Publications

by members of

Department of Economics
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana (United States)

Working papers

2008

1. Micha Gisser & James E. McClure & Giray Ökten & Gary Santoni, 2008. "Some Anomalies Arising from Bandwagons that Impart Upward-Sloping Segments to Market Demand," Working Papers 200804, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Dec 2008. [Downloadable!]
2. Tung Liu & Courtenay C. Stone & Gary J. Santoni, 2008. "Federal Securities Regulations and Stock Market Returns," Working Papers 200803, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Dec 2008. [Downloadable!]
3. Tung Liu & Kui-Wai Li, 2008. "Revisiting Solow’s Decomposition of Economic and Productivity Growth," Working Papers 200805, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Dec 2008. [Downloadable!]
4. Kui-Wai Li & Tung Liu & Lihong Yun, 2008. "Decomposition of Economic and Productivity Growth in Post-reform China," Working Papers 200806, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Dec 2008. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. John B. Horowitz & Stanley R. Keil & Lee C. Spector, 2007. "Do Charter Schools Affect Property Values?," Working Papers 200707, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Nov 2007. [Downloadable!]
2. Philip R. P. Coelho & James E. McClure, 2007. "The Market for Lemmas," Working Papers 200702, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Apr 2007. [Downloadable!]
3. Kui-Wai Li & Tung Liu & Lihong Yun, 2007. "Technology Progress, Efficiency, and Scale of Economy in Post-reform China," Working Papers 200701, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Apr 2007. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Lee C. Spector, 2006. "What Research Now Needs to Tell Policy Makers about School Choice," Working Papers 200604, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Aug 2006. [Downloadable!]
2. Tung Liu & Courtenay Cliff Stone, 2006. "Law and Statistical Disorder: Statistical Hypothesis Test Procedures And the Criminal Trial Analogy," Working Papers 200601, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised May 2007. [Downloadable!]
3. Mikael Bask & Tung Liu & Anna Widerberg, 2006. "The Stability of Electricity Prices: Estimation and Inference of the Lyapunov Exponent," Working Papers 200603, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Apr 2006. [Downloadable!]

2005

1. Stanley R. Keil & Lee C. Spector, 2005. "The Impact of Wal-Mart on Employment Andwage Differentials in Alabama," Working Papers 200508, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Dec 2005. [Downloadable!]
2. Lee C. Spector, 2005. "Macroeconomic Models and the Determination of Crowding Out," Working Papers 200511, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Mar 2006. [Downloadable!]
3. Tung Liu & Gary Santoni & Courtenay Cliff Stone, 2005. "Federal Securities Regulations and Stock Market Returns," Working Papers 200501, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Jan 2005. [Downloadable!]
4. Tung Liu & Kui-Wai Li, 2005. "Disparity in Factor Contributions between Coastal and Inner Provinces in Post-reform China," Working Papers 200502, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Apr 2006. [Downloadable!]
5. Stanley R. Keil, 2005. "Did Proximity to Ports Have Any Bearing on Urban Growth between 1970 and 2000?," Working Papers 200509, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Dec 2005. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. James E. McClure & Lee C. Spector, 2004. "Plus/Minus Grading and Motivation: An Empirical Study of Student Choice and Performance," Working Papers 200401, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Jan 2005. [Downloadable!]
2. Philip R. P. Coelho & James E. McClure, 2004. "Learning from Failure," Working Papers 200402, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Jan 2005. [Downloadable!]

2003

1. Tung Liu & Lee C. Spector, 2003. "Dynamic employment adjustments over business cycles," Working Papers 200302, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Jan 2005. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Philip R. P. Coelho & James E. McClure & John A. Spry, 2002. "The Social Responsibility of Corporate Management: A Classical Critique," Working Papers 200201, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Jan 2003. [Downloadable!]

1999

1. Tung Liu & Chung-Ming Kuan, 1999. "The Nonlinear Intraday Pattern of Futures Market Exchange Rates: An Application of Neural Network Models," Computing in Economics and Finance 1999 1042, Society for Computational Economics.

1997

1. James E. McClure & Lee C. Spector, 1997. "Behavior and Performance in the Economics Classroom," Working Papers 199701, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Jan 2003. [Downloadable!]

1996

1. James E. McClure & Lee C. Spector, 1996. "Tournament Performance and ‘Agency’ Problems: An Empirical Investigation of ‘March Madness’," Working Papers 199601, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Jan 1997. [Downloadable!]
2. Philip R. P. Coelho & James E. McClure, 1996. "Social context and the utility of wealth: Addressing the Markowitz challenge," Working Papers 199602, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Jan 1998. [Downloadable!]

