I conduct an event study on the proposed $26.5 billion merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. Positive and statistically significant stock price effects are observed for the merging firms in response to credible rumors of the transaction, but large and negative returns are observed after the...

Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (“BLS”) data on industry employment, I quantify the effect on telecommunications jobs of the Obama Administration's regulatory revival in telecommunications using the difference-in-differences (“DiD”) estimator. I find that over the period 2010-2016,...

Recent legislation passed in March 2012 in the State of Utah – the “Transfer of Public Lands Act and Related Study,” (“TPLA”) also commonly referred to House Bill 148 (“H.B. 148”) – has demanded that the federal government, by December 31, 2014, “extinguish title” to certain...

Breaking apart from Russia : a special challenge for Kazakhstan -- Agreeing to manage economic policies in Uzbekistan -- Economics determines politics for Nazarbayev -- Connecting specific reform policies to investment and business

Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Breaking Apart from Russia -- 2. Agreeing to Manage Economic Policies in Uzbekistan -- 3. Economics Determines Politics for Nazarbayev -- 4. Connecting Specific Reform Policies to Investment and Business --...