Economics

Tanking, the incentive for a sports team to lose game(s) at the end of the regular season to secure a favorable draft position, is a researched problem in multiple major [...]

In this study, I create a measure of ideological bias as a means for U.S. news sources to differentiate their products in the growing digital space. In addition to tradit[...]

Contrary to federal government policy in the United States toward illegal drug use, ten states enacted legislation to decriminalize marijuana during the 1970’s. The War[...]

ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of shall-issue policy on crime rates at the state level in the United States. A formal analysis of the effect on crime rates i[...]

In this thesis, I investigate the background and causes of major inflation in recent history and empirically study forecasting of future quarterly inflation rates for thr[...]

ABSTRACTMATTHEW MORRILL. Incentivizing farmland investments: expanding on an evaluation of portfolio performance when incorporating agricultural investments. (Under the d[...]

The purpose of this thesis was to examine how early career decisions by young adults can affect their long term career outcomes, specifically income twenty years in the f[...]

After the financial crisis in 2007-2008 the Federal Reserve lowered its target interest rate down to the zero lower bound (ZLB) forcing itself towards unconventional mone[...]

While carbon emissions are widely believed to be contributing to climate change, the U.S. has done little to limit the massive amounts of carbon being introduced into the[...]

Operational losses: Lessons from seven of the largest rogue trading events in history. (Under the direction of DR. ROB ROY MCGREGOR)Operational risk is the risk of losses[...]