Faculty in the Orfalea College of Business conduct research that advances theory, informs practice, and improves our understanding of the complex interface between technology, human behavior, organizations and markets. Their research addresses real-world problems, involves students when appropriate, influences public and regulatory policies, and contributes to experiential-based learning. The departmental areas promote and maintain a multitude of opportunities for industry to advise and further the interests of students and faculty.
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Submissions from 2009
Commentary on "Efficient Inflation Targets for Distorted Dynamic Economies, Eric O'N. Fisher
Excise Taxes with Multiproduct Transactions, Stephen F. Hamilton
Informative Advertising in Differentiated Oligopoly Markets, Stephen F. Hamilton
Vertical Restraints and Horizontal Control, Robert Innes and Stephen F. Hamilton
Modelling skewness and elongation in financial returns: the case of exchange-traded funds, Sanjiv Jaggia and Alison Kelly-Hawke
Anatomy of Public Health Research: Tobacco Control as a Case Study, Michael L. Marlow
Epidemiologic and Economic Research, and the Question of Smoking Bans, Michael L. Marlow
Is the CDC Blowing Smoke?, Michael L. Marlow
Smoking Bans and Air Quality: Reply, Michael L. Marlow
Unintended Consequences: The Spillover Effects of Common Property Regulations, Gordon Rausser, Stephen F. Hamilton, Marty Covach, and Ryan Stifter
The Credibility Problem in Politics: Theory and Evidence from State-Level Abortion Legislation, Francisco Rodriguez and Eduardo Zambrano
A Solution to Proebsting's Paradox, or "How to Skim a Bettor if You Must", Eduardo Zambrano
Submissions from 2008
Economic Effects of Smoking Bans on Restaurants and Pubs, Barrie Craven and Michael L. Marlow
Experiments with Arbitrage Across Assets, Eric O'N. Fisher
What Explains the Increased Utilization of Powder River Basin Coal in Electric Power Generation?, Shelby Gerking and Stephen F. Hamilton
Do Smoking Bans Reduce Heart Attacks?, Michael L. Marlow
Honestly, Who Else Would Fund Such Research? Reflections of a Non-Smoking Scholar, Michael L. Marlow
Epistemic Conditions for Rationalizability, Eduardo Zambrano
Expected Utility Inequalities: Theory and Applications, Eduardo Zambrano
Submissions from 2007
Empirical Tests of Exchange Rate Theory, Eric O'N. Fisher
Determinants of State Tobacco-Control Expenditures, Michael L. Marlow
Do Tobacco-Control Programs Lower Tobacco Consumption? Evidence from California, Michael L. Marlow
Fast Food, Addiction, and Market Power, Timothy J. Richards, Paul M. Patterson, and Stephen F. Hamilton
Submissions from 2006
The Forward Premium in a Model with Heterogeneous Prior Beliefs, Eric O'N. Fisher
The Anatomy of an Oil Price Shock, Eric O'N. Fisher and Kathryn G. Marshall