Whereas a large number of empirical studies have been devoted to analyzing determinants of environmental compliance (EC) by firms, less attention has been paid to EC by public water systems (PWS). To address this gap in the literature, this article uses data on compliance with maximum...

Using insights from economics, pediatrics, psychology, and sociology, this paper examines the effects of income, income inequality, neighborhood characteristics, maternal health, participation in religious services, breastfeeding, household smoking, and racial/ethnic composition of population on...

"Whereas a large number of empirical studies have been devoted to analyzing determinants of environmental compliance (EC) by firms, less attention has been paid to EC by "public water systems" (PWS). To address this gap in the literature, this article uses data on compliance with "maximum...

Using five-minute data, market volatility in the Dow Jones Industrial Average is examined in the presence of trading collars. A polynomial specification is used for capturing intraday seasonality. Results indicate that market volatility is 3.4 % higher in declining markets when trading collars...

Economic literature on real estate markets, especially that on house prices, shows that houses cost more in better school districts. This paper evaluates the effect of open-enrollment (OE) in public school districts on house prices. We demonstrate a way for removing unobserved heterogeneity for...

This paper discusses an industrial project in which the objective was to develop a classification method for associating key characteristics of supplier/customer relationships with supplier evaluation focus groups and core supplier capabilities. A neural network model was developed to supplement...