This series includes preprints and other working papers authored by faculty members of Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy.
Submissions from 2013
The Broadband Digital Divide and the Benefits of Mobile Broadband for Minorities, James Prieger
The Impact of Government Policies on Access to Broadband, James Prieger
A Basic Analysis of Entry and Exit in the US Broadband Market, 2005-2008, James Prieger and Michelle Connolly
A Basic Analysis of Entry and Exit in the US Broadband Market, 2005-2008: More Detail and Additional Results, James Prieger and Michelle Connolly
Submissions from 2012
Effects of Natural Resource Abundance on Institutions: Which, Where and When?, Luisa Blanco, Jeffrey Nugent, and Graham Veenstra
Making American Places: Civic Engagement Rightly Understood, Ted McAllister
What Does Burke Have to Do with America?, Ted McAllister
The Broadband Digital Divide and the Economic Benefits of Mobile Broadband for Rural Areas, James Prieger
The Economic Benefits of Mobile Broadband, James Prieger
Civic Engagement in California: Why Do We Lag?, James Prieger and Kelly Faltis
Submissions from 2011
The Finance–Growth Link Revisited and the Role of Institutions as a Source of Finance in Latin America, Luisa Blanco
The Impact of Insecurity on Democracy and Trust in Institutions in Mexico, Luisa Blanco
The impact of spatial interdependence on FDI in Latin America, Luisa Blanco
Immigration Regulation, Luisa Blanco and Odinakachi Anyanwu
In the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008: What Have We Learned?, Luisa Blanco and Michael Crouch
The Impact of FDI on CO₂ Emissions in Latin America, Luisa Blanco, Fidel Gonzalez, and Isabel Ruiz
Explaining the Rise of the Left in Latin America, Luisa Blanco and Robin Grier
The (non) effect of natural resource dependence on capital accumulation in Latin America, Luisa Blanco and Robin Grier
Competition between Tax Havens: Does Proximity Matter?, Luisa Blanco and Cynthia Rogers
Do Tax Havens Really Flourish? Accounting for Endogeneity in Growth Regressions, Luisa Blanco and Cynthia Rogers
Tax Havens and FDI Spillovers: Implications for LDCs, Luisa Blanco and Cynthia Rogers
Material Support: Counternarcotics vs. Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, Jonathan D. Kulick, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Mark A. R. Kleiman
A Dreadful Emancipation: Walter Lippmann’s Critique of Modernity, Ted McAllister
Deployment of Mobile Broadband Service in the United States, James Prieger and Thomas V. Church
Oust the Louse: Does Political Pressure Discipline Regulators?, James Prieger, Janice A. Hauge, and Mark A. Jamison
Verifiable and Non-Verifiable Anonymous Mechanisms for Regulating a Polluting Monopolist, James Prieger and Nicholas J. Sanders
Submissions from 2010
Powering America: The Impact of Ethanol Production in the Corn Belt States, Luisa Blanco and Michelle Isenhouer
Demand-Side Programs to Stimulate Adoption of Broadband: What Works?, James Prieger and Janice A. Hauge
Applications Barriers to Entry and Exclusive Vertical Contracts in Platform Markets, James Prieger and Wei-Min Hu
French Automobiles and the Chinese Boycotts of 2008: Politics Really Does Affect Commerce, James Prieger, Wei-Min Hu, Canhui Hong, and Dongming Zhu
The Broadcasters’ Transition Date Roulette: Strategic Aspects of the DTV Transition, James Prieger and James Miller
Submissions from 2009
Life is Unfair in Latin America, But Does it Matter for Growth?, Luisa Blanco
The Finance–Growth Link in Latin America, Luisa Blanco
Long Live Democracy: The Determinants of Political Instability in Latin America, Luisa Blanco and Robin Grier
America’s Vital Interests, Ted McAllister
Economics at the FCC, 2008-2009: Broadband and Merger Review, James Prieger and Michelle Connolly
The Macroeconomic Impacts of E-Business on the Economy, James Prieger and Daniel Heil
The Microeconomic Impacts of E-Business on the Economy, James Prieger and Daniel Heil
Submissions from 2008
The Rules of the Road or Roadblocks on the Information Highway? Regulation and Innovation in Telecommunications, James Prieger and Daniel Heil
The Broadband Digital Divide and the Nexus of Race, Competition, and Quality, James Prieger and Wei-Min Hu
The Empirics of the Digital Divide: Can Duration Analysis Help?, James Prieger and Wei-Min Hu
Submissions from 2007
Product Innovation, Signaling, and Endogenous Regulatory Delay, James Prieger
Are Drivers Who Use Cell Phones Inherently Less Safe?, James Prieger and Robert W. Hahn
Submissions from 2005
What’s Wrong with the Right: A Conservative Vision For the Twenty-First Century, Ted McAllister
Submissions from 2003
Marshall v Madison: The Supreme Court and Original Intent, 1803-1835, Gordon Lloyd