Browsing College of Arts and Science by Title
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(Vanderbilt University, 2002)In this paper, we develop a general approach for constructing simple tests for the correct density forecasts, or equivalently, for i.i.d. uniformity of appropriately transformed random variables. It is based on nesting a ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2005)In this paper we study the long-term labor market implications of school resource equalization before Brown and school desegregation after Brown. For cohorts born in the South in the 1920s and 1930s, we find that racial ...
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(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019-07-23)Evidence for perceptual periodicity emerges from studies showing periodic fluctuations in visual perception and decision making that are accompanied by neural oscillations in brain activity. We have uncovered signs of ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(1817-04-13)
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(John Hunt, 1824-08)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011)Existing empirical evidence suggests that the effects of Vietnam veteran status on earnings in the decade-and-a-half following service may be concentrated in the lower tail of the earnings distribution. Motivated by this ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 1988)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009)This paper investigates the relationship between the exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) and inflation by estimating a nonlinear time series model. Using a simple theoretical model of ERPT determination, we show that the ...
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(Printed for J. Mawman, by T. Gillet, 1805)
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(Vanderbilt University, Department of History, 2016)John F. Kennedy maintains a reputation in American memory with respect to civil rights that he does not deserve. He campaigned for presidency advocating the end of racial discrimination, but once he took office his interests ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Economics, 2004-01)We consider a general equilibrium economy with public goods and externalities. Following Boyd and Conley (1997), we treat externality markets directly instead of indirectly through Arrovian commodities. Because such direct ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2002)Wright (1990) presents evidence on the factor content of trade that indicates the United States tended to export goods that were raw materials intensive. Using factor per unit of output ratios derived from the United States ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2002)"Most-favored-nation" (hereafter, MFN) clauses have been used in analyses of international trade, durable goods monopoly pricing, and franchise contracting to address a repeat player's time-inconsistency problem. Recent ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, 2008)During the course of my Honors Research Project, I worked with Dr. David James to determine whether a group of target stars are members of the Local Association. I did this by reducing spectroscopic data, taken by Dr. ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2002)This paper examines the racial gap in infant mortality rates from 1920 to 1970. Using state-level panel data with information on income, urbanization, women's education, and physicians per capita, we can account for a large ...