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Cross-Price Elasticity and Income Elasticity of Demand: Are Your Students Confused? (with PHILIP E. GRAVES and ROBERT L. SEXTON), The American Economist (2009)

The authors demonstrate that most textbooks are ambiguous at best in their treatment of cross-price...

 

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Cross-Price Elasticity and Income Elasticity of Demand: Are Your Students Confused? (with PHILIP E. GRAVES and ROBERT L. SEXTON), The American Economist (2009)

The authors demonstrate that most textbooks are ambiguous at best in their treatment of cross-price...

 

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Using Short Movie and Television Clips in the Economics Principles Class, Journal of Economic Education (2007)

The author describes a teaching method that uses powerful contemporary media, movie and television clips,...

 

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Demand and Supply Curves: Rotations Versus Shifts (with PHILIP E. GRAVES and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Atlantic Economic Journal (2006)

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Demand and Supply Curves: Rotations Versus Shifts (with PHILIP E. GRAVES and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Atlantic Economic Journal (2006)

There is no abstract for this brief contribution.

 

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New Entry and the Rate of Return to Education: The Case of Registered Nurses (with SURREY WALTON, PHILIP E. GRAVES, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Atlantic Economic Journal (2005)

In the 1970's, the percentage of high school graduates completing RN training increased with little...

 

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New Entry and the Rate of Return to Education: The Case of Registered Nurses (with SURREY WALTON, PHILIP E. GRAVES, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Atlantic Economic Journal (2005)

In the 1970's, the percentage of high school graduates completing RN training increased with little...

 

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Hedonic wage equations for higher education faculty (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, JAMES R. MARCHAND, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Economics of Education Review (2002)

This paper discusses the use of hedonic techniques to theoretically and empirically understand the wages...

 

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Hedonic wage equations for higher education faculty (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, JAMES R. MARCHAND, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Economics of Education Review (2002)

This paper discusses the use of hedonic techniques to theoretically and empirically understand the wages...

 

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Computing the Extent of Circumvention of Proposition 13: A Response (with Gary M. Galles), American Journal of Economics and Sociology, (2000)

ABSTRACT. Galles and Sexton (1998) showed that California state and local revenues exceeded their previous...

 

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An Alternative Tale of Two Tax Jurisdictions: A Reply (with Gary Galles), American Journal of Economics and Sociology (1999)

ABSTRACT. Cebula (1999) suggests that the success of California's Proposition 13 and Massachusetts' Proposition 2-1/2...

 

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Amenities and Fringe Benefits: Omitted Variable Bias (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, ROBERT L. SEXTON, and MICHELLE M. ARTHUR), American Journal of Economics and Sociology (1999)

If labor is fairly mobile, as it is in the United States, one would expect...

 

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Amenities and Fringe Benefits: Omitted Variable Bias (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, ROBERT L. SEXTON, and MICHELLE M. ARTHUR), American Journal of Economics and Sociology (1999)

If labor is fairly mobile, as it is in the United States, one would expect...

 

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Slope Versus Elasticity and the Burden of Taxation (with PHILIP E. GRAVES and DWIGHT R. LEE), Journal of Economic Education (1996)

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Slope Versus Elasticity and the Burden of Taxation (with PHILIP E. GRAVES and DWIGHT R. LEE), Journal of Economic Education (1996)

There is no abstract for this brief paper.

 

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Union Myopia and the Taxation of Capital (with DWIGHT LEE, ROBERT L. SEXTON, and PHILIP E. GRAVES), Journal of Social, Political & Economic Studies (1995)

After an extensive discussion of the nature of the interactions among unions, corporations, and government,...

 

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Union Myopia and the Taxation of Capital (with DWIGHT LEE, ROBERT L. SEXTON, and PHILIP E. GRAVES), Journal of Social, Political & Economic Studies (1995)

After an extensive discussion of the nature of the interactions among unions, corporations, and government,...

 

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Diseconomies of School District Size, The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies (1995)
 

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Restriction Taxation: The Impact of Proposition 13 on California Tax and Expenditure Trends (with Gary M. Galles and James E. Long), The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies (1995)

Abstract: This paper examines trends in California taxes and expenditures at the state and local...

 

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Speed Variance, Enforcement, and the Optimal Speed Limit (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, DWIGHT LEE, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Economics Letters (1993)

A model of the optimal speed limit is developed which explicitly recognizes the roles of...

 

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Speed Variance, Enforcement, and the Optimal Speed Limit (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, DWIGHT LEE, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Economics Letters (1993)

A model of the optimal speed limit is developed which explicitly recognizes the roles of...

 

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The Short-and Long-Run Marginal Cost Curve: A Pedagogical Note (with ROBERT L. SEXTON, PHILIP E. GRAVES, and DWIGHT R. LEE), Journal of Economic Education (1993)

There is no abstract for this brief contribution.

