2008 Working Papers
Working Paper 08-33
"Why Are Smart Cities Growing? Who Moves and Who Stays," John V. Winters, October 2008.
Department of Economics and W.J. Usery Workplace Research Group
Working Paper 08-32
"A Fiscal Perspective of State Rescaling," Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Andrey Timofeev, September 2008.
Department of Economics and International Studies Program
Working Paper 08-31
"Estimation of Sample Selection Models with Spatial Dependence," Alfonso Flores-Lagunes and Kurt E. Schnier, August 2008.
Department of Economics
Working Paper 08-30
"The Incidence of Tobacco Taxation: Evidence from Geographic Micro-Level Data," Andrew Hanson and Ryan Sullivan, September 2008.
Department of Economics and Fiscal Research Center
Working Paper 08-29
"Jacob Mincer's Contribution to Modern Labor Economics: A Review Essay," Bruce E. Kaufman, July 2008.
Department of Economics and W.J. Usery Workplace Research Group
Working Paper 08-28
"Learning about Learning in Games through Experimental Control of Strategic Interdependence," Jason Shachat and J. Todd Swarthout, August 2008.
Department of Economics and Experimental Economics Center (ExCEN)
Working Paper 08-27
"Labor Law and Employment Regulation: Neoclassical and Institutional Perspectives," Bruce E. Kaufman, July 2008.
Department of Economics and W.J. Usery Workplace Research Group
Working Paper 08-26
"Tax Progressivity and Income Inequality," Denvil Duncan and Klara Sabirianova Peter, June 2008.
Department of Economics and W.J. Usery Workplace Research Group
Working Paper 08-25
"Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effect in Russia," Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Klara Sabirianova Peter, June 2008.
Department of Economics and W.J. Usery Workplace Research Group
Working Paper 08-24
"Can Employers Solve the Adverse Selection Problem for Insurers?," James Marton, May 2008.
Department of Economics and W.J. Usery Workplace Research Group
Working Paper 08-23
"Employee Choice of Flexible Spending Account Participation and Health Plan," Barton H. Hamilton and James Marton, June 2008.
Department of Economics and W.J. Usery Workplace Research Group
Working Paper 08-22
"The Today and Tomorrow of Kids," Marco Castillo, Paul Ferraro, Jeff Jordan, and Ragan Petrie, June 2008.
Department of Economics and Experimental Economics Center (ExCEN)
Working Paper 08-21
"Representation of Lesbian and Gay Men in Federal, State, and Local Bureaucracies," Gregory B. Lewis and David W. Pitts, August 2008.
Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies
Working Paper 08-20
"Graduate Education and Federal Career Success: How Well Does the MPA Stack Up?" Gregory B. Lewis and Seong Soo Oh, August 2008.
Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies
Working Paper 08-19
"The Friends and Family Plan: Assessing the Impact of Knowing Someone Gay on Support for Gay Rights," Gregory B. Lewis, August 2008.
Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies
Working Paper 08-18
"Employment Inequality? Employment and Pay of Female and Minority Scientists and Engineers in the Federal and Private Sectors," Gregory B. Lewis and Seong Soo Oh, August 2008.
Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies
Working Paper 08-17
"The Effect of Insurance Premium Taxes on Employment," Martin F. Grace, David L. Sjoquist, and Laura Wheeler, August 2008.
Fiscal Research Center
Working Paper 08-16
"How a Minimum Wage Can Improve Efficiency Even in Competitive Labor Markets: The Webbs and the Social Cost of Labor," Bruce Kaufman, July 2008.
Department of Economics and W.J. Usery Workplace Research Group
Working Paper 08-15
"The Property Tax Exemption for Nonprofits," David L. Sjoquist and Rayna Stoycheva, July 2008.
Department of Economics and Fiscal Research Center
Working Paper 08-14
"Coalition Decisions and Simple Majority Rule," Yongsheng Xu, August 2008.
Department of Economics
Working Paper 08-13
"On Dominance and Context-dependence in Multi-attribute Decisions," Prasanta K. Pattanaik and Yongsheng Xu, August 2008.
Department of Economics
Working Paper 08-12
"The Maturity Structure of Bank Credit: Determinants and Effects on Economic Growth," Nikola Tasic and Neven Valev, April 2008.
Department of Economics
Working Paper 08-11
"Wage Gaps Large and Small," Barry T. Hirsch, February 2008.
Department of Economics
Working Paper 08-10
"Falling Tax Evasion: How Much Can Tax Rates and Labor Regulations Explain?," Klara Sabirianova Peter, February 2008.
Department of Economics and International Studies Program
Working Paper 08-09
"Income Tax Flattening: Does it Help Reduce the Shadow Economy," Klara Sabirianova Peter, February 2008.
Department of Economics and International Studies Program
Working Paper 08-08
"Global Reform of Personal Income Taxation, 1981-2005: Evidence from 189 Countries," Klara Sabirianova Peter, Steve Buttrick, and Denvil Duncan, February 2008.
Department of Economics and International Studies Program
Working Paper 08-07
"Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform: Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Response and Welfare Effects in Russia," Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Klara Sabirianova Peter, February 2008.
Department of Economics and International Studies Program
Working Paper 08-06
"Wages, Rents and Heterogeneous Moving Costs (second version)," Douglas J. Krupka and Kwame Donaldson, February 2008.
Department of Economics
Working Paper 08-05
"Insurance Purchase for Low-Probability Losses," Susan K. Laury, Melayne Morgan McInnes, and J. Todd Swarthout, January 2008.
Department of Economics & Experimental Economics Center (ExCEN)
Working Paper 08-04
"Puppet Leadership: An Essay in honor of Gabor Hegyesi," Dennis R. Young, January 2008.
Department of Public Administration & Urban Studies and Nonprofit Studies Program
Working Paper 08-03
"Mission-Market Tensions and Nonprofit Pricing," Dennis R. Young and Taehyun Jung, January 2008.
Department of Public Administration & Urban Studies and Nonprofit Studies Program
Working Paper 08-02
"On procedures for measuring deprivation and living standards of societies in a multi-attribute framework," Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Sanjay G. Reddy and Yongsheng Xu, December 2007.
Department of Economics
Working Paper 08-01
"Housing the Aging Baby Boomers: Implications for Local Policy," John W. Matthews and Geoffrey K. Turnbull, January 2008.
Department of Economics and Fiscal Research Center