In addition to excellent teaching, faculty members of The Economics & Business department at Colorado College engage in a wide array of research. Copies of all working papers are available from our Working Papers Coordinator either by mail or by email to Dan Johnson. Requests should include the working paper number and name(s) of the author(s).
Most working papers are available through the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) by clicking the links below. Papers not found on SSRN may be downloaded directly.
| 2011-15 |
Should I Buy Here, or Keep Driving? The Effect of Geographic Market Density on Retail Gas Prices
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Amy Schultheis, Daniel K. N. Johnson,
Kristina M. Lybecker,
Devin Nadar |
| 2011-14 |
Sure, but Who has the Energy? The Importance of Location for Knowledge Transfer in the Energy Sector
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Jeff Moore,
Daniel K. N. Johnson,
Kristina M. Lybecker |
| 2011-13 |
Topics in Finance Part VIII-Mergers & Acquisitions
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Judy Laux |
| 2011-11 |
Viral Economics: an Epidemiological Model of Knowledge Diffusion in Economics
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Nicole Gurley, Daniel K. N. Johnson |
| 2011-10 |
Price Determination and Efficiency in the Market for South Platte Basin Ditch Company Shares
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Matthew T. Payne, Mark Griffin Smith, Clay Landry |
| 2011-9 |
The Influence of the Real Estate Market on Water Right Values in New Mexico’s Middle Rio Grande Basin
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Matthew T. Payne, Mark Griffin Smith |
| 2011-8 |
The Arkansas Valley Super Ditch: A Local Response to 'Buy and Dry' in Colorado Water Markets
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Tyler G. McMahon, Mark Griffin Smith |
| 2011-7 |
Fastest in the Pool: the Role of Technological Innovation on
Swimming Record Breaks |
Claire Preston, Daniel K. N. Johnson |
| 2011-6 |
Utilization of Oral Contraception: The Impact of Direct and
Indirect Restrictions on Access to Abortion |
Amanda J. Felkey, Kristina M. Lybecker |
| 2011-5 |
Topics in Finance, Part VII: Dividend Policy |
Judith A. Laux |
| 2011-4 |
Cache Me If You Can: Rational Addiction to the Leisure Activity of Geocaching |
Kristina Shoyleva, Daniel K. N. Johnson |
2011-3 |
The Role of Restrictive Abortion Legislation in Explaining Variation in Oral Contraceptive Use |
Amanda J. Felkey, Kristina M. Lybecker |
| 2011-2 |
Derivatives Usage: Value-Adding or Destroying? |
Jack Naito, Judith A. Laux |
2011-1 |
Topics in Finance: Part VI - Capital Budgeting |
Judith A. Laux |
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| 2010-10 |
Topics in Finance, Part V-Capital Structure |
Judith A. Laux |
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| 2010-09 |
Does Principal Pay Matter? an Analysis of Principal Compensation
and School Performance in Colorado K-12 Public Schools |
David K. Carlson, Daniel K. N. Johnson |
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| 2010-08 |
Is Wal~Mart a Bad Neighbor? Repeat Sales Evidence on How
Residential Property Values React to a New Big-Box Store |
Daniel K. N. Johnson, Kristina M. Lybecker |
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| 2010-07 |
Fruits of Their Neighbors: The Role of Geography in Agricultural
Innovation |
Alex Stiller-Shulman, Kristina M. Lybecker,
Daniel K. N. Johnson |
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| 2010-06 |
Variation in Pill Use: Do Abortion Laws Matter? |
Amanda J Felkey, Kristina M. Lybecker |
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| 2010-05 |
Does HIV/AIDS Related Knowledge Affect Men’s Decision to Have
Sexual Encounters with Commercial Sex Workers? Evidence from
Sub-Saharan Africa |
Smriti Agarwal, Jayash Paudel, Pedro de Araujo |
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| 2010-04 |
A Life Insurance Deterrent to Risky Behavior in Africa |
James Murray, Pedro de Araujo |
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| 2010-03 |
Trends in Stadium and Arena Construction, 1995-2015 |
Mayya Komisarchik, Aju J. Fenn |
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| 2010-02 |
Executive Pay Inefficiencies in the Financial Sector |
Haley Barton, Judith A. Laux |
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| 2010-01 |
A Behavioral Approach to Stock Pricing |
Jayash Paudel, Judith A. Laux |
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| 2009-10 |
Lending a Hand: A Quantile Regression Analysis of Micro-Lending's Poverty Impact |
Stephen W. Polk, Daniel K. N.
Johnson |
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| 2009-09 |
The NWIMBY Effect
(No Walmart in My Backyard): Big Box Stores and Residential Property
Values |
Daniel K. N.
Johnson, Kristina M. Lybecker, Nicole Gurley, Alex Stiller-Shulman,
Stephen Fischer |
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| 2009-08 |
Financing Environmental Improvements: A Literature Review of the
Constraints on Financing Environmental Innovation |
Daniel K. N.
