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Empirical Studies In Applied Economics presents nine previously unpublished analyses in monograph form. In this work, the topics are presented so that each chapter stands on its own. The emphasis is on the applications but attention is also given to the econometric and statistical issues for advanced readers. Econometric methods include multivariate regression analysis, limited dependent variable analysis, and other maximum likelihood techniques. The empirical topics include the measurement of competition and market power in natural gas transportation markets and in the pharmaceutical market for chemotherapy drugs. Additional topics include an empirical analysis of NFL football demand, the accuracy of an econometric model for mail demand, and the allocation of police services in rural Alaska. Other chapters consider the valuation of technology patents and the determination of patent scope, duration, and reasonable royalty, and the reaction of financial markets to health scares in the fast-food industry. Finally, two chapters are devoted to the theory and testing of synergistic health effects from the combined exposure to asbestos and cigarette smoking

Recently, and within a period of about twelve months, two monographs on empirical studies of demand have appeared, each reporting on the related economic and statistical theory as well as the results of extensive studies of data. Nearly two decades having now passed since the publication of the two other memorable volumes in this field, an attempt will be made in this paper to compare the recent works not only with each other, but also with these earlier classics.The revival of interest in the Pareto-Slutsky approach to the theory of demand, occasioned by the papers of Hicks and Allen and Schultz occurred before the publication of any of the four volumes under review and each contains some account of this theory and its empirical implications. Allen and Bowley, concerned entirely with the analysis of data on family budgets, used the theory in the derivation of their hypothetical form of the relation between expenditure on a particular commodity and total expenditure (now commonly called the Engel curve). They showed that if a consumer behaves according to the postulates of the theory and if in addition his pattern of tastes is of a special variety, then his Engel curves will be linear. This is the main empirical implication deduced and subjected to test by these authors. Schultz's elegant account of the theory of demand is written with profound knowledge of the Pareto and Slutsky contributions and still must be classed as "modern" in all respects.

Since the mid 2000s, a cottage industry has slowly blossomed of empirical research dedicated to advancing accounts of contracts "on the books"--accounting for what contracts tend to purportedly obligate signers to do, and contracts "in action"--accounting for how contracting parties tend to behave. This article reviews this literature, which spans several disciplines, most notably law, economics, and management, identifying eight categories of empirical questions in common across all disciplines, highlighting key findings, points of consensus, and noting areas most pressingly in need of additional research.

A Delphi Study in Field Instruction: Identification of Issues and Research Priorities by ExpertsPurpose of the Study; Characteristics of the Delphi Technique; Methodology; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Field Instruction in the 1980s -- Realities, Issues, and Problem-Solving Strategies; Introduction; Field Education in the Social Work Curriculum and in Curriculum Policy; Results of Surveys of Field Instruction Departments and Field Agencies; Field Agency Survey; Field Instruction in the United States and Canada: A Comparison of Studies; Introduction; Purpose of the Study.

In den letzten Jahrzehnten hat die Forschung weltweit wachsende Migrationsbewegungen und insbesondere Zuwanderung in entwickelte Länder des globalen Nordens dokumentiert. Vor diesem Hintergrund untersucht diese Dissertation welche Rolle das soziale Umfeld, das Sprachenlernen und Bildung im weiteren Sinne bei Migrationsentscheidungen und Assimilation im Zielland spielen. Hierbei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf Deutschland als entwickeltes Einwanderungsland. Migration wird als Prozess verstanden: von der Entscheidung ob und wann eine Fremdsprache erlernt wird, über Überlegungen und Pläne das Heimat...