Jamie Bologna Pavlik

Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Assistant Professor

Suite 167, 2625 Memorial Circle

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1.

The Cuban Revolution and Infant Mortality: A Synthetic Control Approach

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2018
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Vincent Geloso
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 565 (99,941)
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Infant Mortality, Cuba, Castro Regime, Health Economics

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Corruption: The Good, the Bad, and the Uncertain

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016
Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 398 (151,988)
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corruption perceptions, corruption experience, uncertainty, growth

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Did Technology Transfer More Rapidly East-West than North-South?

European Economic Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2019
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
Downloads 362 (168,905)
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continental orientation, technological diffusion, deep roots, economic development, spatial econometrics

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Economic Freedom and the Economic Consequences of the 1918 Pandemic

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 27 May 2020
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Vincent Geloso
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 344 (178,549)
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Economic freedom, 1918 flu pandemic, health, economic crises

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The Effect of the Mahathir Regime on the Malaysian Economy

Free Market Institute Research Paper No. 3808696
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2022
Abidemi Adisa, Michael C. Farmer and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 327 (188,550)
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Economic Growth, Economic Development, Centralization of Power, Synthetic Control, Developmental Clientelism, State Capacity

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Bribe-Switching

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Bribe-Switching

Number of pages: 99 Posted: 04 Apr 2022
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Desiree Desierto
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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corruption, bribery, shadow economy, illegal markets

Bribe-Switching

Number of pages: 88 Posted: 03 Apr 2023
Desiree Desierto and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 44 (843,136)

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corruption, bribery, shadow economy, illegal markets

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Corruption, Product Market Competition, and Institutional Quality: Empirical Evidence from the US States

Forthcoming at Economic Inquiry
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 06 May 2016
Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 250 (248,978)
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Corruption, competition, institutional quality

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The Effect of Informal Employment and Corruption on Income Levels in Brazil

Journal of Comparative Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 30 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2016
Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 232 (267,874)
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corruption, informal economy, income levels, growth

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Crises and Government: Some Empirical Evidence

Contemporary Economic Policy (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 22 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2015
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
Downloads 224 (276,947)
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sovereign debt crises, banking crises, currency crises, inflation crises, institutional quality, size of government, ratchet effect

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Cultural Baggage: Do Immigrants Import Corruption?

Forthcoming at the Southern Economic Journal
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 09 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2019
Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Estefania Lujan Padilla and Benjamin Powell
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University - Free Market Institute
Downloads 199 (309,555)
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Immigration, Corruption

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Is the Devil in the Shadow? The Effect of Institutional Quality on Income

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 26 May 2020
Israt Jahan, Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Ryan Williams
Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Students
Downloads 182 (335,888)
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informal sector, shadow economy, institutions, development

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A Spatial Analysis of Entrepreneurship and Institutional Quality: Evidence from U.S. Metropolitan Areas

Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 2015
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2015
Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 173 (351,277)
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entrepreneurship, spillovers, institutional quality

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An Almost Laboratory Experiment: John Cowperthwaite and Hong Kong's Economic Prosperity

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-15
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Vincent Geloso, Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Yang Zhou
George Mason University - Department of Economics, Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and University of North Texas - Department of Economics
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Economic Growth; Milton Friedman; John Cowperthwaite; Hong Kong; Size of Government

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The Legacy of Representation in Medieval Europe for Incomes and Institutions Today

Southern Economic Journal (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2021
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
Downloads 165 (365,948)
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representative assemblies, political economy, medieval, institutions, property rights, rule of law, growth and development

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A Spatial Analysis of Incomes and Institutional Quality: Evidence from US Metropolitan Areas

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Mar 2014
Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Donald J. Lacombe and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, College of Human Sciences, Department of Personal Financial Planning, Students and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
Downloads 162 (371,682)
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institutional quality, economic freedom, income levels, income growth, spatial dependence, spillovers

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Patent Intensity and Concentration: The Effect of Institutional Quality on MSA Patent Activity

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 May 2019
Gary A. Wagner and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
University of Louisiana-Lafayette and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 161 (373,586)
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patents, innovation, institutions, economic freedom

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Sorting out the Aid-Corruption Nexus

Journal of Institutional Economics (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2021
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
Downloads 159 (377,525)

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foreign aid, official development assistance, ODA, corruption, institutional quality, economic development, matching methods

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Does Corruption Affect the Informal-Formal Sector Income Gap? Evidence from Brazil

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 May 2016 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2019
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Amir B. Ferreira Neto
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Florida Gulf Coast University
Downloads 150 (396,539)

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corruption, informal economy, shadow economy, dual labor market theory

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Do Longer Constitutions Corrupt?

Free Market Institute Research Paper No. 3925236, European Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 20 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2022
Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Israt Jahan and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
Downloads 149 (398,713)
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Constitutions, constitutional amendments, constitutional length, corruption

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Contagious Corruption, Informal Employment, and Income: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 01 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2015
Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 138 (423,771)
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Corruption, informal economy, income levels, growth, spatial dependence, spillovers

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Political Influence and Its Relation to the Federal Prosecution of Public Corruption

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2017
Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 129 (446,887)
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Corruption, corruption convictions, political bias

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Access to Information Laws and Voter Behavior: Does Transparency Increase Participation?

