"This study examines the enrollment decisions of freshmen applicants to highly selective private colleges relative to highly selective public colleges. The empirical analysis shows that college enrollment varies by family income-in particular, low-income students with demonstrated financial need...

"Starting in the mid-1990s, the U.S. petroleum industry experienced a wave of mergers, several of them between large petroleum companies that were previously competitors. Using an econometric analysis of terminal city-specific data, this study finds that the majority of the mergers led to higher...