws

Bussey, Jakobe–The Press and Peace, Examining Iraq War Coverage in Newspapers using BERT LLMs 

Clark, William–Analyzing the Common Ratio Effect and Ambiguity Aversion in Poker

Cui, Annie–Free University? An Investigation of Australia’s 1974 Free Higher Education Policy and Its Impact on Enrollment, Degree Completion, Later-Life Occupational Status, and Income

Gupta, Parinay–Intergenerational Economic Transfers and Wealth Inequality in the United States

Hervey, Jacob–Splitting Hairs or Splitting Regions: The Differential Democratic Impacts of Splitting ZIP Codes vs. Counties During Redistricting Author: Jacob 

Liu, Audrey–Effects of Neighborhoods on Children’s Educational Outcomes in Indonesia

Reinhard, Madeleine–Arts Organizations and Community Socioeconomic Development

Ullendorff, Abigail–The Effect of Gun Prevalence on the Occurrence of School Shootings

Zhao, Zixin “Finnie”–View Thesis

 

The Duke Journal of Economics is published each year to showcase outstanding research in economics by Duke Graduate and Undergraduate students.

We congratulate the authors of the research presented in this issue.

Charles Becker, Lawrence Kreicher, and Ed Tower, Faculty Advisors to the Journal 

 

Undergraduate Articles

Colicchio, Thomas–Bias in Fact Checking?: An Analysis of Partisan Trends Using PolitiFact Data

Govan, Esme–Bailing on Justice: Plea Bargain Sentencing Outcomes

Karna, Neha–What Affects Post-Merger Innovation Outcomes? An Empirical Study of R&D Intensity in High Technology Transactions Among U.S. Firms

Wijesekera, Nicholas Kiran–Illuminating the Economic Costs of Conflict: A Night Light Analysis of the Sri Lankan Civil War

Zhao, Yirui–Technological Impacts on Return to Education in Brazil

 

Graduate Articles

Faruk, Avinno–Some Theoretical Deliberations on the Challenges and Behaviors of the Shock-Induced New Poor

Wang, Yingfan–Some Thoughts on Job Market Signaling with Human Capital 

Zhao, Xiaoyi–Effect of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia on Unassisted Suicide

The Duke Journal of Economics is published each year to showcase outstanding research in economics by Duke Graduate and Undergraduate students.

We congratulate the authors of the research presented in this issue.

Charles Becker & Ed Tower, Faculty Advisors to the Journal

This edition of the Duke Journal of Economics is dedicated to the memory of Vlad Treml. Ed Tower recalls that Vlad collected cartoons from the Soviet humor magazine, Krokodil, Crocodile in Russian, which made fun of the distortions in the Soviet economic system. Tower and his micro econ students attended Vlad’s slide shows of these cartoons, to which his daughter added color. One cartoon shows a farmer feeding a loaf of bread to a cow. Vlad explained this made fun of the Soviet subsidy on bread but not grain, so it made sense to feed bread to the cows. Vlad and Emma hosted marvelous parties with fascinating guests from their wide circle of friends. Marilyn Dutton, who along with her husband, John, earned Duke econ PhDs, recalls that the Russian Easter bread that Emma made was memorable. She writes gratefully about Vlad’s mentorship of John and reflects with us that “Duke and many students were fortunate that Vlad Treml was on the faculty.” Especially moving was the flag draped bier at Vlad’s Russian Orthodox funeral, recalling his pride in serving in the US Marines.

Undergraduate Articles

Alleyne, Jair–Is Affordable Housing Moving Mobile? Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 on Demand for Manufactured Housing

Brandt, Alexander–Economic Situations and Social Distance: Taxation and Donation

Chouliara, Despoina–Corporate Governance in State-Owned and Privately-Owned Enterprises

Cooksey, Jackson–The Russian Maternity Capital Policy: Two Models

Kanzh, Riad–Paper available upon request to dus_asst@econ.duke.edu

Martin, Noah–Kazakhs and Russians: To Each Their Own

Morgenstern, Glenn–Subprime’s long shadow: Understanding subprime lending’s role in the St. Louis vacancy crisis

