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The Developing Economist - 2016 VOL. 3 NO. 1

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Finance
2016, Vol. 3 No. 1
Executive Compensation at Credit Unions
By Daniel Koslovsky
Published by The Developing Economist
This study is the first to examine credit union executive pay using compensation information from IRS Form 990. Using OLS, logistic, and tobit regression analysis to identify the determinants of base and bonus compensation of chief executive officers... Read Article »
Compensation Executive Pay Credit Unions Banking Finance
Higher Education
2016, Vol. 3 No. 1
An Econometric Analysis of the Major Choice of First-Generation College Students
By Sam Trejo
Published by The Developing Economist
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, I estimate a multinomial logit choice model for the college major decisions of first-generation college students|students who are the first in the families to attend college|and non... Read Article »
Higher Education College Students Decision-Making Socioeconomics Labor Markets
Marijuana Legalization
2016, Vol. 3 No. 1
How Does Medical Marijuana Legalization Affect the Number of Marijuana Users? An Inclusion and Examination of Different Age Groups
By Anthony Duong
Published by The Developing Economist
This paper studies the effect of medical marijuana legalization on the number of marijuana users in a given state's general population. To measure the number of marijuana users in each state, I used survey data that covers multiple years. Given... Read Article »
Medical Marijuana Marijuana Legalization Lawmaking
Crime Rates
2016, Vol. 3 No. 1
The Effect of a 311 Vacant Building Call on Crime Rates
By Bharat Chandar
Published by The Developing Economist
It is generally accepted among researchers that incidence of crime is on average higher around vacant and abandoned properties because they can serve as safe havens for criminal activity. However, there has been little research investigating the... Read Article »
Crime Rates Crime Prevention Crime Housing Law Abandoned Property Foreclosure
Environmental Economics
2016, Vol. 3 No. 1
Does Trade Liberalization Lead to Declining Fish Stock Health? Analyzing the Causality
By Erin K. Glenn
Published by The Developing Economist
The paper “Does Trade Liberalization Lead to Declining Fish Stock Health? Analyzing the Causality” by Erin K. Glenn has been removed from this volume. The editorial board of The Developing Economist decided to withdraw this article... Read Article »
International Trade Trade Policy Environmental Economics Fish Stocks Overfishing Global Commons

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