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Carl Nicholas McKinney Jr.

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First Name:Carl
Middle Name:Nicholas
Last Name:McKinney
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Affiliation

Department of Economics
Rhodes College

Memphis, Tennessee (United States)
http://www.rhodes.edu/economics/
RePEc:edi:berhous (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. C. Nicholas McKinney & Muriel Niederle & Alvin E. Roth, 2003. "The collapse of a medical clearinghouse (and why such failures are rare)," NBER Working Papers 9467, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Nicholas G. Rupp & Carl Nicholas McKinney Jr., "undated". "The Publication Patterns of the Elite Economics Departments: 1995-2000," Working Papers 0112, East Carolina University, Department of Economics.

Articles

  1. Rachel A. Smith & C. Nicholas McKinney & Steven B. Caudill & Franklin G. Mixon, 2016. "Consumer ratings and the pricing of experience goods: hedonic regression analysis of beer prices," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 4(1), pages 1-10, December.
  2. Ya Yu & C. Nicholas Mckinney & Steven B. Caudill & Franklin G. Mixon, 2016. "Athletic contests and individual robberies: an analysis based on hourly crime data," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(8), pages 723-730, February.
  3. Matt E. Ryan & Marshall Gramm & C. Nicholas Mckinney, 2012. "Information Effects and National Hockey League Betting Market Efficiency," Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, University of Buckingham Press, vol. 6(1), pages 79-92, March.
  4. Marshall Gramm & C. Nicholas McKinney & Douglas H. Owens, 2012. "Efficiency and arbitrage across parimutuel wagering pools," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(14), pages 1813-1822, May.
  5. Russell Craig & C. Nicholas McKinney, 2010. "A Successful Competency-Based Writing Skills Development Programme: Results of an Experiment," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(3), pages 257-278.
  6. Marshall Gramm & C. Nicholas McKinney, 2009. "The effect of late money on betting market efficiency," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(4), pages 369-372.
  7. Marshall Gramm & C. Nicholas McKinney & Douglas Owens, 2008. "The efficiency of exotic wagers in racetrack betting," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(1), pages 89-97.
  8. Marshall Gramm & C. Nicholas McKinney & Douglas H. Owens & Matt E. Ryan, 2007. "What Do Bettors Want? Determinants of Pari‐Mutuel Betting Preference," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 66(3), pages 465-491, July.
  9. C. McKinney & John Huyck, 2006. "Does seeing more deeply into a game increase one’s chances of winning?," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 9(3), pages 297-303, September.
  10. C. Nicholas McKinney & Muriel Niederle & Alvin E. Roth, 2005. "The Collapse of a Medical Labor Clearinghouse (and Why Such Failures Are Rare)," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(3), pages 878-889, June.

Citations

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Working papers

  1. C. Nicholas McKinney & Muriel Niederle & Alvin E. Roth, 2003. "The collapse of a medical clearinghouse (and why such failures are rare)," NBER Working Papers 9467, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

    Cited by:

    1. Muriel Niederle & Alvin E. Roth, 2004. "Market Culture: How Norms Governing Exploding Offers Affect Market Performance," Levine's Bibliography 122247000000000207, UCLA Department of Economics.
    2. Hanna W. Halaburda, 2008. "Unravelling in Two-Sided Matching Markets and Similarity of Preferences," Harvard Business School Working Papers 09-068, Harvard Business School.
    3. Ernan Haruvy & M. Utku Ünver, 2003. "Equilibrium Selection in Repeated Business-to-Business Matching Markets," Experimental 0305004, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 03 Dec 2004.
    4. Alvin E. Roth & Tayfun Sönmez & M. Utku Ünver, 2005. "Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market," Boston College Working Papers in Economics 621, Boston College Department of Economics.

  2. Nicholas G. Rupp & Carl Nicholas McKinney Jr., "undated". "The Publication Patterns of the Elite Economics Departments: 1995-2000," Working Papers 0112, East Carolina University, Department of Economics.

