This paper evaluates the effects of “welfare-to-work” programs. Of interest are the stringency of work related activity requirements, whether or not work related activity requirements are on a case by case basis, and whether ...

This is an investigation into biases in the capital sentencing process in the United States between the years 1983 to 2001. Its aim is to determine if biases exist due to race, gender, or education level in the sentencing ...

In this paper I examine how jersey sponsorship in professional sports translates to the stock market. Companies such as Chevrolet and Yokohama Tyres invest millions of dollars every year to have their name printed in bold ...

The purpose of this thesis is to look at various characteristics of institutions of higher learning in conjunction with each institution’s number of arrests and internal disciplinary actions for drug and liquor law violations. ...

Literature on fan attendance in sports has shown evidence of discrimination against minority players that has gradually dissipated over the last several decades. In the same timeframe, the population of different minorities ...

This study investigates how the 4 generational cohorts in the US differ in their expectations regarding various job market and personal employment opinions. To conduct this inquiry, actual unemployment rate data from the ...

This thesis evaluates the effect of the Middle Income Students Assistance Act (MISAA), passed by the federal government in 1978, on college enrollment and specifically the probability of women attending college. I hypothesize ...

Economic theory suggests that individuals base their behavior in economic games on both payoff and fairness considerations. Cox et al. (2007) propose that fairness is a function of relative status. I propose that players ...

This paper examines the abnormal stock returns generated by the primary stock recommendations of Jim Cramer on his television show Mad Money between the dates of July 8, 2005 and February 2, 2006. Mad Money is broadcast ...

In 2006, the National Basketball Association and the National Basketball Players Association decided to adopt provisions which funnel most high school graduates into the college ranks. With so many talented players now ...