Johnson, Kristina M. Lybecker |
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| 2009-07 |
Challenges to Technology Transfer: A Literature Review of the
Constraints on Environmental Technology Dissemination |
Daniel K. N.
Johnson, Kristina M. Lybecker |
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| 2009-06 |
Innovating for an Uncertain Market: A Literature Review of the
Constraints on Environmental Innovation |
Daniel K. N.
Johnson, Kristina M. Lybecker |
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| 2009-05 |
The Effect of Wage-Payment Reform on Workers' Labor Supply and Welfare |
Esther Redmount, Arthur Snow, Ronald S. Warren
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| 2009-04 |
Emerging U.S. Climate Policy: Where We are and How We Got Here |
Geoffrey Clemm, Mark Griffin Smith |
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| 2009-03 |
Thought for Food: A New Dataset on Innovation for Agricultural Use
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Daniel K. N. Johnson, Christopher Ryan Hughes |
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| 2009-02 |
Determinants of Recent Online Purchasing and the Percentage of Income
Spent Online |
Brendan Hannah, Kristina M. Lybecker |
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| 2009-01 |
An Ounce of Prevention or a Pound of Cure? Short- and Long-Run Effects of Pharmaceutical Patents on U.S. Health Care Expenditures |
Hilary Johnson, Daniel Johnson |
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| 2008-08 |
Does HAVA Help the Have-Nots? U.S. Adoption of New Election Equipment, 1980-2008 |
Daniel Johnson, Kristina Lybecker |
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| 2008-07 |
Semester, Trimester or Block Plan? Retention of Economics Principles by Undergraduates on Alternative Curricular Structures |
Daniel Johnson, Kristina Lybecker, Corrine Taylor |
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| 2008-06 |
NAFTA Toward a Common Currency: An Economic Feasibility Study |
Kelly Hugger |
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| 2008-05 |
The Anatomy of a Likely Donor: Econometric Evidence on Philanthropy to Higher Education |
Daniel Johson, Christen Lara |
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| 2008-04 |
Energy Star: A Competitive Advantage? |
Tommy Joiner, Judy Laux |
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| 2008-03 |
Doing Publishable Research with Undergraduate Students |
Aju Fenn, Daniel Johson, Mark Smith, Larry Stimpert |
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| 2008-02 |
How Influential is Experience? A Study of the Relationship between Demography and Cognition |
Larry Stimpert, Irene Duhaime |
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| 2008-01 |
Managerial Cognition and Strategic Decision Making in Diversified Firms |
Larry Stimpert, Irene Duhaime |
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| 2007-06 |
Feedback Effects and the Laffer Landscape |
John Stinespring |
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| 2007-05 |
Selling
Ideas: The Determinants of Patent Value in an Auction
Environment |
Kate Sneed, Daniel Johnson |
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| 2007-04 |
Fueling
the Innovative Process: Oil Prices and Induced Innovation in
Automotive Energy-Efficient Technology |
Joey Crabb, Daniel Johnson |
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| 2007-03 |
Straddle Option Profitability in Corporate Lawsuits |
Erica Wind, Judy Laux |
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| 2007-02 |
Macroeconomic Determinants of Exchange Rate Pass-Through in India |
Amit Ghosh, Ramkishen Rajan |
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| 2007-01 |
A Selective Survey of Exchange Rate Pass-Through in Asia: What Does the Literature Tell Us? |
Amit Ghosh, Ramkishen Rajan |
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| 2006-07 |
NHL Team Production |
John Heyne, Aju Fenn, Stacey Brook |
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| 2006-06 |
The Economic Determinants of the Brazilian Nominal Term Structure of Interest Rates |
Rodrigo Sekkel, Denisard Alves |
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| 2006-05 |
Can Tax Cuts Pay for Themselves? An Examination of Dynamic Scoring with Public Capital |
John Stinespring |
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| 2006-04 |
A Tale of Two Cities Revisited: Pass-through in Hong Kong & Singapore |
Amit Ghosh, Ramkishen Rajan |
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| 2006-03 |
It's a Small(er) World: The Role of Geography in Biotechnology Innovation |
Daniel Johnson |
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| 2006-02 |
Six Degrees of GM Bacon: Network Analysis of Biotechnology Inventors |
Daniel Johnson |
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| 2006-01 |
Are Many Heads Better Than Two? Recent Changes In International Technological Collaboration |
Daniel Johnson, Katherine Sneed |
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| 2005-03 |
An Accounting Primer: For Economists’ Eyes Only! |
Judy Laux |
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| 2005-02 |
Who REALLY Wants to be A Millionaire: Game Show Contestant Behavior Under Risk |
Daniel Johnson, Tracy Gleason |
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| 2005-01 |
Case Studies on Location: Taking to the Field in Economics |
Mark Smith |
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| 2004-02 |
The Determinants of NFL Viewership: Evidence from Nielsen Ratings |
Shannon Carney, Aju Fenn |
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| 2004-01 |
The Demand for NFL Attendance: A Rational Addiction Model |
Erin Spenner, Aju Fenn, John Crooker |