Working Papers

2011
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2011

Fowler, Stuart J., and Jennifer J. Wilgus. "An Estimatable DCDP Model of Search and Matching in Real Estate Markets." [Article]
Fayissa, Bichaka, and Anca Traian. "Estimation of a Health Production Function: Evidence from East-European Countries." [Article]
Fayissa, Bichaka, and Christian Nsiah. "Remittances and Economic Growth in Africa, Asia, and Latin American-Caribbean Countries: A Panel Unit Root and Panel Cointegration Analysis." [Article]
Danyal, Shah, Bichaka Fayissa, and Jong-Sung Lee. "Impact of Education on Lifestyles: What Do Longitudinal Data Show?" [Article]
Fayissa, Bichaka, Shah Danyal, and J.S. Butler. "The Impact of Education on Health Status: Evidence from Longitudinal Survey Data." [Article]

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2010

Fayissa, Bichaka, and Christian Nsiah. "The Impact of Governance on Economic Growth: Further Evidence for Africa." [Article]

Rennhoff, Adam D., and Mark F. Owens. "Competition and the Strategic Choices of Churches." [Article]
Fayissa, Bichaka, and Paulos Gutema. "Dependency Ratio and the Economic Growth Puzzle in Sub-Saharan Africa." [Article]
Eff, Ellis Anthon. "A Scale for Markets and Property in the Societies of the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample: a Linear Programming Approach." [Article]
Owens, Mark F. "Other-Regarding Preferences with Peer Workers in Labor Markets: An Experimental Investigation." [Article]
Nunley, John M., Mark F. Owens, and R. Stephen Howard. "The Effects of Competition and Information on Racial Discrimination: Evidence from a Field Experiment." [Article]
Fayissa, Bichaka, and Christian Nsiah. "Can Remittances Spur Economic Growth and Development? Evidence from Latin American Countries (LACs)." [Article]
Berhanu, Wassie, and Bichaka Fayissa. "Analysis of the Household Economy and Expenditure Patterns of a Traditional Pastoralist Society in Southern Ethiopia." [Article]
Eff, Ellis Anthon, Christopher C. Klein, and Reuben Kyle. "Identifying the Best Buys in U. S. Higher Education." [Article]
Baum, Charles L. "The Effects of Food Stamps on Obesity." [Article]
Baum, Charles L. "The Effects of Food Stamps on Weight Gained by Expectant Mothers." [Article]
Baum, Charles L., and Mark F. Owens. "The Effects of Vehicle Asset Rules on Vehicle Assets." [Article]

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2009

Djira, Gemechis D., Frank Schaarschmidt, and Bichaka Fayissa. "Inferences for Selected Location Quotients with Applications to Health Outcomes Downloads." [Article]
Givens, Gregory Erin. "Estimating Central Bank Preferences under Commitment and Discretion Downloads." [Article]
Rennhoff, Adam D. "The Competitive Effects of 'Consideration Payments': Lessons from Radio Payola Downloads." [Article]
Berhanu, Wassie, and Bichaka Fayissa. "Recurrent Shocks, Poverty Traps, and the Degradation of the Social Capital Base of Pastoralism: A Case Study from Southern Ethiopia Downloads." [Article]
Fayissa, Bichaka, Christian Nsiah, and Badassa Tadasse. "Tourism and Economic Growth in Latin American Countries (LAC): Further Empirical Evidence Downloads." [Article]
Tadasse, Badassa, and Bichaka Fayissa. "Determinants of the Allocation of US Aid forTrade Downloads." [Article]

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2008

Fayissa, Bichaka, and Paulos Gutema. "A Health Production Function for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)." [Abstract] [Article]
Givens, Gregory E. "Unemployment Insurance in a Sticky-Price Model with Worker Moral Hazard." [Abstract] [Article]
Berhanu, Wassie, David Colman, and Bichaka Fayissa. "Diversification and Livelihood Sustainability in a Semi-Arid Environment: A Case Study from Southern Ethiopia." [Abstract] [Article]
Eff, E. Anthon. "Cost Indices for Tennessee Local Education Providers: A Teacher Cost Approach." [Abstract] [Article]
Fayissa, Bichaka, Christian Nsiah, and Prathibha V. Joshi. "Perceived Financial Risk and Divergence in the Economic Growth of Sub-Saharan African Countries." [Abstract] [Article]
Eff, E. Anthon and Malcolm M. Dow. "Do Markets Promote Prosocial Behavior? Evidence from the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample." [Abstract] [Article]
Fayissa, Bichaka and Christian Nsiah. "The Impact of Remittances on Economic Growth and Development in Africa." [Abstract] [Article]
Tadasse, Badassa, Bichaka Fayissa, and Andrew McColley. "Does a Unilateral Policy Change Promote Trade? The Case of African Growth and Opportunity Act." [Abstract] [Article]