    Cited by:

    1. Richard V. Adkisson, 2010. "Reptilian Economists of the World Unite: A Tolerance Manifesto," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 55(2), pages 14-23, November.
    2. Giasolli, Robert & Groen, Dr. Aard & Haak, Robert & Pieck, Martin, 2021. "Identifying Management of Technology and innovation (MOT) and Technology Entrepreneurship (TE) centers of excellence," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
    3. Brodeur, Abel & Bruns, Stephan B. & Herwartz, Helmut & Islam, Chris-Gabriel, 2026. "How did empirical economic research improve over the last decades: Recent trends and prospects," I4R Discussion Paper Series 315, The Institute for Replication (I4R).
    4. Brian L. Dos Santos & Clyde W. Holsapple & Qian Ye, 2011. "The Intellectual Influence of Entrepreneurship Journals: A Network Analysis," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 35(4), pages 735-754, July.

Articles

  1. Rachel A. Smith & C. Nicholas McKinney & Steven B. Caudill & Franklin G. Mixon, 2016. "Consumer ratings and the pricing of experience goods: hedonic regression analysis of beer prices," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 4(1), pages 1-10, December.

    Cited by:

    1. Steven B. Caudill & Franklin G. Mixon, 2020. "Estimating Bargaining Power in Real Estate Pricing Models: Conceptual and Empirical Issues," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-8, May.
    2. Anna Carbone & Luca Cacchiarelli & Valentina Sabbatini, 2018. "Exploring quality and its value in the Italian olive oil market: a panel data analysis," Agricultural and Food Economics, Springer;Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), vol. 6(1), pages 1-15, December.
    3. Sandra Rousseau & Machteld Joly & Eline Poelmans, 2024. "Search characteristics, online consumer ratings, and beer prices," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 40(4), pages 804-824, October.

  2. Ya Yu & C. Nicholas Mckinney & Steven B. Caudill & Franklin G. Mixon, 2016. "Athletic contests and individual robberies: an analysis based on hourly crime data," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(8), pages 723-730, February.

    Cited by:

    1. Chen, Yongqi & Riddell, Jordan R. & Hill, Joshua B. & Chen, Peng & Piquero, Alex R. & Kurland, Justin, 2022. "Gold, silver, and bronze: Measuring the impact of the Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics on crime," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
    2. Joshua C. Hall & Hyunqoong Pyun, 2016. "Does the Presence of Professional Football Cause Crime in a City? Evidence from Pontiac, Michigan," Working Papers 16-02, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.
    3. Hyunwoong Pyun, 2019. "Exploring causal relationship between Major League Baseball games and crime: a synthetic control analysis," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 57(1), pages 365-383, July.
    4. Brad R. Humphreys & Jane E. Ruseski, 2025. "Professional Sports Facility Construction Projects and Infant Health," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 26(4), pages 397-426, May.
    5. Aubrey M. Stewart & Nicholas A. Wright, 2024. "Remote Viewership of International Sporting Events and Crime: Evidence From Jamaica," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 25(5), pages 610-633, June.
    6. Johnson, Josiah & Smith, Rhet A., 2023. "Main street business initiatives and crime in small towns," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 209(C), pages 91-112.
    7. John Charles Bradbury, 2022. "Does hosting a professional sports team benefit the local community? Evidence from property assessments," Economics of Governance, Springer, vol. 23(3), pages 219-252, December.
    8. John Charles Bradbury & Dennis Coates & Brad R. Humphreys, 2023. "The impact of professional sports franchises and venues on local economies: A comprehensive survey," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(4), pages 1389-1431, September.
    9. Hyunwoong Pyun & Brad R. Humphreys & Umair Khalil, 2023. "Professional Sports Events and Public Spending: Evidence from Municipal Police Budgets," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 24(1), pages 73-96, January.
    10. Dennis Mares & Emily Blackburn, 2019. "Major League Baseball and Crime: Opportunity, Spatial Patterns, and Team Rivalry at St. Louis Cardinal Games," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 20(7), pages 875-902, October.
    11. Brad R. Humphreys & Jane E. Ruseski, 2019. "Geographic Determinants of Infant Health: The Impact of Sports Facility Construction Projects," Working Papers 19-06, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.
    12. Aakrit Joshi & Brady P. Horn & Robert P. Berrens, 2020. "Major league soccer expansion and property values: do sports franchises generate amenities or disamenities?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(44), pages 4881-4899, September.

