By Zhengye Chen. University of Chicago.
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What success do United States graduate economics programs have in terms of having their graduates achieve associate or full professor status in top-ranked economics departments? Continue reading The Path to Being an Economics Professor
By Shawn Du. Princeton University.
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In this paper, we seek to estimate the wage compensation differential for paid sick leave in the United States using national-level data from the 1996-2010 data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey… Continue reading Estimating the Compensation Differential for Paid Sick Leave Benefits
By Angie Qin and An Hu. New York University.
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Over decades, we witness a significant increase in amount of research on cigarette consumption. Among these researches… Continue reading Research on Underage Cigarette Consumption
By Natalie Weinberg. University of Pennsylvania.
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The purpose of this paper is to outline potential reasons why the 2013 election vote into the Baseball Hall of Fame failed to elect a new player. The paper compares various voting rules, and analyzes specific statistics of players. Continue reading 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame
By Christian Holmes. Middlebury College.
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The effect of marijuana policy on crime is examined in this paper using a difference-in-difference method. The crime rates in states that legalized medical marijuana were compared to the rates in states that prohibit medical marijuana. This effect was investigated during… Continue reading The Effect of Marijuana Policy on Crime
By Nathan Mass. Stanford University.
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The entertainment industry and its predominant content providers have found themselves in an unusual predicament. Continue reading The Entertainment Conundrum: How video content providers and highly demanded products can compete in the future
By Olivia Moore. Stanford University.
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Besides their incredible success, some of the most famous names in the technology world today—Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Richard Branson—have one thing in common: none of them finished college. Continue reading The Economics of Dropping Out
By Anne Evered. Stanford University.
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Last December, students at Johns Hopkins University took advantage of their computer science professor’s grading policies to essentially “game” the system and receive full marks on an exam without ever filling out a single answer. Continue reading The Game Theory Behind Acing an Exam
By Henry Z. Tang. Stanford University.
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Collaborative filtering (CF) is an ongoing development in the algorithms used for online recommendation systems that have become both a complement to and substitute for traditional search on online marketplaces Continue reading Long Tails and Superstars: The Impact of Collaborative Filtering across Online Platforms
