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  • Parking policy with heterogeneous agents

    Creator:
    Spratt, Jake
    Abstract:
    This paper investigates the potential welfare gains resulting from variable parking fees in the presence of heterogeneous agents. We begin by defining a modified linear city model with two lots located at separate distances from a central business district, and two types of agents with heterogeneous values of time. Agents...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Starr McMullen and Patrick Emerson quite sin- cerely for their time dedicated to this project, and

  • Efficiency and productivity in U.S. commercial banking : a non-parametric approach

    Creator:
    Onkiso, Abinet
    Abstract:
    In this paper, I estimate efficiency and productivity change in the U.S. banking industry. The data consist of annual observations of 25 banks from 2004 to 2008. The paper follows a two-stage procedure. In the first-stage, utilizing the non-parametric methodologies, input-oriented Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model and DEA based Malmquist...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • The effects of population age on trade

    Creator:
    Peterson, Zack T.
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    This paper empirically examines the effects of population aging on international trade using a cross-country panel data set for a select group of 22 OECD countries. Other recent studies have examined the effects of population age on other economic variables such as growth, savings, and investment but none till now...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Age on Trade. Abstract approved: Patrick M. Emerson This paper empirically examines