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2020
Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 124 (460,683)
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Voter Turnout, Political Participation, Corruption, Transparency, Accountability

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Are Historic Districts A Backdoor for Segregation? Yes and No

Free Market Institute Research Paper No. 3733105
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2022
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Yang Zhou
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and University of North Texas - Department of Economics
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Historic district, segregation, machine learning

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Bribe-Switching

Free Market Institute Research Paper No. 3843425
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 11 May 2021 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2021
Desiree Desierto and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 121 (469,545)

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corruption, bribery, shadow economy, illegal markets

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Does Aid Cause Changes in Economic Freedom?

Free Market Institute Research Paper No. 3950832
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 02 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2022
Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Benjamin Powell and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University - Free Market Institute and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
Downloads 119 (475,574)

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foreign aid, economic freedom

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Medieval European Traditions in Representation and State Capacity Today

Economics of Governance (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 11 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2020
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
Downloads 117 (481,697)
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Representative Assemblies, State Capacity, Political Economy, Medieval Europe, Institutions, Property Rights, Rule of Law, Growth and Development

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The Economic Impact of a Major Corruption Scandal in China: The Case of Heilongjiang

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Feb 2021
Alberto Batinti, Yang Zhou and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Sapienza University of Rome, University of North Texas - Department of Economics and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 110 (504,323)
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corruption, economic performance, Chinese governance, Synthetic Control Method

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Gender and Corruption in Firms: The Importance of Regional Context

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Mar 2023
João Pedro Bastos and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Dept. of Ag. & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 106 (518,029)

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Corruption, Gender, Inequality JEL Codes:J16, D73

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Is the Internet an Effective Mechanism for Reducing Corruption Experience? Evidence from a Cross-Section of Countries

Applied Economics Letters, 2014
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2014
Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 105 (521,633)

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corruption perceptions, corruption experience, Internet, press

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Institutional Quality and Development: On the Role of Informality

Journal of Developing Areas, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 03 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2020
Justin T Callais, Israt Jahan and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Archbridge Institute, Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
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Informal sector, shadow economy, institutions, development

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Historical Representative Assembly Experiences and Constitutionalism Today

Free Market Institute Research Paper No. 4391878, Comparative Economic Studies (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 17 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2023
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
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constitutional economics, constitutionalism, representative assemblies, medieval and Early Modern, limited government

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Does Economic Freedom Lighten the Blow? Evidence from the Great Recession in the United States

Economics of Governance, Forthcoming, Free Market Institute Research Paper No. 4149724
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 13 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 17 May 2023
Justin T Callais and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Archbridge Institute and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 98 (547,169)
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economic freedom, crisis, Great Recession, regional development

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Resource Shocks, Firm Obstacles, and Local Business in Africa

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 27 Oct 2020
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Amanda Ross
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration
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Corruption, Firm Obstacles, Conflict, Large Firms, Small Firms JEL codes: Q33, D73, D74, O13

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Reaffirming the Wheat Boom: New Evidence for Structural Breaks in Canadian Economic Growth

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 24-06
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 29 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2024
Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Vincent Geloso and Casey Pender
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Mount Allison University
Downloads 83 (606,230)
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Structural Breaks, Stochastic Trends, Synthetic Control, Economic Growth, Canadian History

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Executive Influence over Reported Corruption Convictions: Are Conviction Rates a Biased Measure of US State-Level Corruption?

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2017
Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 77 (632,477)
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Corruption, corruption convictions, congressional dominance model, congressional oversight

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The Effect of Presidential Particularism on Income: A County Level Analysis

Free Market Institute Research Paper No. 3812724
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 03 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2022
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Maria Tackett
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Gonzaga University
Downloads 74 (646,146)
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Economic growth; Presidential particularism; Political economy; Public choice

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Revolutionary Constitutional Compliance

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Nov 2023
Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Justin T Callais and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Archbridge Institute and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
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constitutional compliance, revolutions, revolutionary constitutions, constitutional political economy, constitutionalism, limited government, matching methods

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Revisiting the Relationship between Corruption and Press Freedom

Free Market Institute Research Paper No. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Oct 2023
Towhid Iqram Mahmood and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 49 (786,619)

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Corruption, Transparency, Freedom of the Press

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Public Participation and Constitutional Compliance

Free Market Institute Research Paper No. 4644359
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Nov 2023
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
Downloads 47 (800,684)
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Constitution-making, public participation, Constitutional compliance, matching methods

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Female Ownership of Firms and Regulation Experience

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Feb 2024
João Pedro Bastos and Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Dept. of Ag. & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 42 (837,538)

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regulation, discrimination, gender, inequality

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The Impacts of an Ethanol Plant Placement on Cotton Acreage in the Texas High Plains

International Center for Agricultural Competitiveness, Texas Tech University, WP-17-01
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Oct 2017
Bing Liu, Darren Hudson, Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Michael C. Farmer
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Downloads 37 (878,183)

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cotton acreage, ethanol plant location, ethanol production, sorghum basis, spatial models

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Can Public Participation in Constitution-Making Curb Corruption?

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 19 Dec 2024
Jamie Bologna Pavlik and Andrew T. Young
Texas Tech University - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and Texas Tech University - Rawls College of Business
Downloads 12 (1,147,456)

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corruption, public participation, Constitution-making, event studies, matching methods