The Renminbi (RMB) and U.S. dollar (USD) exchange rate and its association with China-U.S. bilateral trade has been a hot issue of debate on both sides of the Pacific for many years. This paper tests the hypothesis that ...

The ICT sector has been recognized as a major driving force of foreign direct investment in the global economy. Past studies have demonstrated the merit of ICT infrastructures and governance in attracting foreign direct ...

Since the failure of the Doha round of negotiations, the number of trade agreements between countries has increased exponentially worldwide. The premise being that trade agreements tie nations closer together lessening the ...

How does an economies regime type affect corruption rates observed within a nation? Past empirical studies have looked at both regime type and corruption rates using several different techniques; however past empirical ...

This paper examines the relationship between expansions of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) benefits and federal tax return filing behavior among EITC eligible individuals. An estimated 13 to 18 percent of individuals who ...

Financial literacy is an important body of knowledge and set of skills that consumers need to successfully navigate the 21st century economy. Prior research shows financial literacy bears a significant relationship, along ...

Past research has determined using simple summary statistics that non-American, or “ethnic” restaurants score lower on their food safety inspections, even though they are not inspected significantly more often. Using a ...

Building on previous empirical studies of violence and military aid spending, this paper adds to the growing body of literature by analyzing the recent reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. New and more expansive violence ...

In 1931 James Truslow Adams coined the phrase "the American Dream" in his historical account of the United States in The Epic of America. Over generations, this premise has shaped the belief that all members of society, ...

Education has become a global business and tertiary education is the biggest contributor. From 1975 to 2011, the number of international students enrolled in tertiary education among the OECD countries grew from 0.8 million ...