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Autor:
Michael Cragg, Rand Ghayad
Publikováno v:
The Economists' Voice. 12:1-12
The gap between the richest Americans and the rest of the nation has changed dramatically over the past three decades – becoming one of the most challenging political and economic trends for the nation. For decades prior to that, the distribution o
Publikováno v:
The Economists' Voice. 13
There is no doubt that the US is embedded in a weak economy. Bond markets are now saying that neither inflation rates approaching 2 percent targets or real interest rates substantially above zero are on the horizon anytime in the foreseeable future.
Autor:
Michael Cragg, I. J. Alexander Dyck
Publikováno v:
Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 19:176-217
This article examines whether privatization affects management incentives and provides an estimate of the magnitude of the change. Using data from large firms in the United Kingdom, we find no relationship between compensation and financial performan
Publikováno v:
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.). 31(5)
Background For almost 50 y, the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) has measured the caloric consumption, and body heights and weights of Americans. The aim of this study was to determine, based on that data, how macronutrien
Publikováno v:
The Electricity Journal. 14:80-88
It is exactly in the early stages of restructuring the market that the risks from inadequate transmission investment are greatest. The social costs of setting return on equity for standalone transmission companies too low are likely to be greater tha
Autor:
Michael Cragg, Brendan O'Flaherty
Publikováno v:
Journal of Urban Economics. 46:377-415
We study why families enter and leave homeless shelters. After 2 years of decline, the number of homeless families in New York City's shelter system began rising again in summer 1990 and continued to rise until it hit an all-time record high in summe
Autor:
Matthew E. Kahn, Michael Cragg
Publikováno v:
Regional Science and Urban Economics. 29:519-539
Compensating differentials studies have consistently found that temperate climate is capitalized into local wages and rents. This paper extends earlier single cross-section by studying the evolution of climate expenditure over time by estimating the
Autor:
Matthew E. Kahn, Michael Cragg
Publikováno v:
Journal of Urban Economics. 42:261-284
We develop and apply to Census data a new method for estimating climate demand. The method is useful for ranking quality of life based upon a willingness to pay criterion. Our two major findings are that the willingness to pay quality of life index i
Autor:
Michael Cragg, Mario Epelbaum
Publikováno v:
Journal of Development Economics. 51:99-116
In the mid-1980s, Mexico undertook major trade reform, privatization and deregulation. This coincided with a rapid expansion in wages and employment that led to a rise in wage dispersion. This paper examines the role of industry- and occupation-speci