The subject of the present thesis is to apply microeconometrictechniques to labor economics and criminal behavior. There are twoindependent chapters. The aim of chapter one is to build andestimate an econometric model of recidivism for the United Statesusing data set of released prisoners from...

Based on Kamatas item analysis model (2001), an extension for differential item functioning procedure was developed and the applicability was examined. The Kamatas item analysis model is a type of hierarchical generalized linear model for item analysis, in which items are considered as nested in...

The goal of this paper is to examine two empirical issues regarding stock liquidity: (1) to what degree are different liquidity proxies correlated? and (2) how are different liquidity proxies related to stocks' trading characteristics? Answers to these questions will help us better understand...