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Volume 14, Issue 1 (2017)

Articles

Georgetown’s First Six MOOCs: Completion, Intention, and Gender Achievement Gaps
Paul A. Healy

Take me out to the Ball Game? The Effect of Crime on Major League Baseball Game Attendance
Allison Jakubek

The Perceived Return on College Investment in Relation to Economic Expectations of Students at the University of Maryland
Joshua S. Roston

The Impact of Sustainability Reporting on Firm Profitability
Lancee L. Whetman

Is There Really a Foreign Language Premium in Canada?: Evaluating the Foreign Language Effect on Canadian Wages
Peter C. Ki

Measuring Health Outcomes of Uncovered Employment: A Study of Income, Social Mobility, Equality, and Health Indicators in an Under-looked Segment of the Labor Force
Zakariya Kmir

Time Allocation, Sleep, and Academic Achievement in the Student Population
Patrick F. Ryan

Are Volatility Expectations in Different Countries Interdependent? A Data-Driven Solution to Structural VAR Identification for Implied Equity Volatility Indices
Timothy de Silva

Pricing Asian Options: Volatility Forecasting as a Source of Downside Risk
Adam T. Diehl

Making the Grade: The Contribution of Education Expenditure to Economic Growth
Neil Frank

Examining the Impact of Education on Diabetes Rates
Mackenzie Bogiages

Swimming For More Than Gold: How Swimming Participation and Success in Elite International Swimming Events Can Decrease Drowning Rates Across the World
Joshua R. Cottle

The Economic Impacts of a U.S. withdrawal from NAFTA: A CGE Analysis
Jonathan Liu

The Wall Street Gap: A Theoretical Analysis of Company Valuation Discrepancy
Peter Twomey

Shorter Papers and Communications

Mutual Economic Incentives for Urban Tree Canopy Restoration
Paul E. Thompson Jr.

Editors

Editor-in-Chief: Lily Chang, '18
Associate editors: Ray Bolton; Caroline Monsen; Helena Rosse; Katelyn Schwiderski
Reviewers: Chris Collins; Brandon Fricke; Ada Liu; Kurt Meyer; Katelyn Schwiderski; Ryan Swift
Faculty Advisors: Professor Michael Seeborg, Department of Economics; Professor Stephanie Davis-Kahl, The Ames Library