  3. Marshall Gramm & C. Nicholas McKinney & Douglas H. Owens, 2012. "Efficiency and arbitrage across parimutuel wagering pools," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(14), pages 1813-1822, May.

    Cited by:

    1. Masahiro Ashiya, 2015. "Lock! Risk-Free Arbitrage in the Japanese Racetrack Betting Market," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 16(3), pages 322-330, April.

  4. Russell Craig & C. Nicholas McKinney, 2010. "A Successful Competency-Based Writing Skills Development Programme: Results of an Experiment," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(3), pages 257-278.

    Cited by:

    1. Arquero, José Luis & Fernández-Polvillo, Carmen & Hassall, Trevor & Joyce, John, 2017. "Relationships between communication apprehension, ambiguity tolerance and learning styles in accounting students," Revista de Contabilidad - Spanish Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 13-24.
    2. Apostolou, Barbara & Dorminey, Jack W. & Hassell, John M. & Watson, Stephanie F., 2013. "Accounting education literature review (2010–2012)," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 107-161.
    3. Rajat Deb, 2019. "Accounting Theory Coherence Revisited," Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur, School of Business Management & Human Resources, vol. 44(1), pages 36-57, February.

  5. Marshall Gramm & C. Nicholas McKinney, 2009. "The effect of late money on betting market efficiency," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(4), pages 369-372.

    Cited by:

    1. Kurihara Kazutaka & Yohei Tutiya, 2018. "Efficiency in Micro-Behaviors and FL Bias," Papers 1805.04225, arXiv.org.
    2. Suhonen, Niko & Saastamoinen, Jani & Kainulainen, Tuomo & Forrest, David, 2018. "Is timing everything in horse betting? Bet amount, timing and bettors’ returns in pari-mutuel wagering markets," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 173(C), pages 97-99.

  6. Marshall Gramm & C. Nicholas McKinney & Douglas H. Owens & Matt E. Ryan, 2007. "What Do Bettors Want? Determinants of Pari‐Mutuel Betting Preference," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 66(3), pages 465-491, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Christian Deutscher & Marius Ötting & Sandra Schneemann & Hendrik Scholten, 2019. "The Demand for English Premier League Soccer Betting," Journal of Sports Economics, , vol. 20(4), pages 556-579, May.

  7. C. McKinney & John Huyck, 2006. "Does seeing more deeply into a game increase one’s chances of winning?," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 9(3), pages 297-303, September.

    Cited by:

    1. Brosig-Koch, Jeannette & Heinrich, Timo & Helbach, Christoph, 2015. "Exploring the capability to reason backwards: An experimental study with children, adolescents, and young adults," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 286-302.
    2. Brosig-Koch, Jeannette & Heinrich, Timo & Helbach, Christoph, 2012. "Exploring the Capability to Backward Induct – An Experimental Study with Children and Young Adults," Ruhr Economic Papers 360, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    3. Andreas Hefti & Steve Heinke & Frédéric Schneider, 2016. "Mental capabilities, trading styles, and asset market bubbles: theory and experiment," ECON - Working Papers 234, Department of Economics - University of Zurich.
    4. Subhasish Dugar & Haimanti Bhattacharya, 2008. "The Power of Reasoning: Experimental Evidence," Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Utah 2008_20, University of Utah, Department of Economics.

