The Park Place Economist
Volume 12, Issue 1 (2004)
Prefatory Notes
Reflections on the Economics Program
MICHAEL C. SEEBORG
Alumni Notes
Amanda Thorson '05
Letter from the Editor
Alexis Manning '04
News and Commentary
The Class of 2004
Nick Holland '06
A New Beginning: The Undergraduate Economics Review
Mahi Garg '05
Articles
Single-Sex Schooling: Separate But Equal?
Todd Kumler '07
Racial Discrimination in Major League Baseball: Can It Exist When Performance is Crystal Clear?
Will Irwin '04
The Polish Banking System: A Case for Bank Consolidation and Foreign Participation
Amanda Thorson '05
The Unemployment Cost of Canada’s Inflation Target: A Phillips Curve Analysis
Robbie Gallagher '04
Economic Impact of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions on Acquiring Firm Shareholder Wealth
George Coontz '04
The Positive Externalities of Historic District Designation
Ana Maria Romero '05
Human Capital as a Transmission Mechanism of the Resource Curse
Alexis Manning '04
Wage Differentials for Immigrant Women in the United States: The Heightened Effect of Ethnic and Gender Interaction
Mahi Garg '05
Factors Affecting Environmental Concern in Bloomington-Normal Residents
Divya Soni '04 and Katie Wehr '04
Interview with Jeremy Sandford: A Glimpse into the Life of a Graduate Students of Economics
John Haugen '06
Opinion: The Benefits and Costs of Outsourcing Jobs
George Coontz '04
Editors
- Editor-in-Chief
- Alexis Manning
- Technical Editor
- Robbie Gallagher
- Assistant Editor-in-Chief
- Ana Maria Romero
- Assistant Technical Editor
- Meg Howe
- Cover Artist
- BeiBei Que
- Articles Editors
- Sarah Bland
- George Coontz
- Robbie Gallagher
- Mahi Garg
- Alexis Manning
- Ana Maria Romero
- News Editors
- Sarah Bland
- George Coontz
- Mahi Garg
- Nick Holland
- Todd Kumler
- Proofreading Editors
- Sarah Bland
- George Coontz
- Robbie Gallagher
- Mahi Garg
- John Haugen
- Nick Holland
- Todd Kumler
- Alexis Manning
- Ana Maria Romero
- Amanda Thorson
- Alumni Editors
- John Haugen
- Amanda Thorson
- Advisory Board
- Faculty Advisor
- Robert Leekley, Associate Professor of Economics
- President of the IWU Economics Society
- Ana Maria Romero