Quijano, Cheyenne–A perfect storm: The effect of natural disasters on child health

Rateb, George–The Case for Clemency: Differential Impacts of Pretrial Detention on Case and Crime Outcomes

Sun, Tony–Short and Long-Term Impacts of a Large-Scale Natural Disaster on Individual Labor Outcomes: Evidence from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

Tong, Mona–The Effects of Gentrification and Displacement on Academic Achievement in Durham Public Schools, 2010-2019

Welton, Daniella–Analysis of the Impact of Gender and Age of Protagonists in Top-Grossing Films from 2000-2019 on Film Success

 

Graduate Articles

Dodd, Stephanie–Rational Irreligiosity via Cognitive Dissonance 

He, Weixin–Product and process innovation when considering changes in consumer dispersion

Pandey, Rajas–Optimal environmental reporting and the role of regulations

Wang, Yucheng–Collusion as an Indirect Signal

The Duke Journal of Economics is published each year to showcase outstanding research in economics by Duke Graduate and Undergraduate students.

We congratulate the authors of the research presented in this issue.

Charles Becker & Ed Tower, Faculty Advisors to the Journal

Undergraduate Articles

Forecasting the Effects of Battery Recycling on the Global Cobalt Market by Elena Cavallero

Bang for Your (Green) Buck: The Effects of ESG Risk on US M&A Performance by Richard Chen

The Impact of Conflict on Economic Activity: Night Lights and the Bosnian Civil War by Stephanie Dodd

Informing the Investor: A Comparative Analysis of the Importance of Pre-Initial Public Offering (IPO) Information on Stock Performance by Paul Snyder

Graduate Articles

The Role of Nuisance Arrest in Fighting Crime by Rongze Yang

The Duke Journal of Economics is published each year to showcase outstanding research in economics by Duke Graduate and Undergraduate students.

We congratulate the authors of the research presented in this issue.

Charles Becker & Ed Tower, Faculty Advisors to the Journal

Undergraduate Articles

Taxing Marijuana and the Road to Reparations: Comparing the Colorado and Illinois Cannabis Markets by Tommaso Carlo Filippo Babucci

Predictors of Student Loan Repayments: A Comparison Between Public, Private For-Profit and Private Nonprofit Schools by Mannat Bakshi and Arjun Ahluwalia

Nonprofit Location, Survival, and Success: A Case Study of El Sistema USA by Anderson Carroll

The Elusive “Stock-Picker’s Market”: Dispersion and Mutual Fund Performance by Jacob Epstein

Comparing the Performance of Active and Passive Mutual Funds in Developing and Developed Countries by Nalini Gupta

User Loyalty and Willingness to Pay for a Music Streaming Subscription Identifying Asset Specificity in the Case of Streaming Platforms by Nell Jones

Where You Live and Where You Move: A Cross-City Comparison of the Effects of Gentrification and How these Effects Are Tied to Racial History by Divya Juneja

Forecasting Corporate Bankruptcy: Applying Feature Selection Techniques to the Pre-and Post-Global Financial Crisis Environments by Parker Levi

The Impact of Medicare Nonpayment: A Quasi-Experimental Approach by Audrey Kornkven

The Effects of Health IT Innovation on Throughput Efficiency in the Emergency Department by Michael Levin

Hedonic Pricing in the Sneaker Resale Market by Kevin Ma and Matthew Treiber

Private Equity Buyouts and Strategic Acquisitions: An Analysis of Capital Investment and the Timing of Takeovers in the United States by Anthony Melita

An Unequal Dream: The Mortgage Rate Premium Paid by Black Communities by Michael Nicholson

Transit-Induced Neighborhood Change: Evaluating Neighborhood Racial Change in Charlotte, North Carolina’s Light Rail Corridor by Rahi Patel

Competition and Innovation: Evidence from Third-Party Reprocessing in the Medical Device Industry by Varun Prasad

Exploring an Alternative to Student Loans: Constructing and Exploring the Demand for an Income Share Agreement Market by Paul Zimmer and Alex Hilsenrath

Graduate Articles

Optimal (Non-)Repression Under Preference Falsification by Ming-yen Ho