In this paper, we specify a Random Utility Model of Demand for Deposits inthe U.S. Banking Industry, assessing its particular characteristics, such as a large number of participants, a large number of markets and an unbalanced panel (many banks participate in only one market and no bank...

Analyzing millions of patents granted by the USPTO between 1976 and 2020, we find a pattern where specific patents only rise to prominence after considerable time has passed. Amongst these late-blooming influential patents, we show that there are key players (patent hunters) who consistently...

Econometric and time series model are utilized to study price linkages between the U.S. and chicken export markets. VAR model results show export price is affected by its past and leg-quarters prices. Econometric estimation results suggest a negative relationship between export price and broiler...

Our analysis of the market for professional baseball players shows that domestic labor-market restrictions have reduced domestic employment, especially of African-Americans, with employers instead shifting employment overseas. Our theoretical model suggests that, in 1965, the imposition of both...

The United States has trade deals with pharmaceutical terms that go beyond the requirements in World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements with 17 countries. Some are more than a decade old, but just two studies have ever assessed how those trade agreements affected prices in practice. This...

Manufacturing accounts for more than three-quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The competitive shock to this sector emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how...

Manufacturing accounts for more than three-quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The competitive shock to this sector emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U.S. patents matched to corporate owners, we quantify how...