Departmental Research Publications
Recent Faculty Publications
Jeffrey J. Yankow, "A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of State Economic Freedom on Individual Wages."
Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, forthcoming.
Jason Jones, “Cross-border banking in the expanded EU.
” Eastern European Economics, forthcoming.
Melanie Cozad, "Fuel Price Increases and the Timing of Changes in Household Driving Decisions," with Jacob LaRiviere.
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, forthcoming.
Nathaniel Cook, "Using Trade Policy to Influence Firm Location," with John Douglas Wilson.
Economics Letters 119(1), April 2013, 45-47.
Jason Jones, "Discretionary Fiscal Policy in the European Monetary Union."
Modern Economy 3(6), October 2012, 742-751.
Jason Jones, External Influences on Business Cycle Synchronization in the Euro Area," with Nora Collins and Lauren Scribnick.
International Advances in Economic Research, 18(1), Feb. 2012, 28-40.
Jeffrey J. Yankow, "The Impact of Advertising on Fund Flows in Alternative Distribution Channels" with Thomas I. Smythe, Michael Jones, and Vance Lesseig.
International Journal of Financial Research 2(1), March 2011, 2-22.
Nathaniel Cook and
Kailash Khandke, "Competition in Economics," in
Competition: A Multidiscplinary Analysis, Wade B. Worthen, A. Scott Henderson, Paul R. Rasmussen, and T. Lloyd Benson, eds. (Boston: Sense Publishers, 2009).
Jeffrey J. Yankow, "Some Empirical Evidence of the Efficacy of Job Matching in Urban Labor Markets," International Advances in Economic Research 15(2), May 2009, 233-44.
Jeffrey J. Yankow, "Why Do Cities Pay More? An Empirical Examination of Some Competing Theories of the Urban Wage Premium," Journal of Urban Economics 60(2), September 2006, 139-61.
Jeffrey J. Yankow, "The Geographic Mobility of Displaced Workers: Do Local Labor Market Conditions Matter?" Review of Regional Studies 34(2), Fall 2004, 120-136.
Jeffrey J. Yankow, "Do Neighborhoods Affect Hours Worked? Evidence from Longitudinal Data," with Bruce A. Weinberg and Patricia B. Reagan. Journal of Labor Economics 22(4), October 2004, 891-924.
Kailash Khandke, "The Case for Asian Economics in the Liberal Arts Curriculum." ASIANetwork Exchange 11(1), Fall 2003, 23-26.
Jeffery J. Yankow, "Migration, Job Change, and Wage Growth: A New Perspective on the Pecuniary Return to Geographic Mobility," Journal of Regional Science 43(3), August 2003, 483-516.
Jeffery J. Yankow, "Does Distance Matter? A Comparison of Boundary and Distance-Based Measure of Internal Migration," Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 28(3), 2002/2003, 161-175.
Jeffrey J. Yankow, "Migration, Job Change, and Sample Selection: A Probit Approach to Estimating the Determinants of Internal Migration," Pennsylvania Economic Review 12(1), Spring 2003, 1-11
Mary Jean Horney, "The Economic Status of South Carolina Counties: Geographic Contrasts," in the Status of Women in South Carolina, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington D.C., 2002, 52-53.
Mary Jean Horney, "Racial Disparities in South Carolina Women's Economic Status," in The Status of Women in South Carolina, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Washington D.C., 2002, 31-32.
Kailash Khandke, "Political Business Cycles: A Review and Reexamination," International Advances in Economic Research (Research Note Section) 8(3), August 2002, 261.
Kailash Khandke and Ken Peterson, "The Tangency Requirement Between Average Revenue and Average Cost Curves," Atlantic Economic Journal 30(2), June 2002, 219.
Kenneth D. Peterson, "Using a Geographic Information System to Teach Economics," Journal of Economic Education 31(2), Spring 2000, 169-178.
Kailash Khandke, "From Rhythm and Blues to Broadway: Using Music to Teach Economics" (with Frank D. Tinari), Journal of Economic Education 31(3), Summer 2000, 253-270.
Recent Student Publications
Nora Collins and
Lauren Sribnick. “External Influences on Business Cycle Synchronization in the Euro Area,” with Jason Jones,
International Advances in Economic Research, forthcoming.
Viktoriya Nikolova and
Michael S. Bargar "Determinants of Self-Employment in the United States,"
Undergraduate Economic Review: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 2, 2010.
Available at:
http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/uer/vol6/iss1/2
Samuel Giffin and
Quinton White. "Why Not Women Too? An Analysis of the Effects of Women's Martial Status and Other Related Factors on Wages,"
Issues in Political Economy Vol. 17, July 2008.
Billy Grams,
Michael Root, and
Thad Wilson, "Are “New Urban” Neighborhood Design Characteristics Associated with Greater Levels of Social Capital within Neighborhoods? : Evidence from Greenville, South Carolina,"
Undergraduate Economic Review: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 5, 2006.
Available at:
http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/uer/vol2/iss1/5
Adnan Filipovic. "Impact of Privatization on Economic Growth," Issues in Political Economy Vol. 14, July 2005.
Lindsey Bowen and Jennifer Doyle. "Gender Differences in Employed Job Search," Issues in Political Economy Vol. 13, July 2004.
M. Todd Carroll and J. Grady Powell. "The Immediate Returns to Early Career Mobility," Issues in Political Economy Vol. 11, July 2002.
Boryana Dimitrova. "An Empirical Model of Voting Behavior in the Bulgarian Parliamentary Elections of 1994," American Economist 44(2), Fall 2000, 71-77. (Winner of the Frank W. Taussig Award for best undergraduate paper in 2000.)
Undergraduate Research Opportunities