Faculty in the Department of Economics and Finance specialize in a wide range of topics within the discipline; they also collaborate with researchers in other business and mathematical disciplines. Here is a sampling of the research from the faculty.

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Submissions from 2016

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The Integrity of Financial Analysts: Evidence from Asymmetric Responses to Earnings Surprises, Rui Lu, Wenxuan Hou, Henry Oppenheimer, and Ting Zhang

Submissions from 2015

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Are We Getting Better or Are They Getting Worse? Draft Position, Strength of Schedule, and Competitive Balance in the National Football League, Tony Caporale and Trevor Collier

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To Three or Not to Three? Shot Selection and Managerial Performance in the National Basketball Association, Tony Caporale and Trevor Collier

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Controlling Shareholders’ Incentives and Executive Pay-for-performance Sensitivity: Evidence from the Split Share Structure Reform in China, Shenglan Chen, Bingxuan Lin, Rui Lu, and Ting Zhang

Submissions from 2014

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Do Corporations Manage Earnings to Meet/Exceed Analyst Forecasts? Evidence from Pension Plan Assumption Changes, Heng An, Yul W. Lee, and Ting Zhang

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Explaining Peak Inflation Rates Prior to Disinflationary Policy Adjustments or What Got Us into This Mess?, Tony Caporale

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Voter Turnout in US Presidential Elections: Does Carville’s Law Explain the Time Series?, Tony Caporale and Marc Poitras

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Estimation of Multi-Output Production Functions in Commercial Fisheries, Trevor Collier, Andrew Mamula, and John Ruggiero

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An Analysis of Risk-Taking Behavior for Public Defined Benefit Pension Plans, Nancy Mohan and Ting Zhang

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Financial Crisis and Credit Crunch in the Housing Market, Fukuo Albert Wang and Ting Zhang

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The Effect of Unfunded Pension Liabilities on Corporate Bond Ratings, Default Risk, and Recovery Rate, Fukuo Albert Wang and Ting Zhang

Submissions from 2013

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What Determines Corporate Pension Fund Risk-taking Strategy?, Heng An, Zhaodan Huang, and Ting Zhang

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Stock Price Synchronicity, Crash Risk, and Institutional Investors, Heng An and Ting Zhang

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Inflation Stationarity during Latin American Inflation: Insights from Unit Root and Structural Break Analysis, Tony Caporale and Julia Paxton

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What Drives Corporate Pension Plan Contributions: Moral Hazard or Tax Benefits?, Xuanjuan Chen, Tong Yu, and Ting Zhang

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Teacher Qualifications and Student Achievement: A Panel Data of Analysis, Trevor Collier

Submissions from 2012

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Time Varying CAPM Betas and Banking Sector Risk, Tony Caporale

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Scouts versus Stats: The Impact of 'Moneyball' on the Major League Baseball Draft, Tony Caporale and Trevor Collier

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The Impact of Institutional Arrangements on Educational Efficiency, Trevor Collier

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Tax-Induced Earnings Management in Emerging Markets: Evidence from China, Bingxuan Lin, Rui Lu, and Ting Zhang

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Upjohn Institute Policy Paper: Public Pension Crisis and Investment Risk Taking: Underfunding, Fiscal Constraints, Public Accounting, and Policy Implications, Nancy Mohan and Ting Zhang

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What Determines Public Pension Investment Risk-Taking Policy, Nancy Mohan and Ting Zhang

Submissions from 2011

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Government Ideology, Democracy and the Sacrifice Ratio: Evidence from Latin American and Caribbean Disinflations, Tony Caporale

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From Debt Crisis to Tequila Crisis: Inflation Stationarity through Mexico's Turbulent Decades, Tony Caporale and Julia Paxton

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Technical Efficiency Estimation with Multiple Inputs and Multiple Outputs Using Regression Analysis, Trevor Collier and Andrew L. Johnson

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Aggression in Mixed Martial Arts: An Analysis of the Likelihood of Winning a Decision, Trevor Collier, Andrew L. Johnson, and John Ruggiero

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Measuring Technical Efficiency in Sports, Trevor Collier, Andrew L. Johnson, and John Ruggiero

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Difference of Opinion, Overconfidence, and the High-volume Return Premium, Zhaodan Huang, James B. Heian, and Ting Zhang

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Asset Growth and Stock Returns: Evidence from Asian Financial Markets, Tong Yao, Tong Yu, Ting Zhang, and Shaw Chen