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2007

Tadasse, Badassa, and Bichaka Fayissa. "Assessing the Impact of Development Cooperation: the Case of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and U.S. Imports from Sub-Saharan Africa." [Abstract] [Article]
Nunley, John M. "The Effects of Household Income Volatility on Divorce."[Abstract] [Article]
Nunley, John M. "Inflation and Other Aggregate Determinants of the Trend in U.S. Divorce Rates since the 1960s." [Abstract] [Article]
Fayissa, Bichaka, Christian Nsiah, and Badassa Tadasse. "The Impact of Tourism on Economic Growth and Development in Africa." [Abstract] [Article]
Klein, Christopher C. "Causality Tests for Public School Performance and Funding." [Abstract] [Article]
Klein, Christopher C. "Productivity Growth in Telecommunications: The Case of Tennessee." [Abstract] [Article]
Klein, Christopher C. "The Economics of Time as a Resource." [Abstract] [Article]
Klein, Christopher C. "Anticompetitive Litigation and Antitrust Liability." [Abstract] [Article]
Seals, R. Alan. "Are Gangs an Alternative to Legitimate Employment? Investigating the Impact of Labor Market Effects on Gang Affiliation." [Abstract] [Article]
Givens, Gregory E. "Unemployment, Imperfect Risk Sharing, and the Monetary Business Cycle." [Abstract] [Article]
Penn, David A. "Estimating Missing Values from the General Social Survey: An Application of Multiple Imputation." [Abstract] [Article]
Penn, David A. "Financial Well-Being in an Urban Area: An Application of Multiple Imputation." [Abstract] [Article]
Penn, David A., and Reuben Kyle. "The Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship: A Reward for Past Achievement or Motivator for Future Performance?" [Abstract] [Article]
Zietz, Joachim, Emily N. Zietz, and G. Stacy Sirmans. "Determinants of House Prices: A Quantile Regression Approach." [Abstract] [Article]
Klein, Christopher C. "Cost and Production Duality with Time Utilization of Capital." [Abstract] [Article]
Klein, Christopher C. "Efficiency versus Effectiveness: Interpreting Education Production Studies." [Abstract] [Article]
Fowler, Stuart J., and Bichaka Fayissa. "Public Capital Spending Shocks and the Price of Investment: Evidence from a Panel of Countries." [Abstract] [Article]
Seals, R. Alan, and John Nunley. "The Effects of Inflation and Demographic Change on Property Crime: A Structural Time-Series Approach." [Abstract] [Article]
Eff, E. Anthon, and Christa D. Jensen. "The Integration of Periodic Markets in Mayan Guatemala: A Gravity Approach." [Abstract] [Article]

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2006

Zietz, Joachim, and R. Alan Seals. "Genetically Modified Maize, Biodiversity, and Subsistence Farming in Mexico." [Abstract] [Article]
Givens, Gregory E., and Michael K. Salemi. "Generalized Method of Moments and Inverse Control." [Abstract] [Article]
DePrince, Albert E. Jr. "A Technical Note on a Direct Estimate of the Significance of Bias in Forecasts." [Abstract] [Article]
Givens, Gregory E. "Revisiting the Delegation Problem in a Sticky Price and Wage Economy." [Abstract] [Article]

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2005

Eff, E. Anthon. "Migration Data and Matrix Methods: Deriving the Network of U.S. Central Places." [Abstract] [Article]
Fowler, Stuart J. "Income Inequality, Monetary Policy, and the Business Cycle." [Abstract] [Article]
Penn, David A. "Financial Well-Being in an Urban Setting: An Application of Multiple Imputation." [Abstract] [Article]
Penn, David A. "Economic Recovery and Growth in Middle Tennessee." [Abstract] [Article]
Penn, David A. "Determinants of Self-Reported Financial Security for Oklahoma County Households: An Application of Multiple Imputation." [Abstract] [Article]
Zietz, Joachim. "Detecting Neglected Parameter Heterogeneity with Chow Tests." [Abstract] [Article]
Fowler, Stuart J. "Fiscal Spending Shocks and the Price of Investment: Evidence from a Panel of Countries." [Abstract] [Article]
DePrince, Albert E. Jr. "Impact of the IBBEA on the Structure of the U.S. Bank System: 1993-2003." [Abstract] [Article]

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2004

Baum, Charles L. "The Effects of Employment while Pregnant on Health at Birth." [Abstract] [Article]
Baum, Charles L. "The Effect of Government-Mandated Family Leave on Employer Family Leave Policies." [Abstract] [Article]
Eff, E. Anthon. "Spatial, Cultural, and Ecological Autocorrelation in U.S. Regional Data." [Abstract] [Article]
Zietz, Joachim. "Dynamic Programming: An Introduction by Example." [Abstract] [Article]
Penn, David A., and Joachim Zietz. "The Development of Water Rights in Colorado." [Abstract] [Article]
Eff, E. Anthon. "A Flexible-Weights School Effectiveness Index." [Abstract] [Article]
Fowler, Stuart J., and Eric R. Young. "The Acquisition of Skills over the Life-Cycle." [Abstract] [Article]
Eff, E. Anthon. "Spatial and Cultural Autocorrelation in International Datasets." [Abstract] [Article]

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