This study presents an alternative to direct questioning and randomized response approaches to obtain survey information about sensitive issues. The approach used here is based on a logit model that can be used when survey data on the dependent variable are misclassified. The method is applied...

This note reviews the signaling models presented in the monetary economics literature, and offers a supplementary interpretation regarding the observed U.S. Treasury primacy in signaling. It is argued here that the legal authority given to the U.S. Treasury, under the Gold Reserve Act of 1934,...

Academic labor markets often exhibit steep hierarchies, with institutions at the top attempting to attract newly minted doctorates from similarly situated institutions in an effort to maintain or improve their reputations. Yet, despite recent research on labor market segmentation in academe, the...