One expects people with graduate training in economics to have a deeper understanding of economic processes and reasoning than people without such training. However, as others have noted over the past 25 years, modern graduate education may emphasize mathematics and technique to the detriment of...

The economic costs of adverse health effects associated with exposure to wildfire smoke should be given serious consideration in determining the optimal wildfire management policy. Unfortunately, the literature in this research area is thin. In an effort to better understand the nature of these...

While the mortality impacts of urban air pollution have been well addressed in the literature, very little is known about the mortality impacts and associated social cost from wildfire-smoke exposure (Kochi et al., 2010; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2004). In an attempt to address this...

Este estudio estima los factores determinantes de los niveles de emisión de dióxido de azufre (SO2) utilizando modelos estructurales con datos de panel a nivel estatal en México. El modelo se calcula para las emisiones de SO2 de diferentes fuentes de contaminación, en concreto, fuentes de la...

In this paper we present an analytical framework to study the demands of foreign and domestic factors of production of the maquiladora industry. We derive the net profitability of demanding high instead of low quality inputs. We argue that differences in the quality of inputs between foreign and...

La apertura del acceso mundial a la educación implica una tendencia positiva en la matriculación de estudiantes y el caso del nivel universitario en México no es la excepción. Paradójicamente, este incremento conlleva el riesgo de traducirse en un incremento en la tasa de abandono escolar...

En una economía con fines altruistas existen transferencias privadas que redistribuyen el ingreso a través de un mecanismo de mercado. Las transferencias privadas modifican la distribución de la carga fiscal y la habilidad del gobierno de recaudar ingreso público a través de impuestos, por...

This study attempted to examine the economic efficiency of the sulfur dioxide (SO<Subscript>2</Subscript>) emissions control policy in Japan using a cost-benefit analysis (CBA). The SO<Subscript>2</Subscript> emissions control policy is divided into three stages by epochal policy decisions. Reducing the incidence of chronic bronchitis and...</subscript></subscript>

An empirical Bayes pooling method is used to combine and compare estimates of the value of a statistical life (VSL). The data come from 40 selected studies published between 1974 and 2002, containing 197 VSL estimates. The estimated composite distribution of empirical Bayes adjusted VSL has a...