Vol. XXXII, Spring 2020
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
The Elusive “Stock-Picker’s Market”: Dispersion and Mutual Fund Performance by Jacob Epstein
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
An Unequal Dream: The Mortgage Rate Premium Paid by Black Communities by Michael Nicholson
Vol. XXXI, Spring 2019
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
Dongkeun Lee, Associate Editor
Undergraduate Articles
Durham and Gentrification: Assessing the Impact of Displacement in the Bull City by Armin Ameri
The Impact of Violence in Mexico on Education and Labor Outcomes: Do Conditional Cash Transfers Have a Mitigating Effect? by Hayley Barton
The Impact of Collegiate Athletic Success and Scandals on Admissions Applications by William J. Battle-McDonald
The Future of Economic Geopolitics: Network Effects in Intercultural Trade by Joshua Curtis
Responses to EU Carbon Pricing:The Effect of Carbon Emissions Allowances on Renewable Energy Development in Advanced and Transitional EU Members by John Dearing
Investigating a Case of Alleged Collusion in Michigan Public Oil and Gas Lease Auctions by Lucas Do
Does Media Coverage of Sexual Assault Cases Cause Victims to Go to the Police? Evidence from FBI Data and Google Trends by Harry Elworthy
Wrangling the Herd: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Industry Approach to Herding Market Behavior by Tyler Fenton and Jarred Kotzin
The Impact of Originality in a Transitioning Movie Industry by Jacob Graber-Lipperman
Evidence of Stalinist Terror in Modern Adult Height Data by David Henderson
Collusive Strategies in EC Cartel Cases and Implications for Antitrust Compliance Programs by Rhea Padival and Divya Srinivasan
Social Capital and Financial Development after Economic Shocks: Evidence from Italy after the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 by Sujay Rao and Ethan Lampert
Female Labor Force Participation in Turkic Countries:A Study of Azerbaijan and Turkey by Natasha Jo Torrens
Graduate Articles
A Theory of Ambiguous Property Rights: Choices, Efficiencies, and Transition Paths by Bangyu He
Vol. XXX, Spring 2018
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
Dongkeun Lee, Associate Editor
Undergraduate Articles
Regulatory Uncertainty: The Impact of the 2015 Open Internet Order on Broadband Infrastructure Investment by Dane Bourcy Burkholder and Chin Jie Lim
How Consumers Respond to Food Safety Crisis A Study of Peanut Butter and Egg Recalls on Consumer Behavior by Yanwen Chen
What Fosters Innovation? A Cross-Sectional Panel Approach to Assessing the Impact of Cross Border Investment and Globalization on Patenting Across Global Economies by Michael Dessau and Nicholas Vega
The Impact of Environmental Disamenities on Property Values:Evaluating the Municipal Fringe by Ryan B. Hoecker
The Effect of Competition on Strategic Discharge at Long-Term Acute-Care Hospitals by Michael Karamardian
Benefit Spillovers and Higher Education Financing: An Empirical Analysis of Brain Drain and State-Level Investment in Public Universities by Chinmay Pandit
Effect of Sentiment on Bitcoin Price Formation by Brian Perry-Carrera
Vol. XXIX, Spring 2017
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
Dongkeun Lee, Associate Editor
Undergraduate Articles
Japan’s “Furusato Nouzei” (Hometown Tax):Which areas get how much, and is it really working? by Kay Hasagawa
Determinants of NFL Spread Pricing: Incorporation of Google Search Data Over the Course of the Gambling Week by Shiv S. Gidumal and Roland D. Muench
The Investment Cost of Currency Crises in Emerging Markets: An Empirical Treatment from 1994-2015 by Eric Ramoutar
Team Payroll Versus Performance in Professional Sports: Is Increased Spending Associated with Greater Success? by Grant Shorin
Determinants of Franchise Value in the National Basketball Association by Matthew Van Liedekerke
Graduate Articles
An Analysis of Upstream and Downstream Interaction, From a View of Principal-Agent Relationship by Boya Xu
Why Master’s Programs in Top Schools Thrive by Lizi Yu
Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan by Lin Zhao
Romantic Relationship Towards Marriage: An Option Approach by Lin Zhao
Vol. XXVIII, Spring 2016
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
Dongkeun Lee, Associate Editor
Undergraduate Articles
Variations in Turkey’s Female Labor Market: The Puzzling Role of Education by Rachel Anderson
The Pen or the Sword: Determining the Effects of Different Types of Coups D’état on Income Inequality by Wei Jie Chia
Modeling Variation in U.S. Bank Holding Companies’ Net Interest Margins by Daniel Dorchuck
Tying the Knot: Links Between the Labor and Marriage Markets by Elizabeth Di Giulio, Shafiq Haris, Alexander Prezioso, Michael Temple, Logan Turner, Joseph Ueland and Kevin Zipf
Bidding for Parking: The Impact of University Affiliation on Predicting Bid Values in Dutch Auctions of On-Campus Parking Permits by Grant Kelly
Increased Foreign Revenue Shares in the United States Film Industry: 2000 – 2014 by Victoria Lim
An Economic Approach to Evaluating the Impact of AML/CFT Regulations by Caitlin McGough
Determining NBA Free Agent Salary from Player Performance by Josh Rosen
Graduate Articles
Procrastination by Yuxuan He
The Market for Egg Donation by Stephanie A. Karol
Differential Rate of Return of the Emerging Market Economies by Bineet Mishra
Queen Bees and Domestic Violence: Patrilocal Marriage in Tajikistan by Mavzuna Turaeva