1993

1. James E. McClure & T. Norman Van Cott, 1993. "Public Choice at the Little Bighorn," Working Papers 199301, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Jan 1994. [Downloadable!]

1991

1. James E. McClure & Lee C. Spector, 1991. "Joint Product Signals of Product Quality," Working Papers 199101, Ball State University, Department of Economics, revised Apr 1991. [Downloadable!]

1989

1. R.W. Gilmer & S.R. Keil & R.S. Mack, 1989. "The location quotient and central place theory," Research Paper 8916, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. [Downloadable!]

Journal articles

2009

1. Micha Gisser & James E. McClure & Giray Okten & Gary Santoni, 2009. "Some Anomalies Arising from Bandwagons that Impart Upward Sloping Segments to Market Demand," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 6(1), pages 21-34, January. [Downloadable!]

2008

1. McClure, James & Kumcu, Erdogan, 2008. "Promotions and product pricing: Parsimony versus Veblenesque demand," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 65(1), pages 105-117, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Coelho, Philip R. P., 2008. "Economy and Society in the Age of Justinian. By Peter Sarris. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. viii, 258. ?80, cloth," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 68(03), pages 935-936, September. [Downloadable!]
3. James Koch, 2008. "The relative decline of a Musgrave ‘Merit Good:’ the case of public support of flagship public universities," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer, vol. 32(4), pages 368-379, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2007

1. Lee C. Spector & T. Norman Van Cott, 2007. "Textbooks and Pure Fiscal Policy: The Neglect of Monetary Basics," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 4(1), pages 60-70, January. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Philip R.P. Coelho and James E. McClure, 2006. "Why Has Critical Commentary Been Curtailed at Top Economics Journals? A Reply to Robert Whaples," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 3(2), pages 283-291, May. [Downloadable!]
2. James Koch, 2006. "Public Investment in University Distance Learning Programs: Some Performance-Based Evidence," Atlantic Economic Journal, International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 34(1), pages 23-32, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Koch, James V., 2006. "Much more at stake than Gewurztraminer: The U.S. Supreme Court's wine decision," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 49(3), pages 211-219. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Tung Liu & Lee C. Spector, 2005. "Dynamic employment adjustments over business cycles," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 30(1), pages 151-169, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Horowitz, John B. & Spector, Lee, 2005. "Is there a difference between private and public education on college performance?," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 189-195, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Philip R P Coelho & Frederick De Worken-Eley III & James E McClure, 2005. "Decline in Critical Commentary, 1963-2004," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 2(2), pages 355-361, August. [Downloadable!]
4. Philip R. P. Coelho & Daniel B. Klein & James E. McCure, 2005. "Rejoinder to Pesendorfer," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 2(1), pages 32-41, April. [Downloadable!]
5. Philip R.P. Coelho & James E. McClure, 2005. "Learning from Failure," American Journal of Business, American Journal of Business (Formerly Named "Mid-American Journal of Business"), vol. 20(1), pages 12-20. [Downloadable!]
6. Philip R. P. Coelho & James E. McClure, 2005. "Theory versus Application: Does Complexity Crowd Out Evidence?," Southern Economic Journal, Southern Economic Association, vol. 71(3), pages 556-565, January.

2004

1. Philip R.P. Coelho & Daniel B Klein & James E McClure, 2004. "Fashion Cycles in Economics," Econ Journal Watch, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, vol. 1(3), pages 437-454, December. [Downloadable!]
2. John B. Horowitz & H. Brian Moehring, 2004. "How property rights and patents affect antibiotic resistance," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(6), pages 575-583. [Downloadable!]

2003

1. Philip R. P. Coelho & James E. McClure & John A. Spry, 2003. "The Social Responsibility of Corporate Management: A Classical Critique," American Journal of Business, American Journal of Business (Formerly Named "Mid-American Journal of Business"), vol. 18(1), pages 15-24. [Downloadable!]
2. Koch, James V., 2003. "Are prices lower on the internet? Not always!," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 46(1), pages 47-52. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2002

