Browsing College of Arts and Science by Title
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(Munroe and Francis, 1824)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2006)Information about 586 individuals who matriculated into 27 economics Ph.D. programs in Fall 2002 is used to estimate first and second year attrition rates. After two years, 26.5 percent of the initial cohort had left, ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 1992)
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(Journal for the Scientific Study of ReligionBlackwell Publishing, 1986)My general thesis is that Confessions is written for an audience which Augustine uses as selfobjects...I do not formulate a diagnosis of Augustine's personality...I would rather emphasize the profound devaluation of ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(Astronomical Journal, 2022-12-19)Examination of emission lines in high-velocity-resolution optical spectra of the Orion Nebula confirms that the velocity component on the red wing of the main ionization front emission line is due to backscattering in the ...
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(Duke University Press, 1998)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2002)In this paper we examine intra-household gender differences and the incidence of child labor and children¬πs school attendance in Brazil to test whether the unitary model of household allocations is suitable in the child ...
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(Garland Pub., 1807-09)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2005)In the literature of psychology and economics it is frequently observed that individuals tend to conform in their behavior to the behavior of similar individuals. A fundamental question is whether the outcome of such ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008)We explore the potential for correlated equilibrium to capture conformity to norms and the coordination of behavior within social groups. Given a partition of players into social groups we propose properties that one may ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2000)Whether rationality of economic behavior increases with expected payoffs and decreases with the cognitive cost it takes to formulate an optimal strategy remains an open question. We explore these issues with field data, ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2013-04-17)
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(Wiley & Putnam, 1846)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2002)This paper examines the effects of birth order on the child labor incidence and school attendance of Brazilian children. Evidence from the psychology and sociology literature suggests that earlier-born children tend to ...
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(W. Blackwood, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy., 1817)
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(W. Blackwood, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817)
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(W. Blackwood, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817)