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
Vol. XXVII, Spring 2015
In the academic year 2014-15 Duke students have published book reviews in the collection of the Asia-Pacific Research and Training network of Trade (ARTNeT) and United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (http://artnet.unescap.org/publications.html#fourth). Their reviews have benefited from the wise editing and rapid posting of Dr. Mia Mikic, ARTNeT Coordinator, and her team:
- Dohun Kim. Prevention and Crisis Management: Lessons for Asia from the 2008 Crisis, by Steven Rosefielde, Masaaki Kuboniwa, and Satoshi Mizobata. World Scientific. 2013.
- Michelle Laniohan. The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility, by Gregory Clark. Princeton University Press. 2014.
- Clement Lee. What Have We Learned: Macroeconomic Policy After the Crisis, edited by George A. Akerlof, Oliver J. Blanchard, David Romer, and Joseph E. Stiglitz. MIT Press. 2014.
- Rita Lo. The Role of Elites in Economic Development, edited by Alice H. Amsden, Alisa DiCaprio, and James A. Robinson. Oxford University Press. 2012.
- Saad Usmani and Mahmehr Hamza. GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History, by Diane Coyle. Princeton University Press. 2014.
- Yifan (Victor) Ye. The Great Rebalancing: Trade, Conflict and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy, by Michael Pettis. Princeton University Press. 2013.
- May (Zhimeng) Li reviewed Asian Economic Systems, by Steven Rosefielde, World Scientific. 2013, in the Southeast Asian Journal of Economics, December 1014. http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/public/publication/journal/2014/May%20Li.PDF
- Nikolaus Axmann published a revision of his Duke honors thesis: “What is the Effect of Regulatory Supervision on the Profitability and Outreach of Microfinance Institutions?” in the Southeast Asian Journal of Economics, June 2015. http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/research/ccje/browse?year=2015.
Charles Becker & Ed Tower, Faculty Advisors to the Journal
Dongkeun Lee, Associate Editor
Undergraduate Articles
An Economic Analysis of Marijuana Legalization in Florida by Taliya I. Golzar
Medicare’s Prospective Payment System: Do Differences in the Reimbursement Rate Affect Quantity of Care Delivered and Hospital Billing Practices? by Russell Hollis
How Does Being a Serial Creator Affect Probability of Campaign Success on Kickstarter? by Minn Htet Khine
Word-of-Mouth Effects in the Holdings and Trading Activities Among Canadian Mutual Fund Managers by Chang Liu
Environmental Impact of Sunbelt Growth: Investigating Trends in Household Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Haisi Liu
The Implications of Population Aging for Economic Growth: A Regional Comparative Study by Paige Muggeridge
Dealing with Data: An Empirical Analysis of Bayesian Extensions to the Black-Litterman Model by Daniel Eller Roeder
Google Search Volume Index: Predicting Returns, Volatility and Trading Volume of Tech Stocks by Xu Rui
The New Landscape of the NBA: The 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement’s Impact on Competitive Balance and Players’ Salaries by Nicholas Yam
The Effect of Minority History on Racial Disparities in the Mortgage Market: A Case Study of Durham and New Haven by Jisoo Yoon
Multiples Valuation and Abnormal Returns by Joon Sang Yoon
Improving Matching Between Interest Rates and Borrower Riskiness in Microfinance Loans Using Sampling Methods by Jack Willoughby
Security without Equity? The Effect of Secure Communities on Racial Profiling by Police by Jack Willoughby
Vol. XXVI, Spring 2014
The Duke Journal of Economics is published each year to showcase outstanding research in economics by Duke Graduate and Undergraduate students. 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
Dongkeun Lee, Associate Editor
Undergraduate Articles
Optimal Lineups in Penalty Kick Shootouts: An Empirical and Theoretical Investigation by Christian Britto and Lucas Hubbard
Understanding SME Finance: Determinants of Relationship Lending by (Sean) Suk Hyun Choi
