By Domagoj Babic. Princeton University.
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When companies choose to undertake foreign direct investments (FDI) in emerging countries (such as those in Central and Eastern Europe) rather than… Continue reading European Integration as a Determinant of Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe, 1995-2013
By Nicole Gorton and Sylvia Klosin. University of Chicago.
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Do female immigrants earn as much as their native counterparts, and if not, why not? We establish the existence of a wage gap between female U.S. born and female immigrant workers, then try to explain what factors drive this gap. Continue reading Explaining the Immigrant-Native Wage Gap
By Thomas Gebhart. University of Minnesota.
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We build a model of competition among privately issued cryptocurrencies. We use a well-known monetary economics environment, the Lagos-Wright model, and include founders who can issue their own currencies in order to maximize their utility. Founders are endowed with productive capital that allows them to invest in projects that span multiple periods. Continue reading Cryptocurrency Competition and Dynamics
By Charles Weber. Harvard University.
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Does increasing student access to charter schools lead to more equitable outcomes for all? More specifically, does increasing the number of students who attend charters in a district lead to a narrowing achievement gap… Continue reading The Impact of Increasing Charter School Enrollment on the Achievement Gap: Evidence from Michigan
By Cole Scanlon. Harvard University.
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Considerable economic research suggests that the historical origin of a countrys laws is associated with legal rules and economic outcomes. This paper investigates differing public health outcomes of countries with common law legal origin (the British model) and civil law legal origin (the French model). Continue reading Health Consequences of Legal Origin
By Shreyas K. Shrikanth. University of Texas-Austin.
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In an analysis of the current state of mobile money, I observe that despite the additional economic cost of using mobile money services instead of cash, there is still a demand for mobile money services in Kenya and Tanzania. Continue reading Beyond Cash: Mobile Money in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Sukrit S. Puri. Princeton University.
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Despite being an authoritarian and often repres- sive regime, the Chinese government enjoys the support of 70 percent of its population. This paper tries to make sense of this support by engaging literature on political legitimacy to evaluate… Continue reading Evaluating Determinants of Political Legitimacy in China
By Tyler McNeal. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
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Recent discussion in literature has focused on levelized costs of energy (LCOE) and using these costs as a benchmark in evaluating the effectiveness of one energy source when compared to another. Continue reading Profile Costs as a Component of Integration Costs in Wind Energy
By Cody Kallen. Washington University of St. Louis.
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This paper examines the effects of financial development on growth rates using a sample of countries at different points in time, with the observation for each country beginning at the year it reaches a GDP per capita of $10,000 in constant 2005 dollars. Continue reading Financial Development and Economic Growth at Different Income Levels
