This thesis sets out to estimate the effect of U.S. v. Apple Inc. et. al. (2013) on e-book prices by implementing a reduced form model, dummy variable approach (Nieberding, 2006), using a difference-in-differences analysis ...

The current study examined the relationship between ego level and enjoyment of time alone in 11-14 year old boys and girls. Participants filled out three questionnaires: one sentence completion form measuring ego development ...

The Early Novels Database (END) project generates high-quality metadata about novels published between 1660 and 1850 in order to make early works of fiction more available to both traditional and computational modes of ...

Not since the days of FDR and the Great Depression has a president been reelected with unemployment over 7%. Conventional wisdom, history and analysts alike told us that if unemployment is high, it spells the end of an ...

This thesis examines how different types of FDI affect economic growth. Specifically, I explore whether FDI inflows into various industries are associated with differential economic growth rates, and if M&A FDI has a ...

While economists are not that good at forecasting, it is, nevertheless, useful to think about what economics has to say about our future. Are elite colleges pricing themselves out of the market? Will for profit colleges ...