Using the basic economic principle of making decisions using a cost-benefit framework—and how changes in one or the other can result in a different decision—this book uncovers how various groups responded to incentives provided by the Prohibition legislation. Using this calculus, it is clear...

Using the 1999 to 2004 NHANES micro data files, this paper estimates the economic impact of clinical depression on the labor market outcomes of young adults between the ages of 20 and 39. For all 20 to 39 year olds, women, and low-income individuals, we find that depression is associated with a...

Supervising multiple undergraduate research projects poses challenges. The literature is flush with techniques for guiding faculty initiated research groups, but little addresses simultaneously mentoring multiple student initiated projects. An adaptation of McElroy’s Mentor Demonstration Model...

Economics appears to be lagging behind other fields in the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom. Twitter is an online microblogging utility, permitting posts of up to 140 characters called tweets. The utility is rapidly making its way into secondary and post-secondary classrooms as...

Introduction -- Part I Land Use -- Chapter 1. The Case for Dynamic Cities -- Chapter 2. What’s Wrong with American Land Use: Market Failures, Bad Policies, or Politics? -- Part II. Education -- Chapter 3. Funding Students Instead of Systems: The Case for School Choice,” -- Chapter 4. The...

Economics appears to be lagging behind other fields in the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom. Twitter is an online microblogging utility, permitting posts of up to 140 characters called tweets. The utility is rapidly making its way into secondary and post-secondary classrooms as...