The fields of psychometrics, economic education, and education have developed more statistically- valid methods of assessing knowledge and learning. These methods include item response theory, value-added learning models, and disaggregated learning. The focus of these methods are on...

This paper establishes a new method of estimating public dissent that is both cost effective and adaptable. Twitter allows users to post short messages that can be viewed and shared by other users, creating a network of freely and easily observable information. Drawing data directly from...

Economic theory on the subject of barriers to entry focuses almost exclusively on firms seeking to preserve market power and economic profits. In this paper, we propose that, under certain circumstances, firms may instead choose to reduce barriers to entry as a profit-maximizing mechanism. We...