  8. C. Nicholas McKinney & Muriel Niederle & Alvin E. Roth, 2005. "The Collapse of a Medical Labor Clearinghouse (and Why Such Failures Are Rare)," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(3), pages 878-889, June.

    Cited by:

    1. Alvin E. Roth & Tayfun Sonmez & M. Utku Ünver, 2005. "Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market," NBER Working Papers 11402, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Haruvy, Ernan & Roth, Alvin E. & Unver, M. Utku, 2006. "The dynamics of law clerk matching: An experimental and computational investigation of proposals for reform of the market," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 30(3), pages 457-486, March.
    3. Paolo Sestito & Marco Tonello, 2011. "Quality differentials in Italian Universities' freshmen: the case of Medical and Dental Surgery schools," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 90, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    4. Alvin Roth, 2008. "Deferred acceptance algorithms: history, theory, practice, and open questions," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer;Game Theory Society, vol. 36(3), pages 537-569, March.
    5. Muriel Niederle & Alvin E. Roth, 2007. "The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices," NBER Working Papers 13529, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    6. Alvin E. Roth, 2007. "What Have We Learned From Market Design?," NBER Working Papers 13530, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    7. Dargnies, Marie-Pierre & Kübler, Dorothea, 2017. "Self-Confidence and Unraveling In Matching Markets," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 5, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    8. Comola, Margherita & Fafchamps, Marcel, 2018. "An experimental study on decentralized networked markets," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 567-591.
    9. Steven D. Levitt & John A. List, 2007. "Viewpoint: On the generalizability of lab behaviour to the field," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 40(2), pages 347-370, May.
    10. Grosskopf, Brit & Roth, Alvin E., 2009. "If You are Offered the Right of First Refusal, Should You Accept? An Investigation of Contract Design," Scholarly Articles 4261988, Harvard University Department of Economics.
    11. Clayton Featherstone & Muriel Niederle, 2008. "Ex Ante Efficiency in School Choice Mechanisms: An Experimental Investigation," NBER Working Papers 14618, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    12. Alvin E Roth & Muriel Niederle, 2007. "Making Markets Thick: Designing Rules for Offers and Acceptances," Levine's Bibliography 843644000000000142, UCLA Department of Economics.
    13. Hatfield, John William & Immorlica, Nicole & Kominers, Scott Duke, 2012. "Testing substitutability," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 75(2), pages 639-645.
    14. Muriel Niederle & Alvin E. Roth & M. Utku Ünver, 2013. "Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation," Games, MDPI, vol. 4(2), pages 1-40, June.
    15. Pais, Joana & Pintér, Ágnes, 2008. "School choice and information: An experimental study on matching mechanisms," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 64(1), pages 303-328, September.
    16. Pais, Joana & Pintér, Ágnes & Veszteg, Róbert F., 2008. "College admissions and the role of information : an experimental study," UC3M Working papers. Economics we080302, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía.
    17. Featherstone, Clayton R. & Niederle, Muriel, 2016. "Boston versus deferred acceptance in an interim setting: An experimental investigation," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 353-375.
    18. Chen, Wei-Cheng & Chen, Yi-Yi & Kao, Yi-Cheng, 2018. "Limited choice in college admissions: An experimental study," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 295-316.
    19. Hakimov, Rustamdjan & Kübler, Dorothea, 2019. "Experiments on matching markets: A survey," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Market Behavior SP II 2019-205, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    20. Siqi Pan, 2018. "Exploding offers and unraveling in two-sided matching markets," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer;Game Theory Society, vol. 47(1), pages 351-373, March.
    21. Gary Charness & Peter J. Kuhn, 2010. "Lab Labor: What Can Labor Economists Learn from the Lab?," NBER Working Papers 15913, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    22. Thierry Magnac, 2018. "Which students for which universities? Empirical analyses of centralized allocation mechanisms [¿Qué estudiantes para qué universidades? Análisis empíricos de los mecanismos de asignación centralizada]," Post-Print hal-05086072, HAL.
