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State excise taxes and public choice : evidence from the U.S. brewing industry

Feng, Hongrong (1998-06-26)

This paper presents a model of the determination of excise tax rates by studying the substantial variation in the state excise taxes in the U.S. brewing industry. Two approaches are used. First, assuming that the gover ...
Tacit collusion : evidence of price leadership and sticky downward pricing in retail gasoline markets

Russell, Scott P. (2006-03-10)

In this study, I test for tacit collusion in retail gasoline markets by testing for sticky downward pricing and price leadership. Using an extensive dataset consisting of twenty-five gasoline markets located in the gre ...
Testing for structural differences in general commodity motor carriage

Tanaka, Hiroshi, 1960- (1991-06-07)

The U.S. trucking industry was deregulated with implementation of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980. After deregulation, increased concentration was observed in the general freight segment of the industry. The purpose of ...
Thailand's computer industry : comparative advantage and contribution to economic growth

Ordeedolchest, Isara (1999-06-10)

The examination of the performance of Thailand's computer industry, and its contribution to the country's economic growth, are the two major objectives of my research. I study whether the computer industry in Thailand ha ...
Three essays on nonparametric and semiparametric regression models

Yao, Feng (2004-04-23)
Topics in applied microeconomics : estimating the value of commercial land and testing the efficiency of the U.S. Motor Carrier industry

Lee, Man-keung (1997-06-11)

This thesis consists of two essays on applied microeconomics issues. The first essay presents a hedonic price econometric model of vacant commercial land. The second essay presents cost frontier analysis on the industr ...
Topics in applied microeconomics : time allocation and natural resource use on Alaska's North Slope and market power in the U.S. motor carrier industry

Nebesky, William E. (1994-02-04)

This paper presents two applications of empirical microeconomics based on choice theoretic optimization principles. The first topic explores the determinants of subsistence time allocation in a utility theoretic model ...
Topics in international trade : the economic and environmental effect of capital liberalization in developing countries

Cho, Bong-jae (1996-01-09)

This paper uses general equilibrium static and dynamic models to examine the economic and environmental effect of capital liberalization policy based on the general equilibrium static and dynamic models. The first top ...
Two essays in microeconomic theory and econometrics

Mynbaev, Kairat T. (1995-05-02)

The thesis contains two chapters which address questions important both for the economic theory and applications. In Chapter I we show that inequalities are an important tool in the theory of production functions. Var ...
Valuing Snake River salmon : a test of contingent value survey methods

Rooney, Brian T. (1997-06-12)

This paper provides probit estimates of willingness to pay for Snake River salmon recovery projects using the contingent value survey method. Two types of survey method are tested, the direct question format and the ra ...