The Park Place Economist
Volume XX
2012
Prefatory Notes
Letter from the Editor
Brittany Goldman
News and Commentary
Where it All Began
Amy Chang '12, Michael Mayberger '14, and Jake Mann '12
Two Decades of Excellence
Andrea Kerwin '14 and Elizabeth Liubicich '14
Articles
China's Accession to the WTO: Economic Benefits
Graham Boden '13
China's Accession to the WTO: Economic Costs
Manh Dao '14, Cathy Geehan '14, and Joshua Pandian '12
Meta-Analysis of Environmental Kuznets Curve Studies: Determining the Cause of the Curve's Presence
Brittany Goldman '12
The Impacts of U.S. - China Trade on U.S. Manufacturing Unemployment
Tung Hoang '12
Causes and Implications of the U.S Housing Crisis
Nicholas Kenaga '13
Electricity: A Cursed Resource?
Devin Long '12
Financial and Labor Market Determinants of Mortgage Delinquency Rates: McLean County, 1985-2011
Jake Mann '12
Returns from Self-Employment: Using Human Capital Theory to Compare U.S. Natives and Immigrants
Nikola Popovic '12
Economics of Salary Dispersion in the National Basketball Association
Dan Schouten '12
Determinants of American Stock Prices on a Firm-Specific Level
Cory Sloan
Bilateral Aid to Least Developed Countries: A Study of the U.S., the U.K., France, and Japan
Dave Warren '12
Economic Assimilation of Chinese Immigrants in the United States: Is There Wage Convergence with Natives?
Eunis Wu '12