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Econometric Determinants of Residential Solar Development in the United States
Title
Econometric Determinants of Residential Solar Development in the United States
Author
Thomas, Micah
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Economics, Renewable energy sources
Description
I perform a comprehensive econometric analysis of the demographic determinants of residential solar installations in the contiguous United States. The exponential growth of residential solar in the United States has been aided by declining compone...
If You Win, They Will Come: Major League Baseball and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis
Title
If You Win, They Will Come: Major League Baseball and the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis
Author
Pouler, Christopher
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
Economics, Sports administration
Description
ABSTRACTThis paper extends the Knowles et al. (1992) paper titled "The Demand for Major League Baseball: A Test of the Uncertainty of Outcome Hypothesis." The main research question is to replicate, and improve, the original paper using data from ...
Income Share Agreements and Student Preferences
Title
Income Share Agreements and Student Preferences
Author
Vora, Nirav
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Education--Finance
Description
Income share agreements are increasingly discussed as an alternative to student loans.This paper seeks to measure the level of interest among students for various incomeshare agreement offers, and to explore the possibility of adverse selection. U...
REDUCING ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Title
REDUCING ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Author
Hamilton, Austin
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Economics
Description
This paper estimates the effect wage transparency had on Major League Baseballpitcher’s salaries in the mid to late 1980s. The paper implements a conventionalmethod of wage estimation as previously used in the literature. The data, in partare from...
The Influence of Local Professional Sports Teams on Bureaucratic Productivity
Title
The Influence of Local Professional Sports Teams on Bureaucratic Productivity
Author
Readhead, William
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Economics, Public administration
Description
The correlation between state government output and the performance of local sports teams is used to assess the degree and direction of the relationship. The goal is to identify a nationally preferred sport using granular data (state level vs nati...
Tradeoffs in the use of value-added estimates of teacher effectiveness by school districts
Title
Tradeoffs in the use of value-added estimates of teacher effectiveness by school districts
Author
Baxter, Andrew
Date Created
2011
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, Education and state
Description
A new capacity to track the inputs and outcomes of individual students' education production function has spurred a growing number of school districts to attempt to measure the productivity of their teachers in terms of student outcomes. The use o...