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Working Papers

2011

1. Alumni Giving of Business Executives to the Alma Mater: Panel Data Evidence at a Large Metropolitan Research University
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2009

2. Small Business Economics of the Lakota Fund on the Native American Indian Reservation
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Determinants of unhealthy BMI among women of childbearing age in Bangladesh
   Journal of Population Research, 2024, 41, (3), 1-32

2021

2. A Double-Hurdle Model of Healthcare Expenditures across Income Quintiles and Family Size: New Insights from a Household Survey
   JRFM, 2021, 14, (6), 1-21 View citations (1)
   Also in EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2021, 14, (6), 246 (2021) View citations (1)
3. Children’s Health Capital Investment: Effects of U.S. Infant Breastfeeding on Teenage Obesity
   Econometrics, 2021, 9, (4), 1-15
   Also in EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2021, 9, (4), 1-15 (2021)

2020

4. Effects of life expectancy on economic growth: New results using the flexible Box-Cox power transformation model
   EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2020, (Latest Articles) View citations (1)
   Also in Applied Economics Letters, 2020, 27, (20), 1681-1684 (2020) View citations (1)

2019

5. Cancer survivors in the labor market: Evidence from recent US micro-panel data
   Economic Modelling, 2019, 80, (C), 202-221 View citations (3)
   Also in EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2019, 80, 202-221 (2019) View citations (1)
6. Sensitivity of generalized translog model estimates to alternative Pythagorean means: Evidence from US healthcare
   Managerial and Decision Economics, 2019, 40, (2), 141-149

2018

7. Income Elasticity Decomposition Models and Determinants of U.S. Pharmaceutical Expenditures
   Atlantic Economic Journal, 2018, 46, (4), 389-403
8. Is the health care price inflation in US urban areas stationary?
   Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science, 2018, 23, (44), 77-94
9. Is the health care price inflation in US urban areas stationary? Evidence from panel unit root tests
   Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science, 2018, 23, (44), 77-94 View citations (1)
10. Technology, Productivity, and Costs in Healthcare
    EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2018, 1-21 View citations (3)

2017

11. Income and Technology as Drivers of Australian Healthcare Expenditures
    Health Economics, 2017, 26, (7), 853-862 View citations (10)
12. Symposium Introduction: Papers on ‘Modeling National Health Expenditures’
    Health Economics, 2017, 26, (7), 827-833 View citations (1)

2016

13. Determinants of U.S. health expenditure: Evidence from autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration
    Economic Modelling, 2016, 59, (C), 67-73 View citations (38)
14. Determinants of US Prescription Drug Utilization using County Level Data
    Health Economics, 2016, 25, (5), 606-619

2015

15. Technological capacity and other determinants of economic performance in African countries: Panel data evidence
    African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 2015, 7, (3), 201-206

2014

16. Adolescent obesity, educational attainment and adult earnings
    Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21, (13), 945-950 View citations (2)
17. Population health status and economic growth in Chinese provinces: some policy implications
    Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21, (6), 377-382
18. QUALITY–QUANTITY DECOMPOSITION OF INCOME ELASTICITY OF U.S. HOSPITAL CARE EXPENDITURE USING STATE‐LEVEL PANEL DATA
    Health Economics, 2014, 23, (11), 1340-1352 View citations (4)
19. Quality-adjusted output cost economies of US adult versus paediatric physical therapy production
    Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21, (1), 6-12

2013

20. Do Business Executives Give More to Their Alma Mater? Longitudinal Evidence from a Large University
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2013, 72, (3), 761-778 View citations (2)
21. Effects of Peers and Social Environment on Adolescent Psychological Well-Being
    International Journal of Business and Social Research, 2013, 3, (2), 69-83
    Also in International Journal of Business and Social Research, 2013, 3, (2), 69-83 (2013)
22. PRODUCTION COST STRUCTURE IN US OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL THERAPY HEALTH CARE
    Health Economics, 2013, 22, (2), 212-223

2011

23. Economic impact of a private sector micro-financing scheme in South Dakota
    Small Business Economics, 2011, 36, (2), 157-168 View citations (6)

2010

24. Determinants of Thailand household healthcare expenditure: the relevance of permanent resources and other correlates
    Health Economics, 2010, 19, (3), 365-376 View citations (15)

2009

25. Overweight Adolescents and On-time High School Graduation: Racial and Gender Disparities
    Atlantic Economic Journal, 2009, 37, (3), 225-242 View citations (5)
26. The core determinants of health expenditure in the African context: Some econometric evidence for policy
    Health Policy, 2009, 91, (1), 57-62 View citations (46)

