The Park Place Economist
Volume XVI
2008

Title, Letter from the Editor, and From the Economics Department
Elizabeth Taylor, Lindsey Haines, Florence Soyinka, Kunaey Garg, Dan Wexler

The Effect of Gender Inequality on Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study
Quentin Brummet

The Effects of Financial Aid Amounts on Academic Performance
Lane Coonrod

The Long-Term Effects of Divorce and Parental Discord on the Adult-Child's Socioeconomic Attainment
Chris Davis

The Determinants of Foreclosures for Single-Family Homes in the United States
Bryan Duling

The Effect of the Federal Funds Futures and Changes in Federal Reserve Monetary Policy on Stock Markets: A Sector-Wise Analysis
Kunaey Garg

Economic Returns to Higher Education: Signaling v. Human Capital Theory; An Analysis of Competing Theories
Jim Kjelland

Capital Investment and Rural-Urban Migration in China
Stephanie Panozzo

Stock Index Pricing with Random Walk and Agent-based Models
Scott Swisher

Socioeconomic Factors and Illicit Drug Demand
Elizabeth Taylor