Search Results - "Murdoch, James C"

Time and distance heterogeneity in the neighborhood spillover effects of foreclosed properties by Zhang, Lei, Leonard, Tammy, Murdoch, James C.

“…In this paper, we examined heterogeneity in the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values. Foreclosures with longer…”
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Economic Growth, Civil Wars, and Spatial Spillovers by Murdoch, James C., Sandler, Todd

“…A neoclassical growth model is used to empirically test for the influences of a civil war on steady-state income per capita both at home and in neighboring…”
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Systematic neighborhood observations at high spatial resolution: methodology and assessment of potential benefits by Leonard, Tammy C M, Caughy, Margaret O'Brien, Mays, Judith K, Murdoch, James C

“…There is a growing body of public health research documenting how characteristics of neighborhoods are associated with differences in the health status of…”
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The participation decision versus the level of participation in an environmental treaty: a spatial probit analysis by Murdoch, James C., Sandler, Todd, Vijverberg, Wim P.M.

“…This paper represents treaty participation as a two-stage game, for which nations first decide whether or not to participate and then they choose their level…”
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The neighborhood effects of foreclosure by Leonard, Tammy, Murdoch, James C.

“…Neighborhood quality is an important attribute of housing yet its value is rarely known to researchers. We argue that changes in nearby foreclosures reveal…”
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Civil Wars and Economic Growth: Spatial Dispersion by Murdoch, James C., Sandler, Todd

“…This article quantifies the impact of civil wars on economic growth at home and in nearby countries. Three alternative measures of nearness-contiguity, length…”
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Why Cooperate? Public Goods, Economic Power, and the Montreal Protocol by Beron, Kurt J., Murdoch, James C., Wim P. M. Vijverberg

“…This paper develops a correlated probit model to describe dichotomous choices that may contain a public-goods component or some other forms of interdependency…”
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Economic preferences and obesity among a low-income African American community by de Oliveira, Angela C.M., Leonard, Tammy C.M., Shuval, Kerem, Skinner, Celette Sugg, Eckel, Catherine, Murdoch, James C.

“…•We conduct a lab-in-field experiment in a low-income African American community.•We examine the relationship between risk tolerance, patience and obesity.•We…”
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Property Values as a Measure of Neighborhoods: An Application of Hedonic Price Theory by Leonard, Tammy, Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M., Ayers, Colby, Murdoch, James C., Yin, Wenyuan, Pruitt, Sandi L.

“…BACKGROUND:Researchers measuring relationships between neighborhoods and health have begun using property appraisal data as a source of information about…”
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The impact of the low income housing tax credit program on local schools by Di, Wenhua, Murdoch, James C.

“…•We spatially merge LIHTC units to nearby elementary schools.•We model changes in school performance in relation to changes in LIHTC units.•Overall, LIHTC…”
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Health Behavior and Behavioral Economics: Economic Preferences and Physical Activity Stages of Change in a Low-Income African-American Community by Leonard, Tammy, Shuval, Kerem, de Oliveira, Angela, Skinner, Celette Sugg, Eckel, Catherine, Murdoch, James C.

“…Purpose. To examine the relationship between physical activity stages of change and preferences for financial risk and time. Design. A cross-sectional,…”
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An analysis of the neighborhood impacts of a mortgage assistance program: A spatial hedonic model by Di, Wenhua, Ma, Jielai, Murdoch, James C.

“…Down payment or closing cost assistance is an effective program in addressing the wealth constraints of low- and moderate-income homebuyers. However, the…”
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The Influence of Demographics and Distance on Nonprofit Location by Bielefeld, Wolfgang, Murdoch, James C., Waddell, Paul

“…This article investigates the relationship between socioeconomic characteristics and the provision of nonprofit services for census block groups in Dallas…”
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The Locations of Nonprofit Organizations and Their For-Profit Counterparts: An Exploratory Analysis by Bielefeld, Wolfgang, Murdoch, James C.

“…This research examines the utility of spatial analysis for studying nonprofit sectors and the relations between nonprofits and for-profits. Information was…”
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An Analysis of the Housing Market before and after the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake by Beron, Kurt J., Murdoch, James C., Thayer, Mark A., Wim P. M. Vijverberg

“…Residential housing sales data from the San Francisco Bay area are merged with earthquake hazard measures, geologic measures, neighborhood quality measures,…”
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The voluntary provision of a pure public good: The case of reduced CFC emissions and the Montreal Protocol by Murdoch, James C., Sandler, Todd

“…This paper applies the theory of the voluntary provision of a pure public good to the behavior of nations to curb chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) emissions during the…”
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The voluntary provision of a pure public good and the Montreal Protocol: behavioral and data concerns by Murdoch, James C., Sandler, Todd

“…This article argues that the World Resources Institute (WRI) data are appropriate for our game-theoretic-based analysis of countries’ CFC emission cutbacks…”
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On Sharing NATO Defence Burdens in the 1990s and Beyond by Sandler, Todd, Murdoch, James C.

“…This article investigates NATO burden sharing in the 1990s in light of strategic, technological, political and membership changes. Both an ability-to-pay and a…”
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A Tale of Two Collectives: Sulphur versus Nitrogen Oxides Emission Reduction in Europe by Murdoch, James C., Sandler, Tod, Sargent, Keith

“…A theoretical model of emission reductions is specified that accounts for voluntary and non-voluntary behaviour regarding the adherence to the Helsinki and…”
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The Robustness of Hedonic Price Estimation: Urban Air Quality by Graves, Phil, Murdoch, James C., Thayer, Mark A., Waldman, Don

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