2008

27. Are physician and non-physician providers of outpatient mental healthcare substitutes or complements? a conceptual clarification
    Health Care Management Science, 2008, 11, (4), 393-398

2006

28. Measuring operational efficiency in a health care system: A case study from Thailand
    Health Policy, 2006, 77, (1), 2-23 View citations (8)
29. The pervasiveness of pharmaceutical expenditure inertia in the OECD countries
    Social Science & Medicine, 2006, 63, (1), 225-238 View citations (15)

2004

30. Concepts, measures, and models of technology and technical progress in medical care and health economics
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2004, 44, (3), 363-368 View citations (5)
31. Zvi Griliches as a qualified humanitarian: his thoughts on quantifying technological change and productivity
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2004, 44, (3), 464-473

2003

32. Are Factor Substitutions in HMO Industry Operations Cost Saving?
    Southern Economic Journal, 2003, 69, (4), 800-821

2002

33. Availability of Health Insurance and Gender Differences in “Job-Lock” Behavior: Evidence from NLSY
    Journal of Forensic Economics, 2002, 15, (2), 195-204 View citations (2)
34. Technology as a 'major driver' of health care costs: a cointegration analysis of the Newhouse conjecture
    Journal of Health Economics, 2002, 21, (1), 147-159 View citations (121)

2001

35. Cost-Output Relation, Technological Progress, and Clinical Activity Mix of US Hospital Pharmacies
    Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2001, 16, (2), 167-193 View citations (14)
36. Unit root and cointegration tests: timeseries versus panel estimates for international health expenditure models
    Applied Economics, 2001, 33, (9), 1131-1137 View citations (43)

2000

37. Health care expenditure inertia in the OECD countries: A heterogeneous analysis
    Health Care Management Science, 2000, 3, (1), 31-42 View citations (14)
38. Managed care, deficit financing, and aggregate health care expenditure in the United States: A cointegration analysis
    Health Care Management Science, 2000, 3, (4), 279-285 View citations (24)

1999

39. A transform-both-sides modulus power model: an application in health care
    Applied Economics Letters, 1999, 6, (11), 741-745 View citations (2)
40. Will the real elasticity of substitution ‘in Norwegian dentistry’ please stand up?
    Health Economics, 1999, 8, (3), 221-232 View citations (4)

1998

41. Cost efficiency, factor interchange, and technical progress in US specialized hospital pharmacies
    Health Economics, 1998, 7, (4), 363-371 View citations (4)

1997

42. Cost structure in college and university student health centres: comment
    Applied Economics Letters, 1997, 4, (10), 623-625 View citations (1)

1996

43. Testing the Unbiasedness Hypothesis of Foreign Exchange Rates and the Analysis of Transformations
    Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 1996, 6, (1), 39-46 View citations (3)

1995

44. A note on benefit differentials of black and white female workers
    Applied Economics Letters, 1995, 2, (10), 351-354 View citations (1)

1994

45. Charitable Giving of Alumni
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1994, 53, (1), 73-84 View citations (15)

1993

46. Production Cost Structure of U.S. Hospital Pharmacies: Time-Series, Cross-Sectional Bed Size Evidence
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 1993, 8, (3), 277-94 View citations (9)

1992

47. Reliability Tests of Elasticity Estimates from Alternative Specifications of the U.S. Demand for Coffee
    Journal of Agribusiness, 1992, 10, (2), 16 View citations (1)
48. Union-nonunion compensation differentials and industry structure
    Economics Letters, 1992, 39, (3), 329-337 View citations (1)

1991

49. Cross-sectional versus panel estimates of union wage effects: Evidence from PSID
    Economics Letters, 1991, 35, (1), 105-110
50. FUNCTIONAL FORMS AND FARM-LEVEL DEMAND FOR PECANS BY VARIETY
    Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, 23, (2), 7 View citations (5)
    Also in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1991, 23, (2), 95-102 (1991) View citations (2)

1989

51. FACTOR DEMANDS OF LOUISIANA RICE PRODUCERS: AN ECONOMETRIC INVESTIGATION: REPLY
    Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1989, 21, (2), 2
    Also in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1989, 21, (2), 223-224 (1989)

1988

52. FACTOR DEMANDS OF LOUISIANA RICE PRODUCERS: AN ECONOMETRIC INVESTIGATION
    Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1988, 20, (2), 10 View citations (3)
    Also in Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1988, 20, (2), 127-136 (1988) View citations (2)

Chapters

2018

1. Cross-country Medical Expenditure Modeling Using OECD Panel Data and ARDL Approach: Investigating GDP, Technology, and Aging Effects
   A chapter in Health Econometrics, 2018, vol. 294, pp 327-358