    23. Roth, Alvin & Niederle, Muriel, 2005. "The Gastroenterology Fellowship Market: Should There Be A Match?," Scholarly Articles 2562766, Harvard University Department of Economics.
    24. Fréchette, Guillaume & Unver, M. Utku & Roth, Alvin, 2007. "Unraveling Yields Inefficient Matchings: Evidence from Post-Season College Football Bowls," Scholarly Articles 2570385, Harvard University Department of Economics.
    25. Muriel Niederle & Alvin E. Roth, 2009. "Market Culture: How Rules Governing Exploding Offers Affect Market Performance," American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 1(2), pages 199-219, August.
    26. Muriel Niederle, 2006. "Competitive Wages in a Match with Ordered Contracts," NBER Working Papers 12334, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    27. Alvin E. Roth, 2010. "Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions," NBER Working Papers 16556, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    28. Yu Wang & Ernan Haruvy, 2013. "Tiers in One-Sided Matching Markets: Theory and Experimental Investigation," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 59(6), pages 1458-1477, June.
    29. Muriel Niederle & Alvin E. Roth, 2004. "Market Culture: How Norms Governing Exploding Offers Affect Market Performance," NBER Working Papers 10256, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    30. Magnac, Thierry, 2018. "Quels étudiants pour quelles universités ? Analyses empiriques de mécanismes d'allocation centralisée," TSE Working Papers 18-899, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
    31. Tommy Andersson & Lars Ehlers & Lars-Gunnar Svensson & Ryan Tierney, 2022. "Gale’s Fixed Tax for Exchanging Houses," Mathematics of Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 47(4), pages 3110-3128, November.
    32. , & , E., 2014. "Free riding and participation in large scale, multi-hospital kidney exchange," Theoretical Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 9(3), September.
    33. Haeringer, Guillaume & Iehlé, Vincent, 2008. "Enjeux stratégiques du concours des Maîtres de Conférences," MPRA Paper 13002, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    34. Eric Budish & Judd B. Kessler, 2022. "Can Market Participants Report Their Preferences Accurately (Enough)?," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 68(2), pages 1107-1130, February.
    35. Benoit Decerf & Guillaume Haeringer & Martin Van der Linden, 2024. "Incontestable Assignments," Papers 2401.03598, arXiv.org, revised Oct 2026.
    36. Timm Opitz & Christoph Schwaiger, 2023. "Reciprocal Preferences in Matching Markets," Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series 388, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition.
    37. Nobel Prize Committee, 2012. "Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley: Stable allocations and the practice of market design," Nobel Prize in Economics documents 2012-1, Nobel Prize Committee.
    38. Halaburda, Hanna, 2010. "Unravelling in two-sided matching markets and similarity of preferences," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 69(2), pages 365-393, July.
    39. Alvin E. Roth, 2012. "Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions: Reply to Priest," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 30(2), pages 479-494.
    40. Min Zhu, 2013. "College Admissions in China : A Mechanism Design Perspective," Working Papers halshs-00860931, HAL.
    41. Fernandez, Marcelo & Rudov, Kirill & Yariv, Leeat, 2021. "Centralized Matching with Incomplete Information," CEPR Discussion Papers 15873, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
    42. Benjamin N. Roth & Ran I. Shorrer, 2021. "Making Marketplaces Safe: Dominant Individual Rationality and Applications to Market Design," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 67(6), pages 3694-3713, June.
    43. Min Zhu, 2013. "College Admissions in China : A Mechanism Design Perspective," Working Papers 1327, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Etienne (GATE Lyon St-Etienne), Université de Lyon.

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  1. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (1) 2003-02-03
  2. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2001-09-10
  3. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (1) 2001-09-10

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