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2501: Inequality and Public Goods Provision in Transparent Contexts

Christopher Oconnor

2301: A higher minimum wage promotes workplace safety: Evidence from the restaurant industry

William LaFiandra and Daniel Schwab

2203: Legal Protection Against Retaliatory Firing Improves Workplace Safety

Matthew Johnson, Daniel Schwab and Patrick Koval

2202: The impacts of the use of data analytics and the performance of consulting activities on perceived internal audit quality

Nathanael Betti, Steven DeSimone and Joy Gray

2201: Asserting Independence: Optimal Monetary Policy When the Central Bank and Political Authority Disagree

Justin Svec and Daniel Tortorice

2102: Effective Foreign Aid: Evidence from Gavi’s Vaccine Program

Gauri Shastry and Daniel Tortorice

2101: Estimating the Economic Impact of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game Using High Frequency Tourism Data

Robert Baumann, Victor Matheson, E. Frank Stephenson and Robert Murray

2001: A Theory of Social Impact Bonds

Daniel Tortorice, David Bloom, Paige Kirby and John Regan

1910: Knowledge Spillovers Within China’s System of Research Institutes

Renai Jiang, Daniel Tortorice and Zhaohui Xuan

1909: Have China’s Unconverted Research Institutes Been Left Behind

Renai Jiang, Daniel Tortorice and Zhaohui Xuan

1908: The Roundness of Antiquity Valuations from Auction Houses and Sales

Melissa Boyle and Justin Svec

1907: The Impact of Impulsivity on Suicide and Homicide Rates

Patrick Koval and Robert Baumann

1906: Labor protection laws and the drain on productivity: Evidence from India

Daniel Schwab

1905: Correlates of Internal Audit Function Maturity

Steven DeSimone, Giuseppe D’Onza Giuseppe D’Onza and Gerrit Sarens

1904: Determinants and Consequences of Internal Audit Functions within Colleges and Universities

Steven DeSimone and Kevin Rich

1903: International Welfare Spillovers of National Pension Schemes

James Staveley-O'Carroll and Olena Staveley-O'Carroll

1902: Is there an Economic Case for the Olympic Games?

Chris Dempsey, Victor Matheson and Andrew Zimbalist

1901: Mass Atrocities and their Prevention

Charles Anderton and Jurgen Brauer

1817: Professional Sports, Hurricane Katrina, and the Economic Redevelopment of New Orleans: Revisited

Victor Matheson, Robert Baade and Callan Hendershott

1816: The Rise and Fall (and Rise and Fall) of the Olympic Games as an Economic Driver

Victor Matheson

1815: Laboratory Evidence on the Effects of Sponsorship on the Competitive Preferences of Men and Women

Katherine Coffman and Nancy Baldiga

1814: Point/Counterpoint: Is there a Case for Subsidizing Sports Stadiums?

Victor Matheson

1813: Nonlinearities in the Real Exchange Rates: New Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries

Yamin Ahmad, Ming Lo and Olena Staveley-O'Carroll

1812: College Scholarships as a Tool for Community Development? Evidence from the Kalamazoo Promise

Ashley Miller

1811: Overhead Cost Allocation and Earnings Manipulation Between Quarters

Susan Wahab and Karen Teitel

1810: The Onset, Spread, and Prevention of Mass Atrocities:Perspectives from Network Models

Charles Anderton and Jurgen Brauer

1809: Toxic Effects of Lead Disposal in Water: An Analysis of TRI Facility Releases

Patrick Koval

1808: The persistent labor market effects of a criminal conviction and �Ban the Box� reforms

Joshua Congdon-Hohman

1807: The Economic Impact of Olympic Games: Effects of Host Country Announcements on Stock Market Returns

Bryan Engelhardt, Victor Matheson, Alex Yen and Max Chisholm

1806: International Risk Sharing in Overlapping Generations Models

James Staveley-O'Carroll and Olena Staveley-O'Carroll

1805: The Economics of the World Cup

Victor Matheson

1804: The Effects of Mass Shootings on Gun Sales

Elliot Chau

1803: Correlates of Sustainability Audits by Internal Auditors

Steven DeSimone, Giuseppe D’Onza Giuseppe D’Onza and Gerrit Sarens

1802: Internal Audit and Financial Reporting Quality in the Public Sector

Steven DeSimone

1801: Can Risk Models Extract Inflation Expectations from Financial Market Data? Evidence from the Inflation Protected Securities of Six Countries

Daniel Tortorice and Arben Kita

1710: Statutory Modification of the Collateral Source Rule

David Schap, Kayla Horan and Andrew Feeley

1709: The Impact of Regime Type on Food Consumption in Low Income Countries

Kolleen Rask and Norman Rask

1708: Factors Associated with Internal Audit Function Involvement with XBRL Implementation in Public Companies: An International Study

Mohammad Abdolmohammadi, Steven DeSimone, Tien Shih Hsieh and Zhihong Wang

1706: Corruption in the Bidding, Construction, and Organization of Mega-Events: An Analysis of the Olympics and World Cup

Victor Matheson, Daniel Schwab and Patrick Koval

1705: Hidden Subsidies and the Public Ownership of Sports Facilities: The Case of Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara

Robert Baumann, Victor Matheson and Debra O'Connor

1704: The Economic Impact of Olympic Games: Effects of Host Country Announcements on Stock Market Returns

Bryan Engelhardt, Victor Matheson, Alex Yen and Maxwell Chisholm

1703: Mega-Events and Tourism: The Case of Brazil

Robert Baumann and Victor Matheson

1702: Beyond Moneyball: Changing Compensation in MLB

Joshua Congdon-Hohman and Jonathan Lanning

1701: Unconventional Wisdom: Estimating the Economic Impact of the Democratic and Republican National Political Conventions

Victor Matheson, Lauren Heller and E. Frank Stephenson

1623: Differences Among State Court Jurisdictions in Damages Calculations

David Schap and David Rosenbaum

1622: Federal and State Income Tax Aspects in Forensic Economics

David Schap

1621: Assessing Economic Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation: The State of Rhode Island

David Schap, Steven Shapiro and Caitlin Street

1620: What If Piketty Is Right? Real Economic Costs of Rising Income Inequality

Thomas Gottschang

1619: State Variation in Certain Rules Governing Expert Witness Testimony

David Schap and Kayla Horan

1618: Recoverable Damages for Wrongful Death in the States: A 2015 Review of Statutory Law

David Schap and Andrea Thompson