Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Department "Economics"
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(1986)The purpose of this project is to prepare a plan for the comprehensive revitalization of downtown Bryan. The intent of the plan shall be to integrate downtown’s past heritage and present conditions into a formula for ...
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(1991)The current commitment versus discretion debate in economic game theory describes the government's credibility problem quite well. The commitment versus discretion argument focuses on types of institutional arrangements ...
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(1989)A universal problem that exists in society is finding an optimal punishment that will deter individuals from a certain unwanted behavior. Sociologists, psychologists, economists and even businessmen have grappled with the ...
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(1987)Many businesses are not persuaded that advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) will bring large gains in manufacturing efficiency. The businesses, however, which rely upon traditional financial decision tools may be in ...
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(2012-04-12)I conducted experiments to determine whether anonymity affects the gap between the willingness to accept (WTA) and willingness to pay (WTP) in endowment effect games. Plott and Zeiler (2005) theorize complete anonymity is ...
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(1991)After months of focusing attention on the troubles of the Middle East, the U.S. has turned its eyes back home to domestic policy. President Bush's newly proposed domestic policy, not surprisingly, includes proposals dealing ...
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(2011-08-08)When prices are set properly, they serve as important signals to guide customers to consume the efficient quantity of a good. However, in electricity markets many consumers do not pay prices that reflect the scarcity of ...
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(1993)This is an empirical study of language enclave effects on small business success. My central thesis is to explain how the English language proficiency of a small business owner whose firm is located within a language enclave ...
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(1993)Problems exist when a game contains multiple Nash equilibria. A number of selection principles have been suggested to deal with these problems. Vincent Crawford's dynamic theory is one recent proposal on how to do this for ...
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(1995)This paper studies the dynamic process in an evolutionary game. Using a replicator dynamic, the theoretical prediction is for subjects to use a symmetric mixed strategy equilibrium, while the two asymmetric strict Nash ...
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(1980)This thesis theoretically and empirically examines the economic effects of past and proposed reductions in children directed TV advertising on the consumers and producers of children's products. The history and nature of ...
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(1978)This paper has analyzed the experience rating feature of an unemployment compensation system. The question of how the costs of maintaining the unemployed are allocated was addressed. A review of the current literature found ...
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(1990)This paper will investigate the effects on fares of nonstop flight distance and route circuity over the first ten years of airline deregulation. It will be shown that, even without detailed flight information, a number of ...
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(1984)The estimation of the Laffer curve (which shows the government’s income tax revenues as a function of the national average tax rate) requires an equation which states national income as a function of the national average ...
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(1983)Colonel Juan Domingo Peron, the twenty-sixth president of the Argentine Republic, his wife Eva Duarte, and labor established a symbiotic relationship which changed the course of the nation's history. Despite the regime's ...
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(1994)Auctioning the right to participate in coordination games has been demonstrated to be a possible institution for solving the efficiency problems present in several of these games. This is true in games with multiple ...
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(1993)Pharmacy has had various definitions in its four thousand years. Originally, the pharmacist was called an apothecary, derived from the Middle Ages, serving as both the compounder and dispenser of medications. He worked ...
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(1989)Empirical studies examining the trade relationships between the lesser developed countries (LDCs) and the industrial nations have not been plentiful. A goal of this thesis is to provide statistical evidence towards the ...