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Macroeconomics

A Chat With Professor John Taylor

January 31, 2014January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Libby Scholz. Stanford University. --- In an interview with Stanford Professor John Taylor, we discussed both the new Economics One course at Stanford and Dr. Janet Yellen’s appointment to the Federal Reserve. This article summarizes the interview and provides additional commentary.

Tagged 2014, Education, featured, interview, scholz, stanford, taylor
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Creating the McUniverse: McDonald’s Source of Power in Foreign Markets

January 31, 2014January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Sarah Scharf. Stanford University. --- This paper explores McDonald’s transformation from a small town burger joint to the poster child for globalization and economic development abroad. To gain its position as one of the few truly global companies, McDonald’s has exploited...

Tagged 2014, featured, International, market power, mcdonalds, monopoly, scharf
Politics

The Effect of Marijuana Policy on Crime

January 31, 2014January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Christian Holmes. Middlebury College. --- 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...

Tagged 2014, crime, holmes, marijuana, Microeconomics
Politics

Near East Demographics and Terrorism

January 31, 2014January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Matthew J. Quick. University of Maryland. --- This paper analyzes the probable change in the incidence of terrorist events due to demographic factors for the Near East Region. I first present the predominant literature view that poverty, income inequality, and cultural differences...

Tagged 2014, development, International, literacy, middle east, near east, poverty, quick, terrorism
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Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation: State-Level Policy Factors and Regulatory Stringency

January 31, 2014January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By John Iselin. Reed College. --- Hydraulic fracturing is a method of oil and natural gas extraction that allows access to new sources of fossil fuels, but raises new and difficult questions of environmental...

Tagged 2014, Energy, fracking, gas, iselin, regulation, united states, unitedstates
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The Decline of Localized Education in the United States: A New Age of Bureaucratization

January 31, 2014January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Ryan Chen. Stanford University. --- This paper examines the bureaucratization of the American public education system, with particular focus on elementary and secondary education from 1945-2000.

Tagged 2014, chen, Education, featured, history, united states
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Examining the Presence of Luck and Skill in Mutual Fund Returns

January 31, 2014January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Joe Matten. Stanford University. --- I wrote the following essay for Professor Shoven’s class, “A Random Walk Down Wall Street.” Inspired by Burton Malkiel’s book of the same name, the class featured discussions of the major topics and themes of the work...

Tagged 2014, Finance, malkiel, matten, mutual funds, wall street

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