This series includes preprints and other working papers authored by faculty members of Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy.

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Submissions from 2023

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Optimal Taxation Of Cigarettes And E-Cigarettes: Principles For Taxing Reduced-Harm Tobacco Products, James Prieger

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Tax Noncompliance: The Role of Tax Morale in Smokers’ Behavior, James Prieger

Submissions from 2022

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The impact of a mobile phone-delivered digital financial education program on financial behavior among Hispanics, Luisa Blanco, Lucia Chen, Isaias Hernandez, April D. Thames, and Joyce Serido

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Systematic Review of Racial, Ethnic and Gender Differences on Financial Knowledge in the United States, Luisa Blanco, Cruz Garcia, and Rosemary Gutierrez

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Thomas Piketty’s Brief History of Equality (2022): Beyond Tocqueville, Marx, Rawls and Piketty I and II, Gordon Lloyd

Submissions from 2021

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Financial Stress Among Latino Adults in California During COVID-19, Luisa Blanco, Vanessa Cruz, Deja Frederick, and Susie Herrera

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Tax Evasion and Illicit Cigarettes in California: Prevalence and Demand-Side Correlates, James Prieger

Submissions from 2020

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A Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial of an Educational Intervention to Promote Retirement Saving Among Hispanics, Luisa Blanco, Duru O. Kenrik, and Carol Mangione

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Smoke or Vapor: Regulation of Tobacco and Vaping, James Prieger

Submissions from 2019

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Empty Discarded Pack Data and the Prevalence of Illicit Trade in Cigarettes in California, James Prieger

Submissions from 2018

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Understanding the Racial/Ethnic Gap in Bank Account Ownership among Older Adults, Luisa Blanco, Marco Angrisani, Emma Aguila, and Mei Leng

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Delivering Information about Retirement Saving among Hispanic Women: Two Facebook Experiments, Luisa R. Blanco and Luis Rodriguez

Submissions from 2017

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Mobile Banking as a Mechanism to Increase Access to Financial Services, Luisa Blanco, C. Andrew Bosque, and Xizhu Wang

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How to Read Thomas Piketty's Capital, Gordon Lloyd

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The Constitutional Case of the American Commercial Republic, Gordon Lloyd

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The Philosophical Case for the Commercial Republic, Gordon Lloyd

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Mobile Data Roaming and Incentives for Investment in Rural Broadband Infrastructure, James Prieger

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The Importance of Transportation, Broadband, and Intellectual Infrastructure for Entrepreneurship, James E. Prieger, Heng Lu, and Habi Zhang

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Cigarette Taxes and Illicit Trade in Europe Online Appendix, James Prieger and Jonathan D. Kulick

Submissions from 2016

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Does Oil Hinder Democratic Development?: A Time-Series Analysis, Luisa Blanco, Kelsey J. O'Connor, and Jeffrey B. Nugent

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The Growth of the Broadband Internet Access Market in California: Deployment, Competition, Adoption, and Challenges for Policy, James E. Prieger

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The Growth of the Broadband Internet Access Market in California: Deployment, Competition, Adoption, and Challenges for Policy (Research Brief), James E. Prieger

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Cigarette Taxes and Illicit Trade in Europe, James E. Prieger and Jonathan D. Kulick

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Targeted Enforcement against Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, James Prieger, Jonathan D. Kulick, and Mark A. R. Kleiman

Submissions from 2015

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Retirement Planning Among Middle-Aged and Older Hispanics, Luisa Blanco, Emma Aguila, Arturo Gongora, Beverly Weidmer, and O. Kenrik Duru

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Hispanic Immigrant Workers in Paradise: Malibu Day Laborers in a Time of Insecurity, Luisa Blanco, Daniel Morrison, George Carlsen, Lila Carlsen, Ashley Chaparro, and Erick Molina

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The Impact of Research and Development on Economic Growth and Productivity in the U.S. States: Online Appendix, Luisa Blanco, James Prieger, and Ji Gu

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Crime, Institutions and Sector-Specific FDI in Latin America, Luisa Blanco, Isabel Ruiz, W. Charles Sawyer, and Rossitza Wooster

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Unintended Consequences of Cigarette Prohibition, Regulation, and Taxation, Jonathan D. Kulick, James E. Prieger, and Mark A. R. Kleiman

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Evaluating the Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s BTOP Program on Broadband Adoption, James Prieger and Janice A. Hauge

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Countervailing Effects: What the FDA Would Have to Know to Evaluate Tobacco Regulations, James Prieger, Jonathan D. Kulick, and Mark A. R. Kleiman

Submissions from 2014

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Equity Commitment under Uncertainty: A Hierarchical Model of Real Option Entry Mode Choices, Luisa Blanco, Rossitza Wooster, and W. Charles Sawyer

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Unintended Consequences of Enforcement in Illicit Markets, James E. Prieger and Jonathan D. Kulick

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Violence in Illicit Markets: Unintended Consequences and the Search for Paradoxical Effects of Enforcement, James Prieger and Jonathan D. Kulick

Submissions from 2013

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Economic Growth and the Optimal Level of Entrepreneurship, Catherine Bampoky, Luisa Blanco, Aolong Liu, and James Prieger

