Browsing by Author "Gronberg, Timothy"

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    • Adverse Selection and Advantageous Selection in Insurance Markets 
      Wu, Xi (2014-08-08)
      This dissertation consists of three essays about adverse selection and advantageous selection in life insurance and health insurance markets. Firstly, I confirm the advantageous selection in voluntary private health ...
    • Are Charters the Best Alternative? 
      Gronberg, Timothy; Jansen, Dennis; Taylor, Lori (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-01-01)
      Texas has been part of the charter school movement since 1995, when the 74th Texas Legislature authorized the State Board of Education to establish open enrollment (OE) charter schools in the state. According to the Texas ...
    • Asymmetric Information in Common-Value Auctions and Contests: Theory and Experiments 
      Rentschler, Lucas Aaren (2011-10-21)
      In common-value auctions and contests economic agents often have varying levels of information regarding the value of the good to be allocated. Using theoretical and experimental analysis, I examine the effect of ...
    • Cost, efficiency, and the optimal number of firms in spatial markets 
      Watson, John Keit (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)
      In markets where firms and buyers are separated by costly distance, the degree of competition is believed by some economists to be less than perfect. Under these circumstances, many economists have demonstrated through the ...
    • The Effectiveness and The Goals of Foreign Aid: An Empirical Examination of Sectoral Aid’s Influence on Mitigating Conflicts and Violence 
      Zhang, Yu (2012-10-19)
      The objectives of foreign aid are closely associated with the global political and economic issues during the last 60 years. In recent years foreign aid flows have been considerably influenced by international terrorism. ...
    • Essays in the Economics of Altruistic Behavior 
      Priday, Benjamin Avin (2020-07-15)
      The economics of altruistic behavior, and specifically the economics of charitable giving, is a large and rich field of research. This is not without cause: charitable giving is a significant household decision. We contribute ...
    • Estimating the effects of new product promotion on U.S. beef in Guatemala 
      Leister, Amanda Marie (2009-06-02)
      The implementation of the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) has expanded trade opportunities for U.S. agricultural producers. U.S. beef is a critical product affected by the legislation, ...
    • Experiments in Altruism and Charitable Giving 
      Harwell, Haley Anne (2016-05-02)
      This dissertation introduces three sections on giving, employing a variety of methods in different environments to investigate giving. The first section, utilizes a simple incentivized game to assess differences in ...
    • Guns and Grades 
      Bornman, Katherine Christophers
      Laws protecting the right to carry a concealed handgun on college campuses have been passed in eleven states to date, March 25, 2017, and additional states are considering similar legislation. A primary intent of these ...
    • Inter-country empirical analysis of a robust Lorenz distribution of income 
      Duh, Fwu-Jen Sandr (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)
      An alternative to the traditional approach, this study designs some new approximations of Lorenz distribution of income by specifying functional forms of the Lorenz curve directly and then to estimate the parameters of ...
    • Modeling Structural Changes in Market Demand and Supply 
      Park, Beom Su (2011-10-21)
      Economic events may cause structural changes in markets. To know the effect of the economic event we should analyze the structural changes in the market demand and supply. The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the ...
    • Ownership and Health Care 
      Nighohossian, Jeremy (2013-05-01)
      The United States Health Care sector is a large and growing segment of the US economy. Herein, I present three distinct research projects regarding aspects of that industry, especially how it responds to public policy and ...
    • The Sign-up Game, Sophisticated Learning and Learning Variable Demand 
      Watugala, Megha Weerakooon (2009-05-15)
      This dissertation makes contributions in topics related to mechanism design and learn-ing in game theoretic environments through three essays. The rst essay deals withthe question of mechanism design in the principal-agent ...
    • Smaller Classes and Student Achievement: Three Papers Exploring the Class Size Effect 
      Collins, Courtney (2011-08-08)
      This dissertation analyzes the effect of smaller classes on student performance using student-level test score data from the state of Texas, focusing on three specific issues: heterogeneity in the returns to smaller classes ...
    • Three Essays on Pro-social Behavior 
      Zhan, Wei (2017-07-31)
      In this dissertation, I study individuals’ prosocial behaviors. I focus on the topics of charitable giving, measuring altruism, and trust. The first essay studies the effectiveness of fundraising campaigns with volunteer ...
    • Two Essay in Labor and Public Economics 
      Huaroto, Noelia Ruth Paez (2011-10-21)
      This dissertation studies the effects of female labor market participation on fertility spacing in U.S., and the impact of special language programs on academic achievement of English language learners in Texas public ...
    • Two Essays on Premarital Cohabitation and Divorce 
      Liu, Chia-Hua (2013-12-09)
      This dissertation studies the effect of premarital cohabitation on women’s propensity to divorce and women’s divorce risk. The dissertation focuses on various selection issues in a woman’s decision to start a relationship ...
    • Why Do Asian Students Study Harder? Implications of a Model of Academic Competition 
      Gronberg, Timothy; Liu, Liqun (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-08-28)
      Popularized by the OECD’s PISA rankings of a few dozen countries/regions according to the test results of their 15 year olds, Asian students’ impressive academic achievements are now well known. Each of the top five ...
    • Workforce Demand and the Skills Gap in Texas 
      Gronberg, Timothy; Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Sinha, Somali Ghosh (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-09-06)
      Community colleges are an important provider of educational services and play a critical role in meeting the workforce demands of Texas employers. This study focuses on the role of community colleges as occupational skills ...