This study extends the rational voter model to include a composite measure to capture the residual effects of internal, psychological, and/or sociological motivations not previously accounted for in empirical studies of voting in Presidential elections. These motives are referred to here as the...

We investigate how union rent seeking is affected by import competition. The myopic theory of union rent extraction assumes that unions attempt to maximize current rents. In such a scenario, unionization, even with import competition, may increase the rents earned by union workers. On the other...

Examination of the relationship between net population migration and wage levels in the United States. Number of migrants; Rates of net migration; Possibility for error in the study. (Abstract copyright EBSCO.)

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This paper extends the well known rational interest voting (rational voter) model to include a composite measure to capture the residual effects of internal, sociological motives not previously accounted for in empirical studies of general election voting. These motives are referred to here as...

This empirical study seeks to identify key aggregate-level economic and non-economic determinants of the expected benefits from voting and hence aggregate voter turnout. A unique dimension of this study is the hypothesis that PAC (political action committee) election campaign contributions,...

For the period 1963-1994, this study (a) empiracally investigates the impact of structural federal budget deficits on the commercial bank cost of deposits and prime rate of interest and (b) provides currentlupdated information through 1994 on this important policy issue of the interest rate...