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Roll Call Voting in the NCAA by DeBrock, Lawrence, Hendricks, Wallace

“…Economists typically view the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a joint marketing organization designed to advance the economic interests of…”
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Uncertainty, Hiring, and Subsequent Performance: The NFL Draft by Hendricks, Wallace, DeBrock, Lawrence, Koenker, Roger

“…In this article, we analyze the impact of uncertainty on the hiring process. We show the connection between models of statistical discrimination where…”
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Utilization control in HMOs by Debrock, L, Arnould, R J

“…Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) have emerged as a major vehicle to reduce transaction costs associated with defining the limits of health insurance…”
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A reexamination of medical society control of Blue Shield plans by Arnould, R J, DeBrock, L M

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Do HMOs Produce Specific Services More Efficiently? by Arnould, Richard J., Debrock, Lawrence W., Pollard, John W.

“…Previous research on the effects of HMOs on health care costs has concentrated on aggregate costs and resource use and has shown that HMOs result in lower…”
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Pay and Performance: The Impact of Salary Distribution on Firm-Level Outcomes in Baseball by Debrock, Lawrence, Hendricks, Wallace, Koenker, Roger

“…When we control for worker characteristics, we are able to directly test theories of efficiency wages and fairness. We find that high-quality workers continue…”
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Joint Bidding, Information Pooling, and the Performance of Petroleum Lease Auctions by DeBrock, Larry M., Smith, James L.

“…This article uses a game-theoretic bidding model to examine the effect of joint bidding in offshore petroleum lease auctions. We show that joint bidding…”
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The effect of provider control of Blue Shield plans on health care markets by Arnould, R J, DeBrock, L M

“…Blue Shield plans often are granted regulatory advantages by the states in which they operate. Run efficiently, such not-for-profit firms should use these…”
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Is Healthy Competition Healthy? New Evidence of the Impact of Hospital Competition by Gift, Thomas L., Arnould, Richard, DeBrock, Larry

“…Competition among hospitals is commonly regarded as inefficient due to the medical arms race phenomenon, but most evidence for this hypothesis predates the…”
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The Economics of Persistence: Graduation Rates of Athletes as Labor Market Choice by DeBrock, Lawrence, Hendricks, Wallace, Koenker, Roger

“…In this paper we analyze data for each Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) school on academic characteristics, athletic characteristics,…”
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Competition and market failure in the hospital industry: a review of the evidence by Arnould, R J, DeBrock, L M

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Strike Two: Labor-Management Negotiations in Major League Baseball by DeBrock, Lawrence M., Roth, Alvin E.

“…This article considers a simple variable-threat model of bargaining intended to explain the unusual discontinuous strike threatened by the Major League Players…”
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Market Structure, Innovation, and Optimal Patent Life by DeBrock, Lawrence M.

“…No single market type gives a totally efficient allocation of resources directed toward invention. Social controls, most prominently patents, will help to…”
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The Structural Effects of State Regulation of Retail Fluid Milk Prices: A Reply by Masson, Robert Tempest, DeBrock, Lawrence Marvin

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structural effects of state regulation of retail fluid milk prices by Masson, R.T, DeBrock, L.M

“…The announced and implied objectives of state retail fluid milk price regulation are reported. Application of the Chamberlinian monopolistic competition model…”
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