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Changes In Tests Of Patentability And The Effects On Return To Patenting Of Business Method Patents
(Economics, 2010-07-19)In the past decade there has been a surge of business method patents granted, due in large part to court cases that have redefined the tests for determining patentability of these inventions. This is of interest for several ... -
Contracting Institutions And Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence From The U.S. Mulitnationals
(Economics, 2011-07-14)Development Economics studies have highlighted the importance of both property rights and contracting institutions for attracting foreign direct investment. However, to the best of our knowledge, none of the previous studies ... -
Creative Destruction In The Pharmaceutical Industry
(Economics, 2007-08-23)Pharmaceutical firms usually patent any new innovation in terms of the chemicals they use. These innovations are then developed in to drugs which are marketed once approved by FDA. These patents have made and receive ... -
Do Aid Donors Reward Institutional Reforms?: A Panel Study On Aid-receiving Countries
(Economics, 2007-08-23)Foreign aid is an important component of financial flows to many developing countries. This study seeks to investigate how foreign aid flows are influenced by two factors: the gross domestic products (GDP) per capita of ... -
The Effects Of Community Uninsurance On Health Care Quality For The Insured Population
(Economics, 2010-07-19)An important aspect of the ongoing health care reform of 2010 is to provide health coverage to the uninsured, the rising population of which has remained a significant challenge to overcome. Previously, efforts to reduce ... -
Evidence Of Competition Between Law Schools
(Economics, 2007-08-23)The purpose of this paper is to measure how competition affects tuition rates of law schools. I hypothesize that the tuition rates will go up as concentration of law schools increase. To examine how tuition varies with ... -
The Integration Of The Economics Profession Across Countries : evidence From Paper Citations
(Economics, 2011-07-14)By relating country-level journal article citation patterns to country-level proxies for various policies, the current project attempts to uncover possible causal relationships between them. The paper measures patterns of ... -
The Introduction Of The Reserve Clause And Its Impact On Baseball Salaries During The 1880s: A Panel Estimation
(Economics, 2007-08-23)One of the most frequently studied areas in professional baseball is the Reserve Clause. Originally introduced in 1879 by the National League, the Reserve Clause indefinitely tied a player's services to his current team ... -
The Market Return To Pharmaceutical Product Approval
(Economics, 2007-08-23)Does the public announcement of approval of New Drugs affect the market valuation of the sponsoring pharmaceutical company? This study will try to find out the technically and intuitively acceptable answer of this question ... -
Peer Effects In Sports: Evidence From NCAA Relay Teams
(Economics, 2007-08-23)This paper investigates whether disparity in team member quality impacts team production using NCAA 4x400m relay teams. As a measure of quality I use the team member's individual rankings. The net peer effects are estimated ... -
School Responses To High-stakes Testing
(Economics, 2007-08-23)This paper analyzes school's responses to high stakes testing. Using a grade level panel dataset from Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) for reading and math tests for 2003 through 2006, to find schools responses ... -
Too Big To Fail: Economic Voting And The 2008 Election
(Economics, 2011-10-11)The onset of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression just months before the 2008 presidential election is thought to have played a significant role in voting behavior. Yet the extent to which voters followed ... -
What Are Country-level Determinants Of Economic Research Productivity?
(Economics, 2010-03-03)Economics research productivity is an emerging concern because it determines education system's quality and it can help improve economic welfare. This study seeks to investigate country-level determinants of research ...