Implications of Teacher Tenure on Teacher Quality and Student Performance in North Carolina by Dana Fenster
The Determination of Newspaper Slant in Small Markets by Jordyn Gracey
Market Dynamics and the Forward Premium Anomaly: A Model of Interacting Agents by Phillips Hogan and Evan Myer
The Effect of Mexico’s Conditional Cash Transfer System on Migration Decisions by Aki Ishikawa
Corporate Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction in the North American Construction Industry by William (Gang) Li
The Impact of Micro-Banking on Health: Evidence from Self-Help Group Involvement and Child Nutrition by Madeline McKelway
Martin Bronfenbrenner: An Economist in the American Occupation of Japan by Michael Robert Potts
The Impact of Suburbanization on Poverty Concentration: Using Transportation Networks to Predict the Spatial Distribution of
Poverty by Winston Riddick
The Relationship between and Geographic Distribution of Breast Cancer Statistics: Diagnosis, Survival, and Mortality in
Selected Areas in the United States,1973-2004 by Timothy Rooney
Undergraduate Education and the Gender Wage Gap: An Analysis of the Effects of College Experience and Gender on Income by Kelsey Siman
Has Tort Reform Been Effective in Abating the Medical Malpractice Crisis? An Empirical Analysis from 1991-2012 by Raj Singh and Jiten Solanki
The Impact of State and Local Government Spending on Charitable Giving in the United States by Lynn Vandendriessche
Attendance, Home Advantage, and the Effect of a City on its Professional Sports Teams by Jack Willoughby
Video Game Sales: Does Diversity Pay? by Helena Wu
Graduate Articles
Monte-Carlo Simulations of GARCH, GJR-GARCH and Constatnt Volatility on NASDAQ-500 and the 10-Year Treasury by Dongkeun Lee and David Liu
Interbank Lending Rates and Monetary Policy in China by Johannes Maus
Vol. XXV, Spring 2013
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
Research Expenditures in Higher Education Institutions and University Technology Transfer Licensing by Trent Tsun-Kang Chiang
Manufactured Housing Securitization by Renan Cunha
Fiscal Multicointegration and Sustainability in OECD Economies by Rajlakshmi De
Foreign Aid Allocation and Impact: A Sub-National Analysis of Malawi by Rajlakshmi De
Is the Blind Side Tackle Worth It?: An Analysis of the Salary Allocation of the NFL Offensive Line by Kelly Ann Froelich
Geo-Spatial Modeling of Online Ad Distributions by Mitchel Drake Gorecki
The Impact of Population Mobility on Repayment Rates in Microfinance Institutions by Johan Hörnell and Allison Vernerey
Profits and Poverty: The Impact of Profit Status on the Microfinance Industry by Kevin Hogan
Price Discrimination and Bargaining Power in the Global Vaccine Market by Linda Li
Enhanced versus Traditional Indexation for International Mutual Funds: Evaluating DFA, WisdomTree and RAFI PowerShares by Heehyun Lim
Government Allocation of Import Quota Slots to US Films in China’s Cinematic Movie Market by Sabrina McCutchan
Race and Pollution Correlation as Predictor of Enviornmental Justice by Marissa B. Meir
Incentives and Characteristics that Explain Generic Prescribing Practices by Rahul K Nayak
Debunking the Cost-Shifting Myth: an Analysis of Dynamic Price Discrimination in California Hospitals by Omar M. Nazzal
Variance Risk Premium Dynamics: The Impact of Asset Price Jumps on Variance Risk Premia by Jackson R. Pfeiffer
Tax Evasion and Tax Morale in Latin America by Sofía Becerra Taschetti
Trauma Center Efficacy: Certification Status and its Effect on Traffic Fatalities at Varying Radii by Robert Van Dusen
Graduate Articles
The Dictator’s Dilemma: The Role of Social Media in Revolutions by William B. Snyderwine
Finding the Optimal Tax with Pollution Haven Effects by Alecia Waite
The Role of Subjective Rice Price Expectations in Labor Input Decisions: Evidence from Madagascar by Laura Paul
Efficiency and Herd Behavior in a Signalling Market by Jeffrey Gao
Prospect Theory and Marriage Decisions by Anastasia Bogdanova
Twin Deficits Revisited by Jeremy Spater