1. John B. Horowitz, 2002. "Income Mobility and the Earned Income Tax Credit," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 40(3), pages 334-347, July.
2. John B. Horowitz, 2002. "Why Higher Real Wages May Reduce Altruism for the Poor," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 28(3), pages 351-362, Summer. [Downloadable!]
3. James V. Koch & Richard J. Cebula, 2002. "Price, Quality, And Service On The Internet: Sense And Nonsense," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 20(1), pages 25-37, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. Coelho, Philip R. P., 2001. "A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History. By Manuel De Landa. New York: Zone Books, 1997. Pp. 333. $16.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 61(04), pages 1165-1166, December. [Downloadable!]
2. Liu, Tung & Li, Kui-Wai, 2001. "Impact of liberalization of financial resources in China's economic growth: evidence from provinces," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 12(2), pages 245-262. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. James E. McClure & T. Norman Van Cott, 2000. "Teaching Note: Let's Stop Professing That the Legal Incidence of the Social Security Tax Is Irrelevant," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 26(4), pages 483-486, Fall. [Downloadable!]
2. Coelho, Philip R. P. & Mcguire, Robert A., 2000. "Diets Versus Diseases: The Anthropometrics of Slave Children," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 60(01), pages 232-246, March. [Downloadable!]

1999

1. Bohanon, Cecil E & Coelho, Philip R P, 1999. "The Costs of Free Land: The Oklahoma Land Rushes--Reply," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 165-67, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Coelho, Philip R.P., 1999. "Athenian Economy and Society. By Edward E. Cohen. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992. Pp. xviii, 288. $45.00, cloth; $16.95, paper," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 59(01), pages 205-206, March. [Downloadable!]
3. Coelho, Philip R.P., 1999. "Warriors Into Traders: The Power of the Market in Early Greece. By David W. Tandy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997. Pp. xv, 296. $45.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 59(01), pages 206-207, March. [Downloadable!]

1998

1. Coelho, Philip R. P. & McClure, James E., 1998. "Social context and the utility of wealth: Addressing the Markowitz challenge," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 37(3), pages 305-314, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Bohanon, Cecil E & Coelho, Philip R P, 1998. "The Costs of Free Land: The Oklahoma Land Rushes," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 205-21, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Coelho, Philip R. P., 1998. "Medieval and Early Modern Europe Birth of the Leviathan: Building States and Regimes in Medieval and Early Modern Eutvpe. By Thomas Ertman: New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Pp. xii, 363. $5," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 58(03), pages 874-875, September. [Downloadable!]
4. Coelho, Philip R. P., 1998. "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. By Jared Diamond. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997. Pp. 480. $27.50," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 58(04), pages 1179-1181, December. [Downloadable!]
5. Coelho, Philip R. P., 1998. "The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History. By Rodney Stark. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996. Pp. xiv, 245. $24.95," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 58(04), pages 1181-1183, December. [Downloadable!]

1997

1. James McClure & Lee Spector, 1997. "Tournament performance and “Agency” problems: An empirical investigation of “March madness”," Journal of Economics and Finance, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 61-68, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Coelho, Philip R. P. & McGuire, Robert A., 1997. "African and European Bound Labor in the British New World: The Biological Consequences of Economic Choices," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 57(01), pages 83-115, March. [Downloadable!]
3. Coelho, Philip R. P., 1997. "Civilizations and World Systems: Studying World-Historical Change. Edited by Stephen K. Sanderson. Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 1995. Pp. 324. $46.00, cloth; $24.95, paper," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 57(01), pages 262-263, March. [Downloadable!]
4. Stanley R. Keil, 1997. "Regional Trends in British Manufacturing Employment: Tests for Stationarity and Co-integration, 1952--1989," Regional Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 31(1), pages 13-24, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1996

1. Horowitz, John B & Bohanon, Cecil E, 1996. " Income Redistribution: An International Perspective," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 89(3-4), pages 305-23, December.

1995

1. Kuan, Chung-Ming & Liu, Tung, 1995. "Forecasting Exchange Rates Using Feedforward and Recurrent Neural Networks," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(4), pages 347-64, Oct.-Dec.. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Breit, William & Horowitz, John B, 1995. " Discrimination and Diversity: Market and Non-market Settings," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 84(1-2), pages 63-75, July.

1994

1. Samavati, Hedayeh & Dilts, David A. & Deitsch, Clarence R., 1994. "The Phillips Curve: Evidence of a "lady or tiger dilemma"," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 34(4), pages 333-345. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Cebula, Richard J. & Koch, James V., 1994. "Federal budget deficits, interest rates, and international capital flows: A further note," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 117-120. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1993

1. Hofler, Richard A. & Spector, Lee C., 1993. "Employment determination in macroeconomic models: Some empirical evidence," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 15(1), pages 123-138. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Coelho, Philip R P & McClure, James E, 1993. "Toward an Economic Theory of Fashion," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 31(4), pages 595-608, October.
3. Horowitz, John B, 1993. "Lifetime and Annual Marginal Costs of Redistribution in England, Sweden, and the United States," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 75(1), pages 143-47, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1992

