This paper examines the rankings of the United States in key areas so that people can see for themselves how well the country is actually doing. Areas examined include: percentage of people living below the poverty line, children living in poverty, income inequality, median wealth per adult,...

The key objective of the present study is to investigate the impact of changes in selected macroeconomic variables on Indian stock market (Nifty 50 index). To estimate the relationship, multivariate regression model computed on standard ordinary linear square method have been used. The time...

This paper uses the Markov Switching VAR model to examine the dynamics relationships between stock returns and housing returns in the US covering the periods from 1987 to 2017. The results show significant regime-dependent auto-correlations in stock and housing returns in both the high...

Elite economics PhD programs aim to train graduate students for a lifetime of academic research. This paper asks how advising affects graduate students' post-PhD research productivity. Advising is highly concentrated: at the eight highly-selective schools in our study, a minority of advisors do...

This study examines high school effects on the labor market success of young adults, above and beyond individual and family characteristics. We employ data from two longitudinal, nationally probability samples: the National Longitudinal Study and the High School and Beyond study and the 5th and...

The paper describes the exchange program in between the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee and the University of Potsdam in the field of economics. It discusses in detail the development of the program, including the problems and challenges. Additionally a brief description of the curriculum is...