Economics and Legal Studies Department

International Technology Diffusion and Growth in the Manufacturing Sector of Developing Economies

Evaluate channels which foreign technology diffuses to manufacturing sector of selected developing economies. We find foreign R&D typically has biggest positive impact on domestic productivity and value added growth. Imports of technology goods and foreign direct investment also play a positive role but effect is of smaller magnitude and not always significant.

Sponsor: State of Oklahoma

PIs: Andreas Savvides

Louisiana State University: Marios Zachariadis,

On the Determinants of Technical Efficiency in Oklahoma Schools: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

A stochastic production frontier for school districts in the state of Oklahoma is estimated using panel data, and several determinants of district efficiency are identified.

Sponsor: State of Oklahoma

PIs: Lee C. Adkins, Ronald L. Moomaw

The Impact of Local Funding on the Technical Efficiency of Oklahoma Schools

Local funding improves school district efficiency

in Oklahoma.

Sponsor: State of Oklahoma

PIs: Lee C. Adkins, Ronald L. Moomaw

Assessing the Efficiency of Oklahoma School Districts: A Bayesian Analysis

Bayesian methods are used to estimate a frontier production function for Oklahoma School districts.

Sponsor: State of Oklahoma

PIs: Lee C. Adkins

Test Statistics and Critical Values in Selectivity Models

Using Monte Carlo simulations, various methods of estimating the covariance matrix of 2-step Heckit model are compared.

Sponsor: State of Oklahoma

PIs: Lee C. Adkins,

Louisiana State University: R. Carter Hill

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: Keith Bender

Bayesian Model Selection: An Application to Regional Analysis

Geweke's Bayesian model selection procedure is applied to problems in regional economics.

Sponsor: State of Oklahoma

PIs: Lee C. Adkins, Ronald L. Moomaw, Eric Tien

Inequality Restricted Bayesian Estimation of Production Functions for Regional Computable General Equilibrium Modeling

Bayesian estimates of Oklahoma production are obtained using prior information from the U.S.

Sponsor: State of Oklahoma

PIs: Lee C. Adkins, Dan S. Rickman, Abid Hameed

Convergence and the Short-Run Dynamics of Prices in a Currency Union

Transmission of foreign price shocks are studied for the CFA.

Sponsor: State of Oklahoma

PIs: Lee C. Adkins, Andreas Savvides

Regional Technical Efficiency in Europe

Regional production functions are estimated and country-level productivity differences are detected using panel data.

Sponsor: State of Oklahoma

PIs: Lee C. Adkins, Ronald L. Moomaw

Price Risk in the NYMEX Energy Complex: an Extreme Value Approach

The parameters characterizing the tail behavior of probability distributions are estimated. These are used to construct risk statistics for unconditional distributions of daily logarithmic price changes of the NYMEX energy complex.

Sponsor: State of Oklahoma

PIs: Lee C. Adkins, Timothy L. Krehbiel

Predatory Pricing and Unfair Sales Acts

Examines the similarities between "predatory pricing" and pricing behavior that various state laws prohibit under their "unfair sales acts." After describing the nature of the latter statutes and the extent to which these laws still exist across the United States, it uses economics to analyze them and their effects on consumer welfare.

Sponsor: State of Oklahoma

PIs: Joseph M. Jadlow