Economist commonly use recreational demand models to estimate benefits visitors receive from consumption of a specific site. These models also capture impacts of recreational activities consumed and help to determine the value consumers place on the factors that influence their choice to visit a...

We extend the literature on house price cash differentials in important ways. First, our paper is the first to employ methods to correct for sample selection bias, using both switching regression and propensity score matching of cash vs. non-cash transactions. We use selection models to produce...

In this paper we examine the impacts of toxic chemical releases on labor productivity. The hypothesis is that exposure to releases results in chronic or acute illnesses, which increases number of work days lost. To test the hypothesis we combine data from the National Health Interview Survey...