Submissions from 2010

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Take the Money and Run: Political Turnover, Rent-Seeking and Economic Growth, Tony Caporale and Jonathan Leirer

Submissions from 2009

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The Start of Interest Rate Smoothing in the US: Is It a Monetary or Fiscal Story?, Tony Caporale and Kyongwook Choi

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Institutional Arrangements in Educational Systems and Student Achievement: A Cross-National Analysis, Trevor Collier and Daniel L. Millimet

Submissions from 2008

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Political Regimes and the Cost of Disinflation, Barbara Caporale and Tony Caporale

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Political Risk and the Expectations Hypothesis, Barbara Caporale and Tony Caporale

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Efficiency in Public Schools: Does Competition Matter?, Daniel L. Millimet and Trevor Collier

Submissions from 2005

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How Smart is My Dummy? Time Series Tests for the Influence of Politics, Tony Caporale and Kevin B. Grier

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Inflation, Presidents, Fed Chairs, and Regime Shifts in the U.S. Real Interest Rate, Tony Caporale and Kevin B. Grier

Submissions from 2003

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Investigating the Effects of Monetary Regime Shifts: The Case of the Federal Reserve and the Shrinking Risk Premium, Barbara Caporale and Tony Caporale

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Review: 'Political Pressure, Rhetoric, and Monetary Policy: Lessons for the European Central Bank', Tony Caporale

Submissions from 2002

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Asymmetric Effects of Inflation Shocks on Inflation Uncertainty, Barbara Caporale and Tony Caporale

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A Positive Political Model of Supreme Court Economic Decisions, Tony Caporale and Harold Winter

Submissions from 2001

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Central Bank Intervention and Foreign Exchange Volatility, Khosrow Doroodian and Tony Caporale

Submissions from 2000

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Political Regime Change and the Real Interest Rate, Tony Caporale and Kevin B. Grier

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Currency Risk and the Safe-haven Hypothesis, Khosrow Doroodian and Tony Caporale

Submissions from 1999

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Monetary Policy Shocks and Interest Rates: Further Evidence on the Liquidity Effect, Tony Caporale and Barbara McKiernan

Submissions from 1998

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The Impact of Monetary Regime Changes: Some Exchange Rate Evidence, Tony Caporale

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A Political Model of Monetary Policy with Application to the Real Fed Funds Rate, Tony Caporale and Kevin B. Grier

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Exchange Rate Regimes and International Output Co-Movement, Tony Caporale and Chulho Jung

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Interest Rate Uncertainty and the Founding of the Federal Reserve, Tony Caporale and Barbara McKiernan

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The Fischer Black Hypothesis: Some Time-Series Evidence, Tony Caporale and Barbara McKiernan

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Political Influence Over Supreme Court Criminal Procedure Cases, Tony Caporale and Harold Winter

Submissions from 1997

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Is There a Liquidity Effect? An Investigation using the Kalman Filter, Roy Boyd and Tony Caporale

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Tobin, James, Tony Caporale

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Inflation and Real Stock Prices, Tony Caporale and Chulho Jung

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Slowing Monetary Growth Since 1984: A Public Choice Explanation, Tony Caporale, Dwight R. Lee, and Richard K. Vedder

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High and Variable Inflation: Further Evidence on the Friedman Hypothesis, Tony Caporale and Barbara McKiernan

Submissions from 1996

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Scarcity, Resource Price Uncertainty and Economic Growth, Roy Boyd and Tony Caporale

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Fluidity and Coalition Sizes on the Supreme Court, Saul Brenner, Tony Caporale, and Harold Winter

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Cyclical Unemployment: Sectoral Shifts or Aggregate Disturbances? A Vector Autoregression Approach, Tony Caporale, Khosrow Doroodian, and M.R.M. Abeyratne

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The Relationship between Output Variability and Growth: Evidence from Post War U.K. Data, Tony Caporale and Barbara McKiernan

Submissions from 1995

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Resource Prices, Supply Shocks and Output Fluctuations, Roy Boyd and Tony Caporale

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Exchange Rate Regimes and Uncertainty, Tony Caporale and Khosrow Doroodian

Submissions from 1994

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The Role of Real and Monetary Shocks in Explaining Business Cycle Fluctuations, Tony Caporale

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Exchange Rate Variability and the Flow of International Trade, Tony Caporale and Khosrow Doroodian

Submissions from 1993

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Knut Wicksell: Real Business Cycle Theorist, Tony Caporale

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Monetary Variability and Real Output, Tony Caporale

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The Budget Deficit and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory, Tony Caporale and Willem Thorbecke