1. Coelho, Philip R. P., 1992. "Portuguese Emigration to the United States, 1820?1930. By Maria Ioannis Benis Baganha. New York: Garland, 1990. Pp. xix, 422. $87.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 52(01), pages 227-228, March. [Downloadable!]
2. Liu, T & Granger, C W J & Heller, W P, 1992. "Using the Correlation Exponent to Decide whether an Economic Series is Chaotic," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 7(S), pages S25-39, Suppl. De. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1991

1. Cecil E. Bohanon, 1991. "An Economic Explanation For The Ineffectiveness Of Addiction Treatment," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 9(4), pages 116-119, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Coelho, Philip R. P. & Santoni, G. J., 1991. "Regulatory Capture and the Monetary Contraction of 1932: A Comment on Epstein and Ferguson," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 51(01), pages 182-189, March. [Downloadable!]

1990

1. Hofler, Richard A. & Spector, Lee C., 1990. "Testing for the correct error term distribution : A simple two-step test," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 34(4), pages 339-343, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Gohmann, Stephan F. & McClure, James E., 1990. "Unisex pensions and retirement," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 69-79, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Bohanon, Cecil E & McClure, James E & Van Cott, T Norman, 1990. "Government Inflation Statistics and the Inflation Tax on Money," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 45(1), pages 164-66.

1989

1. Koch, James V., 1989. "An economic profile of the Pacific Rim," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 32(2), pages 18-25. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1988

1. Spector, Lee C., 1988. "Female participation and the natural rate of unemployment: A reexamination," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 10(2), pages 309-318. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1987

1. Coelho, Philip R P & McClure, James E, 1987. "Barriers to Entry in the Market for Stud Services: Government and "Non-profit" Institutions in Collusion," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 25(4), pages 659-70, October.
2. Bohanon, Cecil E & Van Cott, T Norman, 1987. "Patinkin on a Money-Financed Increase in Government Expenditures: What Happened to Seigniorage?," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 42(2), pages 332-35.

1986

1. Bohanon, Cecil E & Van Cott, T Norman, 1986. "Labor Supply and Tax Rates: Comment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 76(1), pages 277-79, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Dilts, David A. & Deitsch, Clarence R., 1986. "Absentee workers back on the job: The case of GM," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 46-51. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1984

1. Brennan, Geoffrey & Bohanon, Cecil & Carter, Richard, 1984. "Public Finance and Public Prices: Towards a Reconstruction of Tax Theory," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 39(2), pages 157-81.

1983

1. Bohanon, Cecil, 1983. "McCaleb on Lindahl: A Comment [A Reconsideration of the Lindahl Model]," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 38(2), pages 326-31.

1981

1. Deitsch, Clarence R. & Dilts, David A., 1981. "Getting absent workers back on the job: The case of general motors," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 24(5), pages 52-58. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1978

1. Koch, James V & Chizmar, John F, Jr, 1978. "On the Structure of Faculty Salaries in Higher Education: Reply," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 16(1), pages 154-56, January.

1976

1. Coelho, Philip R P, 1976. "Polluters' Profits and Political Response: Direct Control versus Taxes: Comment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 66(5), pages 976-78, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Coelho, Philip R. P. & Shepherd, James F., 1976. "Regional differences in real wages: The United States, 1851-1880," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 13(2), pages 203-230, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Koch, James V & Chizmar, John F, Jr, 1976. "Sex Discrimination and Affirmative Action in Faculty Salaries," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 14(1), pages 16-24, March.

1975

1. Coelho, Philip R P, 1975. "Externalities, Liability, Separability, and Resource Allocation: Comment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 65(4), pages 721-23, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1974

1. Ireland, Thomas R. & Koch, James V., 1974. "The political economy of blood," Journal of Behavioral Economics, Elsevier, vol. 3(1), pages 315-339. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1973

1. Coelho, Philip R P & Ghali, Moheb A, 1973. "The End of the North-South Wage Differential: Reply," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 63(4), pages 757-62, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Coelho, Philip R. P., 1973. "The profitability of imperialism: The British experience in the West indies 1768-1772," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 10(3), pages 253-280. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1972

1. James V. Koch, 1972. "Student choice of undergraduate major field of study and private internal rates of return," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 26(1), pages 680-685, October.

1971

1. Coelho, Philip R P & Ghali, Moheb A, 1971. "The End of the North-South Wage Differential," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 61(5), pages 932-37, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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