 

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The Short-and Long-Run Marginal Cost Curve: A Pedagogical Note (with ROBERT L. SEXTON, PHILIP E. GRAVES, and DWIGHT R. LEE), Journal of Economic Education (1993)

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Incorporating Inventories into Supply and Demand Analysis (with ROBERT L. SEXTON, ROBERT W. CLOWER, PHILIP E. GRAVES, and DWIGHT R. LEE), Atlantic Economic Journal (1992)

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Incorporating Inventories into Supply and Demand Analysis (with ROBERT L. SEXTON, ROBERT W. CLOWER, PHILIP E. GRAVES, and DWIGHT R. LEE), Atlantic Economic Journal (1992)

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Controlling the Abandonment of Automobiles: Mandatory Deposits vs Fines (with DWIGHT LEE, PHILIP E. GRAVES, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Journal of Urban Economics (1992)

There is no abstract, but the paper describes first-best solutions to the abandonment of automobiles,...

 

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Controlling the Abandonment of Automobiles: Mandatory Deposits vs Fines (with DWIGHT LEE, PHILIP E. GRAVES, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Journal of Urban Economics (1992)

There is no abstract, but the paper describes first-best solutions to the abandonment of automobiles,...

 

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Statutes versus Enforcement: The Case of the Optimal Speed Limit (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, DWIGHT R. LEE, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), American Economic Review (1989)

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Statutes versus Enforcement: The Case of the Optimal Speed Limit (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, DWIGHT R. LEE, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), American Economic Review (1989)

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A Pollution Control Approach to Analysis of the Balanced Budget Amendment (with Dwight R. Lee), A.merican Journal of Economics and Sociology (1988)

Fiscal Pollution (excessive budget deficits), in certain aspects, is like environmental pollution. In both types...

 

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A Note on Interfirm Implications of Wages and Status (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, DWIGHT LEE, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Journal of Labor Research (1987)

This paper does not have an abstract, but examines inter-firm implications of some prior explorations...

 

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A Note on Interfirm Implications of Wages and Status (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, DWIGHT LEE, and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Journal of Labor Research (1987)

This paper does not have an abstract, but examines inter-firm implications of some prior explorations...

 

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Development, Mobility and Slavery: Real Income and Spatial Equilibrium in the Postbellum South (with PHILIP E. GRAVES and ROBERT L. SEXTON), American Economist (1986)

The paper lacks an abstract but provides additional insights into why blacks remained in the...

 

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Development, Mobility and Slavery: Real Income and Spatial Equilibrium in the Postbellum South (with PHILIP E. GRAVES and ROBERT L. SEXTON), American Economist (1986)

The paper lacks an abstract but provides additional insights into why blacks remained in the...

 

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A Multi-Disciplinary Interpretation of Migration: Amenity Capitalization in Both Labor and Land Markets (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, ROBERT L. SEXTON, and THOMAS A. KNAPP), The Annals of Regional Science (1984)

Various disciplines have produced models to explain and predict migration. A model is presented providing...

 

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A Multi-Disciplinary Interpretation of Migration: Amenity Capitalization in Both Labor and Land Markets (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, ROBERT L. SEXTON, and THOMAS A. KNAPP), The Annals of Regional Science (1984)

Various disciplines have produced models to explain and predict migration. A model is presented providing...

 

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Overurbanization and its Relation to Economic Growth for Less Developed Countries (with PHILIP E. GRAVES and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Economy Forum (1979)

This paper does not have an abstract but examines the role of urbanization and over-urbanization...

 

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Overurbanization and its Relation to Economic Growth for Less Developed Countries (with PHILIP E. GRAVES and ROBERT L. SEXTON), Economy Forum (1979)

This paper does not have an abstract but examines the role of urbanization and over-urbanization...

 

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THE PECULIAR IMMOBILITY: Regional affinity and the Postbellum Black Migrant (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, ROBERT L. SEXTON, and RICHARD VEDDER), PHILIP E GRAVES (2012)

Why did newly freed slaves and their descendants wait a half a century before migrating...

 

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THE PECULIAR IMMOBILITY: Regional affinity and the Postbellum Black Migrant (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, ROBERT L. SEXTON, and RICHARD VEDDER), PHILIP E GRAVES (2012)

Why did newly freed slaves and their descendants wait a half a century before migrating...

 

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The Educational Choice Anomaly for Principles Students: Using Ordinary Supply and Demand Rather than Indifference Curves (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, ROBERT L. SEXTON, and LAUREN CALIMERIS), PHILIP E GRAVES (2010)

The “surprise value” of many economic observations makes our discipline quite interesting for many students....

 

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The Educational Choice Anomaly for Principles Students: Using Ordinary Supply and Demand Rather than Indifference Curves (with PHILIP E. GRAVES, ROBERT L. SEXTON, and LAUREN CALIMERIS), PHILIP E GRAVES (2010)

The “surprise value” of many economic observations makes our discipline quite interesting for many students....