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1998 TITLES

1 Adamson, Kyle "Comparison of the Stock Market Crashes of 1929 and 1987"

2

Baughman, Dianne
"Oligopoly to Monopoly: The Transformation of the Financial Market"

3

Chudik, Todd
"An Empirical Investigation of Business cycle Theories: An Application of Granger Causality"
4 Dopirak, Josh "Achieving Profitability: HMOs 1970-1998"
5 Dotson, Kim "Fourier Series and the Empirical Analysis of Real Wages"


6


Fenechi, Daniel W.
"The Effects of the United Farm Worker Labor Union on the Employment Level in the Agricultural Industry in the United States, 1955 to 1985"

7

Fink, Colin
"Field of Dreams or Field of Schemes? An Economic Analysis of New Stadium Construction"
8 Franz, Stephanie "Mergers and Alleged Cost Savings"

9

Gang, Kevin T.
"A Comparison of the Distribution of Labor in Pennsylvania and the United States from 1840-1990."

10

Gavrity, Kenneth C.
"The Mutual Fund: An Investigation of the Efficient Market Hypothesis"

11

Geyer, Randy
"Hydroelectric Dams and Undefined Property Rights: How They Affect the Long Run Sustainability of Pacific Salmon"

12

Gutierrez, Hugo
"Exchange Rate Policy: Mexico's Search for Economic Stability and the 1994 Economic Crisis"
13 Heckroth, Peter A. "Highmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield Merger"

14

Howe, Karyn M.
"The Optimal Portfolio: Factors that influence an Individual's Decisions of What Investments to Hold in a Portfolio"
15 Huque, Mahreen "Financial Liberalization in Asian Emerging Markets"
16 Hutton, Randall R. "Efficiency and the Motivation of a Worker"

17

James, Jason
"CEO Salary: Not Linked to Performance But Rather to Other Factors"

18

Julicher, Cassie
"Exploring the Past to Define the Current Economic Consequences of Immigration"

19

Kucenic, Darcy C.
"Should We Keep the National Endowment for the Arts?: The Economic Implications of the Performing Arts."

20

Muha, Andrew J.
"The Demand for Noncast Payment Instruments: A Panel Data Analysis"


21


Nagy, James P.
"One-Stop Shopping, Loss Leader Pricing, and the Value of Consumer's Time: An Overview of Convenience Store's and Supercenter's Effect on Consumers"
22 Occhino, Gary P. "Professional Gold: Who Controls the Market?"
23 Ruffing, Robert W. "Mergers and Acquisitions, and Their Effect on Stock Prices"
24 Smith, Robert "Collective Bargaining in the National Football League"

25

Stanier, Robert
"The Effect of Uncertain Environmental Liability on Brownfield Redevelopment by the Modern Steel Industry"

26

Trimble, William
"A Discussion on the Implementation of Electric Vehicles into California"
27 Weir, Kenneth "The Effects of Fiscal and Monetary Policy on Consumption"