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A Qualitative Analysis of the Use of Financial Services and Saving Behavior among Older African Americans and Latinos in the Los Angeles Area, Luisa Blanco, Maria Ponce, Arturo Gongora, and O. Kenrik Duru

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The Impact of Research and Development on Economic Growth and Productivity in the US States, Luisa Blanco, James Prieger, and Ji Gu

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Unintended Consequences of Cigarette Taxation and Regulation, Angela Hawken, Jonathan D. Kulick, and James Prieger

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The Broadband Digital Divide and the Benefits of Mobile Broadband for Minorities, James Prieger

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The Impact of Government Policies on Access to Broadband, James Prieger

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A Basic Analysis of Entry and Exit in the US Broadband Market, 2005-2008, James Prieger and Michelle Connolly

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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

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Effects of Natural Resource Abundance on Institutions: Which, Where and When?, Luisa Blanco, Jeffrey Nugent, and Graham Veenstra

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Making American Places: Civic Engagement Rightly Understood, Ted McAllister

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What Does Burke Have to Do with America?, Ted McAllister

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The Broadband Digital Divide and the Economic Benefits of Mobile Broadband for Rural Areas, James Prieger

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The Economic Benefits of Mobile Broadband, James Prieger

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Civic Engagement in California: Why Do We Lag?, James Prieger and Kelly Faltis

Submissions from 2011

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The Finance–Growth Link Revisited and the Role of Institutions as a Source of Finance in Latin America, Luisa Blanco

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The Impact of Insecurity on Democracy and Trust in Institutions in Mexico, Luisa Blanco

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The impact of spatial interdependence on FDI in Latin America, Luisa Blanco

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Immigration Regulation, Luisa Blanco and Odinakachi Anyanwu

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In the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008: What Have We Learned?, Luisa Blanco and Michael Crouch

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The Impact of FDI on CO₂ Emissions in Latin America, Luisa Blanco, Fidel Gonzalez, and Isabel Ruiz

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Explaining the Rise of the Left in Latin America, Luisa Blanco and Robin Grier

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The (non) effect of natural resource dependence on capital accumulation in Latin America, Luisa Blanco and Robin Grier

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Competition between Tax Havens: Does Proximity Matter?, Luisa Blanco and Cynthia Rogers

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Do Tax Havens Really Flourish? Accounting for Endogeneity in Growth Regressions, Luisa Blanco and Cynthia Rogers

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Tax Havens and FDI Spillovers: Implications for LDCs, Luisa Blanco and Cynthia Rogers

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Material Support: Counternarcotics vs. Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, Jonathan D. Kulick, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Mark A. R. Kleiman

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A Dreadful Emancipation: Walter Lippmann’s Critique of Modernity, Ted McAllister

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Deployment of Mobile Broadband Service in the United States, James Prieger and Thomas V. Church

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Oust the Louse: Does Political Pressure Discipline Regulators?, James Prieger, Janice A. Hauge, and Mark A. Jamison

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Verifiable and Non-Verifiable Anonymous Mechanisms for Regulating a Polluting Monopolist, James Prieger and Nicholas J. Sanders

Submissions from 2010

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Powering America: The Impact of Ethanol Production in the Corn Belt States, Luisa Blanco and Michelle Isenhouer

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Demand-Side Programs to Stimulate Adoption of Broadband: What Works?, James Prieger and Janice A. Hauge

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Applications Barriers to Entry and Exclusive Vertical Contracts in Platform Markets, James Prieger and Wei-Min Hu

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French Automobiles and the Chinese Boycotts of 2008: Politics Really Does Affect Commerce, James Prieger, Wei-Min Hu, Canhui Hong, and Dongming Zhu

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The Broadcasters’ Transition Date Roulette: Strategic Aspects of the DTV Transition, James Prieger and James Miller

Submissions from 2009

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Life is Unfair in Latin America, But Does it Matter for Growth?, Luisa Blanco

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The Finance–Growth Link in Latin America, Luisa Blanco

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Long Live Democracy: The Determinants of Political Instability in Latin America, Luisa Blanco and Robin Grier

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America’s Vital Interests, Ted McAllister

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Economics at the FCC, 2008-2009: Broadband and Merger Review, James Prieger and Michelle Connolly

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The Macroeconomic Impacts of E-Business on the Economy, James Prieger and Daniel Heil

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The Microeconomic Impacts of E-Business on the Economy, James Prieger and Daniel Heil

Submissions from 2008

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The Rules of the Road or Roadblocks on the Information Highway? Regulation and Innovation in Telecommunications, James Prieger and Daniel Heil

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The Broadband Digital Divide and the Nexus of Race, Competition, and Quality, James Prieger and Wei-Min Hu

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The Empirics of the Digital Divide: Can Duration Analysis Help?, James Prieger and Wei-Min Hu

Submissions from 2007

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Product Innovation, Signaling, and Endogenous Regulatory Delay, James Prieger

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Are Drivers Who Use Cell Phones Inherently Less Safe?, James Prieger and Robert W. Hahn

Submissions from 2005

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What’s Wrong with the Right: A Conservative Vision For the Twenty-First Century, Ted McAllister

Submissions from 2003

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Marshall v Madison: The Supreme Court and Original Intent, 1803-1835, Gordon Lloyd