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An econometric analysis of the twin deficits hypothesis.
(2007)
In the end I also extend similar analysis to five OECD countries and show that, in all five selected OECD countries, there is a fairly tenuous connection between the current account balance and the government budget balance ...
Trade liberalization and regional economies: NAFTA and the United States manufacturing sector.
(2005)
This dissertation observes the effects of increased trade liberalization between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico on the U.S. manufacturing sector between 1980 and 2000 using a panel data approach. I apply the Hecksher-Ohlin ...
A reevaluation and extention of previous research on state and local taxes and economic development.
(2002)
This study is a reevaluation of five studies that have had an impact of the way we think about state and local taxes. This study has four phases. In the first phase, I independently replicate the original studies. In the ...
Applied papers in public policy.
(2005)
Safer hurricanes and the role of mitigation: Analyzing population growth and damage in coastal counties. The rising cost of hurricanes and other natural hazards has long been a concern to policy makers and insurance industry ...
Corporate diversification and performance: Evidence from Korea.
(2002)
This dissertation examines a sample of firms from the 70 largest Korean conglomerates, or chaebols, in order to determine the motivation behind their diversification strategies and to identify the effects of diversification ...
Essays on international economics and macroeconomics.
(2000)
The first chapter, entitled "Dumping in a Linder Model of Trade, " provides an explanation for a recent proliferation of price dumping and antidumping laws. The last decade has witnessed an accelerating adoption of antidumping ...
Evaluating a trade policy using a revealed preference approach.
(2002)
The traditional theory of international trade suggests that, in perfectly competitive markets, international trade always increases welfare. The theory of second best suggests that, in the presence of multiple distortions, ...
ESSAYS ON PRICE DISCRIMINATION
(2009)
This study answers two questions brought by internet technology improvement in industrial organization literature. The first essay, "Customer Poaching, Coupon Trading and Consumer Arbitrage", relaxes the no consumer arbitrage ...
Producer behavior and market dynamics in United States energy industries.
(2006)
The third essay, "Measuring Unilateral Market Power: An Application to the Texas Deregulated Electricity Market" analyzes the unilateral market power in the balancing electricity market in Texas. This essay follows the ...
Studies on the international economics of information technology .
(2007)
The first study statistically analyzes the relationship between computer technology use and economic productivity using international data. At the end of this first study, the findings show a positive relationship between ...